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Sigma 150-600 f5-6.3 DG OS

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We are considering getting a Sigma 150-600 Contemporary lens for our Canon and Epic. Does anyone know if this lens is supported?
They have a sport version that is a bit nicer built but its 1kg heavier so this one sounds a bit nicer to carry around.
Currently we use Canon 70-200 2.8 II with 2x extender but the extender makes the images less sharp of course.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/03/30/sigma-150-600mm-contemporary-lens-review

At a later point we would probably go all in and get a Canon 600 F4, but even though it would still be nice to have a zoom.
Cheers!
/Andreas
 
I don't know if it's supported, but I have the 150-500mm, which is quite nice... there's no auto-focus but the camera will read the electronic aperture.

When you first put the lens to the mount with an unsupported lens, it will ask if you want to build a custom calibration for the lens which is what, I think, activates the electronic aperture. But not the auto-focus functionality.

On these big bomb lenses, auto-focus always seeks pretty badly, so I don't find that I miss it. For sports or other fast-moving subjects, it can be a big help, but sometimes it seeks so mightily, it just gets in the way - so whether or not lack of auto focus is a drawback or not is a subjective thing. I'm not missing it. Best suggestion is to ask RED directly to support it - ask prettily, and they will often make it happen. Sometimes it's just a matter of their not knowing which of the many lenss are high priority to their users, with so many EF lenses out there.
 
Aaron McLane said:
We have the Sport version and it's awesome. Works great on our Epic Dragon.
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That is great to hear Aaron. We are leaning a bit towards the sports version because it has better sharpness and is weather sealed. Also has a better focus from what I understand.
Bah, I want a Dragon too :D, a pity we missed the cheap upgrade.
/Andrea
 
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