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Probably a silly question, but everyone seems to go on about buying 'L' series lenses (for Canon's) and I wondered why no one raved about Sigma stuff?
How does the 70-200mm EX f/2.8 compare to the Canon 70-200mm L?
Or the 80-400mm to Canon's 100-400mm?
EX lenses aren't exactly cheap!
no where near youve handle my hallowed L series and you liked it, like i said a mate of mine bought the 50-500mm sima ex told by the camera shop it was better than the l series and just as fast focus hahahah slow noisy focus and it broke down leaving him with out a decent lens for 4 months whilst the jokers tried to fix it now he's a L series converrts . I bought a used L series 7-200 2.8 that was 6months old still using it 4 years onwards still as sharp still as fast never let me down once
just ring up jessops and ask them how much they will pay for a used sigma even the EX range you will be surprised. the olnly sigma options for me will be the wide angle they seem to make a decent wide angle.
well Ive earned a bloody good living over the last two years using sigma exclusively just so my gear didnt get lost in a sea of identical white lenses
Ive now switched back to canon L glass purely for contractual reasons and the only lens I have got to say is an improvement has to be the 70-200 IS
and then its only marginally faster than the sigma version
with maybe a slightly better colour repro
sigma make good kit, not as tough as canon L but good stuff
none the less
Quote: so my gear didnt get lost in a sea of identical white lenses
And that I think is your answer.
You may not like blending into the crowd but there is a reason most pro's use Canon and not Sigma.
Mike.
Totally Canon professional lenses - except for a Sigma 105 macro
Used Sigma - once! (negating a 500ST flash)
Vowed never again.
Might have a look at their 300-800 but I suspect I know what I'll get.
For some reason people keep emailing the mags with photos saying 'taken with a 70-200 f2.8 lens'. Have a mind to reply with - you need your monitor calibrated as your contrast is about -7, saturation about -10 and you need to do a bit of USM. Oh its a Sigma - well that explains it.
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