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vince
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Registered: Mar 18, 2002
Location: China
Posts: 306
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Review Date: Feb 2, 2004
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 4
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Large aperture, good construction.
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Flare, bulk, huge filter size, stupid AF/MF switching
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I was trying out this lens, toying with the idea of replacing my Canon 24/2.8 with this one, for the faster speed and wider angle. In the end I returned this lens to the shop and went back to my Canon.
The lens is a lot bulkier than the Canon 20/2.8 and specially the 24/2.8. However the construction is solid, and feels very good. The way AF/MF switching is done is just plain stupid. It's a good lens in low light but the images were very soft all the way till f/4. Even at smaller apertures the edges and corners looked smeared out, and I wouldn't use this on my EOS-3, rather it'd probably OK for a DSLR with a 1.5 or 1.6 FOV crop. Color saturation was very good, but the sample I used had a weird color shift - slightly yellowish.
In the end I just wasn't comfortable with this lens nor happy with the optics, so I returned it.
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 Feb 2, 2004
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dardman
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Registered: Sep 8, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 40
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Review Date: Jan 9, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $288.00
| Rating: 8
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Sharp images, good color & contrast, wide aperture
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manual focus is a pain
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I bought this lens because my wide angle zoom, Canon's 17-40 f/4, is not very usable for the kind of indoor, available light shots that I frequently take. Unlike the comments I read in some other forums, the autofocus is neither very noisy nor slow enough to notice.
I've mainly used it for indoor candids and it has served me well (so far only on my 10D where it has an effective length of 32mm). I've taken a number of pictures between f/2.0 and f/2.8 at 1/60 and ISO 800 - while the 2.0 shots are soft, they are shots I would never have gotten at all with the 17-40. The few outdoor shots I've taken were stopped down to f/8 and they were very nice.
I was originally concerned about Sigma quality (since all my other lenses are Canons) but I am quite happy with the lens.
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Jan 9, 2004
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Kevin M
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Registered: Dec 17, 2002
Location: Ireland
Posts: 1780
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Review Date: Dec 29, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Fast and sharp, reasonable price.
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Bulky, Dual focus mechanism.
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Excellent landscape lens. Very little distortion and CA is well controlled.
Sharp at centre from 2.8 on - and across the frame from 6.3. (Canon 10D) Close focus is an added bonus (7")
The dual switches for manual/af are just plain daft and take a bit of getting used to. Despite this I am well pleased with my purchase and it is on my 10D most of the time.
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Dec 29, 2003
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Lars Johnsson
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Registered: Jun 29, 2003
Location: Thailand
Posts: 33669
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Review Date: Jul 24, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $390.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Fast lens, sharp from f/2.8, minimum focus 20 cm, hood & case included
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Soft wide open, 82 mm filters
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Soft wide open but from f/2.8 sharp. The minimum focus distance is only 20 cm so you can be very close. A nice case and hood included for a good price.
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Jul 24, 2003
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gtivr4
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Registered: Jun 16, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Jun 16, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Fast, sharp, great price
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Cons:
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build quality, dual focus mechanism, AF Speed
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A wonderful focal length, and a really fast aperture make this my favorite lens. Its by no means perfect though. The dual focus mechanism is annoying (why can't the clutch act as the AF switch as well?), as you can often have it in MF (on the clutch), and AF, and it will want to grind.
I did have to take it in to be repaired, as it stopped focusing or stopping down the lens (making it basically useless). Turned out to be some loose soldering.
Fortunately when the lens works, it works quite nicely, and produces some very nice images.
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Jun 16, 2003
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Canonizer
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Registered: May 21, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 256
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Review Date: Jun 5, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $280.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Fast aperture, good sharpness and contrast by f/2.8, close focusing, good control of CA, barrel distortion and flare, nice lens case and hood included.
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82mm filters, soft at maximum aperture, rather large.
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I have used this lens on both my Canon EOS 3 and my Canon EOS 10D. It has created some remarkable images in both the film and digital worlds. The close focusing is a bonus that allows for some expressive images. I find build quality to be very good, and manual focusing quite easy.
However, I have not had acceptably sharp results when used at maximum aperture. By f/2.8 sharpness is satisfactory in both film and digital.
I find the lens suitable for travel photography, nature and landscapes. I would recommend the lens.
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Jun 5, 2003
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Harold St
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Registered: Sep 16, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 849
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Review Date: Mar 31, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Excellent Image Quality
Relatively Low Cost
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Cons:
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Subpar Build Quality
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Produces very sharp pictures and little distortion on a 1.6x crop camera (the D60 I used it on). Extremely sharp from f2.8 onward. Colors are slightly cool. The lens has a very short minimum focusing distance. Using manual focus, I am able to obtain focus within 6" of the subject.
The overall build quality is subpar. The focusing ring on mine was a bit loose. Also, takes 82mm filters, which can be expensive. On the plus side however, when I did use filters, I found that I was able to use a 82-->77mm stepdown ring (again on the D60) without discernable image quality issues.
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Mar 31, 2003
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