10-24-2018, 12:11 PM
JJ_SO and Dave, thanks for your input. At the moment my thoughts are to postpone the 150-600 a bit and to shop for a newer camera first. Besides getting a supertele 150-600 there are two things that I would like to update from the gear I bought about 9 years back: The EOS 40D and my non-IS Sigma 70-200 f/2.8. Between these two items it appears to me the camera update makes the most sense at the time since the 40D is likely more outdated now than the lens. Also prices for the 80D have started dropping below € 900 (including a Canon Winter cashback) and I found two interesting 2nd hand offerings including an 18-135, one of them having only 430 clicks.
That way I can also wait for the first reviews of the Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 Sports to come up and make the decision for the 150-600mm a combination of 70-200mm AND 150-600mm price/performance results. I would rather have these two lenses both to be either Sigma or Tamron, considering that I will probably buy the 70-200 with an 1.4x converter. I know it is likely not a really good idea from an image quality point of view but 600mm x 1.6 crop x 1.4 converter = 1344mm just sounds tempting to play around with. It also saves on one USB dock or tap-in console.
That way I can also wait for the first reviews of the Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 Sports to come up and make the decision for the 150-600mm a combination of 70-200mm AND 150-600mm price/performance results. I would rather have these two lenses both to be either Sigma or Tamron, considering that I will probably buy the 70-200 with an 1.4x converter. I know it is likely not a really good idea from an image quality point of view but 600mm x 1.6 crop x 1.4 converter = 1344mm just sounds tempting to play around with. It also saves on one USB dock or tap-in console.