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British Wildlife Centre + 50-200mm 2.8-4

Started Apr 26, 2019 | Discussions thread
Cornflake7 Regular Member • Posts: 257
Re: 50-200mm vs. 100-400

C Sean wrote:

The lens construction of the 50-200 appears to differ from the 100-300 and the 100-400. For one the lens is sharper and pick out detail better than the 100-400. The other noticeable difference is the lens has a 3d pop but the 100-400 images appear to be flat. So both lenses gives a different look. Both photos of the zebras which are below, they were taken roughly in the same week, one in Kruger and the other in Sabi Sand. I personally prefer the look of the 50-200.

The PL 50-200 might be a Sigma design, there was a post about such a lens patent on 43rumours lately .

Sigma is hidden behind lots of Olympus & Panasonic lenses. E.g. P 12mm F1.4, Oly F1.2 prime lenses to name some of them.

The PL 50-200 is very tempting but the price, man... I stil hope that Oly will come out with own version of the 50-200 (F4?), hopefully in even smaller package. Or at least it will make a price pressure on the PL version.

Keep enjoying it!

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