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macmirabile
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Registered: Apr 23, 2017
Location: United States
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Review Date: Jan 22, 2018
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $550.00
| Rating: 6
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All-in-one lens, great VR
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Definitely soft relative to other, newer all-in-one zooms. 250mm is pretty soft.
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This is a fantastic vacation lens, but don't shoot it wide open. Cheaper lens typically benefit proportionately more by stopping down 1-1.5 from a wide-open aperture setting, and this lens is no different. I love the 12x zoom range and didn't want to take it off my camera except at night when the light was low.
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 Jan 22, 2018
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tommy689
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Review Date: Nov 29, 2015
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $480.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharp!, Good close up, OS working well, light and small, price!
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Compatibility problems, creep when unlocked.
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Very quality lens, half the price of the similar nikon model. Very good sharpness at F8-F11, at almost all focal lengths. Small and light, OS is working well.
Compatibility problems with the new nikon bodies. I had to turn the lens in the dealer, in order to update the firmware of the lens, because OS and auto focus were not working, the second on live view only. That, in my opinion is a little inconvenient for the customer, who also as i understood must update all of his sigma lenses in order to work properly with new nikon bodies. How sad is that.
Go buy it without a second thought, this lens is amazing, the best travel lens out there at this time. Just check if it has the new firmware from box. Sigma announced that new deliveries will have it with a specific sticker on box.
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Nov 29, 2015
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jefflee
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jul 14, 2013
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $400.00
| Rating: 10
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Small
Feels solid
Good to very good optical performance
Very useful close focus
Great range
fast focus
3 to 4 stop OS
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Have to step down one stop between 18 and 80 to get best performance
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This is the new OS Macro version of this lens that use the 62mm size filters. I need a "run and gun" stabilized lens for video. I have the following Nikkors: 12-24, 80-200 f2.8 2r, and 300 afs f4 as well as a Tamron 90 - I think I know what good glass is.
Well have I been pleasantly surprised by this lens. I was thinking about the Nikon 18-300, but I really wanted this lens to be small so I could us it with or without a shoulder rig for video. After reading the DPR review, I thought $400 was a reasonable amount to spend on a lens that would only be used when I was shooting video, and then only when I could use my aperture ring lenses on a tripod.
For such a small and light weight lens, it is well built (feels much better than the Tamron IMHO) and about half to one third the weight of the Nikkor.
Optical performance at the short zooms needs to be one stop down, but it is very good and Lightroom quickly fixes any distortion. The long end is good to very good (on a par with my Olympus m43 40-150 zoom). The close focus is very handy.
I found that the VR/OS works very well. More importantly for video, I can't see much difference between it and really good lenses. I can see using this lens for travel, so much so I bought a B&W Circular polarizer for it.
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Jul 14, 2013
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ntotrr
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Review Date: Nov 30, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $459.00
| Rating: 8
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Although not up to the standards of an EX lens' build quality, this lens is well-made. AF is fast due to HSM which is a feature the 18-200mm DC OS does ot have. Zoom ring is well damped. Great range to use as a vacation lens or on a day out when I don't want to carry a bag of lenses.
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Understanding that these superzooms are a compromise due to the zoom range, there are no real negative aspects when this is considered.
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I use a Sigma SD14 and purchased the 18-200mm DC OS lens for that camera to use on vacations for snapshots or when I don't want to lug a bag around for a day of shooting. After getting a Canon 7D, I wanted the same "solution" even though I have a good collection of lenses for it. My choices were down to the Sigma 18-250mm DC OS HSM or the Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC. Since that Sigma has HSM which the Tamron lacks, and I've had nothing but good experiences with Sigma lenses, I opted for the Sigma. I have not regretted my decision. This lens has met and even exceeded my expectations. Build quality is good, the lens is solid but not too heavy which is how a DC lens should be. The AF is fast, the HSM works well. The zoom is well-damped and the focus ring is also.
If anyone expects stellar performance from a superzoom like this, they'll be disappointed but no one should have that expectation. This is a good lens that produces good shots, some are quite sharp and color rendition is spot-on. Any lens with this zoom range is going to be a compromise. Knowing that, my epxectations have been met or exceeded by this lens. For anyone looking for a all-in-one solution when the circumstances merit, this is a fine choice.
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Nov 30, 2010
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$472.25
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