Which lenny to pick!!!

SteveEveritt · 2010-12-01T19:07:52+0000

Hi All, I am hoping to get a bit of a bonus in the next few months and want to spend it on a lens. I would like a 500mm or that sort of range but I also would love to have the DA*60-250. So do I go for the Bigma or the 60-250 as the biggy covers the same focal range. But the 60-250 has WR and I will be using it for karting shots. I could go for the DA*300 too again WR & karting & then I could use a teleconverter and get the extra range, but then I lose the flexibility of the zoom range. Ohhhh what to dooooo Help me out guys..... (and girls)

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Mike-P Mike-P

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Posted 05/12/2010 - 15:06 Link

The large Sigmas are not 500mm anyway, more like 450mm or thereabouts.

I don't use my 1.7x on the 60-250mm as the SR is very hit and miss unless you change it in camera everytime you zoom in or out.

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piotro piotro

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Posted 05/12/2010 - 17:42 Link

SteveEveritt wrote:
From the images it appears that the 60-250 isn't that good until you get up to f8

As other guys said, it is not true.
Pics 3 and 4 in this thread (and actuallly a lof of mine pics with 60-250 in moderate light)
piotro---farnborough-24th-sat
were taken with 60-250mm, f/5.6 at 250mm, check the bigger pics for sharpness.

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Edited by piotro: 05/12/2010 - 17:50