At the end of the day if you are looking to step into the zoom-telephoto world and don’t want to buy a lens which will break your back or your wallet, but still get very good image quality the Sigma 100-400mm is one of the first lenses that you should consider.
The lens is considerably better on FF than on APS-C apparently but there is really not a lot of reasons to buy it for APS-C.
At $130 the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM is very inexpensive and can be a good option for Canon users who would like a very compact lens with good optical performance.
At the end of the day it is a decent lens but probably a bit too big and to pricey to be really attractive for a lot of potential buyers.
At the end of the day – go with the 200-500mm if you want a little bit faster aperture with good VR and you are O.K. with the extra weight and can’t afford the Nikon 80-400mm (or the 300mm f/4 with a teleconverter) or just really need the full 500mm.
The Nikon D5500 is a relatively small incremental update to the already very good D5300. If you are an owner of the D5300 there is really very little point upgrading to the D5500 (even upgrading from a D5200 is not going to be a huge update for most users).
All in all it seems that Niccolls feels that there are simply better options on the market right now for people looking for a good mirrorless camera.
We feels that for the majority of users the answer is no. The extra cost isn’t worth it – not because this is a bad lens (far from it), but because the difference (at least in our eyes) is so small that the drawbacks seems to outweigh the very marginal benefit.
So can we justify the price based on its looks alone? well, we can’t – but if you love retro, shoot mostly manual and have deep pockets – maybe you can.
The X-T1 is the third X camera from Fujifilm that we have tested in the past 2 and a half yeas and there is no debut in our minds that the company progressed considerably over this time period.
The D5300 is a great entry level camera. Its not a huge improvement over the D5200 but there are a few additions that make it a worthwhile successor such as the bigger screen, improved image quality [...] and WIFI.
