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Incredible how modern lens design allows for 10x zooms to have consistently amazing sharpness corner to corner at every focal length. Well done, sigma.
Just the version of 60-600 that already exists for few years in canon/nikon DSLR mounts. Unfortunately for my Pentax only the previous 50-500 Bigma is available
Bugger. I was kind of hoping there would be a Fuji X-Mount Version. Excellent performing lens. Expensive, but worth it for the versatility and improvements.
@@tridinh1011 People have been using (DSLR) FF telephoto lenses on APS-C cameras for decades and they've performed admirably. Additionally, it makes little sense to develop APS-C specific telephotos as their size & weight advantages diminish with long focal lengths. Have you seen the Fuji 100-400 lens? It's as big as FF 100-400 lenses.
God this looks like a great lens, if only we could have it on the RF mount. Would love to see it on my R7, and the 'just okay' performance on APS-C can probably be helped with the Topaz tools
Just get the RF 100-500. Sigma is almost double the weight and is not that much cheaper (taking into account not being a native lens). Still, it is an impressive lens. I just dont know if you really need it in the RF lineup.
@@niceyesplease there's reasons why many people would pick this over the RF 100-500. And it definitely is cheaper. As a canon owner (2 separate bodies) I find it incredibly obnoxious when other canon users go "just get a canon lens". Canon people are so narcissistic.
Just when I bought the Tamron 150-500 a few months ago Sigma comes with this beast 🥲However this Sigma lens is almost 800 grams heavier and almost twice the price. Amazing lens, great review
Honestly this lens doesn't do as much justice from 60-200mm. Who is going to shoot 60mm at 4.5? Not portraits, not landscape, you won't be that close for wildlife. Doesn't make sense to me I would never shoot under 200mm.
Great review Chris, thank you very much. Side note - CANON, OPEN UP THE RF MOUNT TO 3RD PARTY MANUFACTURERS! This is riddiculus that we, Canon users are limited to old EF version that has AF issues when Sigma is doing such good job on creating the new, upgraded ones. Please, Canon!
This is a great performance for a 10x superzoom lens. Just a suggestion: I would like to see the image quality at somewhere around 450mm more than I would like to see it at 125mm; 300mm-600mm is quite a big gap and some subjects, such as deer, do not always need 600mm, but a bit less.
If the Sony 200-600 didn't exist this would be a no brainer. But... the 200-600 is internal zoom and it has a much shorter zoom throw (yes I know because it's got a shorter zoom range, but still). And since the Sony is the same price I'm happy with my choice of buying the 200-600 a year ago and this doesn't tempt me at all.
Great timing. I am going to get the new Panasonic S5II when it comes out and was considering getting this lens for wildlife photography as its large zoom range really helps with that. I am impressed by its sharpness for such a huge zoom range lens. Now knowing its price, it costs a bit too much for me so I might get the Sigma 150-600mm instead.
Its funny how heavy the 150-600 Sports dropped now in price I would hope for something like a 60-600 in even lighter or with bigger aperture for APS-C.
It's interesting to read the reviews from Sony users comparing this to their native glass. As an owner of both an RF mount body as well as a 5D series, I admit I wish I could do that too :-)
Wow! Such a good optical performance across it's entire zoom range AND impressive macro results too - witchcraft 😳. Superzooms in the past were never this good. Two grand is a lot of money - or is it though? Sounds like incredible value for money. I do like the idea of turning up to a product photography shoot with this, whipping it out and telling the customer it's your "macro" 😂
Hey Chris. I had a question if you have experience in the matter. I have had 2 (one being a replacement) sigma 60-600mm and have had focus issues with both. I'm using the sony a7r v with all focus methods tried. When it works it works great but unfortunately the majority is missing focus bad. Have you had any issues with it or did you only have it briefly? Or do you think it is a sneaky sony trick to buy sony lenses?
I use the previous model Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM SPORT on my Nikon Z6II via the FTZ adapter, and it's already a superb lens. But If Sigma produces this one in Nikon Z mount, I promice to change..... NIKON Z MOUNT!!!!!!!
