Thurisaz
07-08-2006, 12:24 PM
I've come to a final decision making on zoom choice. Leaning a lot towards Bigma but I want to hear what your choice would be between these two solutions, Sigma 100-300 f4 with a Sigma TC 1.4 or Bigma, for wildlife photography primarly but with some bird photography too.
After having seen a lot of pictures taken with both, even though many more with Bigma, I must say that I'm very impressed with the quality, especially sharpness, even at extremes, and can't say that the pics I've seen from the 100-300 even without TC are better.
Problem with Bigma is that it has or has had an issue with AF on a D200, and that's the camera I have and I use exactly the personal configuration on the D200 that disables the AF on the Bigma. I can only hope that the lenses firmware bug is fixed on any lens I would receive.
So, please help me decide which one of these two solution would be yours.
After having seen a lot of pictures taken with both, even though many more with Bigma, I must say that I'm very impressed with the quality, especially sharpness, even at extremes, and can't say that the pics I've seen from the 100-300 even without TC are better.
Problem with Bigma is that it has or has had an issue with AF on a D200, and that's the camera I have and I use exactly the personal configuration on the D200 that disables the AF on the Bigma. I can only hope that the lenses firmware bug is fixed on any lens I would receive.
So, please help me decide which one of these two solution would be yours.