Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

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Ayden Nathan
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p.2 #1 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

I totally agree Paul. I don't know if you've seen Paul Alesse's amazing work, but there's got to be a good reason why he still keeps the 120-300/2.8 on his gear list even though he has all the Cannon primes at his disposal and many know how fast he can switch lenses if he ever needed to.

Mar 17, 2008 at 06:00 PM

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p.2 #2 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

Hey Ted. Well, on the 1.3 crop body the 400 2.8 was great! maybe a tad too long for some things, but for field sports it was great! when I started to use the 1.6 crop of the 40D the 400 was really too long! I sold that and picked up the 120-300, and then the 300 Sigma prime. I agree with you that the Canon prime is sharper than the 120-300, but compared to the Sigma 300 f2.8 it is closer than I thought it would be. And with the 1.4x tc on the Sigma it doesn't seem to slow down at all, where there is a slight slow down in AF speed with the canon. No doubt, the canon primes are as sharp as it gets, and AF a hair faster with out the TC on, but I would say they are $300 sharper and faster, not $1400 sharper, and faster

Mar 17, 2008 at 06:01 PM

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p.2 #3 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

Ayden Nathan wrote:
I totally agree Paul. I don't know if you've seen Paul Alesse's amazing work, but there's got to be a good reason why he still keeps the 120-300/2.8 on his gear list even though he has all the Cannon primes at his disposal and many know how fast he can switch lenses if he ever needed to.

Paul Alesse?? who is that

Sure I know Paul, I consider him a friend, and someone who is always willing to help. He is also one very talented photographer. Paul and I joke that we are going to run into each other on a field somewhere because we both live within 10 miles of each other, but that is yet to happen!! maybe this year who knows.

Mar 17, 2008 at 06:13 PM

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p.2 #4 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

Paul, Thanks a lot for your reply.

Mar 17, 2008 at 06:29 PM

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p.2 #5 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

pnorth wrote:
Hey Ted. Well, on the 1.3 crop body the 400 2.8 was great! maybe a tad too long for some things, but for field sports it was great! ............................................................... but I would say they are $300 sharper and faster, not $1400 sharper, and faster

Paul not questioning your experience only injecting mine. Maybe I had a slug sigma 300 prime, I did buy it used.

Ted

Mar 17, 2008 at 06:32 PM

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p.2 #6 · Lax with Sigma 300 2.8 prime

cheers mate! looking in to one of these sigma's lens's fantastic stuff

Mar 18, 2008 at 12:35 PM


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