 |
Page: 1 · 2
|
|
|
|
Shivz
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Feb 19, 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 1
|
|
Review Date: Apr 27, 2004
|
Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
|
|
Pros:
|
Versatility. All in one, practical, light weight. Good customer support at Sigma. A perfect travel lens for hobbyist photographer.
|
|
Cons:
|
Less than excellent image quality.
|
|
|
I have had this lens for a few years now. I use it on my Canon EOS film camera. I think for a hobbyist it is a wonderful travel companion, but it is not a serious lens for pro use. The auto zoom function stopped working, but Sigma fixed it for me within a week. That happened in year 2 or 3, so the unit was out of warranty, the cost was about $55.
A note to Ohansen, there is a lens lock that prevents the lens from extending while not in use. The lock looks like the Auto/Manual focus switch and it is close to the mount.
|
|
 Apr 27, 2004
|
|
jameslander
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Jan 27, 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 5
|
|
Review Date: Feb 27, 2004
|
Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
|
|
Pros:
|
Workable, all in one lens. Avoids changing lenses in adverse conditions.
Results fine for 90% of work, and close up facility a real bonus.
|
|
Cons:
|
Really needs a tripod at 300mm.
|
|
|
I have used the lens with my EOS10D under a variety of conditions, and by judicious use of the "film" speed, have always managed to get good results. Results at 300mm may be less good, but I suspect camera shake as the cause.
Buy it for its' massive zoom range and you will not be disappointed. Life is but a compromise, after all.
|
|
|
Feb 27, 2004
|
|
ohansen
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Dec 30, 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 21
|
|
Review Date: Dec 30, 2003
|
Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 4
|
|
Pros:
|
Zoom range
|
|
Cons:
|
Weight, zoom extends when carried
|
|
|
Excellent zoom range, and I've taken hundreds of nice pictures with it. However I was disappointed with the image quality and frequent underexposures, and deeply annoyed at the lens always extending by itself when hanging over your shoulders (at 300mm it's quite long). After a few months I got fed up and started using my Sigma 24-70 3.5-5.6 and Tokina AF 70-210 4-5.6 again, and didn't use it for ages until I recently sold it.
|
|
|
Dec 30, 2003
|
|
CyberDyne
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Oct 7, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 1273
|
|
Review Date: Dec 15, 2003
|
Recommend? no |
Price paid: $219.00
| Rating: 4
|
|
Pros:
|
One lens for all purposes... good for a trip perhaps?
|
|
Cons:
|
This lens will turn the BEST DSLR into a reasonable point & shoot digicam!
|
|
First,. with a lens of this type we have to have perspective..
We simply can not expect the kind of quality available from more serious glass. If we set aside such expactations,. we may find something to like.
It all boils down one positive,. but its a biggy. (or smally?)
Portability.
This lens is an entire kit in one lightweight lens. This is where it may have it's place.
But image quality will suffer. Wide is not too bad.. but 300mm is god awefull compared to the real thing.
Focus is actually pretty quick and not too loud,. but it is no USM/HSM focus to be sure. It mis-focuses about 20% of the time forcing you to let it "hunt" for a while.
Put this on your DSLR and you will transform it into a compact 10.8X zoom Digicam. If you compare it that way,. then it isn't soo bad,. but considering that a great 10X zoom digicam can be had these days for $400.00,.. why would you wnat to spend over a graand on a DSLR and this lens to get a similar image?
Conclusion:
Don't EVER think of getting this as your first lens or only lens. But if you have a well rounded kit of good lenses,. then something like this may be of interest for certain situations where quality takes a far backseat to ultra portabilty.
Here are some halfway decent shots I got with one;
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=564030
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=1015599
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=508477
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=497059
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=528047
http://cyberdynesytemsimaging.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=527916
|
|
|
Dec 15, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reviews
|
Views
|
Date of last review
|
|
20
|
139559
|
Dec 17, 2011
|
|
|
Recommended By
|
Average Price
|
|
45% of reviewers
|
$245.83
|
|
|
Build Quality Rating
|
Price Rating
|
Overall Rating
|
|
6.23
|
7.38
|
5.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
