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Old 30th October 2006   #1
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Default Bigma 300-800 f5.6!



I walked by a camera shop this afternoon and saw the Bigma or Sigma-zilla 300-800mm, and man! It is a HUGE lens! But to have 600-1600mm constant f5.6 is going to be mind blowing... especially for those who are into nature photography! Then again, this is one huge lens!! I cannot imagine what kind of tripod is going to be needed to support this monster lens!

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Old 30th October 2006   #2
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Default Re: Bigma 300-800 f5.6!

you mean the 4/3 mount version is out? *checking my bank account balance*
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Old 30th October 2006   #3
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I asked the Sigma sales rep who was at the shop at that time and he mentioned that there is a good chance this lens will have the 4/3 mount. No confirmation to when, but Sigma intends to make 4/3 mounts across the board.
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Old 30th October 2006   #4
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i ain't gonna break my back.
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Old 30th October 2006   #5
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Its actually called a Sigmonster
Bigma is the name given to the 50-500.
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Old 30th October 2006   #6
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i ain't gonna break my back.
Might have to break the BANK first in order to break the BACK...

The price of this lens can probably buy a COE-renewed car yeah? Heh heh...
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Old 30th October 2006   #7
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It's about S$9k new for canon mount, much cheaper than say a Canon 500mm f4L which cost S$10.3k also new.
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Old 31st October 2006   #8
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i ain't gonna break my back.
This is one brokeback lens
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Old 31st October 2006   #9
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It's about S$9k new for canon mount, much cheaper than say a Canon 500mm f4L which cost S$10.3k also new.
Wah! Only 9k?! That's peanuts

Wah lau! Can buy my 7-14, 11-22, 8FE and still have left over for a MacBook Pro
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Old 1st November 2006   #10
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It's about S$9k new for canon mount, much cheaper than say a Canon 500mm f4L which cost S$10.3k also new.
About the same price of the ZD 90-250mm.
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Wah! Only 9k?! That's peanuts

Wah lau! Can buy my 7-14, 11-22, 8FE and still have left over for a MacBook Pro
I thought peanut was the unit value equivalent to $600,000 SGD...
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I thought peanut was the unit value equivalent to $600,000 SGD...
Wonder what kind of monkeys eat this kind of peanut...
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Wah! Only 9k?! That's peanuts

Wah lau! Can buy my 7-14, 11-22, 8FE and still have left over for a MacBook Pro
wah!! You must be rich guy!!

take note that the minimum focusing distance is 6m. So long...
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