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Please post some sample shots!
 



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Originally posted by rsjaffe rsjaffe wrote:

Already received notice of UPS shipment. Shipping weight: 28 pounds.




Saw some deals on PX90 on fleabay too!
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Originally posted by waleskeg waleskeg wrote:

Originally posted by rsjaffe rsjaffe wrote:

Already received notice of UPS shipment. Shipping weight: 28 pounds.




Saw some deals on PX90 on fleabay too!


More likely I'll need a hernia truss.
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I know the seller *CLAIMED* it was A-mount, but... does this lens even COME in an A-Mount? Sigma website says Nikon/Canon/Sigma...
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Originally posted by Steve-S Steve-S wrote:


I know the seller *CLAIMED* it was A-mount, but... does this lens even COME in an A-Mount? Sigma website says Nikon/Canon/Sigma...


Definitely yes, in the older version (which this is): http://www.sigmaphoto.com/discontinued-lens-chart.
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Sweet, please keep us posted on how the pictures and your biceps work out Rory!

If it's listed in the dyxum lens database then there must ipso facto have been an A-mount version. All kudos to Mladen's infallible tour de force.

Edited by pdeley - 01 July 2011 at 22:25
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Any updates on that review??
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Originally posted by Swiftyspix Swiftyspix wrote:

Any updates on that review??


It's still in transit. I should get my hands on it soon.
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Just got it. Pictures to follow, though testing will be a while (family matters this week). Haven't tested it yet. Took some maneuvering to get the lens (and packing material) into the car.

First impression--Sigma lied about the weight!

Lens with hood assembly (hood is in two sections that bayonet together then onto lens: weight 15.1# 6.85kg

Lens with case and everything: 25.1# 11.39kg

The seller (shutterblade) packed this marvelously--used expanded foam pillowing to cradle it just so.

Edited by rsjaffe - 12 July 2011 at 05:33
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Posts: 199 		Post Options Post Options   Quote rsjaffe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 July 2011 at 05:31
Picture of the lens, mounted on an a850. Next to the lens is a CZ24-70 for size comparison, along with a yardstick. The last two "segments" are the lens hoods. Serial number is 1000021.
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Please, let us know how AF is performing... and shoot some birds :D
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That's a... big lens.

Originally posted by Dunadan Dunadan wrote:

... and shoot some birds


IF you can get far enough away to fit them in the frame!!!


- Steve S.
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Posts: 373 		Post Options Post Options   Quote photoman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 July 2011 at 16:26
It looks like the lens database needs updating. I'd say you got a really good deal at $1700
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You wouldn't need to shoot the birds...you can just beat them with the lens. That is one big set up. I was ready to take a chance on it myself, but you beat me to it. I can't wait to see some shots!
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