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Dale
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Registered: Jan 2, 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 289
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Review Date: Jun 14, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Price, Sharp images and good build.
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Love this lens and have it on my camera most of the time.
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 Jun 14, 2003
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bellyface
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Registered: Mar 17, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 5429
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Review Date: May 26, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $450.00
| Rating: 10
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Super sharp lens... wide! a nice 24-48mm on the lower end canon DSLRs. Pretty snappy focus. Nice build quality. Quite a bargain considering canon has no lens in this range.
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Focus mechanism is strange, first click on the af/m switch then move the focus ring back or forward to swith from m/to af. Lins a bit large, almost scary looking.
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82mm filters can be mounted on the protective hood (on 10D, D60, D30) I noticed no vignetting at all. Probably cause of the 1.6x FOV crop. I'm sure it's different on the nikon D series. Great color rendition and sharpness. Some barrel distortion at the wider end. Makes a 24-48mm on canon D30, D60, 10D. Even nicer on a film camera... dramatic wides!
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May 26, 2003
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iweiner
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Registered: Apr 20, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 50
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $465.00
| Rating: 10
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Excellent performance on N80 and D100
Well built, easily accessed zoom ring and AF ring
Polarizer filter can used when held directly in front of lens--see below
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Filter mounts in rear of lens, not insurmountable to use Polarizer filter.
As with any ultra wide user must protect against unwanted flare
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I first used this lens on a phototrek to Moab and Monument Valley last Oct. The lens was swapped back&forth from the N80 & D100 and yielded crisp,tack sharp images in daylight, sunrise and sunset shoots. I highly recommend this Sigma EX as well as several other EX's I own, most especially the 24-70 f2.8.
I used a Polarizer and also a ND gradient filter with this lens. Firstly, I screwed an 82mm 'UV' filter into the supplied protective hood and kept it mounted between shots, the front element is bulbous and always in harm's way.
With the D100, I noticed that an 82mm Polarizer when mounted on the protective hood did not show vignetting from 17-30mm. From 15-30 it was visible--if this did not effect the my composition I shot the image. When the vignetting at 15-17 was not acceptbable, I used a clear sheet of polarizing material (6in diam) purchased from Edmund Scientic held in directly in front of the lens, image quality loss was minimal and acceptable for my needs--I could not discern any artifacts in my prints.
When using the N80, the protective hood+UV was kept on between shots--when shooting the polarizer or ND gradient (Cokin XP size) was held in front f the lens against the petal hood. Since Oct Cokin has released an XP polarizer and lens mounts, I have not tried them but am quite certain the dedicated will find a way which is the main purpose of this post.
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Apr 24, 2003
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Ricciardi
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Registered: Apr 1, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 140
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Review Date: Apr 2, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Not possible to use a polarizer
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The lack of front filter support is my main issue with this lens. All the other aspects are very good. Lens build, image quality, everything is fantastic.
Sometimes I use it in my film camera and 15mm full frame is just fantastic.
If you NEED to use a polarizer, forget this 15-30. If you donīt, go for it.
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Apr 2, 2003
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Kelvin K
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Registered: Apr 7, 2002
Location: China
Posts: 3326
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Review Date: Apr 1, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Very nice image quality. Picture is sharp corner to corner (with D60). Well build. Focus ring does not rotate during AF (you have to manually adjust the focus ring to "AF" first).
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Noisy focus. Cannot use polarizer. Size is a bit big due to non-removable metal len hood.
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For the price I paid for, I really can't complaint. It is the alternative of Canon 16-35 L, if the latter is too expensive for you. Highly recommended.
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Apr 1, 2003
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dave chilvers
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Registered: Jan 11, 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 1702
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Fantastic value for money, well built sharp as you need(with the 1Ds)
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A touch tricky into the sun.
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I got hold of one of the first 15-30`s and have never had any problems. Images are sharp and the exposures seem to be slightly better than with Canon lenses on my camera(funny that) I use mine mainly at 15mm and to be honest the only problems that I come up against is the dust on the cameras AA filter shows a lot above f8. When i first bought the lens I was using the D30 and had a 17-35 Canon`L` and I traded the Canon in against it and never looked back.
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Mar 30, 2003
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geir
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Registered: Feb 23, 2002
Location: Norway
Posts: 3993
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $550.00
| Rating: 8
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focal length range, price
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AF/MF switch
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For the money, a very good wide angle zoom lens. I don't like the switch between AF and MF (switch AF/MF and then pull the focus ring back), but all in all a very good lens at a very good price. If you stop down to f/8-f/11 you will get very good pictures.
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Mar 30, 2003
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wildlife
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Registered: Oct 28, 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 36
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Build quality, price
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Weak AF performance and noisy
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I usually only use long lenes as I really only shoot wildlife. I found this lens secondhand and so gave it a try.
I was very impressed, the build quality is very good, the zoom ring is very smooth and the optical quality is excellent.
The hood is physically attached to the body of the lens and cannot be removed but this is no bad thing as the front element is a dome shape and sticks out the front of the lens.
In terms of negative points, the AF is very noisy and is not a hypersonic motor. However as this is mainly a landscape lens slow AF is not really a problem.
When attached to a D30/D60 it becomes a 24-48mm which is usually wide enough.
I attached the lens to my EOS3 and WOW, 15mm on a full frame camera is amazing. I ran a roll of film through the camera for the first time in 18 months and was impressed by the results.
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Mar 30, 2003
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