Once again, this lovely dog!Curious if this lens is already making friends, I'll start with a few from my first day's shooting
Not the best conditions, had to push ISO to 1250,
7DII, at 600mm f/6.3 1/200s hand-held:
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7DII, at 600mm f/6.3 1/500s hand-held
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W.
Too slow to focus? f/6.3 too high, or what?Nice shots, W. I rented this lens and liked it, except it is too slow.
John
Thanks for posting. My usual question, are they straight 100% crops or are they reduced in size? It helps to know to judge the lens.I had this lens for a month or so. My impression was that the combo of EOS-R and Sigma 60-600 is good for slow moving birds/objects with acceptable quality (details and color, for me anyway) and acceptable keeper rate. A few shots are below.
and a wide end 60mm shot
- Spotted sandpiper @600mm, f/6.3
- Red-winged Blackbird (Male) @600mm, f/6.3
- Cliff swallows @600mm, f/6.3
4. Landscape (Weasel head flats)
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The birds pictures are cut from the center of frame as captured (100% crops).Thanks for posting. My usual question, are they straight 100% crops or are they reduced in size? It helps to know to judge the lens.
Too slow to focus? f/6.3 too high, or what?
Thanks for replying. I have the 150-600mm C Sigma. It’s a very nice lens and not too heavy. But, as the years are catching up on me, the lighter 100-400mm II gets relatively easier to handle.f/6.3 is too high. I wait for 500mm f/5 or f/5.6 and no doubt will wait for a long time. I can't see buying a $10K lens and don't like the compromises that come with a zoom.
This lens feels heavy on a 5DIV and is really long.
John
f/6.3 is too high. I wait for 500mm f/5 or f/5.6 and no doubt will wait for a long time. I can't see buying a $10K lens and don't like the compromises that come with a zoom.
This lens feels heavy on a 5DIV and is really long.
John
Nikon has a patent for a Fresnel such lens, which is rumoured to be announced maybe this year.My "dream" lens (that I might be able to afford) is if Canon would make a fixed 600mm F5.6, but I doubt it will ever happen. It seems (to me) that there would be a market for such a lens (especially considering the excellent high-ISO performance of modern cameras), but I guess that market is just too small for Canon (or anyone else) to bother with.
Agree that it is a not too bright and heavy lens , and I have been contemplating whether to splash out for a fixed focus 500mm (f/4) but with my style of photography I'd run into too many limitations (price of the Sigma is already around 3x the 60-600; weight is another 0.6kg or so more; MFD is near infinity and no flexibility in getting an "overview" composition in between zoomed-in shots)f/6.3 is too high. I wait for 500mm f/5 or f/5.6 and no doubt will wait for a long time. I can't see buying a $10K lens and don't like the compromises that come with a zoom.
This lens feels heavy on a 5DIV and is really long.
John
Beside showing the capabilities of that lens nicely, those are some really cool shots! Also, for the head to be so still despite the shaking body, the bird's head must have above 4 stops of stabilization as well, right?After some more shots I must mention the effectiveness of the image stabilization of the Sigma 60-600 S
I took a couple of shots of a robin taking a bath - which is positioned underneath a tree shading it quite well...
Both shots: 7DII, 60-600mm at 600mm, f/6.3, 1/40s, ISO1250 hand-held
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In the second the robin is shaking its tail feathers - but head and feet did not move significantly...
To me that suggests at least 4 stops of "help"! (Without OS I would have needed shutter speed faster than 1/600s, probably even 1/1000th)
W.