![]() Unless you're looking to spend $10,000+, this is about the best you're going to get for that reach. A few more wildlife trips and I'm absolutely thrilled with my choice and wished I had just bought the lens and had been shooting with it for those months I was deciding! Here's a few observations. I shot for about an hour and even threw on a Canon 2X converter, so I was shooting at 1200mm for some insane reach! When I got home, I had some keepers and some lessons. I brought my tripod and had it set on the edge of the water. The true test came when I brought it to a spot I know with some nesting water birds. ![]() It's well built, and the rings are smooth. The lens came in and it's pretty impressive to hold in person. I pulled the trigger (after adding some 35mm film and a few other things to the cart) and waited. I ended up finding the 150-600 C, plus the Sigma dock, a Sigma 95mm protective filter, and a box full of accessories that I'm never going to use, for under a thousand at B&H. The Sport, as you mentioned, came up ahead, but most reviews stated the difference in actual image quality was mostly negligible. I then looked at the Sport VS Contemporary. Nothing bad about the Tamron, but also nothing good. ![]() All the reviews leaned toward the Sigma, heavily, due to sharpness and image quality. I have all pro Canon L lenses, but was aware that this would likely never get used for paying shoots. Because that's what I did and I laughed once I actually got the lens I have now, in the mail. about three or four months of reading every review and watching every boring video online. Hi there! Professional photographer, but recreational wildlife photographer, here. ![]()
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