• roby17269
    Sigma have been selling lenses for multiple mounts for most if not all of their existence. I assume they are efficient at doing that by...
  • D
    I often bought new Leica gear in the -distant- past. They were expensive, but still not in an excessive way. And quality, apart from the...
  • P-visie
    Those are not all additional costs: production and testing of the RF mount lenses must be arranged, packaging, marketing, add SKU to...
  • A
    This rebadging of lenses was quite common with lenses from the 70s to the early 90s. The other day I was researching a somewhat obscure...
  • S
    How can any of us possibly know? I don't see how it would make a difference, other companies do it don't they? Or at least people claim...
  • roby17269
    But a lot of the expenses to develop those lenses have been already incurred into by Sigma. The only additional investment would be to...
  • Click
    Click replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    Great shots, ISv. I really like the second one.
  • AlanF
    You have mentioned the EF 400/4.5 a couple of times. I got intrigued a few months ago when one was on sale from WEX. It was priced too...
  • AlanF
    There are those who use Leica for their photographic pluses but there those, as you describe, who display them as "Positional Goods""...
  • justaCanonuser
    I also had the opportunity to test this massive lens (I think it was nicknamed "Sigmonster") with a Canon DSLR attached (forgot which...
  • Celts88
    Looooove that photo of the Mallard (y) Was sitting on the beach one day and there was these gulls beside us. Suddenly a couple of them...
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  • justaCanonuser
    Leica's M series cameras at least are mainly a luxury gadget for rich people, so Leica may have more Louis Vuitton bag like profit...
  • justaCanonuser
    Alan, I like the red kite in particular - and it looks like the cloudy overcast weather in which I catched one about a week ago, but not...
  • justaCanonuser
    4.5 kg was always to heavy for me, because I prefer to shoot birds hand-held. I found out, that a 3 kg lens for me personally sets the...
  • EricN
    It's a very good point. One could say, even now, they keep "the classic Leica design."
  • DocInfoSci
    Ooookkkaaayyyy. I seem to need to discuss with my friends how they seriously need to step up their hobby game. 😏
  • DocInfoSci
    Haha - but the image quality is not the point of the big green. It’s the Hulk, and no one watched the Hulk for the outstanding special...
  • GMCPhotographics
    I played with one of these at “focus” at the Birmingham NEC a few years back on the Sigma stand. It was mounted on a massive fixed to...
  • ISv
    ISv replied to the thread Small Mammals.
    Not that big actually: I think it's 13-15 cm in length. I can't count the ## of the legs between the stones but it's probably...
  • ISv
    ISv replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    These from today.
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  • Dragon
    Dragon replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    I kind of liked the 3rd one hiding in the salmonberry bush, but I really included that one to show dynamic range since it was very...
  • H
    Hello, I am currently using a Questtel SDI-over-fiber extender with RS-485 data for serial control. I have recently switched to a Canon...
  • Click
    Click replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    I especially like the first two. Excellent shots, Dragon.
  • Dragon
    Dragon replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    Only waiting for hummers since January. They accurately guessed that February was going to be nasty and bugged out (BTW, they almost...
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  • GMCPhotographics
    I have a EF 135mm f2.0 L and a EF 85mm f1.2 II L for that very reason, they are just amazing portrait lenses. The 135L is versatile and...
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