Oh dear... I was doing so well after Christmas with saving money and now this comes along! Sixty? SIXTY? How did they get it so wide? My 70-350 would be redundant, and the 200-600 will look very inflexible.
Maybe they see more revenue in this lens. The market is saturated with 70-200 lenses. But i'm pretty sure they are developing more than 1 lens at the same time.
genuinely wondering: is this sort of zoom range considered overkill in either this lens or other lenses? i'm on a budget with an aps-c body and would like something around this range to fill in gaps for my portraits, but i also really want to shoot wildlife and birds. i've seen/heard other lenses with crazy ranges like this often sacrifice in major areas to the point that it would just be smarter to buy a few lenses for a range rather than just one.
I was looking for a test for a similar spec and quality lens on your channel for my Nikon D850 but I couldn't find one (not pretending there isn't but I found it ...) My be you could help me to make the right choice with sole constraint to not exceed 4 digits.
Clearly an excellent lens, if you have the need for mega long reach. Once again, it's a pity to see that an excellent new lens by Sigma and Tamron is restricted to such a small number of camera mounts. Really don't anticipate seeing this lens on any Leica bodies!
A German dit compare exactly this on his chanel. The Sigma 150-600 was the sharpest of this three lenses followed by the new 60-600 Sigma and the Sony 200-600 was last. All three lenses are sharp but the Sigma lenses are a bit sharper as the Sony. AmazingNature Alpha is the name of this chanel.
Dustin Abbott also compared the three lenses but with different results - Sony and Sigma 60600 is neck to neck in the sharpness and the 150600 is behind. I guess it's down to sample variations of the lenses.
I have watched your videos for years as a very reliable source of information. Able to make better decisions when commuting to purchasing lenses. A proud contributor in Patreon. However I must ask, where do you have the physical space to test this lens at 600mm on an APS-C camera? 7:33
My guess cause at 200mm the (multiple, not just one) focus groups can line up in such a nice way to fully boost it to macro close up, in a way makes sense, since extreme ends of a zoom are harder to make. Focussing close with 500/600mm lens is quite hard, though sony lately seems to have a technology that focusses much closers, the 100-400mm GM started this. For 600mm lens (zoom one) i think it's still hard to make close focus without sacraficing infinity image quality to much (wich is used for birds most of time. Basically Sigma had a working design 60-600mm were happy then though hmmm 'close focus is a rising feature, can we do something'? Engineer: 'don't change formula please it's to good to change,' ok, what about seeing wich focal length is easiest to have macro capabilities at? Engineer 'oh yes now that you say we could actually do that on the middle focal length, wich has the most focus range of all focal length', 'ok that will be great feature, lets do it. :D something like that.
I think this lens has just tipped the balance for me. I was going to upgrade my old EOS 80D for an EOS R6 II but now I think I'm going to move away from Canon. This lens with a 24 - 70 2.8 will work well for me.
Strikes me Chris that the first year’s production has gone - all gone to reviewers ! I know you ALWAYS return loaned items, wonder how many are as honest as you ? Ps - not for me but an epic tube 😎
Very impressive. Now the ball is in Sony's court to make a comeback. I hope Tamron comes up with something similar since I prefer their bokeh quality over Sigma.
This lens and the Tamron 35-150 will be the result of Nikon and canons demise if they don’t wisen up quick! Glad I went back to Sony and have the Tamron and will be adding this to my arsenal as well!
Great that I just bought a used 150 - 600 sports with which I'm not very happy to behonest because of tight - lock mechanism, shitty Manual Focus Speed and Ring and average Stabilization. *sigh*
It's "BAD" Cannon thinks it can Corner the market by not allowin excellent 3rd party lens manufacturers like Sigma to provide good quality lenses with Canon mounts !
Used....a7ii $500usd, a7riii $1300usd, a9 $1500....not to mention the new a7r5 and of course, the flagship A1. During my next upgrade I'm switching from Canon to Sony. There's a reason why sony's gained so much market share in the last few years. They actually try to deliver what their customers want. I just wish the a7r5 had a better burst speed, comparable to the r5
Nobody cares about your wildlife photos, lets be honest. And you cant take this lens to sporting events without a photographers permit. Save your 2,000 pounds. Moving on...
