Shooting with a RARE $26,000 lens!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- The Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 is the first ultra telephoto zoom lens to provide an aperture of f/2.8 at the 500mm focal length. It also comes packaged with a 2x teleconverter that transforms it in to a 400-1000mm f/5.6.
I should note that this also worth an eyewatering £15,000, so when Sigma said we were allowed to shoot with it for a day, we did what anyone else would do when - we took it to a shady underpass at the dodgy end of town and took some portraits...
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*CORRECTION: Slight mistake on my part! Sony's Super 35mm mode provides a 1.5x crop factor (not 1.6x as I state in the video) so it actually gives an equivalent focal length of 1500mm, NOT 1600mm. Thanks to the guys who pointed this out to me in the comments 👍
Was this comment supposed to be pinned? 'Cos it ain't. And the title still reads 1600mm. (Enjoyed the comedy though :)
Thanks for the nudge - all fixed now 👍
Check this DIY lens system: ua-cam.com/video/9cT0jXI7l4E/v-deo.html
will this lens work with canon T2i?
Well one can just crop inside the full frame shot... it's even better you get more flexibility for the framing.
The super 35 mode is only useful for getting smaller files.
Those 500mm/2.8 shots were SUPERB!
Thanks! I was blown away by it to be honest - if only it was a more manageable size 😂
Best lens ever!!! although I experienced a little problem as everytime I'll try doing street photography with this lens I experienced being constantly apprehended by local authorities. I heard one guy left his sigma 200-500mm on his backyard facing the sun and accidentally burned a hole through china that caused him to have boarder guards on his backyard. This lens surely has a problem of cop spawn and I'm hoping Sigma will fix this via firmware update.
you made my day haha!
Still you all sound as if this lens is inpractical and stupid, but it easily has its special advantages... I would love such a lens, probably focus/focal lenght controlled via PC instead of my 750mm newton telescope (or 1500mm with 2x barlow and Full Frame or 2400mm on APS-C+2x). I bet this lens, especially since its a APO is great for astrophotography.
hahaha!
Loved this one Tom. I love that you leaned on the humor and sillyness of this whole thing.
Thanks dude, glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting as always 🤜🤛
Hahaha!!😂😂 The intro with you holding the lens against that wall art is freaking priceless. Love that intro man!!!
Glad you appreciated it 😜
That wall art is of Keith Flint. He committed suicide in March 2019. That wall art was created as a mural for him.
I wasn’t going to subscribe until 0:38 😂
Haha! Welcome aboard 🤜🔥🤛
This lens instantly gets you 5 stars with the cops when you pull it out 😂
This video is amazing! I was both thoroughly entertained and well informed. Kudos for the great sense of humor!
Thanks bud, appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
This was awesome. So slickly put together, funny and actually informative. Subbed!
Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed it - welcome aboard 🤜🔥🤛
Your "subtle" sense of humor has earned you a new follower. Keep it up!
Thanks, welcome aboard! Surprised you even noticed the humour in this one 😜
Imagine your walking through a dimly lit alley way and you hear somthing that sounds like a camera taking a photo, you turn around and see someone aiming this at you
You would be able to cancel your gym membership thanks to Sigma
Cancel the gym membership but become a regular at the chiropractor😂
Both hilarious and informative! Amazing video!
Thanks Austin, glad you enjoyed the video 🤜🤛
Shooting portraits at 500m does something weird to the face, it flattens all the facial features and makes it look bloated.
I know what you mean, it's a unique look!
This lens seems more geared towards birding and other nature shots.
Every camera holds the lens, this lens is holding camera 😂
If I had this lens I would definitely hold it like this 👉🏾 0:18 😂😂😂
Is there even another acceptable way to hold it? 😂
You’re the man Tom 😅👏👏
Thanks brother, you're too kind as always 🙌
Tom‼️ I see this video finally got you on SAR 🙌🏽 Keep it up man, hopefully you continue to grow and reach more people 💯
Sick! Thanks for letting me know!
@@TomCalton np man onward and upward. It's good for exposure, but don't put alot of energy into reading the comments on the site... It can be toxic and full of air bags at times who just want to hear themselves speak. But the exposure is 💯
Legit, this is the funniest photography video/review I’ve ever seen. Bravo boys 👏🏼
Thanks Scott, appreciate it 🤜🤛
Super cool. This lens is fascinating, and I'm glad to see you getting sharp results when some others didn't.
