Nice video, thank you! I love my Laowa 65mm made for aps-c camera. I have one for my R7, and one for my X-T5. Very light and super sharp. Cheers! 😀✌

Thanks a lot. Got a Sigma 150-600mm C and Sigma 1.4x used, excellent condition for $700 total cash from a friend today.

90mm was updated for mirrorless camera.

The 'Attenborough' tonality is really quite riveting.

Thanks great info. I have loved photography since I was very young. Still photos are great, but video is best. I see that you do both and do a good job.

You made me go buy one! Perfect review and thank you

Excellent video, thank you. I learned a lot and really enjoy your style and practical advice.

Thank you for this video! Your videos are so inspiring! Was so cool to meet you in person today. 🎉

ur best video ever?? wonderful!!!!!!

Thank you for a very practical discussion on the various types of Tripod Heads. I've been trying to talk myself into a Gimbal Mount for the past few months. After all, most of the 'cool kids' on the InterWeb have them. 😊 After a great deal of research and soul searching I've decided my Sachtler FSB-8 Fluidhead does everything I require of it. I've not found anything, with the exception of raising the height (without adjusting the tripod) I can't do with the Fluidhead. Plus, there's the video application. I use my rig with a Sony a6700 and Sony SEL200600G lens. For most wildlife and birds I use the Fluidhead without the Pan/Tilt arm. Just like a Gimbal I pan/tilt the lens holding the body with the one hand, and steady the lens with the other. My 'off hand' is used to zoom and focus. When balanced, with Drag and Counterbalance properly adjusted, the camera wil stay in position at the end of any pan/tilt. A big plus IMHO. All I can say is it works for me. If, I hadn't already owned the Sachtler FSB-8 I might have gone a different way?

Great review. I have sigma 150-600 sports heavy but fantastic lens

Just discovered your channel . Such a pleasure to listen to your insights . ( from Ireland ).

WAW. Great info! Thanks.

I very much appreciate your thorough well thought out reviews. Two times I have made the purchase decision based upon your reviews. Thank you!

Well worth having a look at the Sigma 60-600 Sport, it's heavier than the 150-600 Contemporary but importantly the way the weight is distributed I personally find it much easier to hand hold

You are exceptionally talented. Thank you.

Great info! Thank you.

Fabulous! Thank you

one factor photographers forget is the sound of nature. why not include recording sound as well as photographing nature. another level to yr expertise.

Hi Will - try adding the godox mf12 mini flashes onto the lens. Using it will allow smaller apertures and will remove the problem of movement in your subject. If you get a subject that's sitting nice and still just use burst for a quick focus stack

a little out of topic, I've only found ONE person that has the same Swatch chronograph as me and that's you hahaha

Hi Will, Years ago I lived in Kenya and Tanzania, working as a commercial pilot. The company I worked for let us use the company landrovers, so I often went on self-driving safaris. This was in 1982. I'm planning a trip back to East Africa and I'm wondering what your thoughts are on self driving safari's? I have another photography friend who is considering coming, but he wants to know a) how safe is it, b) how likely are we to find wildlife, especially the big 5, c) how likely are the lodges to rent us a room? I'm also wondering if you know which radio frequencies they use in the game parks so that we can bring our own to listen in on their reports? I'm subing and will look through some of your other videos to get more of your persepctive. Speaking of which, great tips! Those are all things I used to do back in the day (well, maybe not live view.... ;-)

Im on the fence wether to buy the 150-600mm for my Canon EOS R7 of not. Im looking for a ''cheaper'' wildlife lense with more reach than my 100-400mm canon lense. Any toughts? 🤞

Thanks so much for your wonderful videos. So easy to follow, not excessively long intro, and keeping on topic instead of being distracted by anything and everything happening around you and wandering off onto other topics or tangents then returning to where you were and expecting people to keep track. Love you are able to share information in a way that anyone can understand and learn from. Have subscribed and will be happily watching in the future in the hope I can grow as a photographer and get the best out of my gear.

Hire a guide. Simple.

So beautiful

I have a new lens, a canon EF 70-300mm lens f/4-5.6 ISII USM and cant get it to blur, What setting should it be at ? -20 +20?

Super detailed review, straight to the point and well delivered. Thank you for this, it's just what i needed!

An outstanding video review of the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary Lens. I am seriously considering purchasing it to use with my ageing Canon EOS 800D and 5D Mark III cameras as I have taken up shorebird photography at Pukorokoro - the best location at the southern end of the Paciific Flyway - and elsewhere in NZ - and need to extend my lens range. At 80 years of age my expensive Canon 400 mm primary lens can do the job close in on the high tide roosts but I need a little more magnification without loss of resolution farther out and spending tens of thousands of dollars on a Canon EF 600 mm lens. And the African wildlife subjects went down a treat ...

Danke!

