a better lens that the canon? maybe- but regardless it's a fantastic lens and well worth buying

150mm is a pretty unique focal length for a macro lens, coming up close to the very heavy and very expensive 180mm L from canon. having a longer focal length is a double edge sword, as it can give you shallower depth of field, but also can make it harder to get all your subject in focus.

A great Macro Lens now with IS

Bought this for my wife who loved her Non IS sigma version but really wanted the IS for hand holding since she didnt want to be carrying the tripod...

Solid; well constructed; clean bokeh; even better with IS

Sizeable and reasonably heavy; 2 different lens shades can get confusing

"Sigma AF 150mm APO f/2.8 HSM"

This listing on ciao doesn't have a model number for focal length so I am going to review the Sigma APO 150mm f/2.8 Macro lens Before I purchase products I do extensive research on them; I read magazines and scour the internet looking for absolutely every bit of information I can before I buy.

Crips, sharp, contrast full images; silent focusing; f/2.8 apature

no image stabiliser

Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro

SLRgear Review May 2, 2012 by Andrew Alexander Sigma announced the 150mm ?'/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO at the 2010 Photokina, though it wasn't until later in 2011 that the lenses actually started shipping.