This adds a whole new meaning to human tripod 😏
Nailed it 😂🤜🔥🤛
This video is the most amazing and fun review on youtube i ever seen
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
While I definitely AM a fan of natural bokeh provided by super fast lenses (and love my Sigma 35/1.2), in case of such a monster lens and the money&weight tag attached to it, I would always prefer Photoshop blur in post (or even Brenizer method) over this without a shadow of a doubt.
Also, nowadays walking around with this and putting it on a tripod even in the slightest vicinity of an US embassy would definitely get you on a drone operator's collateral damage report...
😂 You're not wrong about the last bit - especially when carting it around in the suspiciously IED-like box it comes in!
Good travel lens.
If you're a giant, sure 😂
Love your appearance on the UA-cam Creators Hub podcast, Tom (nice to hear another fellow Brit on there!). And the intro to this video sealed the deal. Amazing 😂 Wishing you the best of luck on here.
Hey Mark - thanks bud! Funnily enough, I listened to the episode with you in it not too long ago! You're not too far from me either I believe? Small world!
Thanks for stopping by the channel to say hi 🤜🤛
@@TomCalton Haha, awesome! If you ever fancy working together - you know where I am ;)
That would cool - maybe we can figure out a way of doing a collaborative review or something? I'm @tom.calton on Instagram if you feel like chatting through some ideas sometime?
Just see your post in Facebook and had to come and have a look!
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Thanks for checking it out Ben - hope it didn't disappoint 😊
0:39 - I see what you did there! 😏🤣
Pure coincidence, I swear 😜😂
bro knew what he did in the start lol.
I'm just here for the bad ass mural in the beginning! But seriously, I'd buy this lens hands down. I'm off to go look up it's info!
If you have some spare cash and fancy getting me one too, that would be great 😂👍
Best video ever!!!
Thanks Adam 😜
This is a great tongue in cheek, funny review. Looking forward to the DG DN review ;)
I genuinely wish they could make a DG DN version that was a sensible size - it would be so epic! 😂
That intro is the reason I subscribe
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I guess that the best thing Sigma could do as a new version from this is to make an F3.5 version of this and use the slightly smaller aperture to make the lens smaller and lighter. And than also some newer design and modernisering of the optical design can make it much smaller and lighter when still having better optical performance
Loving the editing and humour! Subbed purely for this 👍
Thanks man, welcome aboard sir 🤜🤛
Its so funny man 😅😀
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
You just earned a subscriber with this video 🙂
500mm @ f2.8 looks incredible
That lens was ahead of its time.
Agreed 👍
Wouldn’t it be 1500mm? Not 1600 because Sony’s crop factor is 1.5 not 1.6 like canon.
Yes, you're right. Someone else corrected me on this - my mistake, but close enough! 🤷🏻♂️
love the start of this video! :)
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OMFG…. This is both educational and stupid ridiculous funny. Now the question… how is it for Vlogging?
Great video. I think the main purpose of this lens was to draw people to the Sigma booth at trade shows. I've never seen it used except for the kind of YT videos. I remember seeing the two big online rental companies take delivery of these, and thinking those companies are going to loose a fortune on those.
All I can say is, where did you find one you can hire?
Literally all lens Hire / rental places in the UK don't stock this.
They keep telling me to go directly to Sigma
The most perfect lens for street photography. 🙌
I heard they are making a mirrorles version of it at 1kg, 3k, back drop filters and a built in dart gun to stabilize your subject!
Hi Tom, regarding the joke in the start, while it is quite funny and I don’t particularly have any issue with it. I will just say that the wall art is of Keith Flint. He committed suicide in March 2019 and that wall art was created as a mural for him.
keith would of loved it tbh
@@Lawranceathome probably 🤣
I thought it was funny, but I know some people would get absolutely fuming over this. Don’t want Tom getting in any shit!
Imagine dropping this beast
It'd do more damage to the floor 😂
Well Keith Flint is obviously pretty impressed by this little new toy… lol 😂 👍
It's a firestarter, twisted firestarter 🔥🤘
The dream lens right there lol
It's a workout and a lens all in one!
Okay , sure, but... does it support 30fps on the A1??? If not that's a total deal breaker!!! This thing would never leave my camera otherwise!
What a combo that would be 🤑
On the MC-11 it may not even allow 10 FPS, but that would be the maximum. On an adapter that emulated a native lens you might get up to 15 FPS.
15 kilograms? That's not that heavy - or I should say; not as heavy as I expected it to be. I used to work with glass for telescopes and windows for hospital doors, I expected this lens, with all that glass in it, to be somewhere in the 30 kilogram range - but it weighs half as much! Nice!
