I FINALLY found the lens I want. I was deciding between the Tamron 150-500 and the Sony 200-600 but left the sigma 150-600 dg out because of the said poor autofocus. But this one has everything i need: good AF, size and weight and a great stabilizer. -Weight: Heavy lenses help me get stronger every time I pick them up. I was hesitant to get a Tamron 150-600 g2 when I was about to retire my kit 75-300, but I don't regret it at all, as each week it passed I was having a better grip on the lens and less shaking. -Size: It's BIG!! I love big lenses for the sake of size even if i'm mostly always taking photos alone, all I want is to pull out the gear and say DAMN BISH IT BIG! just like I do with you know what every night. Sure, people who buy these lenses know what others have and the places where I pull out this lens around others, they will mostly have even better lenses; having a sony will bring up the attention more since it's a G lens. And while it is big it still fits my bag. -OS: Good OS, on A7IV though i can push more high iso photos since it is capable of it. -Sigma: I'm planning on having a lineup of sigma lenses; 24-70, 70-200 and (200-600 too large for bag and focus breathes into 480mm in min focus distance) while keeping the Minolta primes since they have lotta 3d pop at f5 and micro contrast overall. Love your production and indepth reviews, that's why I subbed.
@@kingghidorah8106 i am too considering it as there is a used copy available. But i am shooting mostly rc planes and helicopters and required hand holding but i scare it be too heavy. I am already using a canon 70-200f2.8 with 2x extender and this lens is still quite heavier.
Excellent video, Stefan. I am currently hopping the fence whether to switch my Sony 100-400mm lens to this one. I love taking pictures of surfers in Tofino.
Great review Stefan. I love your work. Did u ever test the clear image zoom? This lens + crop mode + clear zoom can give us 60-1800 range crazy! It would be nice to see this, no one in RUclips ever use clear zoom in their reviews and i think is a great feature. You lose a bit if sharpness and detail but u can get sometimes a crazy image at 1800 that u will never take without clear zoom
That would be awesome! I have often used crop but rarely clear image zoom as it's really drops the image quality on my a7iii now with a R series I think it would be highly advantages! But I'm talking amateur birds and moon pics :)
Great review as always, loving the clean look your shooting in. I have the sigma 150-600 off of your review. Well I did think about swapping it out for this lens but its definitely not going to be worth it! Brilliant innovation from sigma and well covered by yours truly. Thanks 😊
Thanks for the great review ! Would you do a video about how you set the camera for best results for wildlife/ sports ? I'm struggling a little though :) Thanks !
Great, and very balanced review. Thank you for doing this. A used Sony 200-600 can be had for $1,550-1,600. I think it is a better value. I like the wider range of the Sigma but realistically, you buy a lens of this class to shoot mostly on the long end. At least that is what I would do. It is an interesting value proposition though. I have the Tamron 150-500 and I think the extra 100mm on the long end is more useful than going down to 60mm on the short end.
Amazing lens. How did you get your bird to pose and not move? The real world images are great and is proof this is a excellent lens. There is one significant pro for the Sony's 200-600 and that is the internal zooming. That is the feature I love about this lens.
Well, “not professional yet…” this price this weight… if it’s not for professional use, then why don’t you save 1k on both money and weights on the tamron 50-400 as a semi-pro travel lens 10 wider definitely more useful then 200 longer…
Are you picking up this lens? ***Also someone has corrected me and the filter threads are 105mm & not 95mm!
I FINALLY found the lens I want. I was deciding between the Tamron 150-500 and the Sony 200-600 but left the sigma 150-600 dg out because of the said poor autofocus. But this one has everything i need: good AF, size and weight and a great stabilizer.
-Weight: Heavy lenses help me get stronger every time I pick them up. I was hesitant to get a Tamron 150-600 g2 when I was about to retire my kit 75-300, but I don't regret it at all, as each week it passed I was having a better grip on the lens and less shaking.
