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First impressions:
"Wow, its heavier than I expected it to be!"
This doesn't mean that it is heavy. Not at all. Its one of the lighter lenses I have, but I've heard nothing but people saying that its light, so expected it to be featherweight. It extends by a small amount when zooming, and my copy's zoom ring feels quite light and not very sturdy, and when the lens is dipped, it can zoom out if you don't keep hold of it, but thankfully there is a lock ring to keep it at 24mm if you so wish.
The petaled lens hood could come in useful, mainly as protection, and I'll probably keep mine on, but it does obstruct the focusing ring if you choose to keep it inverted for storage. There is a little lens case supplied, as with all the sigma lenses, and it will come in useful when I go to New York, as I won't want to be lugging round a camera bag.
Now onto the performance.
The lens fits nicely on the camera, and feels quite balanced with my grip on.
The 2.8 is a nice feature, but I'll probably be stopping it down to about 4.5 to get maximum sharpness. Nice to know you have the option for 2.8 though.
These are a couple of 100% crops. I shot at a range of apertures and focal lengths, but the light wasn't great and I couldn't be bothered with a tripod, so I'll just show you the two that came out sharp as a nail.
60mm | f/2.8 | 1/320
24mm | f/6.3 | 1/60
The autofocusing was quick and mostly spot on (had trouble focusing on blacks, but I don't know if thats the camera or the lens), albeit a bit loud.
At 24mm, the distortion is quite bad. Here is a shot taken at 24mm.
I know I was about 5 foot away, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. I can't see it being a problem when shooting, but its probably the only downside to the lens that I can find.
Best of all, the price was £45 for me, since I got it at discontinued prices from my work, PLUS staff discount Should find it on the net at around the £200 mark.
Overall, this is a fantastic lens from what I have seen, and I expect to be extremely pleased with it!
"Wow, its heavier than I expected it to be!"
This doesn't mean that it is heavy. Not at all. Its one of the lighter lenses I have, but I've heard nothing but people saying that its light, so expected it to be featherweight. It extends by a small amount when zooming, and my copy's zoom ring feels quite light and not very sturdy, and when the lens is dipped, it can zoom out if you don't keep hold of it, but thankfully there is a lock ring to keep it at 24mm if you so wish.
The petaled lens hood could come in useful, mainly as protection, and I'll probably keep mine on, but it does obstruct the focusing ring if you choose to keep it inverted for storage. There is a little lens case supplied, as with all the sigma lenses, and it will come in useful when I go to New York, as I won't want to be lugging round a camera bag.
Now onto the performance.
The lens fits nicely on the camera, and feels quite balanced with my grip on.
The 2.8 is a nice feature, but I'll probably be stopping it down to about 4.5 to get maximum sharpness. Nice to know you have the option for 2.8 though.
These are a couple of 100% crops. I shot at a range of apertures and focal lengths, but the light wasn't great and I couldn't be bothered with a tripod, so I'll just show you the two that came out sharp as a nail.
60mm | f/2.8 | 1/320
24mm | f/6.3 | 1/60
The autofocusing was quick and mostly spot on (had trouble focusing on blacks, but I don't know if thats the camera or the lens), albeit a bit loud.
At 24mm, the distortion is quite bad. Here is a shot taken at 24mm.
I know I was about 5 foot away, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. I can't see it being a problem when shooting, but its probably the only downside to the lens that I can find.
Best of all, the price was £45 for me, since I got it at discontinued prices from my work, PLUS staff discount Should find it on the net at around the £200 mark.
Overall, this is a fantastic lens from what I have seen, and I expect to be extremely pleased with it!