Capturing stunning wildlife and street photographs requires specific equipment, particularly when it comes to lenses. The choice of lens significantly impacts image quality, versatility, and the overall photographic experience. Nonetheless, there's probably a limit. This lens might be past that limit.
Coming to you from Tom Calton, this humorous video (a bit of NSFW humor, beware) explores the capabilities and challenges of using the Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 lens for both wildlife and street photography. The video shows off the lens' unique specifications, including its impressive zoom range, constant f/2.8 aperture, and built-in motor for focusing and zooming.
Calton highlights the lens' exceptional capabilities and ability to isolate subjects with a shallow depth of field. However, he also acknowledges the challenges posed by its weight and size, particularly when it comes to autofocus performance and maneuverability in dynamic environments like street photography. The lens has long been a legend in the photo world, known both for its insane capabilities and the unique experience of using it, which often inspires some humorous scenarios. Nonetheless, it remains a very rare lens for obvious reasons. As much as many of us would love a lens capable of 500mm f/2.8 shots, few of us have $26,000 to drop on the lens or the back to carry it around. Still, if you want one, Amazon has one in stock. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Calton.
This is vintage and excellent Brit humor which I always enjoy. The lengthy add at the beginning was not so fun. Tom Calton, formerly of Monty Python? Not.
Dude, this guy is giving me British Kai Wong vibes lol
I've photographed a LOT of professional and collegiate sports for a couple decades now and I've never seen that stupid thing in the field and I've never heard of anyone actually owning one. It's just a trade show oddity.
It's only for pros.
I have two
Humorous video. Glad I used the fast forward at the start.
I have an older 900mm prime lens I got for a song. It was a bear to use, and I rarely used it. In fact, I haven't used it for over 8 years now.
I did capture some great photos from my back yard over a period of weeks of hawks building a nest on the top of a very large electrical pole and and raising their young. I had to manually focus and there was a bit of chromatic aberration if one knew where to look. I set the camera to take a photo every few minutes so I didn't have to stand there.
I loved watching the chicks grow and eventually leave the nest
Overall it was a good lens for specific purposes..
As I'm sure the sigma is