My New favorite wildlife lens? Sigma 500mm f5.6 R
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Thanks for the vid 👍
What's the length in cm from the back of the camera to the tip of the lens ? Wondering if the mounted combo would fit in my sling bag
Beautiful photos! I really enjoyed watching the series of them. Also it’s cool that you pointed out that shooting out of your window provided minimal disturbance to the wildlife.
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Just put up my 2 ½ year old 200-600 lens for sale, and ordered this Sigma 500. Im picking up the Sigma tomorrow and Im super excited !
I havent heard anything negative about it.
My concern might be that I will miss the zoom... but then again, I usualy shoot at 500-600 anyways. I dont know how much difference f/5.6 is to f/6.3 but I expect the quality to be better. Also, Im using the Sony a7RV, so I guess I can easily crop the last 100mm, if needed.
Thanks for the video 💪
Haha, please don't sell your kid for this lens! Honestly that was kinda my concern at first as well, but I didn't feel like I missed it at all in actual use - so it might really be in our heads more than anything. Thanks for watching !
I had the Sony 200-600mm 5.6-6.3 G Lens, but it is too big and too heavy for long hikes and it is not easy to use, so I sold it in 2023, also there are problems with the stabilizer system, in March 2024 I bought the excellent Sigma 500mm 5.6 DG DN Sports Lens, it is very compact and light weight, easy to use and operate, I can hike in the nature for hours, carrying the Lens in my hands without problems, the image quality of the Sigma 500mm 5.6 DG DN Sports are better than the Sony 200-600mm, so I can highly recommend the Sigma 500mm DG DN Sports Lens !
How's the 500/5.6 been so far, and how well does it pair with the A7RV?
I'm guessing 500mm + cropping from the 61mp does get you pretty good reach for birds, right
Just took a cpl of shots with it today. Its still too dark outside when I come home from work. So I tried it indoors in bad lighting. But even then its so much better than the 200-600 :O
It handles iso noise much better imo. Cant wait till the weekend when the sun is coming here in Denmark.
AND ITS SO FREAKING LIGHT !!!!!! :D
Sooooo where are these photos you took? Got an instagram :D?
I'd like to check out your examples
Curious how it handles the multiple varieties of auto focus settings with fast moving flying birds on a Sony full frame body like the a7r4.
@@DanLeithauser honestly for flying birds I had to set a manual focus point and wait for a bird to pass through the focus point , at least in my experience
@@JosephValenti Thanks.
Worth a mention that there is two unfortunate limitations with this (and other non-Sony) lens on Sony cameras: first, you cannot use it with teleconverters and the maximum framerate is limited to 15 fps, although obviously this restriction only affects when using A9 and A1 series' cameras that can shoot even faster.
Yea I wish the IP wasn't limited to Sony for TCs , hoping there is a future for aftermarket TCs tho
I've been looking at all the new 500mm f5.6 version lenses. I just got the new Fujifilm GFX 500mm 5.6 GF. Talk about cropping power! Sharp it will cut ya. The only negative is that the foot isn't long enough to balance with a GFX100 on a gimbal .. You have to add a 7" arcaswiss adapter
I kinda really wish I had a secondary camera as Fujifilm, kinda jealous. While I love the a7iv overall, that picture profile on Fuji just seems like something I'd really want for my travel photography
I had the Sony 200-600mm 5.6-6.3 G Lens, but it is too big and too heavy for long hikes and it is not easy to use, so I sold it in 2023, also there are problems with the stabilizer system, in March 2024 I bought the excellent Sigma 500mm 5.6 DG DN Sports Lens, it is very compact and light weight, easy to use and operate, I can hike in the nature for hours, carrying the Lens in my hands without problems, the image quality of the Sigma 500mm 5.6 DG DN Sports are better than the Sony 200-600mm, so I can highly recommend the Sigma 500mm DG DN Sports Lens !
Sounds like the Sony was more of a weightlifting coach than a camera lens! Glad you found the Sigma-definitely a featherweight champion in the wildlife lens arena!
It's too small, dawg. And looks like one of these fifth party adaptall lenses from the 80s. Nice review though. How's the AF-C on subjects moving quickly towards you?
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Thanks for your feedback! The size can be a bit surprising, but it’s all about what works best for your shooting style. As for the AF-C, I found it quite impressive with fast-moving subjects!
@JosephValenti glad to hear it works wonders. I'm struggling with my A7IV and sigma dg dn sports 70-200 f2.8, it has zero hit rate since i updated the camera to fw4.0 from 3.2 💀😭 (lens was already on latest firmware 2.0)
@@kingghidorah8106 I am extremely guilty of literally never touching firmware 😂 seems like maybe I dodged a bullet ?
@JosephValenti you indeed did.