-Size: It's BIG!! I love big lenses for the sake of size even if i'm mostly always taking photos alone, all I want is to pull out the gear and say DAMN BISH IT BIG! just like I do with you know what every night. Sure, people who buy these lenses know what others have and the places where I pull out this lens around others, they will mostly have even better lenses; having a sony will bring up the attention more since it's a G lens. And while it is big it still fits my bag.
-OS: Good OS, on A7IV though i can push more high iso photos since it is capable of it.
-Sigma: I'm planning on having a lineup of sigma lenses; 24-70, 70-200 and (200-600 too large for bag and focus breathes into 480mm in min focus distance) while keeping the Minolta primes since they have lotta 3d pop at f5 and micro contrast overall.
Love your production and indepth reviews, that's why I subbed.
@@kingghidorah8106 i am too considering it as there is a used copy available. But i am shooting mostly rc planes and helicopters and required hand holding but i scare it be too heavy. I am already using a canon 70-200f2.8 with 2x extender and this lens is still quite heavier.
@@leejerko342 this lens is for mirrorless cameras and canon mirrorless only supports canon glass
Excellent video, Stefan. I am currently hopping the fence whether to switch my Sony 100-400mm lens to this one. I love taking pictures of surfers in Tofino.
Great review Stefan. I love your work. Did u ever test the clear image zoom? This lens + crop mode + clear zoom can give us 60-1800 range crazy! It would be nice to see this, no one in RUclips ever use clear zoom in their reviews and i think is a great feature. You lose a bit if sharpness and detail but u can get sometimes a crazy image at 1800 that u will never take without clear zoom
That would be awesome!
I have often used crop but rarely clear image zoom as it's really drops the image quality on my a7iii now with a R series I think it would be highly advantages! But I'm talking amateur birds and moon pics :)
I will put it together for you!
@@StefanMalloch 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩the nicest guy in youtube
@TheThinFrame Don't know about that but thanks my friend!
Would love to see a head to head comparison with the 200-600 Sony G!
Great as always thanks! Would love to see how it compares against the Tamron 50-400 that you didn't mention.
Great review as always, loving the clean look your shooting in. I have the sigma 150-600 off of your review. Well I did think about swapping it out for this lens but its definitely not going to be worth it!
Brilliant innovation from sigma and well covered by yours truly. Thanks 😊
Happy to have helped my friend!
Thanks for the great review !
Would you do a video about how you set the camera for best results for wildlife/ sports ?
I'm struggling a little though :)
Thanks !
Sure thing!
I got mine today and I love it! Great review, thanks.
Great, and very balanced review. Thank you for doing this. A used Sony 200-600 can be had for $1,550-1,600. I think it is a better value. I like the wider range of the Sigma but realistically, you buy a lens of this class to shoot mostly on the long end. At least that is what I would do. It is an interesting value proposition though. I have the Tamron 150-500 and I think the extra 100mm on the long end is more useful than going down to 60mm on the short end.
Good One Bro.. I love it ❤️
For wildlife, bird and macro videography, using the new Sigma 60-600mm, would you go with the Panasonic Lumix S5II or Sony A7IV? Thanks!
Sony for me my friend
@@StefanMalloch Thank you!
Fantastic lens! I have the 100-400 which is an incredible value proposition. Maybe someday I'll get the 60-600.
Amazing lens. How did you get your bird to pose and not move? The real world images are great and is proof this is a excellent lens.
There is one significant pro for the Sony's 200-600 and that is the internal zooming. That is the feature I love about this lens.
Very informative, thanks.
Filter thread 105mm (not 95mm) 😉
Thanks for the correction.
....the L..T..S switch was/is a bit dodgy....i can see they would of had returns on that alone.
I love Topaz AI!!
Incredible tool!
@@StefanMalloch So simple to use as well.
Well, “not professional yet…” this price this weight… if it’s not for professional use, then why don’t you save 1k on both money and weights on the tamron 50-400 as a semi-pro travel lens 10 wider definitely more useful then 200 longer…