View Full Version : Not bad for a £35 lens!
puddleduck
16-03-2009, 16:33
Test shot on my lunch hour from a Sigma 90mm f/2.8 AI-S macro - wide open, bought from here: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=119102
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3359740149_56c1f67bb6_o.jpg
(for some reason the D700 doesn't allow 90mm to be chosen in "Non CPU lens", so I had to choose either 100mm or 86mm :thinking:)
I don't do enough macro to justify ££££ on one, but I think this will do nicely. I don't know anything about the lens at all, so I would guess its at least 20 years old. Maybe more... optically it seems very nice though!
stunning shot, great depth of colour and looks pretty damn sharp!
Shoot a portrait or something with a dodgy background, lets have a look at the bokeh at 2.8
Yeah, I know its a macro but I'm interested, it looks smooth/blended in that pic but it might be different used as a tele, old fast stuff from any manufacturer is nearly always equal to, or better than what they make today.
Gary-360
16-03-2009, 19:55
That's a damn fine macro mate, great colours and sharp where it matters. Nice buy!
Gary
purpleclouds
16-03-2009, 20:00
Cracking stuff! Looks like you got a bargain! :)
medwaygreen
17-03-2009, 06:29
Well that is very good indeed, great colour and i like the soft feel the the shot has got.
£35.00 well spent i would say.
percymon
17-03-2009, 13:26
Glad you like it Andy ;)
oldfella
17-03-2009, 14:46
Are my eyes deceiving me, the shot looks overall soft.
photostar_1
17-03-2009, 14:48
The tips of the stamen look sharp to me..... Nice shot. Macro's are tricky blighters!
GlasgowGunner
17-03-2009, 17:53
Think you got a good but there it looks Golden.
Lensflare
17-03-2009, 20:30
Puddleduck.....not much wrong with that. The sharp zone is indeed sharp and for wide open from a Sigma very acceptable.
The thing is, that shot doesn't test the corners much, because they are dark.
Try doing something similar that fills the frame and see how much fall off in the corners there is, if any. Vignetting would be my fear rather than lack of sharpness.
If that is how it performs opened up, lets see what it is like stopped down to about 11 or 16. I have an old Tamron SP28-80 with 1:1 macro and it was a belter. I haven't used it for ages, on a Nikon mount, but some of those old macros from the independents were very good indeed. The Tamron 90mm was always raved about and now on FX would still do a very fine job. I have no doubt that your Sigma will be comparable - a good find!
Not many macro lenses are bad performers, but old Sigmas weren't as well built as Tamron, Tokina, Kiron, Vivitar etc.
puddleduck
21-03-2009, 15:15
Not many macro lenses are bad performers, but old Sigmas weren't as well built as Tamron, Tokina, Kiron, Vivitar etc.
Yeah, it probably not as well built as the others. I have a Tamron 90mm f/2.5 and that is just sold metal, and I've also had the Kiron as well (amazing lens)
Nevetheless I do like this little Sigma, a few more I got today, messing around with a Kenko 12mm extension tube on this. All wide open.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3373168690_1ecbf3e3b1_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3372351253_7da7833824_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3373169486_ee70679e04_o.jpg
Still happy with it :love:
davekiddle
23-03-2009, 09:30
For £35 I'd be happy too! Why don't I ever see these bargains? :thinking:
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