Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM for Nikon Digital and Film SLR Cameras

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Optics: 21 elements in 15 groups. This is a lot of glass but pretty much standard for modern zooms. The manufacturer has to be extra careful with good lens-coatings to maintain a decent level of contrast and flare-resistance. And the owner should really use the lens-hood. This is also a good protection for the large front-element. The cross-section shows three low dispersion elements. [0] I feel that handheld or on a monopod the OS funktion and this lens would outperform many optical sharper lenses in the regards of actual catched sharpness in most cases and for most people.

Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Lens for Pentax Digital Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Lens for Pentax Digital

I currently shoot with 7 Nikon 1 bodies. I recently retired my three V2s from still photography so I could extend their serviceable life for my client video business. All of my still photography is done with a pair of J5s, as well as a pair of V3s which I added to my kit this year. One new one, and one used copy with a low shutter count. I have a total of 14 Nikon 1 lenses and may add some duplicate lenses if the system is discontinued. The Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports is a long telephoto zoom designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras with Sony E and Leica L-mounts. Announced in July 2021, it complements Sigma’s 100-400mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary for those who need more reach. Finally at 500mm, the resolution of the lens drops off noticeably, although the results are just acceptable at maximum aperture. 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 Here's an example of the sharpness that the Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM is capable of at 400mm and f8. First the whole image (EOS 7D):The 150-500 also have a bit better reach than the competition and since nothing new was seen in the crystal ball from Nikon I decided to get the 150-500 OS The lense has performed fully to my expectations. Handheld, it provides sharp, richly coloured images. It did take some time to develop a technique for carrying and handholding the lense/camera combination, which weighs 2.7 kg all up.

Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Review - BobAtkins Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Review - BobAtkins

Focus accuracy and repeatability is critical for long tele lenses with their large magnification and resulting shallow depth of field. Repeatability (the accuracy of focus on the same subject after repeated focus-acquisition) of the Sigma zoom is very good with no outliers over a series of 20 shots although there is a slight focus-difference when the lens comes from infinity vs its minimum focus distance. The lens focuses relatively slowly taking around one second from infinity to 2.2m. The Sigma did not suffer from any focus lag when used with a Nikon D7000 or a D70. Readers may recall from my review of the Tamron 150-600mm VC that focus lag was an issue with older Nikon bodies, especially when using single-point focus. The difference between the two lenses is likely due to better firmware compatibility of the Sigma 150-500mm OS with older bodies. NIKON D800 @ 500mm, ISO 1600, 1/1600, f/6.3 The Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM isn't a macro lens. Maximum magnification is 0.19x (about 1/5 life size) but nevertheless it's fine for closups of flowers and detail shots of larger objects. On a full frame camera at maximum magnification the area in the image will measure about 5" x 7.5". On an APS-C crop sensor camera like the EOS 7D, the frame will cover about 3.1" x 4.7".The reason I went for this particular lens in favor of its competition in the stabilized tele zoom group the Nikon 80-400VR , Sigma 80-400OS and Canon 100-400IS because: This Sigma 150-500 OS was a big oportunity for me and I buy it. I'm very happy with, from about one year. I plan to acquire a Nikon 300mm 2.8 (and converter) but I see that as complementary to this lens as I certainly would not "walk around" with that set-up. The first question many readers had was about the comparative sharpness of each lens at its longest focal length. Is the Sigma 150-500mm as sharp at 500mm as the Tamron 150-600mm VC is at 600mm? Based on my experience the short answer is … no. To my eye, the Tamron is noticeably sharper at its full focal length compared to the Sigma 150-500mm OS. To be fair, both lenses at their longest focal lengths require sharpening in post. NIKON D800 @ 450mm, ISO 400, 1/640, f/6.3