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Reviews (6)
07 Jun, 2014
A great lens offering good optical quality, quiet focusing and nice build
This is a budget medium telephoto lens offering some great features for the money.
Cheap to buy, especially secondhand. But it feels anything but cheap. Really nicely put together, feeling tight and robust. Good smooth zoom action and manual focus. Included is an excellent hood.
Stand out features are HSM quiet focusing, OS stabilisation, non-rotating front element, metal mount and good/excellent build.
Optical quality is really rather good. I use it for many things, from tighter landscape images to trackside motorsport. Its superb at all focal lengths for landscapes with the lens stopped down to f8-f16. Not fastest focus but has no problem keeping up with the motorsport action. Works well in the garden for capturing birds, even wide open. Quite nice bokeh.
I have no complaints at all. Stays in the camera bag at all times.
20 Jun, 2013
Very capable, lightweight and well specified cheap to buy lens. 5 stars
Bought secondhand to give me a bit more range than my Tamron 17-50 XR 2.8, this Sigma has really surprised me. Its compact and light but the zoom action is smooth and the AF snappy. Optical quality is excellent when stopped down a little but still acceptable wide open. Internal focusing and non rotating front element is a real bonus at this price point. As is the metal mount.
Given it 5 stars across the board because it really can't be critised for what it offers.
22 Mar, 2016
Godsend on a budget
If you are making the switch to full frame you'll soon find out that ultra lenses don't come cheap. Especially those from Canon and Nikon. I picked up my D600 for a very good price but it ate all my funds as i was only supposed to be buy a D5300.. I had nearly given up on an ultra wide zoom, the closest i could find for a reasonable sum (but still too much) was a Sigma 12-24 for £250.
Then by chance spotted the Sigma 17-35. Quick research on Google revealed it wasn't that well loved and possibly forgotten for good reason. But at £99 i decided to take a chance.
So glad i did, so glad i ignored those user reviews. Much like the older Sigma 24-70 2.8, it's an absolute god send if you are struggling to fund your full frame setup.
Is it going to match the Nikon 18-35....no. But it does cost 4x less.
Is it perfectly usable....yes.
Will it take good landscape images....hell yes.
Does it accept filters....yes.
Does it vignette with the 100mm filters....no.
Is the AF fast....no. But it gets there and nails it when it does.
Is it soft wide open...yes. But what do you expect.
If you have picked up a cheap full frame body but still blown most of your budget, don't worry. This lens should cost peanuts and give you a good ultra wide landscape lens.