Zoom! But, not one for bushwalking...

[tasadam]

Just doing some random browsing, stumbled upon this...
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/200-500m ... x-dg-sigma

Drool!
Not for bushwalking though, see how much all that glass weighs!

Then, I guess if you can afford it, you can afford someone to carry it for you...

[ILUVSWTAS]

Lol, I get it now Adam.....

[Liamy77]

cheap too...

PS please dont start chargin a membership fee to cover it....

[tasadam]

Donations?

[jcr_au]

You could probably put some sort of grant proposal up to the Govt, that you need it to hunt the Tassy Tiger

[tasadam]

I'm not going to the moon!
Mind you, it would be a great lens for astro photography as well as for looking for the Tiger in Tassie, from the moon...
A lens that costs much more than my car... I can't ever imagine it without a major bit of numbers luck on a Tue / Thu night.

[Liamy77]

id be happy to be pimped out selectively to attractive folk.... of course the missus might object!... and i doubt i would make you much $

[Crum]

It would nearly be worth it if there was some hot chicks living up the street

[Nuts]

sneaking closer would be cheaper (n lighter)

[ollster]

sneaking closer would be cheaper (n lighter)

$38k?! THIRTYEIGHTTHOUSAND?! I think Nuts is right, you could hire a helicopter for that, several times.

[Crum]

LOL a helicopter might not be so discreet

[tasadam]

The price to pay for 500mm at f2.8

Did you see the dimensions?
Diameter 236... Oh boy, I could nearly hide behind that!
Length - 726 mm. Freak!

Take it to a major event and you're likely to get shot by a military sniper, looks like a Bazooka or something...
That Sigma logo on the side - that's valuable advertising space, you could rent that out!

[Liamy77]

throw a tarp over it n you could leave the tent behind too!

[Ent]

Um?

Probably as useful as my 500mm Tamron SP Cat lens mounted on a Canon 400D SLR which means it is 800mm equivalent It was a replacement by an insurance company for a lovely Pentax spotting scope that some unmentionable or indescribable (using words allowed on this site) removed from my house many years back. The Tamron interchangeable mount means I can use it on a Pentax and Nikon using the original adaptors while on Ebay I brought a Canon adaptor that enables the focusing sensors to work, still have to manual focus though but at least you know when it is in focus.

Cheers Brett

[stoogest]

Such a shame it's for use on an FX, otherwise I would have snapped one up in an instant!

[tasadam]

Such a shame it's for use on an FX, otherwise I would have snapped one up in an instant!

From their site,

May also be used with smaller APS-c size sensors with a corresponding effective increase in focal length to about 225mm with most cameras.

When you buy it, can I borrow?

[stoogest]

No excuses now...better go talk to the Minister for Finance...don't like my chances though! Do you reckon I'd be waiting long for one to pop up on ebay?