Bob.dial{at}gte.net said to Photo at 02-15-03  10:59
 Subject: Re: 50-500mm Sigma Lens

 Bo> With a 20X range roughly the equivalent of 35mm to 400mm on the Sony
 Bo> FD-95 it comes close.  Ten X optical plus 10 digital allows me to frame
 Bo> near and far at the moment's notice without doing more than moving the
 Bo> index finger on the zoom to the magnification desired.  Sure wish it
 Bo> had 5 mega pixels instead of 2.1 but in the end result it often gives
 Bo> equal or better quality than max range tele extension on the CP 5000
 Bo> because that has to be blown up so far to come close to the Sony image.

 Different strokes for different folks. I have a 400mm lens for the 35mm
 and it has had usage at the most 10 times over the 40 years or so I've
 owned it. It was the basis for my buying the Nikon TTL metering system
 though. Trying to get close ups and after wasting a ton of film on
 wrong exposure compensation calculations using a slide rule, I decided
 the TTL metering system was the greatest thing ever invented.



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