I know what you're saying. Though, I still wouldn't fancy using it on a daily basis! 😂
Yeah. I was never going to guess this one.
😂 Yeah, it was a tough one to guess to be fair!
Great video
Thank you!
Im wondering how this lens will shoot milky way
If only we could all have a human tripod lol...
He's available for hire at a very reasonable rate...
@@TomCalton For much cheaper than the lens I'd hope!
Ffs 😂 your videos always make me laugh while still being super informative. Love your videos x
Thanks Roxanne, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Ok...no one would ever guess this😅😅.. it's a beast lens..I saw the crazy compression in the portrait yesterday but I didn't thought it was this big 😂😂love your videos 👍
If anyone did get it I would have been seriously impressed 😂
@@TomCalton yeah..nice tripod anyway:))
He has his uses 😜
This is legendary. Such a funny video, well made and informative! You have my sub. :)
Thanks brother! Appreciate it - welcome aboard 🤜🔥🤛
The internet reviews for this lens are absolutely hilarious!
They're absolute gold 👌
That camera to lens ratio is absurd
🤣🤣🤣😂😂👍 Great video. Need such a lense... 🤣
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
That's certainly NOT whisper quiet!
It is if you're hearing impaired 😅
Shoutout to MF Doom on the wall at the end. RIP a legend.
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Can you vlog with it? lol
Only if you're happy to stand in a different country whilst you're filming.
I'll wait for the f1.2 version for Fujifilm GFX medium format cameras. With up to six stops of vibration compensation a tripod would be silly.📷🔭
what a lens. the best part about this lens are the amazon reviews
as "dumb" some sounds, for example the ones saying "burning a hole thru the earth" as they turned it to the sun.... its for real DANGEROUS and you can easily start fires with it (750mm F5 newton is already horrendous bright and light up even wood "instantly", imagine F2.8 being literally at least 4x as bright)
Would you recommend this lens for newborn photography? I want to be discreet.
If you would start taking pictures of kids with this from 100 meters away I think you´d soon find yourself in some serious trouble... ;)
And definitely don't wave it around at crotch height in public like I was... 😬😂
great this made me laugh great review
At this point the camera is clinging to the lens like a parasite 😂
Sigma should change its name to Bigma haha.
Very funny video 😂
Someone else suggested Sigmonster - love it! 😂
@@TomCalton Sounds great too !
The camera has a real cool name 😙😏😌
It has anyways internal anti thief protection.... weights like a TON!
Wow! I'll take two please.
Brilliant!
Thanks dude 👍
Fleshli... flashlight!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gimbal?
If your gimbal is an observatory then, yeah 😂
@@TomCalton 😂😂
does it balance well on a gimbal? 😂
If you're gimbal is an observatory, sure! 😜
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Made my day!
Perfect for street photography 😂
:-D :-D :-D You're crazy dude !!!
You made my day !!! Thanks !!! LOL
Thanks my dude, appreciate the kind words 😊
This is phenomenal. The spank 😂
He loves it 😂
That stubby tripod doesn't look like the MVT502AM listed in the description... what is it?
His friend?
Don't call Paul stubby, he doesn't like that. 😂
@@georgewood2566 You guys are funny. Nevermind, I found it on BH.
@@christianlainesse4281 Could you please share the article name here? I'm interested aswell :)
@@johannesrapprich manfrotto 529 hi hat with 100mm bowl
2008 coast this Lens here in Germany 25.000 Euro.
Caltonized again! Please ask Sony to make an updated, much lighter FE version! Tia!
I'll get right on it 😉
The Bigma
0:22 pain
the spanking sold it 😹
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@@TomCalton Sadly there's no Bend emoji
so cool and crazy!!!
i love how its called sigma🤣🤣🤣
You should have done a military dress up scene like in Schwarzneggers Commando and then walked away with this Sigma bazooka on your shoulders.
Holly shit!!!!! Thats huge😂😂😂😂😂
That's what she said
Do you rent thats lens😂😂😂😂
I wants to try thats on sky❤️❤️❤️
Sigma kindly let us borrow it 💪🏻
How much does this weigh in terms of Nocts?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OMG this is an EPIC Review!!
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Whoa!
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It looks more link a bomb than a lens 😂
1:40
Did you see the camera on that lens?
This is an April Fool's joke right?
Funny, that's exactly what my mum said when I was born...
Hello every on, I am looking a good lens for vlogging. Do you think That this on is OK ?