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It's hard to believe that just a few years ago, one of the primary complaints about the Sony mirrorless platform was the lack of telephoto options
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In the past three years, we have seen an abundance of new telephoto zooms, including the Sony 100 to 400 millimeter GM, the Sony 200 to 600 millimeter G, the Tamron 70 to 300 millimeter
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RxD, 150 to 500 millimeter VXD, and 50 to 400 millimeter VXD zooms, and the Sigma 100 to 400
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millimeter contemporary and 150 to 60 millimeter sport lenses. But today I'm here to review the newest Sigma Telephoto Zoom, and this one has the biggest
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zoom ratio of them all. The Sigma 60 to 600 millimeter, F4.5 to 6.3, DG, DN, OS, Sport
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Just think of a new zoom for your Sony E-mount or LICA, LX, L-L, mount camera that can go from this at 60 millimeters and then punch all the way into this at 600
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you're ready to check out. The 60 to 600 millimeter is a premium built lens from Sigma Sport lineup
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This includes a thorough weather ceiling throughout the lens from the lens mount to the front
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element. The lens features focus hold buttons at three positions and a bank of switches that
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includes an AFMF switch, a focus limiter, a three position control for the optical stabilization
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and some customizable buttons for further control. The Sigma has a lot of exotic materials
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in the premium construction, including magnesium and carbon fiber infused engineered plastics
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They've shaved a few hundred grams off the weight of the DSLR version of the lens
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though the lens is still the heaviest in the class at 2,485 grams
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or 87.7 ounces. When retracted, the lens is 267 millimeters in length, but it does extend
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another 100 millimeters when zoomed, which makes it longer than the Sony 200 to 600 millimeter when
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zoomed out. I find the zoom action a little stiff, but you can use it as a push-pull design as well
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which is the faster way to zoom. The lens hood is fairly lightweight and attaches via a tension
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knob. The tripod collar is not removable, though the Arca-Swiss-compatible foot can be removed via
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tools and replaced with a custom one. A padded nylon case is included
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along with two different varieties of front lens caps. The front filter thread is a very large 105 millimeter size
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One of the key upgrades to the lens is the second generation optical stabilizer
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The stabilizer in the 150 to 600 millimeter DN sport was rated at four stops
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but this new stabilizer is rated at seven stops on the wide end and six stops on the telephoto end It is one of the best stabilizers I have yet seen and it makes a huge difference for telephoto video work as you can see here
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And also provides amazing stability for stills. This shot was taken at just one fifth of a second handheld at 600 millimeters
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I am very impressed with the stabilizer here. Another key improvement is to the focus motor
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It is an all-new focus system for Sigma, which they call high-refering. response linear actuator, or HLA. The focus speed is immediately felt, as focus changes even on
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the telephoto end, are near instantaneous. This increases accuracy as well as the focus motor
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isn't struggling to keep up. I had very high focus accuracy, whether taking photos of humans or
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animal subjects. I ran a running test with several lenses to compare the Sigma. The Sony combination
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of the Alpha-1 and the Sony 200 to 600 millimeter G is flawless as usual, giving me a
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about 30 frames per second of perfectly focused action. Sony limits the burst rate on its sports cameras to 15 frames per second, however
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with non-Soney lenses. But outside of that, I was very impressed by perfect focus results with the Sigma 60 to 600
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millimeter in my test as well. There were no front or back focus wings
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That extra torque really helped the lens keep up, despite the beta firmware in my pre-relaced
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test lens. Sigma says the retail firmware tracks even better. I was also impressed with the image quality here
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I got some impressive shots even wide open at 600 millimeters F6.3
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There is a bit of pincushion distortion throughout the zoom range, along with some vignette, but neither are severe and are easily corrected by the standard profiles
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I also found the chromatic aberrations were well corrected The lens has consistently good sharpness across the 10 zoom range starting at 60 millimeters F4 The results look good even on my high 50 Sony Alpha across the frame
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When I compared to other options like the Sony 200 to 600 G and the Sigma 150 to 600 millimeter D in
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Sport, I found that the Sigma 60 to 600 millimeter stayed very close to the Sony performance
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and bested the 150 to 600 millimeter sport at shared focal links
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That's very impressive, considering how much larger the zoom ratio of the 60 to 600 millimeter sport is
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I found the bouquet quality to be quite nice as well, and if you shoot at 200 millimeters, you can achieve a maximum magnification of nearly 0.42 times
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That allows you to really blur out the backgrounds, and the specular highlights are nice and round as well
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Flare resistance is fairly good, too, leaving me very impressive. with the overall optical package here
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This is a large lens, but it compensates by being very versatile and well-made
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It is also a fairly expensive lens at $2,000 US dollars, which is the same price as the Sony 200 to 600
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but it also offers up a much larger zoom range and a similar feature set
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If you are looking for maximum versatility, the new Sigma 60 to 600 millimeter DNOS Sport
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should probably vault to the front of the line of your telephoto wish list
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I'm Dustin Abbott, and if you want more information, you can watch my upcoming definitive video review
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or read my text review that is linked in the description below. You'll also find links to an image gallery, as well as buying links
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if you want to pre-order the lens for yourself. Thanks for watching. Have a great day and let the light in
