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Some people may have fpormed the wrong impression following my criticism of this lens for landscape work. Used as a wide angle and not as a substitute for a more appropriate lens this Sigma is very sharp.

Ah! Sigma! Does my old heart the world of good

Nice sharp pics Oneputt

John - it is indeed a fantastic lens

The sharpness, colour and contrast are excellent (compared to my other lenses)

I use it for pretty much everything (landscape, portraits!, general use)

non-pp'd image (great colour and contrast + sharp)



Highly recommended for the money

Cheers

Barrie, is it me or your city landscape with abandoned warehouse and this shot seem to have some distortion? AIf you look at the wheel mounted on the wagon the axle is nowhere near the centre or is that how it was? Not a criticism, just a realisation there may be some distortion at the wide end

Glen wrote:Barrie, is it me or your city landscape with abandoned warehouse and this shot seem to have some distortion? AIf you look at the wheel mounted on the wagon the axle is nowhere near the centre or is that how it was? Not a criticism, just a realisation there may be some distortion at the wide end

You have to be careful about keeping things level to minimise perspective distortion between 10-12mm

If you point the camera up or down, this will cause more distortion

You can partially correct it using DxO and others, but I don't do this (yet)

Glen wrote:If you look at the wheel mounted on the wagon the axle is nowhere near the centre

I noticed the wheel was no where near the axle as well, but I just thought it was the spare wheel

Well caught Philip

Yes Barrie just noticed the distortion at what appeared to be the very wide end

Nice John. I would have PPd out the reflection of your leg though. When I was taking some similar shots at the Beaut Ute show on Saturday there was so much chrome around it there reflections everywhere

Great lens BTW

I love mine, it lives on my D70. I cry when I have to revert to my kit lens, because the contrast generally sucks, even stopped down. It's night and day compared to my beloved 10-20mm. At 10mm there's edge distortion though.

It is very cool lens, it can get whatever you might have missed out, or something extra that you dont even want to be included...


Taken at 12mm...

I'm interested in this lens but is generally worried about the duds...

Grev wrote:I'm interested in this lens but is generally worried about the duds...

Grev,
Nothing is solid and guaranteed without failure.

birddog114 wrote:

Grev wrote:I'm interested in this lens but is generally worried about the duds...

Grev,
Nothing is solid and guaranteed without failure.

But there are many people that saids this lens is soft... that's all...

But I guess I've been reading too much intraweb stuff.

It's not soft. It's infinitely sharper than the Kit 18-70 lens. I shoot with both and get nauseous about using the 18-70 compared to the Siggie.

It opened my eyes to what better glass can do and consequently I went out and bought a better midrange zoom so that I could get similar qualities through the 75 mm range.

But have anyone found some sort of strange uneven exposure (blown HL and dark shadows) with this lens? I know there is bit light falloff for it, but just curious about it, or it is just me...

No, but I notice it with shooting with pretty much any camera.

I'm not entirely sure that a lens could be a problem with uneven exposures, but I could be wrong with that.

10mm on a Nikon D50. Its a nice lens.

This is next on the list.

It does seem to draw the subject in on the edges in that building shot.

Are there any in depth reviews you guys have read that are worth going over?

Benny2707 wrote:Are there any in depth reviews you guys have read that are worth going over?

Don't bother with reviews for this lens. It's good value, very usable, my second favourite lens, and most of all, it's just plain fun to use.

There is nothing else that you need to know.

Benny2707 wrote:It does seem to draw the subject in on the edges in that building shot.

That's perspective distortion - it has bugger all to do with the lens, but is produced because the sensor is not parallel to the vertical plane (yes, yes, I know there's no planes in the shot.... )

Cheers

gstark wrote:

Benny2707 wrote:Are there any in depth reviews you guys have read that are worth going over?

Don't bother with reviews for this lens. It's good value, very usable, my second favourite lens, and most of all, it's just plain fun to use.

There is nothing else that you need to know.

