{"id":392,"date":"2007-03-09T15:21:58","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T06:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-09\/392"},"modified":"2007-03-09T15:21:58","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T06:21:58","slug":"sigma-200-500mm-f28-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-09\/392","title":{"rendered":"Sigma 200-500mm f\/2.8 Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Both Fumie and Anthony have been down with the flu lately, so not much\nposting on my part, but seeing today the announcement of Sigma's <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/0703\/07030805sigma200500mm.asp\">200-500mm\nF2.8 zoom<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I had to<\/span> at least mention it so that everyone would know to\nadd it to your &#8220;things to buy for Jeffrey someday&#8221; list. &nbsp; <b>\ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/0703\/07030805sigma200500mm.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/sigma200500mm-big-001.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\nalt=\"photo from Digital Photography Review\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"isigma200500mm_big_001\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"Sigma 200-500 f\/2.8 lens;\nimage from Digital Photography Review (http:\/\/dpreview.com)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><small>photo from Digital Photography Review<\/small><\/div>\n\n<p>Too bad it doesn't have <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image_stabilization\">Optical Image\nStabilization<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>Not having<\/span> it reduces the lens' appeal for handheld use.\n(That's <span class='nobr'>a joke<\/span> &mdash; the lens will likely weigh 20 pounds.)<\/p>\n\n<p>The press release doesn't mention <span class='nobr'>a price.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>My guess<\/span> is $6,000.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> <s>&nbsp;six&nbsp;<\/s>&nbsp;&nbsp;nine months later, the lens still does not appear on Sigma's <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaphoto.com\/lenses\/lenses_all.asp\">list of lenses<\/a>,\nso perhaps it's vaporware...<\/p>\n\n<p><b>UPDATE #2<\/b> (Feb 27, 2008) &mdash; <span class='nobr'>I just<\/span> noticed that it is now <a href=\"http:\/\/sigmaphoto.com\/lenses\/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3349&amp;navigator=3\">on Sigma's website<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> see it on <span class='nobr'>a US<\/span> retailer's site, but <span class='nobr'>I see<\/span>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yodobashi.com\/enjoy\/more\/i\/82247061.html\">it on Yodobashi Camera's site<\/a> for <b>twenty-five thousand dollars!<\/b><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Fumie and Anthony have been down with the flu lately, so not much posting on my part, but seeing today the announcement of Sigma's 200-500mm F2.8 zoom, I had to at least mention it so that everyone would know to add it to your \"things to buy for Jeffrey someday\" list. &nbsp; <b>\ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/p> <p>Too bad it doesn't have Optical Image Stabilization. Not having it reduces the lens' appeal for handheld use. (That's a joke -- the lens will likely weigh 20 pounds.)<\/p> <p>The press release doesn't mention a price. My guess is $6,000.<\/p> <p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> &nbsp;six&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nine months later, the lens [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}