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środa, 11 marca 2015

Sigma 150-600/5.0-6.3 OS Sport - Sample Photos (Canon 1DX & Canon 60D)

NOTE:
Because I changed my monitor for much better and calibrated, colors in these stills may be unsaturated (I was working on my older monitor when I uploaded these stills). Soon I will fix this.

Today is 11th of March 2015. I have this lens from yesterday and I took some shots.
First impressions are very good - lens is solid, heavy and gives nice images (very good to 350 mm, good above 350 mm). Unfortunately 5.0 is only ot 150 mm, 5.6 on 200-300 mm, 6.3 on 400-600 mm.
Lens works with my old Canon tc 2x II (max focal length is 1200/13). Soon I will try it with Kenko 1.4x mc4 dgx.

15th of March 2015.
I took more shots and I recorded sample videos. Video quality is good, even on 600 mm (at f/8.0). OS works fine, but it's not good for a handheld videos above 300 mm (lens is too heavy and if you will move camera to the left, right or up and down, picture will not be smooth).
Lens is heavy (with camera it's more than 4 kg), so after few shots I need to take a little break.
OS is ok, I can take steady shots on 600 mm with 1/100.

13th of April 2015
I tested this lens on three football/soccer matches and I am happy with the results. AF with limiters works fast (similar to my previous lens - Canon 300/4 IS), picture quality is ok, even with iso 6400. I changed focal length when it was a rain and strong wind. Condition of this lens is still ok with no dust or water inside.
Sigma works fine with Canon tc 2x II (AF is very slow in live view mode), but not with Kenko 1.4x mc4 dgx where AF is hunting and hunting...
On my Canon 60D camera, picture quality is also good, but soft at 6.3 (especially at 500-600 mm). For a bird photography I think that it's a good lens (with max iso at 1000), but it looks better on full frame camera on all aperture settings and focal length.

8th of May 2015
More tests on Canon 60D.
What can I say about this camera and lens? If you need it for a bird photography or wildlife and you like good picture quality, you will need to stop down aperture to 7.1-8.0 at 500-600 mm (there's no need to do this on a full frame camera). It reminds me situation with my previous lens - Canon 300/4 IS, where this lens was too soft on f4, good at 5.6 on Canon 60D. On Canon 1DX it was good at 4.0, very good at 5.6.
AF is ok on a static scenes and situations (when you will use a limiter it will be faster), but for a fast moving subjects it's not good in my opinion. Maybe on a 7D II it's much better. On Canon 1DX its fast and accurate.

28th of June 2015
I took many shots on air show, but sky was overcast. Resolution is good, but it's much worse when you shoot under the light. AF works fine. For panning max in this lens for me is 1/160.
Here you can check some shots (last shots, without last two with F-16 taken with Sigma on Canon 60D, I took with Canon 70-200/2.8 IS II):
http://krzysztofsmejlis.blogspot.com/2015/06/piknik-lotniczy-w-swidwinie-2015-zdjecia.html


Pros (on Canon 1DX):
- very good image quality to 350 mm, good above (softer at 600/6.3, better at 600/7.1 or 8.0);
- build quality;
- splash & dust resistant;
- good AF, even in low light conditions

Cons
- 400/6.3, not 400/5.6 like in Tamron 150-600;
- heavy;
- much worse image quality when you shoot under the light;
- 600/6.3 on apc-c is too soft



Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 1250; focal length - 401 mm


Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 1250; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 800; focal length - 300 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 800; focal length- 600 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/160; iso 1000; focal length - 600 mm (cropped)


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 1250; focal length - 500 mm


 Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/2000; iso 1000; focal length - 192 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/500; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/500; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 8000; focal length - 206 mm (cropped)


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 8000; focal length - 230 mm (cropped)


  Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/2500; iso 2500; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/2000; iso 2000; focal length - 350 mm (cropped)


  Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/2000; iso 2000; focal length - 401 mm (cropped)


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1600; iso 4000; focal length - 420 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/2500; iso 3200; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/3200; iso 4000; focal length - 309 mm


 Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 640; focal length - 150 mm

More shots from this match:
http://pogonszczecin.pl/galeria/15/669/Pogon-Szczecin---Gornik-Zabrze-3-1--1-0---fot--Krzysztof-Smejlis.html


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 5000; focal length - 270 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 8000; focal length - 600 mm (cropped)


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/640; iso 8000; focal length - 600 mm (cropped; soft picture because I had water from the rain on the front lens)


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/160; iso 5000; focal length - 400 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 5000; focal length - 380 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 5000; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 6400; focal length - 329 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 6400; focal length - 300 mm


Aperture - f/5.0; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 6400; focal length - 175 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 5000; focal length - 300 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 5000; focal length- 240 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 3200; focal length - 430 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/125; iso 6400; focal length - 150 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 1250; focal length - 600 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 1250; focal length - 300 mm


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 2000; focal length - 250 mm


 Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 2000; focal length - 250 mm


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 250; focal length - 185 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 500; focal length - 534 mm


Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 250; focal length - 500 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 200; focal length - 309 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 2000; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1600; iso 4000; focal length - 600 mm (+ 1,10 EV in PS)


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1600; iso 3200; focal length - 600 mm


  Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1600; iso 4000; focal length - 600 mm


  Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1250; iso 4000; focal length - 470 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/2000; iso 5000; focal length - 250 mm






Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 5000; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 500; focal length- 600 mm (cropped)


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm (cropped)



Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 1600; focal length - 600 mm



Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/500; iso 1600; focal length - 600 mm (crop, no sharpening, no iso reduction)



Canon 60D + Sigma 150-600


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 1000; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 250; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm (cropped by 35%)


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/400; iso 250; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/7.1; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm


 Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 800; focal length - 600 mm (no sharpening)



Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 1600; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/500; iso 500; focal length - 500 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm (no sharpening)


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/50; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/640; iso 500; focal length - 600 mm


 Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 1000; focal length - 250 mm


Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/320; iso 1000; focal length - 548 mm


Aperture - f/16.0; shutter speed - 1/8000; iso 100; focal length - 600 mm


Aperture - f/25.0; shutter speed - 1/8000; iso 100; focal length - 569 mm

with Canon tc 2x II


Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/8000; iso 100; focal length - 1200 mm

Video:


Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/60; iso 500; focal length- 1200 mm


Video:


with Canon tc 2x II and Kenko 1.4x


Aperture - f/18.0; shutter speed - 1/50; iso 200; focal length - 1422 mm (photo taken in June)




Aperture - f/20.0; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 250; focal length - 1680 mm (photo taken in April)



Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 250; focal length - 1200 mm (photo taken in September - super moon)

On 1DX


Aperture - f/20.0; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 500; focal length - 1680 mm 



Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 250; focal length - 1200 mm (photo taken in September - super moon)



Unboxing & sample videos: