Kimunor 500mm f8 Super Tele-Photo Lens

[arthurking83]

Where did you find the lens too ?

if you're referring to the Sigma lenses I mentioned they are 'everywhere'


these are just the ebay versions ....

Sigma 120-400mm on ebay

Sigma 150-500mm on ebay

These are just random links to the first listing on my ebay search.

You can also get them from a lot of retailers here in Aus for approximately the same kind of money.. so think about why you wanted to use ebay in the first place(saving lots of money huh? If you only save approx $50 in the total price is it worth it?

Go to your local photographic store and try to present your case for a similar price, as your first option for purchasing something like this.

[Gas Man]

Yea i'm looking to get my hands on a 400mm or 500mm to use on the Canon 40D for sporting shots, but have to go outta town to Adelaide as we don't have a camera specialist here where I am, sadly... Cheers for the info too.

[arthurking83]

Yea i'm looking to get my hands on a 400mm or 500mm to use on the Canon 40D for sporting shots.....

"for sporting shots"

OH!!


In that case put aside at least $2K for something along the lines of a Canon 100-400mm as a minimum level of the kind of lens you may be wanting.

For sport you will almost certainly need faster shutter speeds and f/5.6 is just pushing that limit.

You can get decent 300/f/2.8's for approximately $1K..... like SeeSee, who just got a good Tokina 300/2.8.... and couple that to a 1.4TC which gives you a 420mm f/4.

I have a manual focus version of the same set up which is also hard to use.

500mm, and slower than f/5.6 aperture.... and you're pushing the current level of your sanity, as much as the level of IQ that you'll want to get from a medium ISO setting(say 400-800 as a starting point).

Whilst the combo may work well at midday till approx 4PM, as the light 'yellow' up in the afternoon the shutter speeds will drop and you will be disappointed with the images you'll get.

Remember that there is something called the 'inverse law' where it's commonly acknowledged that a good shutter speed is One over the Focal Length of your lens.
ie. at 500mm, you may want to stick with 1/500 as a minimum.. and more like 1/1000 and faster to be sure. If you have ever tried to handhold a lens at 500mm you'll understand why... the smallest lil vibe looks like an earthquake through the viewfinder.

This is where Image Stabilisation will come in handy, especially in the lens, rather than in the camera body, as the view suddenly smooths out and those sharp, motion sickness inducing bouncey shakes become smooth floating movements.

All this costs $$$$$, and while the Sigma may work "OK" with it's f/6.3 aperture(I think Canon's stop AutoFocusing at slower than f/5.6 apertures!!.. can some Canon folk confirm that)

The problem is(even though it's going to work in very bright light) you are starting at the base end and you have very little, or no room to move, if the light levels fall a little.

Hope this helps

[Gas Man]

Yea think i'll just buy the Canon 40D body and see about a 500mm or so lens... as i'll use that more then any other lens.