The Humvee of photography lenses
Sigma, manufacturer of photography equipment, recently unveiled a mammoth photography lens that I can hardly even comprehend. These pictures defy description, so I'm not going to try. Take a look at this...
Take the biggest, baddest SLR you can find, strap it to the end of this baby, and it's gonna look like a dimple on a golf ball.
When I first saw this pic, my first thought was, "Holy Crap!" and not because of the model. The end of the lens has a bigger circumference than her head. The lens cap must look like a manhole cover.
Look how puny and funny the lens mount looks. The lens, a 200-500mm F2.8 (constant throughout!) weighs in at a whopping 35 pounds. It comes with its own handle, and LCD screen (see below). It's the understatement of the year that the lens must be mounted on a tripod. Just imagine trying to pick up the set-up of a camera attacked to this lens by the camera - S-N-A-P!
I love the fact that the lens has its own LCD. Cool.
A few technical details, just for the fun of it, from DP Review:
If I ever win the lottery and become a millionaire dozens of times over, I'd buy this for a conversation piece as much as to find some use for it. You'd need to win the lottery to afford it. The price tag is a cool $10,000 (estimated), but for those of you eager to lug one away, you've got time to save - it's not available yet.
Pictures via DP Review
Take the biggest, baddest SLR you can find, strap it to the end of this baby, and it's gonna look like a dimple on a golf ball.
When I first saw this pic, my first thought was, "Holy Crap!" and not because of the model. The end of the lens has a bigger circumference than her head. The lens cap must look like a manhole cover.
Look how puny and funny the lens mount looks. The lens, a 200-500mm F2.8 (constant throughout!) weighs in at a whopping 35 pounds. It comes with its own handle, and LCD screen (see below). It's the understatement of the year that the lens must be mounted on a tripod. Just imagine trying to pick up the set-up of a camera attacked to this lens by the camera - S-N-A-P!
I love the fact that the lens has its own LCD. Cool.A few technical details, just for the fun of it, from DP Review:
The APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG is the world's first ultra-telephoto zoom lens that offers a fast aperture of F2.8 at 500mm focal length. It covers the widely used 200 to 500mm focal length range, and maintains its fast F2.8 aperture over the entire zoom range. Four SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements provide excellent correction for all types of aberrations and produce a high level of optical performance throughout the entire zoom range.A 400-1000 lens? Rancid! I was telling my friend Jen today that with this lens, you could live in Los Angeles and tell your friends in San Francisco to "say cheese."
Shooting distance and focal length can be viewed on the LCD panel, which is an additional convenience for the photographer.
A filter can be inserted toward the rear of the lens, and a circular polarizing filter can be used with its ingenious rotation mechanism.
A dedicated APO TELE CONVERTER 2x EX DG II is supplied as a standard accessory with the APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG.
Its exclusive design minimises image degradation usually associated with teleconverters. When this dedicated teleconverter is used with the lens, it becomes a large aperture 400-1000mm F5.6 AF Ultra-Telephoto Zoom lens.
If I ever win the lottery and become a millionaire dozens of times over, I'd buy this for a conversation piece as much as to find some use for it. You'd need to win the lottery to afford it. The price tag is a cool $10,000 (estimated), but for those of you eager to lug one away, you've got time to save - it's not available yet.
Pictures via DP Review
Labels: DP Review, Photography, Sigma Lens
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