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tanglefoot47
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jan 14, 2006
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Price paid: $479.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp as a tack, great colors and contrast
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None or maybe a little slow to focus at times but no big deal
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I had this lens before and sold it big mistake. This lens is awesome as a macro and for a tele.
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 Jan 14, 2006
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incdigital
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jan 7, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $479.95
| Rating: 10
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SHARP, excellent sigma build , good amt of working distance for macro subjects, HSM, doubles as a great portrait lens w/ very pleasing bokeh
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None for price paid
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For me , owning the canon macro 2.8 USM i found i needed a little more working distance for my macro subjects. The sigma ,especially for the price does the job. It took a lot of comparisons and testing to decide on the sigma over the canon 180L macro...in the end...after having both mounted on my camera...i found the sigma size/weight exactly what i wanted...the canon for me is not worth the extra $$$ or weight.
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Jan 7, 2006
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tsnoich
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Registered: Dec 27, 2003
Location: United States
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Review Date: Jan 3, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 10
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Outstanding Sharpness, Quality Construction, 150mm provides good working distance, Bargain Price for Quality
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Slow Focus (Expected from Macro Lens)
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Spent my first day taking pictures with this lens over the Christmas holiday. I was shooting pictures of birds and butterflies and I LOVE the working distance this lens provides with me Canon 1D Mark II (1.3x magnification factor). I was able to get crystal clear, full-frame, pictures without having to get so close to my subject that I scared them away. I traded up to this lens from a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro, and the extra 50mm alone made it worth the upgrade.
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Jan 3, 2006
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bigsy
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Location: Australia
Posts: 100
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Review Date: Dec 30, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Very Sharp, easy to use, great build quality.
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slow auto focus but image quality makes up for this for sure
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I've always wanted to try macro and never got the results I wanted from any of my zoom lenses with various attachments..(ie 100-400L with 77mm close up lense) After reading both FM reveiws and DP reviews on every macro I could find I decided to give the 150mm f2.8 sigma a go and the reveiws were spot on, This has to be the sharpest lense I've used, I was also going to purchase a dedicated macro light but have got some great results from using my 580ex off camera hand held, im no expert so I've put in a link below to help you judge for your self if your trying to make a decicion on this one!!
http://rob.net.au/macro.htm
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Dec 30, 2005
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busterboy
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Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 77
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Review Date: Dec 28, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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100% tack sharp and balanced very niceley. Superb focus range for my needs.
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Canon converters will not physically fit this lens.
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My lens collection consists of nothing but quality Canon lenses and never even considered buying a third party lens until I read all the reviews on this latest offering from Sigma.
Having had the Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM for over a year for some reason I never got to grips with it. I cannot fault the canon lens but I really never had the success I wanted from it.
Within the first hour of having this Sigma lens I was overwhelmed with the overall quality.. build and suberb results I was acheaving straight out of the box.
I know its always the man behind the camera but this is a fantastic lens.
Buy one now..
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Dec 28, 2005
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Craig Lockett
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Registered: Jul 30, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 566
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Review Date: Dec 7, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $490.00
| Rating: 10
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Build quality, color, contrast, sharpness
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None so far.
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This is the first non Canon lens that I have used and first non "L" lens I've used in a really long time with the exception of my Canon 100mm macro which I just sold. I must say that according to my preliminary tests on this lens and compared to all my other "L" glass this lens is the sharpest piece I own. For the price I am glad I decided to give it a try. The working distance is just what I was looking for and the image quality surpassed expectations.
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Dec 7, 2005
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LarryFRCGP
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Location: China
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Dec 6, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Razor sharp, fast silent focussing, comapct size, nice shoe mount
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None
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Never had a sigma lens until this one. Been argonising over a perfect macro lens and was undecided bewteen this 150mm f/2.8 and the Nikon 200mm f/4 micro-nikkor. Saw a lot of sample pics and was indeed more impressed with this sigma 150mm. Need the f/2.8 for my ageing eyes too.
My friend was persuading me to buy the Tamron 180mm f/3.5 macro which is more costly than this sigma. After seeing my pics, he asked me if I wanna trade this with his Tamron 180mm!!
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Dec 6, 2005
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Roy_H
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Registered: Jun 21, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 679
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Review Date: Nov 30, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $569.00
| Rating: 10
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Compact, autofocus good enough to function as a medium telephoto lens.
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Canon extenders will not physically mount to the lens, only Sigma's converters will work.
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I have used the Canon 100mm f2.8 USM Macro, Tamron 90mm macro, and the Tamron 180mm F3.5 Macro.
Autofocus was quick and sharp and comparable to the Canon 100mm USM even when composing Macro shots. Far superior to the Tamrons.
Resolution was great as with all the macros. Comparable to the Canon 100mm, but not quite as good (by a hair) as the Tamron 180mm or the Tamron 90mm stopped down to 5.6 or lower. At 2.8, the Sigma was much better than the Tamron 90mm @ f2.8.
Build quality appears nice and solid, but not quite as good as the Canon in hand. SIgma notes this lens will work with teleconverters, but unlike some of their telephoto lenses, this lens will "only" work with their converters, not the Canon extenders.
