http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/ Engadget Comments for Sigma's APO 200-500 F2.8 telephoto lens gets close to wildlife, your wife http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
Rather, "So ask yourself, just how much are you willing to risk to be mistaken as a terrorist" ]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
wowsa. No wonder it costs 25k. For those who make a living on wildlife, I don't think the price will be too much of a problem though.]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
I'm so skaywed

People in the U.S. have as much a chance of getting hit by lighting as being a victim of terrorism, yet 80% of the media is filled with that fear mongering garbage.

]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800557508-USE/Canon_2527A001_Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Yeah, but does that look like it could take out a tank? Seriously... army green?]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
But, seriously, with this I'd be able to get a fix on that tattoo my neighbor from 6 blocks away has on her lower back.]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Plants are green
The lens is green

... put it together]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
It will just kill the birds you shoot and your wife too.

16kg Military Equipment.]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/speciallenses/12001700mm.htm
(Not to mention last PMA Carl Zeiss showed off a 1700mm lens)

But if you want the largest production lens ever made, it was from Canon, it was in an FD mount, a whopping 5200mm f/14 lens, as you can see in the picture on the ad, on the right is a Canon F1 film body. And the new sigma 200-500 is 35lbs, this beasts weighs in at 220lbs.
http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/images/page10.jpg


(I actually came across an ebay auction for the smaller of the three behmoths that canon released it was an 800mm - the other two were 2000mm and the 5200mm). The 800mm is still the worlds fastest made, its an f/3.8 lens. (canon just announced a new 800mm f/5.6 lens with IS)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-CANON-800mm-3-8-Lens_W0QQitemZ7568780308QQcategoryZ30027QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b]]>Feb 1st 2008 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Anyway, I would'nt wanna be anywhere near my wife after she finds out I dropped$25.000 on a lens!!]]>Feb 1st 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
-"Oh I don't need anything like that...yet."]]>Feb 1st 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/@ Frankenstein Black:
It's all about the aperture. There's a reason why Canon's L-series lenses cost damn near $2k - it's their constant f/2.8 aperture. This one has a constant 2.8 from 200-500mm - a huge feat in optics. So, if you're shooting for NatGeo or another wildlife firm - or want crazy flat portraits for your position at Vogue, this is your lens. Obviously, this is a professional's lens and will smoke your 600mm lens in terms of aperture opening and image quality.]]>Feb 1st 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.blackdiamondproductions.net/d100/page/%5B1%5D.jpg]]>Feb 1st 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/Feb 1st 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/sigmas-apo-200-500-telephoto-lens-gets-close-to-wildlife-your/
Your solid cat 600m lens is a constant F8. Try capturing fast motion on that. The central mirror on the front of the lens also gives it wierd bokeh-- donut-shaped highlights might excite Homer Simpson, but for most uses (esp. pro) are pretty distracting.

This lens is a constant F2.8; it'll smoke any mirror lens. Chromatic aberation with glass vs. mirror at that length you say? APO optics eliminate that.

@billy bob thornton
Yeah, most lenses perform pretty poorly at full aperature, but stop it down one or two stops and it should be pretty sharp. So, you're getting a very sharp 4-5.6 and a usable 2.8 vs other lenses that aren't sharp at 4-5.6 and don't have 2.8 at all.

And lugging it around? That's what an intern is for.]]>Feb 2nd 2008 8:53AM