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Looked into that and apparently it is the same as the 17-55 but a few places I read basically described the same issue I had with the Nikon. From reading it would appear this softness appears when you start to zoom in when the range is that great. I was pushed today though to buy the Nikon...

I did have the Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED but at the time felt it offered no upgrade over my sigma and when I bought it, was almost double its value now. Potentially feel it might be this. Any other contenders in this range? I have looked but doesn't feel there are many options.

Apologies for starting this thread and never coming back. I ended up having to do work and didn't get a chance to explore. So I tried this lens and it is going back. Overall I found it to be really soft! and the one I had potentially had a problem as it was soft in the centre. Thanks for the...

Hi all, Was on a recent shoot and my beloved sigma 17-50mm f2. 8 fell from my bag and landed filter edge down. Cracking the plastic and causing the zoom to stick every now and again and during long exposures I am noticing a drift where I believe the image stabilisation (even turned off) is...

You know Matt and Andy then?

I have, but I was wondering if there was anyone else to help anyone would recommend speaking to.

Went back through and it is fixnation they are focusing on. Are these the guys you went through?

Hi all, whilst on set today my camera came off the tripod (still not sure how) and hit the floor. All is fine except the outer casing of my screen is cracked. Can easily fix it myself, but where do you buy spares to? nikon points you towards fixnation but is there anyone else? Nikon D500

For anybody wondering how I have taken the original photos, the watches are led flat on top of coloured craft paper. Continuous light to the right which has been diffused with a soft box and a circular reflector. Then I have used a white card on the left (photoshopepd out) to fill the dial and...

I originally tried photographing them like this months ago, but I was getting fed up of having to focus stack. Picture came out well, but this one photo took as long as all of those put together.

Thought I would make the most of the down time to try some lighting techniques with watches.