Great music there, which is very rare on youtube these days! Excellent review. My own experience, nearly 1 year into buying this lens, is that being 5'4 and weighing not that much this lens is a bit heavy for me, at least when it comes to flying birds. Most people reviewing these lenses are tougher and perhaps heavier cookies :) If I had had the money, I would have definitely gotten the sport version of this lens. Being in Finland, by the time the birds are cool with photographers and you can be within a reasonable distance for a nice shot, the sun rises at 4am, and it doesn't set completely. It isn't always possible to get up at that time, which means you want to be able to be out on the shittier days when light is nice and diffused. So having to stop shooting when the rain comes is a downside for sure. If I could have gotten the sport version I'd be getting way more photography done. I'm on a Canon 5D Mark III, and the lens pulses A LOT. I didn't know about the extra dock until recently, but it seems it is pretty much necessary if you want to optimise focus on your setup. I'd still buy this lens all over again (and a decent set of ketel bells to keep fit) as the price range was absolutely suitable for the shots I have been getting! Thanks for the excellent review and keep up the nice vids. Cheers!

Hi will,we all hope you are enjoying a happy and peaceful life,we miss your intelligent posts,cheers Wayne from Sydney Australia.

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Camera conspiracy sent his crew to check out your channel wow 👌 👏 new sub.😊

100% exactly what I do, great minds....look for the small stuff and the big things will appear anyway !!!!

Amazing video! I've been using the canon m50 mark II and EF 75-300 for wildlife photo and video but have been looking for more reach. This lens seems like this will get me there within my budget. Should I be looking at other camera bodies or stick with my m50 mark II?

Hi Will. Three years down the line , very informative and very helpful one new subscriber.

Hi! Stumbled upon your video born in SA living in the french alpes after serving in the french foreign legion..i have a d7500 and a Tamrom 100 400 and tamrom 70 300 but looking for a robust dx cropped lens at 150-600 range would you recommend this sigma or a tamron what are your thoughts i am trying to capture wildlife. Wolves game eagles etc. Thanks! Cheers

Lets have some more videos Will

I dunno about anyone else, but I felt smarter after watching this video. . .not just about photography, but everything. . . .having said that, this sold me on getting a 150-600MM and I couldn't be happier (well if my "keeper" rate was in the double digits, but that'll come with practice).

Miss your videos Will..

Super useful video as ever Will. After a lot of thought, I finally jumped on the 1.4 TC to use with the Fuji 70-300 on the X-T4 and it's been excellent! No loss in image quality and the autofocus in good light is not affected at all and still really fast. Thanks for this video dude because the two factors you mentioned about how useful it can be for video along with not losing as many megapixels for photos were a couple of points which lead to me taking the jump. For video it's been awesome because the X-T4 has a 1.29 crop mode for filming which gives the 70-300 w/ the 1.4 an 800+mm equivalent and for a 580g lens (700g w/ the 1.4), that's pretty insane! Plus, not cropping as much has definitely made a difference. Can't wait to release my new surfing short film on my channel early next week where I first used the combo. You mentioned when I commented on one of your other videos that you might be interested in the X-H2s. Any news on that Will?

Thanks a lot Will, I will definitely have a look at the Freewell filters. I had an expensive polar pro (screw on) filter, but it makes the footage extremely soft and green and it is so hard to quickly swap between photo and video that it was better to bump up the shutter speed than to use the filter. I was wondering what kind of door mount you have? I will be heading back to SA for a couple of months soon and I am struggling with handheld video footage, so that seems like a good option. It will probably be too big and heavy to travel with so I have to look for a light weight option or the possibility of renting one in SA. Do you have any recommendations or tips for that? Best regards, Linda

Very glad you are back with your knowledge of photography!

Nice video 👍

Excellent video, exceptionally informative. I have the Sigma 150-600 contemporary and I have been amazed at its performance. However, I use my lens on three Nikon bodies, a D3S, D3X and a D7000. With the D3S cranking out 11 frames per second I get great results with motorsports. Conversely with the D3X I get great wildlife photos, being that this is a 24.5MP camera, the D3S is only 12.5MP. The D7000 is my 'play/test-bed' tool so I experiment with TC's, both 1.4x and 2x. My personal 'jury' is still out on the results as yet. I found a trick when using the lens on a gimbal. As you mentioned it becoming unbalanced, I have a oblong piece of cast iron which I drilled out to put a thread through. This hangs on my Benro tripod and, when I extend the lens to 600mm, I loop it over the gimbal arm and it counterbalances the extra lens length/weight. It works for me. Strangely my two go-to lenses are both Sigma, the 150-600 and the ultra effective, ultra versatile 70-200 (If only the 150-600 had an internal zoom feature...!!). Many thanks for your thoughts and views. Keep up the good work.

I have been enjoying it on my 7d ii for 3 years now, and I have just picked up a 5d iv that I am excited about trying it on. I have experienced the surging on my 7d ii 3 times now, but I couldn't find any information about that. Great review! Thanks!

Great tutorial!

thankyou - thankyou - thankyou. your are the first to explain the basics when using a DSLR focus via the viewfinder vs live view. this answers why the micro adjustment is only effecting the focus when using the view finder, when using live view the mirror is not in effect.

Can you guide how you adjusted stand for camera in your car