Comments on: Sigma Bigma’s New Optical Stabilization http://regex.info/blog/2010-04-26/1503 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: parv http://regex.info/blog/2010-04-26/1503#comment-38862 parv Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:23:32 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-04-26/1503#comment-38862 You mention the large telephoto focal lengths & closeups, I think I missed the minimum focussing distance count if you had mentioned it. So, what is the minimum focussing distance with & witout the teleconverter? <span class='jfriedl'>The minimum focus distance depends on the focal length... details are at <a href='http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/50-500mm-f45-63-dg-os-hsm-sigma' rel="nofollow">Sigma's site</a>. The teleconverter does not change it, so it doubles the magnification (which maxes at 1:3.1 @200mm without the TC, double that with the TC). —Jeffrey</span> You mention the large telephoto focal lengths & closeups, I think I missed the minimum focussing distance count if you had mentioned it. So, what is the minimum focussing distance with & witout the teleconverter?

The minimum focus distance depends on the focal length… details are at Sigma’s site. The teleconverter does not change it, so it doubles the magnification (which maxes at 1:3.1 @200mm without the TC, double that with the TC). —Jeffrey

]]> By: Zak http://regex.info/blog/2010-04-26/1503#comment-38856 Zak Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:54:36 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-04-26/1503#comment-38856 Amazing indeed. And I really like that last shot. Might as well just throw my ZF 100/2 away the next time "glass" day rolls around... :) Amazing indeed. And I really like that last shot. Might as well just throw my ZF 100/2 away the next time “glass” day rolls around… :)

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