In summary, considering price, size, image quality, and autofocus speed, I consider this the best macro lens value and I prefer it to the other lenses discussed.
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Nov 30, 2005
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jimyd
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Location: Australia
Posts: 7
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Review Date: Nov 23, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Perfect Macro lens...especially with digital sensors.
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None Yet
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I cannot say enough about this lens. Its probably the BEST macro I have ever used. Its working distance is not too far not too close, just right. Lens feels well balanced in the hands and on the camera...I use it with a 1D and 20D. The results from 2.8 to f16 are OUTSTANDING. Very Slight loss at f22..but then again so does Canons 180, 100, 50 and 60. As a telephoto the images resemble the smae sharpness as my 135f2L...it hasnt got the focus speed, but it does deliver the results. Flare is almost NON existent in this lens. I use it without any filters and without the supplied lens hood and I havent seen any flare yet. It is outstanding as a macro. Only gripe, it doesnt take Canon 1.4x converters...no dramas, will have to invest in a Sigma 1.4x. Apart from that I am in love with this lens. The quality I get from my 300f2.8 is almost identical...except for colour saturation..Sigma is slightly less...easily fixed in PS.
As a dedicated MACRO....you cannot go wrong with this baby, this is a lens I will not be getting rid of...its a keeper. Well done Sigma...at last an equal to "L" glass from an aftermarket company.
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Nov 23, 2005
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canonpro
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Review Date: Nov 10, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $565.00
| Rating: 10
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Super sharp, built like a tank, comes with great lens shade/tripod/case, excellent quality even with a 1.4x teleconverter, and uses 72mm filters.
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Heavy. some hunting on a 10D.
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I had the Canon 100 2.8 macro, and tried out the Sigma 150, and was blown away with the sharpness and quality. (especially when printing larger than 8x10). Needless to say, the 100 went up on eBay. I looked at purchasing the Canon 180 3.5 L, I borrowed one for a weekend, and could not tell a difference between the sharpeness of it and the 150. (just a slight difference in color, nothing really noticeable). This is one of the best lenses made for Canon now handsdown.
P.S. And as far as speed of focusing, as others have complained, get over it, its a MACRO lens, you cant compare it to a normal telephoto!!!
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Nov 10, 2005
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Kirk77
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Location: Australia
Posts: 4
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Review Date: Nov 9, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $620.00
| Rating: 10
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What a lens......WOW. comes with Tripod collar, hood, takes converters, built rock solid, and best of all it is SHARP.
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doesnt have f32...no real problem though.
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Ive used this lens for a while now, cannot fault it yet. It performs very well indeed.
The full time manual focus is a bonus, well done Sigma. Basically a fully integrated Macro lens...the best I have used so far.
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Nov 9, 2005
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Peter Kirk
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Location: Australia
Posts: 303
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Review Date: Nov 8, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $559.00
| Rating: 10
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Range ( 150mm) quality build, SHARP SHARP SHARP
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Canon should have thought about this one.
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I have had the Canon 100mm macro for several months now and I just updated to this lens, it is superb. Personally I found the Canon to be lacking in working distance, it did not suit my style of macrophotography.
Is this lens sharp???...it ROCKS.
well done Sigma, its as good as your 120-300f2.8.
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Nov 8, 2005
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ptnik
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Posts: 9
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Review Date: Nov 8, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $629.00
| Rating: 10
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Built like a TANK, and not too heavy either, f2.8 @ 150mm, tripod collar, hood included, great warranty
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none so far
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Top lens indeed.
Its as sharp as the Canon 100 with greater working distance. Handles extremely well with focussing ( for a macro that is)
The lens performs just as good as it looks. The only thing that would make this a better lens would be an Image stabilizer...but then again, not even Canon's macros have that.
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Nov 8, 2005
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heyjae
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Posts: 447
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Review Date: Nov 4, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $540.00
| Rating: 10
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Tack sharp wide open. Great size & focal length
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Focus hunts in low light.
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This is one sharp lens. Great size and weight too. Not too big, not too small. Works great the Sigma 1.4x TC with little if any image degradation. The fault I could find was some low hunting.
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Nov 4, 2005
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PaulRobin
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Registered: Oct 21, 2005
Location: Switzerland
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Review Date: Oct 21, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 10
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One macro of high quality with a generous dive...
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Oct 21, 2005
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Sprout Crumble
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Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 444
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Review Date: Oct 15, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Image quality all round, build quality, tripod ring and hood included, sheer value. Did I mention image quality?
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You're kidding right?
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Okay, its a little heavy for handholding near life-size.
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Its hard to review a lens this good without gushing praise all over the place and sounding like a fanboy.
Great colours, contrast, sharpness and bokeh. Smooth focusing with a limiter and very high quality build.
I'm sorry, I know the Canon 180mm L is a fine lens but you'd have to be mad to pay an extra 25% for it over the Sigma. The fact it actually sells for three times as much is just beyond belief.
Highest recommendation.
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Oct 15, 2005
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