Battle of Sigma’s 300 mm f/2.8 Lenses
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Jun 21st, 2007 • Category: Loose Ends, News for Creatives (archives)PopPhoto reports:
“Sigma has not one, but two 300mm f/2.8 lenses out there. Both are recent DG upgrades to existing lenses, meaning they’ve got coated optics to minimize flare and chromatic abberations on DSLRs. One’s a prime, and one’s a fixed aperture zoom — the only fixed aperture f/2.8 zoom that goes to 300mm, as far as we can tell.
These two telephoto siblings have a lot in common. They both feel great in the hand, have perfectly balanced tripod collars, weigh in at over five pounds, and are priced between $2,500 and $2,800, depending on the vendor. They are both full-frame lenses, meaning you can shoot in on either your APS-C sensor DSLR or your full-frame cameras such as the 5D and 35mm film SLRs. Neither has Image Stabilization, nor any focus limiters — probably to keep the overall costs down. But don’t think they are identical except that one zooms.”
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