Sigma 745101 150 - 600 mm F5 - 6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Canon Mount Lens, Black

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You can find the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens is available in versions for Nikon F Mount, Canon EF mount, and Sigma SA mount. Lateral Chromatic Aberration (LatCA) is moderately apparent in both of these lenses, though correcting the issue in post processing is typically quite easy. At a score of 0[-]/5[0]/11[+] the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS offers a very good feature set including the unique option to get the lens-mount swapped (at a cost). It allows the use of teleconverters (at least for L-mount) thereby increasing maximum focal length to 1200mm, is easy to use as push/pull zoom and is thoroughly sealed against the elements. Plus it can reach magnifications of 1:2.5 at very usable working distances. But although much lighter than its DSLR sibling the lens still is heavy approaching 3kg with camera attached. Two long telephoto zoom lenses

When looking at both Sigma 150-600mm and Tamron 150-600mm, the build quality of the two lenses is pretty similar and I cannot say if one is drastically better than the other overall. However, there is one area where the Tamron stands out for me personally and that’s the focus ring. The Sigma 150-600mm has a very flimsy focus ring that is both very thin and choppy when focusing manually. It feels like Sigma just did not care about giving the ability to manually focus with this ring, which I understand since the lens is designed to be primarily used with autofocus. However, Sigma should understand that photographers often resort to manual focus override, particularly when a subject is still. As you pull focus, you’ll notice some focus breathing: the image becomes a little more magnified at closer focusing distances. When I adjusted the focus from infinity to 2.08m on the Sigma 150-600 DN at 200mm focal length, I measured a 3% increase in magnification. At 600mm the effect is a bit stronger but still pretty inconspicuous. No Sony E-mount version; use the Canon EF version with the Metabones adapter and hope for the best. A few short years ago, there were no super telephoto zooms featuring a 150-600mm focal length range. How things have changed... The difference between the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS going up to 600mm versus the Tamron 150-500mm f5-6.7 Di III VC reaching “only” 500mm is visible but might not be the decisive factor for choosing a zoom lens. If the image at 500mm is sharp enough, cropping a 42MP shot at 500mm to match the angle-of-view at 600mm still nets you around 29MP. This might well be enough for the intended purpose.

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There's better news when it comes to close-up focusing, however. At the 150mm focal length, the Sigma 150-600mm can focus to as close as 22.8 inches, yielding a maximum magnification of 0.34x (1:2.9). That makes it quite a versatile lens, capable not just of bringing distant subjects up close, but also of handling close-up photography. I'd use a 105mm B+W single-coated 010 UV filter to protect this lens. You can pay more for a 105mm B+W multi-coated 010M UV filter or a 105mm Tokina dirt-resistant protective filter, but the difference is in fancy coatings that have a big effect on price with very little effect on pictures. It focuses about as fast as Nikon's 200-500mm, but it's not instantaneous as are the Canon 100-400mm L IS II, Canon 70-300mm USM IS II and the Nikon 70-300 AF-P VR. Its optics are wonderful; sharp and contrasty all the time. Most people make mistakes like shooting with not enough light, shooting at slower shutter speeds with subject motion, shooting above ISO 100 or at smaller than f/11 which lead to softer images regardless of your equipment. For best results I shoot this lens always wide-open at ISO 100 if at all possible for the sharpest results. With a rounded 9-bladed diaphragm, I don't see any significant sunstars on brilliant points of light, not just because it's a rounded diaphragm, but also because a lens like this is usually shot wide-open or close to it.

All paint; no engraving except for a couple of dots and ⅜ markings on tripod foot and the serial number. Still, I am not in any way implying that the 150-600mm lenses are no good. In fact, this particular design produces surprisingly great images overall, with sharpness that one often cannot match when using shorter focal length lenses and teleconverters. The newer Nikkor 80-400mm VR for example, just does not couple well with teleconverters and there is a dramatic drop of AF reliability at the long end with the 1.4x TC, which not only maxes out at 560mm, but also slows the setup down to f/8. However, that's exactly what's happened. The third party manufacturers have solidly filled a niche that the big two lens manufacturers have yet to fill. As noted earlier, the manual focus ring is extremely smooth and well-damped – on a Panasonic L-mount body, you can tell the camera whether you want the focus movement to respond to the speed that you turn the lens ring (non-linear response), or you can have it set so that whatever speed you turn it, the focus shifts proportionally and repeatedly to the amount of turn (linear response). FCA Disclaimer: Bristol Cameras Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, register number 711452 and act as a credit broker and not a lender. Finance is provided through the Deko platform by a number of lenders. You will be offered the best rate available based on your credit history and the lenders' credit decision policies.

