Hi
I got the new Sigma 50-200mm f4-5.6 DC OS HSM, and it came the other day, had a play with it today, looks and feels good, OS is great, fast AF, and its ultra silent , well happy, fab value for £100, should been £180,got it from Jacobs Clicky Linky (http://"http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/p-37688-jacobs-digital-sigma-50-200mm-f4-56-dc-os-hsm-eos.aspx") when I saw it at that price and went for it, Heres some test shots all hand held ISO 400, OS switched on, various apertures
F 5.6 @ 50mm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/5866643160_2f76389c84_b.jpg)
F 5.6 @ 200mm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/5866636418_f01945329d_b.jpg)
F11 . @ 50mm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/5866067267_f269b6ded1_b.jpg)
F11 . @ 200mm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/5866629546_cae8fe33e9_b.jpg)
F 16 . @ 50mm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/5866095113_e6f69b932b_b.jpg)
F 16 . @ 200mm
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5156/5866656094_75dbd24c02_b.jpg)
Dave
I got one of those in January for around the same price. It's a nice little lens - great value at that price. Just sold mine as I was able to get a cheap Pentax weatherproof model - and with all that rain I thought the weatherproofing would be m ore useful than the HSM ;D
Quote from: greypoint on June 27, 2011, 07:59:29 PM
I got one of those in January for around the same price. It's a nice little lens - great value at that price. Just sold mine as I was able to get a cheap Pentax weatherproof model - and with all that rain I thought the weatherproofing would be m ore useful than the HSM ;D
As far as I know only Jacobs have this lens at £99-99 every where else its £180 and always has been my mate got one from warehouse express, in November his was £180
I find the OS brilliant been out with it again today, rock solid image stabilization, I think to find OS on a lens under $100 is brilliant
By weatherproof what does that mean shower proof or you can wash it under the tap :2funny:
I got mine from Park Cameras in their sale - they had Pentax fit for £89.99 - all other fittings were a lot more - perhaps they'd over ordered!Pentax wr lenses have seals to keep out rain/moisture and dust and specially treated glass. With their wr bodies it does at least mean you don't have to worry about being out in the rain. I used to love my old Olympus E-1 with 50-200 f2.8/3.5 - you really could use that in a downpour - people used to wash their E-1s in the shower - don't think I'd have risked that though :dance:
I have used all my Pentax bodies with the kit WR lens in appalling weather - all the bodies are weatherproof too. I take my K10D with me when I go snowboarding, for some reason the CCD sensor gives brilliant colours in the mountain air. The sub zero temperatures and all kinds of snow are no problem.
For we Pentax users the weatherproofing is more important than OS, because we have that built into the camera bodies - albeit dedicated lens OS systems are better, especially on long lenses.
All that said, you got a great deal there - as you say, OS for less than a ton has got to be good news :) :dance:
Quote from: greypoint on June 27, 2011, 10:00:38 PM
I got mine from Park Cameras in their sale - they had Pentax fit for £89.99 - all other fittings were a lot more - perhaps they'd over ordered!Pentax wr lenses have seals to keep out rain/moisture and dust and specially treated glass. With their wr bodies it does at least mean you don't have to worry about being out in the rain. I used to love my old Olympus E-1 with 50-200 f2.8/3.5 - you really could use that in a downpour - people used to wash their E-1s in the shower - don't think I'd have risked that though :dance:
Cool dont think Id like to try my 7D in a shower, ;D bet you could sell the 50-200 for more than you paid for it
Quote from: Hinfrance on June 28, 2011, 06:22:52 AM
All that said, you got a great deal there - as you say, OS for less than a ton has got to be good news :) :dance:
Im pleased with it :tup:
You won't be doing anything like THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpjPqIE7e6s) then ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greypoint/sets/72157625653119793/
some stuff taken with my 50-200 sigma
Good stuff thanks fro the link, fab set of shots looks like a great little lens,
:2funny: No Howard I wont
Quote from: Just Dave on June 28, 2011, 05:54:55 PM
Good stuff thanks fro the link, fab set of shots looks like a great little lens,
:2funny: No Howard I wont
Me neither :)
Quote from: Hinfrance on June 28, 2011, 07:00:04 PM
Quote from: Just Dave on June 28, 2011, 05:54:55 PM
Good stuff thanks fro the link, fab set of shots looks like a great little lens,
:2funny: No Howard I wont
Me neither :)
:2funny:
cowards :2funny: :2funny: :dance: :dance:
Quote from: greypoint on June 28, 2011, 08:13:34 PM
cowards :2funny: :2funny: :dance: :dance:
PMSL :2funny:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmoskUtCnoY
This was the combo I used to have - never went this far but I did use it in a cloudburst :knuppel2: ;D
Hmm. Niceone
I got a Nikon 70-300 55
He wanted £80. I said £50. We settled for £55 :dance:
I've had a look at the adverts - cant see any reference to a 4/3 version - does anybody know if they do one..... please....
Looking at the dpreview database it comes in Nikon, Canon Sony, Pentax and Sigma but not 4/3
Quote from: Beryl on June 28, 2011, 09:14:43 PM
Hmm. Niceone
I got a Nikon 70-300 55
He wanted £80. I said £50. We settled for £55 :dance:
Thanks Beryl
Quote from: greypoint on June 28, 2011, 09:53:50 PM
Looking at the dpreview database it comes in Nikon, Canon Sony, Pentax and Sigma but not 4/3
Havent checked the DP Review site
I must have missed that one. :P
Been looking for deals like that for almost 2 weeks now. :0
Quote from: Skhilled on July 02, 2011, 08:44:32 AM
I must have missed that one. :P
Been looking for deals like that for almost 2 weeks now. :0
Its still on Jacobs website £99.99p http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/p-37688-jacobs-digital-sigma-50-200mm-f4-56-dc-os-hsm-canon-eos-fit.aspx?
But it's for Canon. I'll still look at the site for some Nikon lenses. Thanks for the link. :)
Nikon Fit http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/p-37689-jacobs-digital-sigma-50-200mm-f4-56-dc-os-hsm-nikon-fit.aspx :tup:
Thanks, Dave. :)
Crap! They don't ship outside the UK. Would probably cost me as much to get it shipped anyways! :2funny:
Quote from: Skhilled on July 04, 2011, 09:24:31 AM
Crap! They don't ship outside the UK. Would probably cost me as much to get it shipped anyways! :2funny:
Steve. Try amazon.com not sure what the price is, but the UK one's not bad.
I've been to amazon most of the time as well as b&h but jacob's is a but cheaper. Oh well...
Quote from: Skhilled on July 04, 2011, 09:24:31 AM
Crap! They don't ship outside the UK. Would probably cost me as much to get it shipped anyways! :2funny:
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I didnt realise that, shame as its a good lens and great price
I only realized it when I was reading the terms of the order I was going to place! :D