Holy Milton Berle that thing's huge!

1000mm at f5.6 almost makes me need to change my pants. But... then I saw the Sigma logo. It's kind of like getting a really hot woman naked and finding out she's a dude.

LOL that looks so funny, the actual camera is tiny.

the dude in the first thumbnail is a total weetard

@discounteggroll:
oh, he's an intern. figures

I've seen bigger.

Mine is bigger....In girth.

Your mom is bigger....god that one never gets old.

I have a bigger one. It's my 10" Dob telescope with t-ring adapter. 1200mm F4 and only 29lbs!!

Its actually only large because it's a zoom. It's really a 500mm with a 2x adapter. Canon actually just announced an 800mm prime, which is 300mm longer (in focal length) than this one.

F2.8 is pretty impressive for a zoom of that size though.

@strider_mt2k: Brilliant. You know.. cos of his C@CK!!

a larger one has been shown here in giz:
gizmodo.com

so, if i look at it in reverse, will denton appear smaller or normal sized?

@singlecoilpickup: agreed! 1000mm @ f5.6... holy crap.

@Drezio: Yes, and imagine this... they linked to that lens in this article. Thanks for reading :)

@singlecoilpickup: Haha! Come on. Sigma's not that bad.

@singlecoilpickup: Nah, it's less "Crying Game" and more like "Coyote Ugly".

The real question is it coyote ugly or double coyote ugly?

Need to see some real world pics first.

@singlecoilpickup:

Nothing's wrong with sigma. I have a wonderful 24-70mm sigma DX ED glass 2.8 throughout that I use as my main "walkaround lens." I've taken some of my best shots with it.

Canon actually has a lens that's bigger. The 1600mm lens the made. If I'm not mistaken only 4 or 5 of them exist.

Uh...22 Grand is a wee bit FREAKIN' TOO MUCH for a lens that carries the sigma name. They perhaps made a mistake and added a few too many zeros at then end of the 22.

Come on sigma. Yea, ok...you make 'quality' lenses--ok, bottom line, they are not supposed to be more expensive than the Canikion lenses, ok. And they're supposed to be 100 times less than Olympus lenses.

NOSAUTEN: Uh...22 Grand is a wee bit FREAKIN' TOO MUCH for a lens that carries the sigma name. They perhaps made a mistake and added a few too many zeros at then end of the 22.

The sigma lens is a 200-500 f/2.8 lens. Throw a 2x extender on it and you get a 400-1000 mm f/5.6 lens, total cost, about 24 grand.

Canon has a 1200mm prime (it doesn't zoom) f/5.6 lens for ~$86k-100k or more. So you gain 200mm of focal length, but you loose the zoom capability plus pay over 3x or more the price.

[en.wikipedia.org] canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 prime

@lordargent: Pick up a used Canon 1200mm and save some dough. [www.bhphotovideo.com]

@strider_mt2k:

Thanks strider....

I've heard that 'story' a few month back and finally erased it from my mind...now its back.

The best part is that it needs its own battery for the AF and the zoom.

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