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Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Sigma for Full frame cameras, 500mm f/4.

MakerSigma
Focal length500mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/4
Made forFull frame sensors
MountsCanon EF, Nikon F
Stabilisedyes
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

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Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Full frame 500mm · 4°APS-C 750mm · 3°APS-C (Canon) 800mm · 3°
How wide 500mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/4
f/4 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On full frame (Canon EF, Nikon F): as marked, 500mm.
  • On APS-C (Nikon F): like 750mm on full frame; f/4 gives about the depth of field of f/6 there.
  • On APS-C (Canon) (Canon EF): like 800mm on full frame; f/4 gives about the depth of field of f/6.4 there.

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See what it frames: its view on the Nikon D780 at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.