[Gemok]

Heres the story a mate of a mate has a minolta 5d that he's looking to sell along with 2 lenses and in a really trusting move is going to let me try before I buy . one lens is a sigma 50mm macro ex jobby the other is a little harder to identify




Now I can guess as far as a sigma 75 - 200 but anyone give a clue as to all the letters that would follow that? looked at sigma's website no 75 - 200 to be seen

P.S. I can't show any sample pics from the cam as he failed to lend me a CF card to go with it I'll be speaking to him on monday see if I can get one off him then.

[Warspite]

Check this out, looks the same to me:

Linky

[Gemok]

very similar except where that one says 1:2.8 ~ 3.5 mine has 1 3.8 the ":" probably has been rubbed off along with what ever ~may have been there

[SammyC]

It looks old whatever it is!
Not that it means its bad mind.

[Warspite]

Model: Sigma 75-200/3.8 '764'
Minimum focal length: 75
Max focal length: 200
Minimum Aperture: 3.8
Filter: ø55
Closest focal distance: 120
Scale of Magnification: 1:4.5
Lenses in Groups: 12-9
Number of Aperture blades: -
Smallest Aperture: 22
Max outer diameter: 73
Max outer length: 110
Weight: 640g
Mount: Pentax, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus
In: 1987
Out: 1989

Managed to find this, not alot but seems much closer to your spec, does look old - has a DoF scale which is quite rare these days.

[Steep]

It's an older style lens I think, that's why it's hard to figure out exactly what one it is as Sammy says.