Omg. How can you review sport lenses shooting such a crap? People are interested in real life performance of AF shooting moving subjects! I seriously do not care how it keeps contrast and sharpness in maximum zoom and minimum focusing distance because it does not matters for anyone. Its performance with sport cameras like A9, its AF performance with old cameras like A7R3 which were pelroduced before this lens release, because say tamron 35-150 works really bad with old bodies, and af performance with new cameras - it really matters
Shooting rock it is bullshit) because i can simply take a phone and walk by my legs to this subject and take a photo. But who will pay for this? Seagulls? Your reviews are not for photographers at all
Companies need to know that even as a professional, when I come to UA-cam to look for reviews, I don't just type in the name of the lens, but I type in "frost" too. I trust you, and often you only. THANK YOU
Same here!
True that 👍
True.
Agreed. I love the factual basis of the reviews without any fame hungry personality crap.
Why?
Incredible how modern lens design allows for 10x zooms to have consistently amazing sharpness corner to corner at every focal length. Well done, sigma.
Wow. This seems unbelievably great in all areas considering the massive range. Impressive craftsmanship by Sigma!
Beast mode activated. This looks to be a good lens.
Just the version of 60-600 that already exists for few years in canon/nikon DSLR mounts. Unfortunately for my Pentax only the previous 50-500 Bigma is available
So glad they re-made this lens for mirrorless. I'm hoping they do the same with their 120-300mm f/2.8 lens.
Oh yes please.
Sigma man, knocking it out of the park, only a shame there's no Fuji X mount version.
It’s FF, Fuji x is apsc. There is 18-300 for apsc
@@pavelxbushmakin7252 is ff but you can mount a ff lens in apsc... 18-300 is 27-450 equiv... with the 60-600 it would be 90-900, DOUBLE the range
Bugger. I was kind of hoping there would be a Fuji X-Mount Version.
Excellent performing lens. Expensive, but worth it for the versatility and improvements.
aps-c..........
@@no15minutecities So? What's wrong with mounting a FF lens on an APS-C camera?
@@opalyankaBG no point in making a mount for a system that you didnt design the lens for. Did you not see the horrible aps-c result?
@@tridinh1011 People have been using (DSLR) FF telephoto lenses on APS-C cameras for decades and they've performed admirably. Additionally, it makes little sense to develop APS-C specific telephotos as their size & weight advantages diminish with long focal lengths. Have you seen the Fuji 100-400 lens? It's as big as FF 100-400 lenses.
God this looks like a great lens, if only we could have it on the RF mount. Would love to see it on my R7, and the 'just okay' performance on APS-C can probably be helped with the Topaz tools
Blame canon for that. Sigma would love to sell it for RF.
Just get the RF 100-500. Sigma is almost double the weight and is not that much cheaper (taking into account not being a native lens). Still, it is an impressive lens. I just dont know if you really need it in the RF lineup.
@@niceyesplease there's reasons why many people would pick this over the RF 100-500. And it definitely is cheaper. As a canon owner (2 separate bodies) I find it incredibly obnoxious when other canon users go "just get a canon lens". Canon people are so narcissistic.
You really couldn't ask for more at this price and quality. Bravo, Sigma!
short video packed with info and without any fluff or bullshit. A pleasure to watch.
Christopher you are one of my best reviewer for lenses and cameras. I like how you test them and the overall explanation very clear. Cheers.
Just when I bought the Tamron 150-500 a few months ago Sigma comes with this beast 🥲However this Sigma lens is almost 800 grams heavier and almost twice the price. Amazing lens, great review
No regret. At the end of the day 800 grams is a lot
@@k1k13004 yeah, true
How's the Tamron? I have deal here for 980€ for the Tamron. Can't imagine paying 2400€ for the 60-600.
@@sulev111 Tamron is amazing, very sharp and fast. It's F6.3 until ~499mm and then 6.7
Honestly this lens doesn't do as much justice from 60-200mm. Who is going to shoot 60mm at 4.5? Not portraits, not landscape, you won't be that close for wildlife. Doesn't make sense to me I would never shoot under 200mm.
