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Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 Zoom Now Available

February 17th, 2008 1:30am JST (6 months ago)

Sigma's 35-pound APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG zoom lens

Sigma APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG

11 months after being announced, Sigma's 200-500mm f/2.8, 35-pound monster is finally available for purchase. When it was announced almost a year ago, I naïvely speculated that it might run $6,000, so it was a shock when I found it at a retailer in Japan for about 2.6 million yen (US $25,000). I haven't seen it in a US retailer yet, but I doubt it'll be substantially less.

I wouldn't have gotten one at $6,000, but at $25,000, all I can say is “wow”, and note that my birthday is coming up....

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Comments so far....

This thing is sweet. When we saw the first preview of it a few weeks back I suggested they call it the “Green Monster”.

— comment by Ryan Dlugosz on February 17th, 2008 at 4:15am JST (6 months ago) — comment permalink

Hi Jeff, do you mean 400-1000mm?

— comment by Peter Davis on February 17th, 2008 at 4:29am JST (6 months ago) — comment permalink

Never mind, I see it’s 200-500 with a custom 2x converter. Kind of cheating, I think. What’s special about this 2x converter compared to others?

— comment by Peter Davis on February 17th, 2008 at 4:30am JST (6 months ago) — comment permalink