No sooner does Dennis say ...

On Apr 5, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Now my affections have been won by a newly purchased Sigma 50-500 mm lens that I really like a lot, although its photos don't seem sharper than those by the Nikon, which is still being used whenever my wife and I are both taking bird shots at the same time. Both lenses focus down to about 6 feet and are useful for butterflies, lizards, flowers, etc., as well as birds, but I really like being able to pull the Sigma back to 50 mm to take scenery shots, so I can do a lot with one lens.

than the ABA blog raves about the Sigma 50-500mm superzoom too. Plenty of photo examples too.

http://blog.aba.org/2011/04/traveling-lighter.html

Bonus Tweeter relevance points for that blog entry mentioning that Steve Mlodinow found the lens "first"!

That might be an alternative for the TC (though this lense also works with Sigma APO TCs if you need a bit more focal length). OK, it's not cheap at $1650 but it might do all that most people need.
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