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(Sold)Sigma f-400mm lens for Canon
Apr 11, 2022 16:58:46 #
jmancini228
Loc: Central New York
This is a Sigma 5.6 f-400mm manual focus lens for a Canon camera.
I am asking for $125 plus actual shipping charges.
It is in excellent condition with a hard case
I am asking for $125 plus actual shipping charges.
It is in excellent condition with a hard case
Apr 11, 2022 17:30:11 #
Apr 11, 2022 17:34:36 #
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Apr 12, 2022 15:12:52 #
He did say that it was manual focus, which makes it an "FD" lens. I have one just like it. With an adapter you can use it on any mirrorless camera body. This is the "APO" version that Sigma made. Still fairly sharp when stopped down to f8 or f11, and color fringing is fairly well controlled. There were some problems with the earlier versions, such as haze forming on the cemented inner elements, and the rubber on the focusing ring getting sticky. The later ones don't have any of those problems. New ones sold for about $400 years ago. I think I got mine in the late 80's. The lens is very light and compact for a 400mm, although it is only an f5.6 wide open.
Apr 12, 2022 17:30:39 #
jmancini228
Loc: Central New York
dmsM43 I have the Canon 7D camera but I’ve been told that there is no adapter for that lens to that camera.
If you know of anything please let me know.
If you know of anything please let me know.
Apr 13, 2022 20:53:06 #
Actually there are adapters, but you may not like the results that you get. Canon made one years ago that had a glass optical element that allowed focus to infinity with the FD lenses on the new EOS cameras. Those are pretty rare these days and expensive. There are cheap Chinese nock-offs, but the optical quality is probably not very good. There are also some simple adapters without any optics, but those will only allow you to focus up close and not to infinity. There was a camera tech who modified FD lens mounts to fit on the newer Canon AF bodies, but it was an expensive process and usually was only done on expensive "L" glass. It would not be worth doing with the Sigma lens. Actually, it would be cheaper to buy a used mirrorless camera, if you wanted to use a lens like that one with a simple adapter.
Apr 13, 2022 21:29:32 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
jmancini228 wrote:
This is a Sigma 5.6 f-400mm manual focus lens for a Canon camera.
I am asking for $125 plus actual shipping charges.
It is in excellent condition with a hard case
I am asking for $125 plus actual shipping charges.
It is in excellent condition with a hard case
Can extenders be used with this lense? I am interested if so. I purchased a sigma 50-500 and found out from sigma that it would not accept extenders.
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Apr 13, 2022 22:59:05 #
If you mean extension tubes for close-up photography, that is possible. Or do you mean something like a 1.4x or 2x tele-converter? By the way the adapters with optical glass are also 1.25x tele-converters as well.
I just tried my copy of the Sigma lens with an old Canon FD 1.4x tele-converter and it works just fine. A 2x would also work. The trick would be finding old Canon FD tele-converters, but then you still have the problem of connecting it to your Canon 7D.
I just tried my copy of the Sigma lens with an old Canon FD 1.4x tele-converter and it works just fine. A 2x would also work. The trick would be finding old Canon FD tele-converters, but then you still have the problem of connecting it to your Canon 7D.
Apr 14, 2022 09:57:38 #
Red Farmer
Loc: Northeast Illinois and Door County
dmsM43 wrote:
Actually there are adapters, but you may not like ... (show quote)
I use the Fotodiox Pro FD-EOS adapter on a 70-200 F4 with my 70D with great results.
Apr 14, 2022 10:10:16 #
Apr 14, 2022 12:50:50 #
Using that kind of adapter would be the easiest route to go. You didn't mention whether that adapter has optical glass in it. As everyone knows, using any kind of adapter with its own optics will cause some degradation to the image quality. Some adapters may be better than others, and the slight loss in IQ may be acceptable. Anyway, I think that we have established that this lens can be adapted to Canon DSLR bodies, and to any mirrorless camera body that takes interchangeble lenses.
The pictures of the lens seem to indicate that it is excellent condition, and the price is a fair price.
I did post some images with my copy of the lens on an Olympus EM-1 body some years ago, but I don't know how to direct anyone to where they are. The images were posted on 10/20/2014, under the title, "Wily Coyote gets his Bird".
The pictures of the lens seem to indicate that it is excellent condition, and the price is a fair price.
I did post some images with my copy of the lens on an Olympus EM-1 body some years ago, but I don't know how to direct anyone to where they are. The images were posted on 10/20/2014, under the title, "Wily Coyote gets his Bird".
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Apr 14, 2022 21:44:27 #
Red Farmer
Loc: Northeast Illinois and Door County
dmsM43 wrote:
Using that kind of adapter would be the easiest ro... (show quote)
Yes it has glass in it. But it dose not seam to cause a problem and for I think 35 dollars I'm happy.
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