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Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sport : Specifications and Opinions

The Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sport is a supertele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2024. The focus is done by Linear Motor, it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 3207 €;

8 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.

L-Mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C L-Mount.

Specifications
Focal lenght	500 mm
Angle of view	4.9°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/5.6
Aperture blades	11
Lenses/Groups	20 elements in 14 groups
Min. focus distance	3.20 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.16x
Features
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Linear Motor
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	Partially compatible (teleconveters can be used in the L-Mount version, while the Sony version is not compatible with TCs)
Filters	95 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	1370 g
Dimensions	108 x 235 mm
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Reviews

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Johnmwright

sent on October 15, 2025

Pros: One of the sharpest telephotos available, corner to corner. Aperture ring. Lightweight (similar to Sony 100-400). Click stops at 90 degrees on the lens foot.

Cons: Close focus at 3m is a bit too far for hummingbirds. Default foot is too small to use as a handle. My wife stole it from me (but I still get to use it).

Opinion: It does not look plasticky and I haven't found the limit to 15 fps to be a problem (but if you like to shoot at 20+ fps, then you should pass if you use Sony). Sony limiting the speed and blocking the teleconverter use is annoying, but that's a Sony thing. I just makes Sony a bully. This is one of the sharpest telephotos I have ever used. It is sharp wide open, corner to corner, even though that hardly matters for wildlife; the corners are almost never in focus anyway. A remarkable performance. There are no noticeable aberrations. It is very light for what it is, very compact and portable; good for walking around, at least compared to the really big heavy telephotos on the market. Much nicer to fit in a bag and hike with it. I replaced the small foot with one from Hejnar photo to make it useful as a handle. Focusing seems to be as fast and accurate as the Sony lenses. Personally, my only wish is that it focused closer.

The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Luca Mozzati

sent on October 15, 2025

Pros: lightness, size, sharpness, AF speed, accuracy, colour, detachment, ease of use, fairly bright, speed and precision MAF

Cons: the limitations imposed by Sony, MAF minimum distance really decidedly limiting.

Opinion: I use it in combination with the Sony A1 for wandering hunting in the mountains, both birds and animals: for this type of use it is absolutely priceless for all the features exposed in the pros. The quality is in my opinion excellent, as confirmed by the best foreign and Italian rating sites, including the excellent article by Juza here on the forum. From the point of view of performance I found it clearly superior to the D500 combo with Tamron 150-600 GII (which is still really excellent in many respects as well as abysmally less expensive and still remains a very valid economic choice) and other combos such as R7 and R5 with RF 100-500 and even with the excellent EF 300 2.8 IS II (even more so if with a 1.4 teleconverter, let's not talk about the 2X) that I owned and sold to pay for the new system. Even with the limitation of not being multipliable (but I find that with the freehand multiplier it is rather difficult to obtain quality results), I absolutely recommend it for those who want to stay light without sacrificing quality, really satisfying. It is also decidedly superior optically and in every other respect to the excellent Sony 200-600 that I own and use with satisfaction. I fully agree with Juza's conclusions: "The Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sport combines the quality of professional super-telecommunications that now cost between 10000 and 20000 euros with a unique portability and a much more affordable price. The only criticism I can make of it is the minimum focusing distance which is quite long (as on all fixed super-telephoto cameras); a minimum firing distance of 1.5 or 2 meters would have been a huge help for small subjects."

Lomapada

sent on October 14, 2025

Pros: Optics: Definition, micro-contrast, three-dimensionality, colours - On the pitch: lightness!

Cons: In the Sony version limit to 15 fps and no duplicator. Minimum distance of 3 meters, but accepts extension tubes, even in Sony version, maintaining autofocus

Opinion: Looking for a powerful but light tele, I trusted the review of D.Abbott (which has never disappointed me) and various others. The field test confirms all the good I had read about this lens. Light it is, it weighs like some 70-200, and you tend to forget that it is a 500, agile and well balanced. I have no experience of brighter and much more expensive super-canvases recently, I bought them in the past but now I am no longer in the mood to spend 7,000 or 10,000 euros and more. But I think this Sigma 500 is very close to the high-end performances, and certainly surpasses the "zoomons", including my Sony 200-600, which remains a very good lens, but here there is more: the constant and pleasant impression, from the definition to the colors to the detachment of the planes, of having shot and filmed (I mainly make videos) not with a 500 but with a valid 300 if not a 70-200. This is even more evident in the case of low and/or gray light, where it brings out colors and contrast, something that the Sony 200-600, as is known, struggles to do. I find both autofocus and stabilization more than good. The aperture ring, which is also manual and also declickable for video, is a plus. I reserve the right to try it well with extension tubes as well to see if at close range it maintains good quality. Speaking of tests and reviews, having said that Dustin Abbott and others highlight the high definition already from 5.6, the non-vignetting etc. etc., I wonder what tests they have done instead to "Chasseur d'images" (which now provides the tests to "Tuttifotografi"), which places it inferior to the Sony 200-600 and others: but it is not true, I have both and the comparison leaves no doubt.

