WOW, Sigma 50-500 will be 100-1000mm on DMC-L1

[bobbyz]

With the crop factor. Cheapes way to get to 1000mm. Wish Sigma offered IS version of that lens.

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[Paulotvfc]

wrong forum
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[MasterSlowPoke]

Why? We don't have a Panasonic SLR or 4/3rds Discussion forum yet.

 

[bobkwl]

Should go to Konica Minolta forum to suggest a D5 or D7 body instead of urging Sigma to give you VR lens.
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[johnimage]

Don't get too excited! Have fun lugging that humongous slow lens around along with a "good" tripod. Doubt you get to travel anywhere unless you have a press-pass and check your baggage.

BTW: I'm quite satisfied with my FZ30 w. OIS @ f/3.7. Using 3MP-EZ I get a hand-holdable 668mm or, w. a Tcon17 I get over 700mm @ 8MP and even 1,000mm at 5MP-EZ.

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[John_Reed]

BTW: I'm quite satisfied with my FZ30 w. OIS @ f/3.7. Using
3MP-EZ I get a hand-holdable 668mm or, w. a Tcon17 I get over 700mm
@ 8MP and even 1,000mm at 5MP-EZ.

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I think the 5MP/TCON-17 combination will actually give you 910.35mm, which is less than 1,000mm, but still nothing to sneeze at!

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[mrfitz]

Hmmm still gonna break the bank!

 

[Paulotvfc]

ok, you have a point.
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[bobbyz]

I do so all the time (my 100-400L and 10D) and I plan to do so when I get the 500 f4 IS which is a 9lb monster And no airline has any problem with this lens going in the check in baggage. Sigma 50-500 is small in comparison.

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[bobbyz]

I haven't looked at any wide angle offerings but even 10mm lens would be 20mm field of view on this 4/3 dSLRs. But I don't shoot that many wied angles.

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[Mark Thornton]

Good quality ultra wide angle is expensive on any system. The price of the Olympus ZD 11-22 isn't outrageous when compared to the 20mm (for 35mm film) lens I bought 25 years ago. It isn't so much different in price to the Canon 10-22 or Nikon 12-24 lenses.

 

[bobbyz]

A lens like sigma 50-500 will provide a much better picture at f8 than FZ30 can do it at even f2.8. I routenly shoot at f6.7/f8 (not the sigma but with canon) and even at ISO200, my shutter speeds are way up there for birds in flight shots.

For some reason folks will say anything at f5.6 or lower to be slow but that's more than enough for wildlife. All long 500/600mm from canon, nikon are f4 lenses and when using 1.4xTC you are at f5.6. The DOF is quite small at these focal lengths so sometimes you have to stop down further.

f2.8 lens are for sports...

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[John_Reed]

For those who aren't bird-shooters (I'm one, not including me), I wonder if the "L" with its 28-100 (equivalent) lens, able to shoot at high ISOs, with OIS thrown in, won't be all the camera some folks will need? For example, take the work of "Joe B T" or "SkipHunt;" Joe uses an LC1, Skip uses an LX1, and both do excellent work. It seems to me the new DSLR would groove right into their type of photography and enhance their capabilities. Not a bad prospect? Maybe having a whole bagful of lenses isn't necessary?
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[bobbyz]

Sony lens was in same range which is good enough for most folks. But vast majority of folks on this forum use FZ series. I hope panasonic provides cheap alternative to get to 500-600mm for these folks.

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[John_Reed]

I could see having only TWO lenses in my "kit," the 14-50 "kit" lens, and maybe a 100-300 OIS lens as well? For me, buying a long zoom without OIS wouldn't be an option.
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[bobbyz]

100-300 will get you to 600mm with that 2x factor. I met a guy at baylands on Saturday. He was using olympus with some lens which was 90-250 f2.8. that lens was quite heavy.

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[BJL]

Even allowing 5D users to crop down to the 8MP of the new Panasonic L1 DSLR, it would take an 80-800mm to match this. The big question for me is if the resolution of that Sigma 50-500 EX APO is good enough for these 4/3 sensors, with their resolution far higher resolution than film. the good news is that all the new Sigma 4/3 lenses are their highest level EX ones.

 

[John_Reed]

I figured that 600 would amply cover the zoom range of my current setup. Think the 4/3 design will save any weight on this contraption?
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[ejmartin]

A lens like sigma 50-500 will provide a much better picture at f8
than FZ30 can do it at even f2.8. I routenly shoot at f6.7/f8 (not
the sigma but with canon) and even at ISO200, my shutter speeds are
way up there for birds in flight shots.

It's an intriguing possibility, but I'd want to see what the operational
speed and predictive AF capabilities of the 4/3 cameras are.
Noise levels are of course higher than 1.5 or 1.6 crop factor cams.
It's nice that you live in a place with lots of sunshine. Here in Chicago,
I'm mostly at ISO400 and shutter speeds sometimes get slow when stopping
down. For now I'm happy with 400/5.6 + 1.4x on 1.6 crop factor,
which is 900mm equivalent length.

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