Dariusz Breś tested the new Sigma 300-600mm f/4 DG OS Sports lens for Sony E-mount on the Nikon Z9 (with the Megadap Pro adapter):
Summary
We have reached the end of my review of the Snow White Sigma. This time, I wanted it to be more than just a standard description of the lens . So that the readers could catch some knowledge and tips that will make their photography skills more enjoyable or complement them. I think that in today’s world, this is how a review should be. I hope you like the new format, you can let me know if it’s ok or if I’m just rambling 🙂
I’m sad because I have to give it back. It’s given me so much fun and joy over the past week. Or maybe I can’t give it back because I lost my VR lens and can’t find it?
Sigma 300-600 4 DG OS Sports is a technological masterpiece , a top-shelf telephoto lens, which includes 500 4 and 600 4 class primes. Bright, fast, sharp throughout the entire range, universal, giving plastic frames, stuffed with the latest technologies and… above average sexy!
It’s not for Nikon? Pfff. I’ll permanently attach a megapad, solder it and it will be for Nikon.
Sigma proves once again that it is capable of producing an instrument that brings something new and refreshing to this dying photographic valley . Mr. Yamaki said that he would release a lens that has never been seen before… and he was 100% right. This is the most extraordinary, large, snow-white, beastly beautiful 300 to 600 F4 that the world has ever seen.
The question is not if I will buy it, the question is when and which kidney I will donate.
Sigma 300-600mm f/4 DG OS Sports lens pre-orders:
B&H Photo | WEX | Koch | Erhardt
Pros:
- a sensational, versatile super telelens
- very good sharpness in the entire range from f/4
- lightning fast AF HLA engine
- sealed housing
- hydro and oleophobic coatings
- 13 aperture blades
- construction, made in Japan
- price for these parameters
- 3 years of PL distributor warranty with the possibility of extension to 5 years
Cons:
- only available for Sony and L mount
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Megadap ETZ21 Pro vs. Viltrox E-Z (Sony E to Nikon Z AF lens mount adapter)
Since Sigma does not produce lenses for Nikon Z, if we want to use them, we have to manage on our own, like NASA, which uses Z9 and Sigma 14 1.4 Art through Megadap. Currently, there are two adapters on the market that really matter: Megadap Pro and Viltrox EZ. I have and use both. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, which I will briefly describe.
Viltrox EZ does not carry full lens names in EXIF data and may report the wrong zoom focal length or the wrong lens model , as in the example below. In reality, it is Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 Sports, but when using Viltrox EZ, Nikkor 85mm 1.8G appears in EXIF… and that is at 70mm 🙂 Megadap Pro, on the other hand, displays the correct information.
Of course, this has no effect on the work or the image itself, so it can be ignored. It just looks funny when a photo taken with, for example, a 50mm 1.2 lens is labeled as taken with an 85mm 1.8G :). Not all lenses have this problem – for example, Sigma’s I Series lenses display correctly.
Overall, the Viltrox EZ works better for me with the Sigma I Series than the Megadap Pro.
Now in stock: Viltrox E-Z AF lens adapter (Sony E lens to Nikon Z camera)
Megadap Pro does not transfer stabilization on some lenses, which requires turning it off in the box if a lens with stabilization is attached . If we do not do this, the image floats in the viewfinder as if there was no stabilization. Just use the one that the lens has and everything is tip top.
Both work well on Z9, Z8, Zf. On older Z6/7 they are very slow, so I advise against it. Sometimes they can not connect, pins do not contact properly, which causes the aperture value to disappear and the lens to block. Then you need to clean the contacts, or plug and unplug the lens.
Of course, it should be remembered that AF work will not be the same as on the native Z, but I personally do not feel a drastic drop in performance. Z9 are strong cameras that will pull a wagon with a semi-trailer 😉
As for the work of these adapters with the described Sigma, Megadap Pro has no problem, most of the photos and videos are Z9, I have no objections here . However, Viltrox EZ simply does not work, ie it grinds something and once in a while it catches on but there is no talk of normal work. Besides, the Viltrox compatibility list does not yet include Sigma 300-600, they will probably change that with a firmware update. Megadap is updated from the camera body level and Viltrox via USB.
As of today, the Megadap Pro is the king next to the snow-white Sigma 300-600 4 DG OS Sports.
See all available Sony E to Nikon Z adapters here.
Read the full review here – it is full of many sample photos and a lot of additional informtion.
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