Michele Azzetti

sent on July 31, 2025

Pros: Lightness, sharpness

Cons: Plasticky, looks like a toy

Opinion: It is an ideal lens for those who want quality (obviously not at the levels of its big brother 300/600 remaining in sigma) and portability; hand luggage on the plane, backpack in the mountains... As far as I could see used with Leica SL3, the rendering on the subject offers a very interesting sharpness, perhaps too much!! I tried it against the light and it behaves well, certainly not at the levels of my favorite lens, the 90/280. I put a vote of 8!

Photos taken with Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sport

Rabbit among the flowers

by Juza
7 comments, 2550 views

HI RES 60.2 MP

Parus major

by Momy
5 comments, 1935 views

HI RES 23.9 MP

Tody

by Francesco Canton
21 comments, 335 views

Typhoon in high-performance take-off

by Gio.69
5 comments, 561 views

HI RES 10.2 MP

The delta wings

by Gio.69
4 comments, 649 views

HI RES 9.4 MP

Cyanistes caeruleus

by Momy
0 comments, 1172 views

HI RES 34.8 MP

Merops apiaster

by Momy
2 comments, 1766 views

HI RES 28.3 MP

Poecile palustris

by Momy
3 comments, 1059 views

HI RES 41.2 MP

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The family

by Michele Azzetti
1 comments, 334 views

HI RES 12.8 MP

AV-8b Harrier II "Navy Day"

by Gio.69
1 comments, 400 views

HI RES 8.3 MP

Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)

by Momy
0 comments, 1037 views

HI RES 41.3 MP

Typhoon 37* Wing

by Gio.69
6 comments, 622 views

HI RES 29.6 MP

Kite Season

by Gio.69
2 comments, 821 views

HI RES 16.4 MP

Typhoon on the return

by Gio.69
0 comments, 526 views

HI RES 24.4 MP

Golden-eye

by Behinn
0 comments, 389 views

AV-8B Harrier II

by Gio.69
0 comments, 250 views

HI RES 7.2 MP

Luscinia svecica

by Momy
0 comments, 304 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Phylloscopus trochilus

by Momy
0 comments, 948 views

HI RES 13.9 MP

Barn swallow

by Behinn
3 comments, 267 views

HI RES 23.5 MP

Regulus ignicapilla

by Momy
0 comments, 918 views

HI RES 16.0 MP

Typhoon at Sunset

by Gio.69
2 comments, 202 views

HI RES 8.5 MP

Erithacus rubecula

by Momy
0 comments, 369 views

HI RES 20.6 MP

Sigma 500 5/6 test

by Michele Azzetti
0 comments, 230 views

HI RES 12.8 MP

Alcedo atthis

by Momy
0 comments, 529 views

HI RES 26.8 MP

A-400M Atlas

by Gio.69
0 comments, 166 views

HI RES 9.1 MP

Old SIAI-Marchetti S.208

by Gio.69
5 comments, 473 views

HI RES 22.3 MP

Charadrius dubius

by Momy
2 comments, 356 views

HI RES 35.9 MP

Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sport + 2X @ 24MP

by JuzaPhoto Samples
1 comments, 1328 views

HI RES 23.9 MP

The chick and the mom

by Behinn
0 comments, 79 views

HI RES 7.9 MP

Striped head tangara

by Francesco Canton
0 comments, 77 views

AV-8B Harrier II over the moon

by Gio.69
1 comments, 215 views

HI RES 8.6 MP

Golden-eye-2

by Behinn
0 comments, 236 views

Sigma 500mm f5.6 S, sample 1

by Behinn
0 comments, 319 views

HI RES 49.8 MP

Typhoon - Full ab

by Gio.69
0 comments, 45 views

HI RES 7.5 MP

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Typhoon - Low pass in pair

by Gio.69
0 comments, 184 views

HI RES 7.5 MP

Alopochen aegyptiaca

by Momy
0 comments, 743 views

HI RES 38.9 MP

Robin

by Gio.69
0 comments, 252 views

HI RES 16.8 MP

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