Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras | List Price: $1,200.00
Discount Price: $789.00
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Brand: Sigma
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2008-01-20
Features: - Super multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduces flare and ghost
- 70-200mm Focal Length
- Lens Construction - 18 Elements in 15 Groups
- 34.3 - 12.3 degrees angle-of-view
- Minimum focusing distance of 100cm, maximum magnification of 1 - 3.5
excellent lens [Posted on 2008-06-07]
great-quality optics, no visible CA. has lovely bokeh, though since it's a 2.8 (rather than, say a 1.4 or 1.8) you can't produce completely blurred backgrounds unless the background is some distance back from your subject -- say, 30' or so. makes an excellent portrait lens. AF is fast, accurate and reliable. the HSM is perfect -- quiet, with the forgiving override if you wish. there's no slippage of anything -- the lens feels rock-solid, and... about as heavy as a rock, too. your hand will get a workout if you shoot with this for a while. i'd rather have it heavy -- lots of glass, no cheap construction here.
overall good lens except.. [Posted on 2008-07-23]
I chose this lens earlier this year over a Canon L lens because I heard that I would get just as good quality without spending hundreds more. Overall, I'm quite satisfied with the quality except a few time the lens would not focus, autofocus and manual focus, in hot or warm weather. The focus would work again after the lens has 'cooled down'. I sent this lens for service recently. Otherwise, it performs well..not quite as fast or smoothly as an L lens but good value for the money.
Cannot tell the difference between Canon and Sigma. [Posted on 2008-08-17]
I have both the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 and this lens. The version I received is as clear and sharp as the Canon 70-200mm version and ALOT less expensive! The bokeh is as good. When photographing a local high school senior session recently, I shot the Sigma and my associate shot with the Canon lens. We dumped all our images together and aside from style, you could not tell which images had been taken with which lens. The bodies were both 40Ds. I have to look at the metadata to tell which ones are which.
If you are making the decision about which lens to buy, try this lens out. With Amazon's great customer service, if the lens doesn't work out send it back. But I am pretty sure you will keep it. I would encourage you to try this lens out before dropping almost $1000 more for the Canon counterpart.
Excellent Supplier [Posted on 2008-08-24]
its a good product over all, but its not very sharp as I was expecting
darn good lens [Posted on 2008-08-27]
I love this lens. I use it for weddings and portraits. It has great reach and awesome image quality. And, it's really heavy, so you can use it to work out with too ;D
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