{"id":5,"date":"2014-02-23T22:24:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T22:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/?p=5"},"modified":"2018-01-02T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T09:42:10","slug":"lens-review-sigma-120-300-f-2-8-dg-os-hsm-a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/2014\/02\/23\/lens-review-sigma-120-300-f-2-8-dg-os-hsm-a1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens Review: Sigma 120-300 f\/2.8 DG OS HSM A1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sigma 120-300\/2.8 lens I rented for the past week has been boxed up and is ready to be shipped back. It&#8217;s been a fun shooting with it, and I&#8217;m sad to see it go back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharp, even wide open<\/li>\n<li>Minimal vignetting wide open<\/li>\n<li>Being able to shoot 300\/2.8 without being locked into a prime lens is really handy during a shoot.<\/li>\n<li>Being able to cover the entire 120-300 range at 2.8 is really, really handy.<\/li>\n<li>Usable without a monopod (but barely)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy. Very heavy. 1DX + this lens + 600EX-RT is almost 12 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>Focusing is a little on the slow side. (It&#8217;s not THAT slow, but it&#8217;s not a true sports lens by any stretch.)<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not cheap. However, there&#8217;s no other lens like it, and it&#8217;s a lot cheaper than say, Canon&#8217;s 200-400\/4.<\/li>\n<li>Very conspicuous. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever gotten this many comments about my lens before. Carrying the lens definitely makes you stand out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Should You Buy It?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you need a f\/2.8 zoom lens that goes beyond 200mm, this is an excellent value. If you rarely need to shoot beyond 200mm at f\/2.8, consider the Canon 70-200\/2.8 instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will I Buy It and Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Probably &#8212; there are many times when shooting cosplay and my kids that I want to go beyond 200mm and still have the bokeh from f\/2.8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sigma 120-300\/2.8 lens I rented for the past week has been boxed up and is ready to be shipped back. It&#8217;s been a fun shooting with it, and I&#8217;m sad to see it go back. Pros: Sharp, even wide open Minimal vignetting wide open Being able to shoot 300\/2.8 without being locked into a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/2014\/02\/23\/lens-review-sigma-120-300-f-2-8-dg-os-hsm-a1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lens Review: Sigma 120-300 f\/2.8 DG OS HSM A1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}