Agreed, its endless fun lens. Can be used for close up portrait works too. But please equip with self-defence weapons before trying... especially with female subjects.

haha yip.. i learnt that the hard way..
great fun to be had with this lens, but i hated the distortion i had when taking group shots. maybe its just user error..
-j

seeto.centric wrote:haha yip.. i learnt that the hard way..
great fun to be had with this lens, but i hated the distortion i had when taking group shots. maybe its just user error..
-j

Well, yes. This lens is too wide - even at 20 - for this sort of photography.

If 24 isn't wide enough, use sneaker-zoom.

gstark wrote:

Benny2707 wrote:Are there any in depth reviews you guys have read that are worth going over?

Don't bother with reviews for this lens. It's good value, very usable, my second favourite lens, and most of all, it's just plain fun to use.

There is nothing else that you need to know.

Where's the number for DD Photographics....

Ahh here it is.

Another new toy in a week! You're an expensive influence gstark

........ I have one and use it....... it will distort faces buildings and anything else up close..... but good fun....... here is a quick pix but cropped pano format to remove most of the bush bottom left......... this is a quick grab shot while out one day with birds in the sky........ and I have to live down here

Benny2707 wrote:Where's the number for DD Photographics....
Ahh here it is.
Another new toy in a week! You're an expensive influence gstark

Hmmm, with 54 posts, you should be re-reading the FAQ , in relation to ordering from our forum source........

I grabbed a sigma 10-20 also... Great lens ..

one little shot..





A little bit more info.. I quizzed CR Kennedy about matching a "GREY" price as per their website, I had to show links to prices. Not surprisingly this took an eternity.. But in the mean time I contacted PC(Photo Continental) in Brisbane about the matching also and commented that around $600 seemed good. They contacted me the same day and offered on in Aus stock for $600... So anyoen wants a local one I have the guy at PC's email address and can PM you it.


Regards
MATT

i really like the lens, well the focal length more so. i use it more for portraits and people shots rather than landscapes.
eg:

if i had my time again, i would get the tokina, (or nikkor), though. far less barrel distortion.

MATT wrote:I quizzed CR Kennedy about matching a "GREY" price as per their website, I had to show links to prices. Not surprisingly this took an eternity..

Why is that "not surprising"? I've done that several times over here in the last couple of years, and they're great to deal with. (WA branch, anyway.) Means I buy lenses I might not otherwise buy, though...

(Didn't know they were advertising it on their site, though. When I first did it it was hush-hush.)

mickeyjuice wrote:

MATT wrote:I quizzed CR Kennedy about matching a "GREY" price as per their website, I had to show links to prices. Not surprisingly this took an eternity..

Why is that "not surprising"? I've done that several times over here in the last couple of years, and they're great to deal with. (WA branch, anyway.) Means I buy lenses I might not otherwise buy, though...

(Didn't know they were advertising it on their site, though. When I first did it it was hush-hush.)

mmm, was looking at one of these at Paxtons today. They were selling @ 680. Might see if CR kennedy can sort me out a price match on the lowest grey price which is 540.

Slightly off topic but I was wondering how the Sigma 12-24mm compares to the 10-20mm. Which is sharper, shows less flare etc?

dm_td5 wrote:Slightly off topic but I was wondering how the Sigma 12-24mm compares to the 10-20mm. Which is sharper, shows less flare etc?

Two reviews for you dm

http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/Nikkor% ... rt--review

http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/Nikkor% ... rt--review

Thanks Glen!

deadgoose wrote:mmm, was looking at one of these at Paxtons today. They were selling @ 680. Might see if CR kennedy can sort me out a price match on the lowest grey price which is 540.

for anyone interested they pricematched without any questions.

deadgoose wrote:for anyone interested they pricematched without any questions.

Thanks for the heads up.

The 10-20 is a fantastic lens. You don't realise it at times until you see everyone else backing up against church walls, or having to cross streets, in order to fit more of a building or interior into frame.

And even besides that, it's fun:

i personally own this lens as well. I find it a great landscape lens and not so much of a portrait lens. i guess its a personal preference.