Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro Lens for Canon - $165 shipped
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try ebay and amazon. canon has their own as does nikon, there are 2nd party aftermarket shutter releases. . usualyl they're a small hand held infra red remote with a switch for delayed release.
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any recommendation for a good "remote shutter release/timed shutter release"?, is it easy to use?
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Fantastic vid! It's definitely a good lens for the money.
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I completely disagree! I purchased this same lens last fall and have been very impressed with it's sharp images. I use it mostly on my Canon T2i and it surprises me with much better than expected...
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Thanks! I just wanted to show the lens isn't "worthless" as some have claimed here.
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Nice vid.
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Here is a 1080p video I took of a bee pollinating a flower in my yard from about 5-10 ft away using a tripod. It was taken with a Sigma 70-300 DG APO lens, the same lens in the OP.
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There is absolutely zero reason to buy this lens if you can swing a used 70-300/4-5.6 IS/VC from Canon or Tamron. It's a piece of crap that'll frustrate you unless you're outdoors in broad daylight.
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I don't infer. I, as the sender of the message, would imply.
You can infer from my implication, though.
And you misunderstood what I was saying. I was saying that the lens does not have IS, for...
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The lens has a special macro switch you can activate between 200-300mm which IIRC let's you get as close as 2.5-3 feet and DOES provide a 1:2 "macro" reproduction ratio. Long macro lenses are useful...
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As you seem to suggest, current IS is not supposed to help for macro shots (in fact, Nikon even recommends turning off VR on their Micro-Nikkor lenses). This is because IS/VR is currently designed to...
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5' min focus distance is hardly 'macro'.... :D
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Read again. He is saying you need IS when not taking macro shots.
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this statement doesn't make sense at all. You infer that you have to have IS to make a macro shot? baloney. i have two macro specific lenses. both of them do not have IS.
Most of my macros' are...
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Review at photozone
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APO $199
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/391074-REG/Sigma_508101_70_300mm_f_4_5_6_APO_M_DG.html
Minimum Focus Distance 59.1" (150.11 cm)
Non-APO $144...
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This does not have image stabilization built in, if anyone intends on using it not for macro shots.
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Good point - got it done. thanks
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Canon should be specified in the title please.
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By all accounts there's a significant jump in quality from the non-APO to APO type. It's a very good value at 165.
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