Great review Chris, thank you very much. Side note - CANON, OPEN UP THE RF MOUNT TO 3RD PARTY MANUFACTURERS! This is riddiculus that we, Canon users are limited to old EF version that has AF issues when Sigma is doing such good job on creating the new, upgraded ones. Please, Canon!
This is a great performance for a 10x superzoom lens. Just a suggestion: I would like to see the image quality at somewhere around 450mm more than I would like to see it at 125mm; 300mm-600mm is quite a big gap and some subjects, such as deer, do not always need 600mm, but a bit less.
If the Sony 200-600 didn't exist this would be a no brainer. But... the 200-600 is internal zoom and it has a much shorter zoom throw (yes I know because it's got a shorter zoom range, but still). And since the Sony is the same price I'm happy with my choice of buying the 200-600 a year ago and this doesn't tempt me at all.
Here in Sweden the Sigma is introduced at around 800USD more than the 200-600 is currently priced at. I'm sure it's nice for L-mount though
Wow, great lens! Image quality, AF and stabilization at 600mm are very impressive.
A great lens at a great price if you just shooting outside, just wonderful.
You don't need to zoom out to find your target, a dot sight, such as Nikons DF-M1 works just fine for that purpose.
Great timing. I am going to get the new Panasonic S5II when it comes out and was considering getting this lens for wildlife photography as its large zoom range really helps with that. I am impressed by its sharpness for such a huge zoom range lens. Now knowing its price, it costs a bit too much for me so I might get the Sigma 150-600mm instead.
Its funny how heavy the 150-600 Sports dropped now in price
I would hope for something like a 60-600 in even lighter or with bigger aperture for APS-C.
I was on the edge of buying the 150-600 for my a7III, Imma save up for this beauty now.
Really great review. Biggest bummer for Canon, that third party glass isnt supported ...
It's interesting to read the reviews from Sony users comparing this to their native glass. As an owner of both an RF mount body as well as a 5D series, I admit I wish I could do that too :-)
Awesome they actually want you to review it. You are the best.
Chris can you do a comparison video between this and the old version please?
Wow! Such a good optical performance across it's entire zoom range AND impressive macro results too - witchcraft 😳. Superzooms in the past were never this good. Two grand is a lot of money - or is it though? Sounds like incredible value for money.
I do like the idea of turning up to a product photography shoot with this, whipping it out and telling the customer it's your "macro" 😂
That focal range is insanity . Adds to cart*
Hey Chris. I had a question if you have experience in the matter. I have had 2 (one being a replacement) sigma 60-600mm and have had focus issues with both. I'm using the sony a7r v with all focus methods tried. When it works it works great but unfortunately the majority is missing focus bad. Have you had any issues with it or did you only have it briefly? Or do you think it is a sneaky sony trick to buy sony lenses?
2000 is an insanely low price for a lens this good with this much range
I use the previous model Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM SPORT on my Nikon Z6II via the FTZ adapter, and it's already a superb lens. But If Sigma produces this one in Nikon Z mount, I promice to change..... NIKON Z MOUNT!!!!!!!
Great quality for a superzoom lens. Now, Sigma release a 300mm f4 compact and sharp lens, please.
Quite a versatile lens. It would pair up nicely with the Panasonic 20-60.
Sigma is a fantastic company when it comes to value and quality, just outrageously good
Oh dear... I was doing so well after Christmas with saving money and now this comes along!
Sixty? SIXTY? How did they get it so wide? My 70-350 would be redundant, and the 200-600 will look very inflexible.
Amazing craft from sigma and a very good review! But I was hoping this was going to be the first sigma lens for z mount...Unfortunately no...
Wow, really impressive! Great review as usual!
Man I would love to get this. Awesome review as always!
An impressive lens. But I also wonder why Sigma doesn't prioritize the development of a 70-200/2.8 first.
Every lens system has an excellent 70-200...
Maybe they see more revenue in this lens. The market is saturated with 70-200 lenses. But i'm pretty sure they are developing more than 1 lens at the same time.
