Bought a Sigma 12-24

What about if i sent it off to Sigma, or get them to send it off to sigma? Would this invalidate the warranty? How long would this normaly take to do?

I have been speaking to another local camera shop who said i had an absolute bargain at the price i paid for it, so if it was that much of a bargain i dont really want to give it back and have nothing from it.
 
Keep the lens and see if Sigma will warrant it then. All I meant was that the insurance isn't worth a lot if the lens is this unusable to start with.
If you really think that the lens is a good bargain, then ask them to send it in for warranty. Check the insurance policy carefully. You are not returning the lens now under this policy, you have the right to expect the lens to work when you receive it. However, some policies are void if there has been a cause to return an item for a manufactured defect.
 
Ok, well i paid £365 for this lens, and got a quote for £650 for a new one from another retailer. Another quesion, what happens if Jessops goes bust and my lens is sent away by them?
 
Price mainly, the 12-24 was cheaper than the 10-20 and i was worried about the amount of distortion 10mm may have. why?
 
Dylanlewis2000 said:
Ok, well i paid £365 for this lens, and got a quote for £650 for a new one from another retailer. Another quesion, what happens if Jessops goes bust and my lens is sent away by them?
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You'd have to be mental to pay £650 for it... last year this lens was selling for around the £340-£400 mark, and its only "worth" £650 due to the 40% Sigma price hike.

I think £400 is about right (assuming you get a good one) - its not worth £650 even if the lens is 101% fine.

If you like the lens, buy a used one, and ask for samples, you should be able to get a nice pre-tested one for about £275-£300 no problem.
 
I would recommend sending the lens to sigma, they do an excellent job really when it comes to dealing with warranty repairs, rather than exchanging for possibly another duffer.
 
Does the 10mm distort lots ? Is there much of an advantage to getting the 10 mm?

Im going to go to the shop now in a bit so i want to know what to do lol
 
I have the Sigma 12-24 mm that im using with the Canon EOS 3 also on the EOS 1D and even on the wifes EOS 40 D never had any problem. The Sigma 12-24 mm is a great lens i have found also that the Sigma 10-20 mm is a great peace of kit as well. Send / take it back either to Jessops or Sigma you have got a duff one.
 
so many options... dont know what to do, if i sent it back to Sigma myself and its still not great quality then ill be upset and annoyed. If i change it over for the Tamron i dont know if it will be any better. Descisions grr
 
Dylanlewis2000 said:
so many options... dont know what to do, if i sent it back to Sigma myself and its still not great quality then ill be upset and annoyed. If i change it over for the Tamron i dont know if it will be any better. Descisions grr
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Are there no other Jessops stores remotely near you? If there are, have a look online to see if they have it in stock and either go there and test before walking out of the shop or get your local Jessops to ship one in from another store. Either that or get your money back. ;)
 
puddleduck said:
You'd have to be mental to pay £650 for it... last year this lens was selling for around the £340-£400 mark, and its only "worth" £650 due to the 40% Sigma price hike.

I think £400 is about right (assuming you get a good one) - its not worth £650 even if the lens is 101% fine.
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The only place where I can see a 12-24mmm for this sort of money is DigitalRev, or one of the other Hong Kong-based stores. I see DigitalRev are offering a one-year international Sigma warranty.

Any thoughts on buying a lens from here?

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Jessops will refund no problem , no worries there if there was any doubt as to that part of the decision process.

I got a 35mm f1.8 AFs for my Nikon and then decided to change to Canon gear, took it back, nearly two weeks later under there 14 day refund for whatever reason policy, got refunded no problem. I told him I had used it a bit, did not make a difference.
 
Well, i went in to Jessops, tried a Tamron 10-24 and a Canon 10-22. The Tamron was ok in the center but very poor at the corners. The canon was ok, but suffered a lot from Distortion @ 10mm, and was nearly double the price i paid for the lens.

The guy behind the counter then said that they could get another one from another branch, so i decided to do that. Should be in by Wednesday.
 
It sounds like you're on your way now, so (y)

But if you do go for the Canon lens, bear in mind that you can correct distortion, and also CA and vignetting very effectively in Canon's DPP free software - if you shoot Raw. It picks up all the lens settings data from the Exif and applies a custom correction in a mouse click. Very good it is to. It will be a standard feature in-camera on some future models soon - Nikon already has something similar (but not so good :D ). Only works with Canon lenses though.
 
I noticed my 5D mk II knows what lens is attached to it, and has an option to apply correction data for it (only works with Canon lenses though).. So you need DPP to take advantage of this? (I use Adobe Camera Raw)

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HoppyUK said:
It sounds like you're on your way now, so (y)

But if you do go for the Canon lens, bear in mind that you can correct distortion, and also CA and vignetting very effectively in Canon's DPP free software - if you shoot Raw. It picks up all the lens settings data from the Exif and applies a custom correction in a mouse click. Very good it is to. It will be a standard feature in-camera on some future models soon - Nikon already has something similar (but not so good :D ). Only works with Canon lenses though.
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Ahh cool, i use Photoshop to process everything as i couldnt get on with the canon software dont even know where it is, and you cannot download it from their website either.
 
Anorakus said:
I noticed my 5D mk II knows what lens is attached to it, and has an option to apply correction data for it (only works with Canon lenses though).. So you need DPP to take advantage of this? (I use Adobe Camera Raw)

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Yes, you need DPP for the automatic custom corrections, and you need a recent version of it to get all Canon lenses. You have that with your 5D2.

For the benefit of others, you can get the new upgrade versions of DPP from most Canon sites, but last time I looked it was Canon Japan that had the latest version - v3.5.1 I think it is, maybe 3.5.2 now. Certainly v3.5 onwards has all lenses covered, maybe the version before it also. But you might as well get the whole thing as they add bits and pieces all the time.

DPP is a very good programme. It does everything I want now and I rarely bother with Photoshop except for specialist stuff. DPP is so easy :)
 
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