[Birding-Aus] For the Bird Photographer who has Everything and

Hi Belinda,

Personally I would stay well clear of Sigma especially. (All lenses) The
one in question here is just a hype and has no real world useablity in the
field unless you want to mount it on a pick-up truck and sure, it sounds
fabulous. For birds, you rarely would want 200mm anyway! 

For the price of this beast, you can probably buy two or three 500mm f/4L
IS USM from Canon and the quality of build and image will blow your socks
off. I had the pleasure of playing with the Canon 500mm a couple of weeks
back and it is a world above anything I have ever used/seen. 

Here is one with the Canon 2x at 1,000mm - used a 1D MkIII as well. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsofsydney/2991198508/sizes/o/


I would highly recommend you stick with Canon. :)

Cheers
Akos

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