JohnHPhotography
New member
Hi there,
I am new here, about 10 mins old. Brief listing of my gear, Pentax K-r, 100mm macro 2.8 WR, 50mm f1.7 A, 35-70mm f4 macro, 85-210 f3.5 and 18-55.
Canon 1Ds mkII and 22-55mm f4-5.6.
I have owned the canon for about 3 weeks now, the pentax is what i used to do everything with. Telephoto work i would use the 85-210. But then a few months ago i went to The Gambia and it was nowhere near long enough and i was really quite angry. i then decided to buy myself a 1Ds mkii, with the canon 100-400L in mind after christmas in the near. But at 5.6 at the long end it seems a bit slow. So i was looking up some alternatives the other day and i came across the sigma 120-300mm 2.8, has anyone here got any experience with this lens doubled up with a 2x TC???
Another candidate is the siggy 300mm 2.8 prime, again, anyone...any experience with this and a 2x TC (or 1.4)
Any help would be much appreciated, as i reeeeally cant toss up between these two lenses. I think i may have gone off the idea of the 100-400. (btw, i cant afford big 500 primes. and i dont want the 400 prime)
I am new here, about 10 mins old. Brief listing of my gear, Pentax K-r, 100mm macro 2.8 WR, 50mm f1.7 A, 35-70mm f4 macro, 85-210 f3.5 and 18-55.
Canon 1Ds mkII and 22-55mm f4-5.6.
I have owned the canon for about 3 weeks now, the pentax is what i used to do everything with. Telephoto work i would use the 85-210. But then a few months ago i went to The Gambia and it was nowhere near long enough and i was really quite angry. i then decided to buy myself a 1Ds mkii, with the canon 100-400L in mind after christmas in the near. But at 5.6 at the long end it seems a bit slow. So i was looking up some alternatives the other day and i came across the sigma 120-300mm 2.8, has anyone here got any experience with this lens doubled up with a 2x TC???
Another candidate is the siggy 300mm 2.8 prime, again, anyone...any experience with this and a 2x TC (or 1.4)
Any help would be much appreciated, as i reeeeally cant toss up between these two lenses. I think i may have gone off the idea of the 100-400. (btw, i cant afford big 500 primes. and i dont want the 400 prime)