Anyone got a forklift truck?

Daniel Bridge
Posted 28/03/2007 - 20:27 Link
Just seen this..

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/quicklinks/200-500/200-500mm.htm

Good job it's got that handle on top!

Might put it on my Christmas list, can never usually think of something I want.

Dan
Mac
Posted 28/03/2007 - 22:01 Link
What does APO stand for?

What? No Auto Focus?

Will the 10D antishake handle this? Handheld?

George loves Sigma! He's gonna order two

As soon as someone comes up with a bright lens - 2.8, we slap a teleconverter on it. Sigma knows this and throws one in! Depth of field = same as a microscope.

They'll sell like hotcakes.
Mac from Montreal

SP, SPII, SPF, PZ-10, P30, SFX, K110D, istDS, Optio 60, Z-10, H90, RZ10, I-10, f3.5 28mm, f1.8 55mm, f1.4 50mm, f3.5 135mm, f2.5 135mm, f4 50mm Macro, f4.5 80-200 F, f4 35-70, f3.5 28-80, f3.5 35-135, f3.5 18-55, f1.8 31mm Ltd., two Auto 110's, Auto 110 lenses and filters, tubes, bellows, Manfrottos and a sore back.
wasleys
Posted 28/03/2007 - 22:13 Link
Quote:
What does APO stand for?
Awfully Portly Optic?

Michael
Mongoose
Posted 28/03/2007 - 22:30 Link
Apochromatic

means it's corrected for chromatic aberration across the visible spectrum, or possibly a specific method of doing this. Sigma like APO lenses, and I can't say I blame them.
Daniel Bridge
Posted 28/03/2007 - 22:38 Link
Made me wonder whether this shouldn't have been linked to on the Sigma website until 1st April, just looks too huge to do anything with.

Dan
Dwight-Morton
Posted 29/03/2007 - 02:34 Link
Are we sure they make it out MOUNT.
johnriley
Posted 29/03/2007 - 07:49 Link
[/quote]What does APO stand for?
Quote:


An apochromatic lens is corrected to focus all three colours of light at the same point, red, green and blue. Some highly corrected lenses could extend this into the IR part of the sprectrum.

Don't forget that cheaper lenses will achieve this less well than expensive ones, so there are degrees of correction.
Best regards, John
Ammonyte
Posted 29/03/2007 - 11:58 Link
How about one of these to hang it from?

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