Sigma 120-400 good for airshows?

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p.1 #1 · Sigma 120-400 good for airshows?

Hello to all,

I'm interested in buying an airshow lens that I could also use for wildlife and I've heard about the Sigma 120-400 OS. A very serious french photo magazine has rated it better than the 100-400 Lis.

Anyone uses this lens and is it really good IQ wise?

Pics very welcome.

Many thanks

Young.

Dec 22, 2008 at 09:43 PM

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p.1 #2 · Sigma 120-400 good for airshows?

tried it when it first came out but the AF was poor and the iQ not very good , better than its bigger brother (150-500) but still not very good. If they have sorted this out then it might be worth a look. I had the 100-400 at one time also and would recomend it to anyone wanting a long zoom. Its not the fastest AF out there and the IS is only good for 2 stops but is IQ is great

Dec 23, 2008 at 06:51 AM

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p.1 #3 · Sigma 120-400 good for airshows?

I would prefer to have the Bigma over the 120-400 and forego the OS.

Dec 23, 2008 at 09:53 AM

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p.1 #4 · Sigma 120-400 good for airshows?

Thanks Allan and Ian for your replies

Dec 23, 2008 at 03:09 PM


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