Đánh giá lens sigma 150 600 sport năm 2024

There is a lot to like, not least its fast focusing (which you can set to even faster if you need it, or slower, more precise if you want that instead.

With the dock (that came free-of-charge with mine) you can do a lot of fine-tuning, although for me I have not seen the need for that. I have made both the faster and slower AF available with the custom switch on the lens barrel, but if that suits everyone, I have no idea.

I mainly use it with my CX cameras (a.k.a. Nikon 1 cameras), my DX camera (a D3300), and occasionally with my FX camera, then usually with TCs.

In good light, it is a delight to use with the Nikon 1 V2 (my J5 has too small a battery to work with big lenses like this one), but with the D3300 it is such a superb experience to use it, both close, and at infinity!

I have used it with the TC-1401, the dedicated Sigma teleconverter, but far better is using a cropped sensor (the D3300 has a crop factor of 1.5, the Nikon 1 cameras have one of 2.7! So my normal equivalent focal length is either 500-600 x 2.7, that is, 1,350-1,620 mm, or when used with my D3300 500-600 x 1.5, which is 750-900 mm.

Add a TC, or two, and we're talking focal lengths up to 3.2 meters! Contrast goes down with TCs, so I try to avoid them.

Any serious problems?!

Well, its size and weight make it easier to use on a stable tripod, with a sturdy Wimberley Sidekick, or similar head, but there are those that use it handheld! When used on a tripod I find, if it is dead calm, it better to use it with the OS (Optical Stabilisation) off, but if it is better to have it on if the lens wobbles a lot due to wind, or similar causes. At 3.2 meters focal length I use a timer or remote to minimise shake.

Back to the Nikon 200-500 contra the Sigma Sport:

Without their lens-shades, the two lenses are roughly the same size and weight, but the lens shade on the Sigma weighs almost a pound (over 300 grams), and its center of gravity moves outward a lot as you zoom out. So weight is an issue unless you have a very sturdy tripod, and ditto head.

The Nikon 200-500 is a slower focusing lens, and originally there were quality issues as well (numerous review sites had issues with the lenses that had been sent to them, while I have heard nothing similar about the Sport.

The Nikon 200-500 is an internally focusing, constant length, lens (same length at 200 as at 500), thus should have no problems with big weight-shifts as you zoom in and out. That's a big plus!

Addendum

A year after I posted the review above, almost to a day, I find it just as good as I did then, but I have changed its use a bit since then.

First, I've added an Arca-Swiss compatible rail to the lens-foot, so that it balances better, and I now rarely use a tripod. Instead, I use one of the heftiest monopods I've seen on the market, a Gitzo GM5541, with a cheap FotoPro head, which I plan to upgrade to something heftier.

And I never turn the Optical Stabilisation off, which I did when I used the lens on tripods, at times. The limiter gets frequent use, especially if the lighting and/or contrast are dull.

The biggest step forward was upgrading to a D7500, with its far better high ISO capacity, due to its lower-noise sensor, and the fact that it is equipped with a much better AF module than my old cameras.

That proved to be a great blessing in combination with this lens, as in certain situations you'd want a faster lens, as always.

So that's probably what differs most between this lens, and the Nikon 200-500, the latter is a faster lens at the long end. And the Nikon lens is internally focusing so less problem with Center of Gravity shifts as you zoom in and out.

The Sigma focuses far faster, but there are always workarounds so in real life the difference between the Sigma and the Nikon is not that big.

But I am delighted that I can refocus from infinity to a subject a couple of yards away in less than a second, and zoom at the same time, by pulling the front of the lens towards you (no need for turn the zoom ring by hand).

The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports is a versatile 4x super-telephoto zoom lens for Sony full-frame and APS-C mirrorless cameras. It offers an effective focal range of 225-900mm when used on an APS-C sensor camera.

The Sigma 150-600mm for Sony lens features an optical construction comprising of 25 elements in 15 groups, including 4 FLD and 2 ELD elements.

It offers an iris diaphragm with a rounded 9 blade diaphragm which creates an attractive blur to the out of focus areas of the image, 4 stops of built-in optical image stabilisation with 2 selectable OS modes, and a minimum focus distance of 58cm / 23in with a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2.9.

There's a high-speed stepping motor with a high-precision magnetic sensor for fast and quiet autofocusing, a Zoom Torque switch which selects the zoom resistance and locks the lens barrel at 150mm, dual zoom ring operation and push/pull zoom capability, and manual override which is activated by rotating the focus ring while using autofocus.

This lens has a moisture-sealed construction including a water and oil repellent front coating and a removable rotating tripod collar/socket with a replaceable Arca-type compatible foot.

The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports lens is priced at £1199 / $1499 in the UK and USA respectively.

For L-Mount users, two dedicated teleconverters can be used with this lens - a 1.4x (TC-1411) and a 2x (TC-2011). The TC-1411 increases the lens’s reach up to 840mm and the TC-2011 up to 1200mm.

Ease of Use

Weighing in at 2100g and measuring 26.5cm in length with a maximum diameter of 10.9cm, the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports is a big and heavy lens, although that weight does include the removable tripod collar/socket. It is shorter and much lighter than the DSLR version that we tested back in 2014.