Another brilliant review again Chris!How does it compare to the sony 200-600 G on sharpness?
Great review. @Chris: What is your opinion when it comes to a comparison with the Sony 200-600mm 5.6-6.3 G OSS? Which one is sharper?
depends on the copy you buy…
@@hardywoodaway9912 I'd say all copies are sharp by f/7.1 lol
24-70 + this thing and you are good for 99% of situations
Would love to see your review for the Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD Lens for Sony E!!
I’ll wait for the Tamron 150-400mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III VC VXD
I used to hope that Sigma would make an X mount version of this lens for Fujifilm like Tamron did with their 150-500 but unfortunately...
Could pair nicely with the Panasonic 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 for L-mount.
genuinely wondering: is this sort of zoom range considered overkill in either this lens or other lenses? i'm on a budget with an aps-c body and would like something around this range to fill in gaps for my portraits, but i also really want to shoot wildlife and birds. i've seen/heard other lenses with crazy ranges like this often sacrifice in major areas to the point that it would just be smarter to buy a few lenses for a range rather than just one.
The visual appearance of the lense itself is like the Multipla
I was looking for a test for a similar spec and quality lens on your channel for my Nikon D850 but I couldn't find one (not pretending there isn't but I found it ...) My be you could help me to make the right choice with sole constraint to not exceed 4 digits.
Awesome video yet again.
Clearly an excellent lens, if you have the need for mega long reach.
Once again, it's a pity to see that an excellent new lens by Sigma and Tamron is restricted to such a small number of camera mounts.
Really don't anticipate seeing this lens on any Leica bodies!
Can you please make a comparison with Sigma 150-600 and/or Sony 200-600?
A German dit compare exactly this on his chanel. The Sigma 150-600 was the sharpest of this three lenses followed by the new 60-600 Sigma and the Sony 200-600 was last.
All three lenses are sharp but the Sigma lenses are a bit sharper as the Sony. AmazingNature Alpha is the name of this chanel.
@@Zimmermann310 Many thanks
Dustin Abbott also compared the three lenses but with different results - Sony and Sigma 60600 is neck to neck in the sharpness and the 150600 is behind. I guess it's down to sample variations of the lenses.
Love the bird photo at 1:08❤️👏🏼😅
Those starlings are all over my back garden at the moment :-)
@@christopherfrost ❤️👏🏼very nice
Need I say it? Great shame no RF mount
Another great review Christopher, I always check to see if you have a review before I part with my cash which I had some going spare for this.
Looks like a spot on lens mate. Quick question for you. What do you think that the largest aperture would be at 200mm?
Does anyone know if this lens would work on the bmpcc 6k pro?
I'd pick the Sony 200-600 over this, any day of the week
How does the EF version do with a speed booster?
Dream lens....
Waiting for the L mount version of this lens.
very impressive
great consumer product
Any way to use with a canon mirrorless?
I have watched your videos for years as a very reliable source of information. Able to make better decisions when commuting to purchasing lenses. A proud contributor in Patreon.
However I must ask, where do you have the physical space to test this lens at 600mm on an APS-C camera? 7:33
Love your videos!!!
Hope is the first Sigma for Nikon Z...
I am bit confused about the "closeup image quality" part at 8:19 - how does 200mm get closer to the subject than 600mm?
My guess cause at 200mm the (multiple, not just one) focus groups can line up in such a nice way to fully boost it to macro close up, in a way makes sense, since extreme ends of a zoom are harder to make. Focussing close with 500/600mm lens is quite hard, though sony lately seems to have a technology that focusses much closers, the 100-400mm GM started this. For 600mm lens (zoom one) i think it's still hard to make close focus without sacraficing infinity image quality to much (wich is used for birds most of time.
Basically Sigma had a working design 60-600mm were happy then though hmmm 'close focus is a rising feature, can we do something'? Engineer: 'don't change formula please it's to good to change,' ok, what about seeing wich focal length is easiest to have macro capabilities at? Engineer 'oh yes now that you say we could actually do that on the middle focal length, wich has the most focus range of all focal length', 'ok that will be great feature, lets do it. :D something like that.
waiting for tamron 50-400😊
Unfortunately, when used on top of a Sony camera, the continuous shooting speed will be limited and the focus accuracy may be problematic!
