Sigma 150-500 Lens with a Cotton Carrier

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Education

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• Sigma 150-500mm
• Cotton Carrier

[grassyapple]

Agreed, I have lost less then 10 shots tho because of the lens moving around at 500. Good post

[grassyapple]

I would make it work. you can always test it out and return it if it is too slow

[grassyapple]

I would make it work.

[paxamericanafilms]

good review. what's the minimum focal distance on this thing? I'd like to use it for insects but kinda thinking 400/500mm would push me too far back to even spot a subject. anyhow, good video.

[grassyapple]

@paxamericanafilms about 8 feet

[grassyapple]

I was outside many years ago trying to think of the oddest name possible, lol and I came up with this one. Not sure why it stuck

[DavidJWilliams49]

I was too distracted by the kids on the trampoline you can hear in the background :L

[xdarrylx]

I have this lens. My lens creep is a max of 2-3mm, so perhaps you've damaged your lens or got a bad product. My lens hood is fine, I have dropped it many times and no scratches. Also, with the hood on, and removing/putting on the lens cap, you just need to be more careful.

[photopauli]

haha, looks stupid with the tripod just hanging xD

[hzuzuknowsall]

can you give me a link on where to get that tri pod?

[Morpheus239]

I just bought this lens and I definitely need a Cotton Carrier. If I might ask, which model of the Cotton Carrier are you using?

[SunsetRC]

Which body?

[Goldmember655]

I had this lens and the lens creep gets much worse the longer you own it but really this is not a problem as you can start to use it like canon's 100-400mm push pull lens but there is one thing i found that gets bad with time is the lens moves around abit when you zoom it out to 500mm. but apart from that it is a brilliant lens for the money so sharp and light i used it hand held for a full day doing motorsports photography

[MrFloppywaffles]

@whatevergable Its fine if at least some of it is F5.6 and faster.

[sk8boardinmonkey]

I hear the lens is not it's sharpest at 500mm...

Say that your subject is very far away. Is it better to shoot at 400mm or around 450mm then crop in post or to shoot at 500mm for sharpest results?