As seen in the photos below, it dwarves a full-frame camera body like the Sony A7 III that we tested it with. While you can use it on a smaller APS-C body, it won't balance very well at all (and the focal length will also change).

This is not a lens that you can hand-hold for very long at all, being much more at home mounted on a sturdy tripod or monopod.

The lens extends by quite a long way - about an additional 10cms - when zoomed all the way out from 150mm to 600mm. The zoom ring is generously wide and has a ridged, rubberised grip band.

The focusing ring is much narrower, making it a little more difficult to locate in a rush, but it is well damped. There's no distance scale and no depth of field scale on this lens.

There are no hard stops at either ends of the range, either, making it harder to set focus at infinity. Polariser users should be pleased that the massive 95mm filter thread doesn't rotate on focus.

An AF/MF switch on the side of the lens makes it easy to switch between the two focusing systems.

Build quality is excellent. The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports lens has a part aluminium, part Thermally Stable Composite (TSC) shell with a mixture of metallic and plastic parts used inside. It also incorporates a brass bayonet mount that's supposed to be more durable.

The lens has a dust and splash-proof construction with a water and oil repellent front coating that should help it to withstand most inclement conditions.

In terms of features, the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports offers everything that you need from a professional telephoto zoom lens.

This very usefully includes built-in Vibration Reduction, activated by the OS switch on the lens barrel, which offers around 4 stops of compensation. The OS system has two modes - mode 1 is suitable for general photography, and mode 2 is best for panning shots of moving subjects .

Focusing is usefully internal and manual focusing is possible when set via the Focus switch on the lens barrel. Full-time manual focus override is also available by using the Direct Manual Focus (DMF) function on Sony cameras and then rotating the focus ring.

When it comes to auto-focusing, the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports zoom is a quick performer, taking about 0.10 second to lock onto the subject when mounted on the Sony A7 III camera that we tested it with.

We didn't experience much "hunting", either in good or bad light, with the lens accurately focusing almost all of the time. It's also a very quiet performer, thanks to the built-in stepping motor, which makes this lens well-suited to video recording.

The focus limiter switch has three settings, Full, 10m-infinity and closest focus distance-10m, which helps speed up the auto-focusing if you know how far your subject is from the lens. You can also use the Sigma USB dock to customise these ranges to your own needs.

The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports features a brand new Zoom Torque switch, which changes the resistance of the zoom ring and has three different functions (L/T/S).

The L (Lock) setting locks the lens at its 150mm setting and prevents it from extending when it's pointed downwards.

The T (Tight) setting puts the zoom ring resistance at its tightest setting which helps prevent zoom creep, useful when pointing the lens upwards.

The S (Smooth) setting puts the zoom ring resistance at its smoothest setting for general purpose photography.

There are three dedicated Auto Focus Lock (AFL) buttons located between the zoom and focus rings that can be optionally re-configured to assign various functions to the lens barrel and there is also a Custom Mode switch with two available modes.

The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports ships with standard 95mm front lens and rear lens caps, a shoulder strap, a good quality soft case, a very large circular polycarbonate lens hood (LH1034-01) which screws into place, and a Cover Lens Cap which slides over the lens and hood when reversed to protect the end of the lens during transportation.

Focal Range

This lens offers a 4x focal range of 150-600mm for full-frame Sony Alpha cameras - the angle of view is 16°4’ at 150mm and 4°1’ at 600mm.

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Chromatic Aberrations

Usually seen as purple or blue fringes along high-contrast edged in a photograph, chromatic aberration can be a problem for some lenses. With the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports lens, however, it is extremely well-controlled, to the extent that it's very difficult to find examples of any kind of fringing occurring at all. An extremely impressive performance.

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Light Fall-off

When shooting at the maximum aperture of f/5, you can see some slight vignetting at 150mm. It’s not hugely noticeable when shooting normal subjects, but you can see it when photographing a white wall. The effect is much more minimal when shooting at 600mm at f/6.3. Throughout the focal lengths, the problem almost completely disappears when you close down the aperture to f/11.

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Distortion

There is just a small amount of pincushion distortion at 150mm, but overall the effect is well controlled and can be eliminated in editing software without a compromise on final image quality.

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Macro

The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports is not really a macro lens, but the close-focus point is a useful 58cm from the film/sensor plane at 150mm and 2.8m at 600mm, and Sigma quotes a maximum reproduction ratio of 1:2.9 which is achievable at the 180mm focal length.

The following examples illustrate how close you can get to the subject with the lens set to 600mm to aid magnification.

Bokeh

Bokeh is a word used for the out-of-focus areas of a photograph, and is usually described in qualitative terms, such as smooth / creamy / harsh etc.

One of the reasons to buy a super-zoom lens like this one is to be able to isolate the subject from the background, and the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports has an iris diaphragm with 9 rounded blades for a very pleasing rendering of the out-of-focus highlights.

Below you'll find some examples, but you are also encouraged to check out our sample images.

Sharpness

In order to show you how sharp the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports lens is, we are providing 100% crops on the following pages.