The front lens element has a hydrophobic/oleophobic coating that helps resist fingerprints or rain drops from adhering. After further testing, Sigma has concluded both autofocus and optical image stabilization (for applicable lenses) work 'without any issues' on the following lenses when used with Canon EOS R mirrorless cameras via the EF-EOS R mount adapter or Control Ring EF-EOS R mount adapter:

Comes with a 9 blade-rounded diaphragm which creates an attractive blur to the out-of-focus areas of the image If you're not getting ultra-sharp pictures with this, be sure not to shoot at f/11 or smaller where all lenses are softer due to diffraction, always shoot at ISO 100 or lower because cameras become softer at ISO 200 and above, avoid shooting across long distances over land which can lead to atmospheric heat shimmer, be sure everything is in perfect focus, set your camera's sharpening as you want it (I set mine to the maximum) and be sure nothing is moving, either camera or subject. If you want to ensure a soft image with any lens, shoot at f/16 at ISO 1,600 at default sharpening in daylight through heat shimmer of rapidly moving subjects at differing distances in the same image. Of course, that wouldn't matter if the lens itself was no good. Fortunately, it's excellent. The optical path is a little different from the DSLR version, including 25 elements arranged in 15 groups, and it produces impressive sharpness throughout the entirety of the zoom range. There's some inevitable fall-off in the corners, but not enough to worry about, and it's the sort of thing that will be hidden anyway when you're shooting with a shallow depth of field. Shooting handheld in dynamic scenarios? The Optical Stabilizer system dramatically reduces camera shake, empowering you to produce sharper, stable images even without a tripod. At 205mm the shapes stay just about the same, but the maximum aperture narrows to f/5.6 and distortion increases to about 1.5 percent. The numbers line up about the same at 250mm as well. Beyond that, I used an older, smaller test chart to evaluate lens performance, in concert with close examination of images shot in the field. At 300mm f/5.6, the lens remains crisp from edge to edge.Yet despite being bigger, heavier and more expensive, Sony's lens has relatively few advantages. It's no brighter than the Sigma, and its focal range is quite similar too. In fact it's the 150-600mm which actually has a bit of an advantage at the wider end. A lens like this will likely see most use at the tele end which is identical for both lenses, though, so it's really something of a wash. Sigma offers both 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters for L-mount. Equipped with the TC-1411 teleconverter, the 150-600mm F5-6.3 is effectively a 210-840mm F7.1-9 lens. And with the TC-2011 teleconverter attached, it functions as a 300-1200mm F10-13. Sadly, neither teleconverter is available for E-mount shooters. If you want to use teleconverters, mirrorless is the way to go. With a mirrorless camera like the Canon EOSR I have no problems using an insane combination of Canon EOSR, EF Control Ring Adapter, Extender EF 1.4x II and Extender EF 2x II, giving the equivalent of a 170-1,700mm f/12-16 lens! This crazy combo isn't the fastest at autofocus, but it still works and is easy enough to hand-hold: Sports lens has dust & splash proof "construction" while the Contemporary has a dust & splash proof "mount"

The Tamron 150-600 G1's vignetting performance is typically mild for lenses in its class, showing roughly The Fujinon XF150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens has opened up the Fujifilm X-mount to wildlife and sports photographers who don't just want a long lens – they want an easy-to-carry, affordable, and fast-focusing long lens. The performance of the Fujinon XF150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR is all of these things, and great for the price point. If you're a Fujifilm user, you can now get even closer to subjects that are small, speedy, or elusive. See our full Fujifilm XF150-600 F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR review. How we test lenses My tests turned out to be a bit less conclusive than I’m used to seeing. But it looks like I was able to get almost 50% shots with usable central sharpness even at 1/40 sec. This would be a 3-4 stop advantage from the image stabilization of the lens at 600mm focal length. I also came across test shots where the OS led to images with less sharp outer image areas. Best keep in mind that holding/shooting a combo that weighs almost 2.9kg over an extended period of time is always stressful and leads to increased shake. So it’s better to shoot from a tripod, monopod or any support you can get for the lens when using focal lengths beyond 200mm.Although Tamron pioneered the release of the first 150-600mm lens, Sigma followed suit by releasing two versions of lenses with exactly the same focal length and aperture ranges. The smaller and lighter version, the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary (the one we are reviewing today), targets the same market as the Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD, while the much larger and heavier “Sport” version is something unique to Sigma, with no other equivalent competing offers from any other manufacturer. With such a huge zoom range, this is two lenses in one. It can replace both a 70-200mm and a 200-600mm superzoom all in one lens. an important factor considering that most consumers purchasing a 150-600mm lens likely intend to utilize the longest focal length a significant percentage of the time.