

APO 200-500mm F2.8 / 400-1000mm F5.6 EX DG
Available mounts
- Sigma SA-mount
- Canon EF mount
- Nikon F mount
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Camera Type
DSLR
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Corresponding Mount
SIGMA SA-mount, Canon EF mount, Nikon F mount
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Sensor Format
Full-frame [DG]
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Lens Construction
17 elements in 13 groups
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Angle of View
12.3 - 5°
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Number of Diaphragm Blades
9 Blades
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Minimum Aperture
F22
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Minimum Focusing Distance
200-500cm / 78.7-196.9in.
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Maximum Magnification Ratio
1:7.7
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Filter Size
⌀72mm (Rear)
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Dimensions (Diameter × Length)
⌀236.5mm × 726mm / ⌀9.3in. × 28.6in.(Hood included)
*The length of a lens is measured from the filter surface to its mount.
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Weight
15,700g / 553.7oz.
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Supplied Accessories
・Exclusive hard case
・Exclusive strap
・400-1000mm F5.6 Attachment
・REAR CAP LCR II
・BATTERY CHARGER BC-21
・BATTERY PACK BP-21
・TRIPOD SOCKET fixed -
Mount / Product Barcode
SIGMA SA-mount:00-85126-59756-6
Canon EF mount:00-85126-59754-2
Nikon F mount:00-85126-59755-9
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Camera Compatibility
LINK
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* For Sigma SA mount
* This lens cannot be used with film SLR cameras with the exception of the Nikon F6 and Canon EOS-1v.
* The angle of view varies depending on which camera the lens is mounted on.
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The first large-aperture ultra telephoto zoom lensof its type
The first ultra telephoto zoom lens to provide an aperture of F2.8 at the 500mm focal length. This lens can be used to create amazing image expression with various types of photography such astrophotography, portraits, wildlife and sports.
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Circular polarizing filter
A drop-in 72mm filter holder in the rear part of the lens barrel can be rotated to facilitate the use of filters, including a polarizing filter.
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Li-ion battery BP-21
The dedicated Li-ion battery BP-21 is used to power the zooming and AF operation.
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A dedicated attachment
With the dedicated attachment mounted, the lens becomes a 400-1000mm F5.6 ultra-telephoto zoom lens capable of auto-focus shooting.
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Easy Operation and Handling
For the convenience of the photographer, focusing distance and focal length is displayed on the LCD panel built in the rear of the lens. It is possible to switch the camera to vertical position easily by loosening a knob in the rear of lens body.
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Superior image quality
One SLD (Special Low Dispersion) and three ELD (Extraordinary Low Dispersion) glass elements are employed for effective compensation of color aberration. The Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting and provides high contrast images throughout the entire zoom range.
Lens construction

ELD glass
SLD glass
MTF Chart
The MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) is one of the measurements for evaluating a lens’ performance, and it shows how faithfully the contrast of the subject can be reproduced on the image plane. The horizontal axis shows the image height (distance from the center of the image in mm) and the vertical axis shows the contrast value (maximum value is 1).
The closer the 10 line pairs/mm curve is to 1, the higher the contrast and clarity of the lens is, and similarly, the closer the 30 line pairs/mm curve is to 1, the better the resolution and sharpness of the lens is.
*The MTF chart depicts the result at the wide-open aperture.
*For mirrorless lenses that support distortion correction, the horizontal axis shows the image height equivalent to when an L-Mount lens is attached to a Sigma L-Mount camera with distortion correction applied. (The effect of distortion correction may differ depending on the mount and camera used.)
*The spatial frequency indicates the variation on the image plane before distortion correction is performed.
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Spatial frequency
S:Sagittal Line
M:Meridional Line
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10lp/mm
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30lp/mm
DIFFRACTION MTF

DIFFRACTION MTF

DIFFRACTION MTF

DIFFRACTION MTF

Distortion
effective distortion
When you take a picture of a lattice pattern, it will appear as the blue dotted line shows. The red line illustrates how the lattice pattern will appear in the actual picture when any lens distortion is taken into account.
relative distortion
In this chart, the horizontal axis shows the ideal image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]). The vertical axis shows the extent of distortion. The extent of distortion is represented by how much Y, which is the actual image height, grows (or shrinks) against Y0 which is the ideal image height.
When you take the picture of a square object, if the distortion amount shows a minus value, the image will be seen as expanded (Barrel distortion). If the distortion amount is a plus value, it will be seen as a recessed (Pincushion distortion). When the distortion value is close to 0, the appearance of distortion is very minimal.




Vignetting
The horizontal axis shows the image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]).The vertical axis shows the amount of light in the image (based on the amount of light in the image center being 100%). If the peripheral amount of light is lower than the center, the four corners of image will be darker (vignetting).
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F2.8
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F5.6
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F11