Anyone using a sport 60-600mm on r6 mark ii or r5 canon ?
I think this lens has just tipped the balance for me. I was going to upgrade my old EOS 80D for an EOS R6 II but now I think I'm going to move away from Canon.
This lens with a 24 - 70 2.8 will work well for me.
Looks like an amazing choice, that price though, ouch.
I'll say it's worth the money considering the insane performance on such a focal range.
What a great company!!
Is deze voor sony? Kan hem nergens vinden,
I hope 3rd party manufacturers will be allowed to release their teleconverters to Sony E soon. Sucks a lot that they can't.
I require that one for RF..........
Is your testing laboratory called Wales? 😉
Wish there was Canon RF mount version also. This looks more desireable than RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
oh please make this for the Nikon Z
see you Tamron! Bye~
Is it available also with an RF mount?
Current just for Sony E-Mount and L-Mount available
0:57 - Godzilla!😂
Just use a Nikon or Canon version withe electronic adapter!!!
Thanks mate! I film wildlife travel adventures in Africa and find your reviews to be spot on ;)
Thanks!
does this lens work with sony 2x teleconverter ?
no
Strikes me Chris that the first year’s production has gone - all gone to reviewers ! I know you ALWAYS return loaned items, wonder how many are as honest as you ? Ps - not for me but an epic tube 😎
Very impressive. Now the ball is in Sony's court to make a comeback. I hope Tamron comes up with something similar since I prefer their bokeh quality over Sigma.
purple fringing seems bad
This lens and the Tamron 35-150 will be the result of Nikon and canons demise if they don’t wisen up quick! Glad I went back to Sony and have the Tamron and will be adding this to my arsenal as well!
why do you need a 60-600 if you have the 35-150? Wouldn't you just get the 150-600 or the 200-600 if 2 grand is your price range?
@@sportagus3 for birds and sports the 35-150 lifestyle and portraits
Who needs a tele converter when all you need is an aps-c body.
Great that I just bought a used 150 - 600 sports with which I'm not very happy to behonest because of tight - lock mechanism, shitty Manual Focus Speed and Ring and average Stabilization.
*sigh*
It's "BAD" Cannon thinks it can Corner the market by not allowin excellent 3rd party lens manufacturers like Sigma to provide good quality lenses with Canon mounts !
Panasonic 20-60 and sigma 60-500 coincidence?
Canon RF mount please...oh well, we can only hope.
there is no hope for RF
Just get a Sony camera or the Panasonic S5II if you are a Sony hater.
The DSLR version adapts very well on RF.
Used....a7ii $500usd, a7riii $1300usd, a9 $1500....not to mention the new a7r5 and of course, the flagship A1. During my next upgrade I'm switching from Canon to Sony. There's a reason why sony's gained so much market share in the last few years. They actually try to deliver what their customers want. I just wish the a7r5 had a better burst speed, comparable to the r5
You So fast
I using now
Who needs a 2.5kg 60mm lens...?
Right - no-one.
I do. Because it zooms in to 600mm. 🙂
Still think the rock looks like a cameleon ..
Nobody cares about your wildlife photos, lets be honest. And you cant take this lens to sporting events without a photographers permit. Save your 2,000 pounds. Moving on...
Omg. How can you review sport lenses shooting such a crap? People are interested in real life performance of AF shooting moving subjects! I seriously do not care how it keeps contrast and sharpness in maximum zoom and minimum focusing distance because it does not matters for anyone. Its performance with sport cameras like A9, its AF performance with old cameras like A7R3 which were pelroduced before this lens release, because say tamron 35-150 works really bad with old bodies, and af performance with new cameras - it really matters
Shooting rock it is bullshit) because i can simply take a phone and walk by my legs to this subject and take a photo. But who will pay for this? Seagulls? Your reviews are not for photographers at all
What happens when there is a 100 meter deep ravine between you and the target? Or when the target might eat you if you walked up to it?