Sigma 24-60mm f/2.8 EX DG IF Aspherical Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras

Manufacturer: SIGMA Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$569.99 Our Price:$354.98 Features: Nikon SLR mount; standard zoom lens Aspherical lens and internal focusing 24 to 60 mm focal length f/2.8 maximum aperture 5.8x magnification Description:

Reviews:

Very Nice Lens
I could not be carried as soon as to pay $1,000 or $1,200 halves of objective of zoom of the due range my limited photographic abilities. I have inasmuch as this economic f/2.8 and thought objective you would give it to a test. They have been jumped absent from the quality of the photos that this objective produces. Task this objective and my products of Nikon D300 some of the images of better qualities that it has never taken. This objective, my copy however, is cutting to every regulation that I have tried.


F2.8 must be usable to be good
I have bought hardly the sigma 24-60mm that lens.I transmitted it of new to they obtain a objective of the nikon. I have assumed the direction of 200 photos of the test with this objective and the objective of the nikon 18-55mm of the equipment. I was to invite the sigma in order to gain the hands down. The greater part of the images with the sigma to unusable F/2.8 where where a lot delicately with poor resolution: all the images taken on the treppiedi with the release of the timer. I could more obtain some good photos to F/8 and on. I have had my hopes in on for the sigma, since it has seemed to be developed well and it has had the possibility to macroinstruction that I was trying. My council is tries the objective before that you put down yours cash.I earned hard you have thought that if you bought a objective for the fast arrest F/2.8: wished the good images to that F/stop. It is not much possible to be forced in order to take the images f/8.0 or larger obtaining the good images. Moreover I have bought a sigma 50mm to macroinstruction and is cutting through towards the outside the range of F/stop. I have not had the time or I do not want to fight with sigma S.U.A. approximately how much unsharp an image is before that it became worthless. In happening I will pass to test all the objective, before that it buys a objective of the non-Nikon.


Pretty darn good for $200
I really think the longer I own this lens, the more I like it. I've had it for about 3 months, and I'm really getting to learn to love it. At first, I thought it wasn't exactly sharp, but it turns out it was often slightly out of focus. Again, I thought this was a problem with the lens, and then I figured out that it only seems to give me a problem with AF-C mode and not with AF-S. In AF-C the lens keeps moving a little. I'm not sure if it is a defect, but it definetly doesn't always give perfect pictures.

After learning to use it under AF-S, I get great crisp photos. It is a tiny-bit soft at 2.8, but 3.2 gives excellent results. Now mind you, this isn't as sharp as the 50 1.8. I'm not sure any zoom is to be honest, and at F2.8, my lens is still very usable! It just isn't razor sharp! I'll post some pictures with this review to show the difference. I think most everyone will be happy if they get a good copy. Maybe some copies are that bad. I'm not sure, but I haven't had problems pulling sharp photos off of this lens.





A step up from a kit lens
I have bought this objective as rimontaggio for my objective of the equipment of Nikkor 18-70 and I have confronted it to mine a 18-70 and Nikkor 50/1.8. (famous that the 18-70 is known for being enough cutting for a objective of the equipment and the 50/1,8 are a extremely cutting objective.) I have examined the 24-60 to 30 millimeters and 50 millimeters. I have found in some soft way and difettando in opened wide opposition of, confronted particularly to the 50/1,8 (to 2.8), but he was still clearly more cutting of the 18-70 when was opened wide, therefore like being more than an arrest more fastly. Arrested down, the 24-60 was constantly more cutting of the 18-70, even if it has interfered with the 50/1,8 in the sharpness and has shown never enough much less falloff of the light and of distortion that the 18-70, (for the comparison, a Nikkor 17-55 that previously I have examined was little softest of the 50/1,8 to 2.8 and nearly indistinguishable ones once arrested down. But that objective coast $1200.) The greater weakness of sigma 24-60 was the relative manipulation of the elements of the outside-de-fire in the images. In a generalized manner I have found the look of the outside-de-fire for being occupied and a lot attractive and in some circumstances (has not illuminated shiningly the objects close to the edge of the image and more neighbor of the plan of the fire) could obtain ugly downright. The greater part of the time was not really a problem, benchè and important how much this function is depended on your style of execution and that what taken care for. To the end I have decided not to maintain the objective, since would want to dawn rather to a high level of the performances, but that one will come to a steep price. If you are on a estimate, or desires hardly something more better than a objective of the equipment, sigma 24-60 is a lot to this price -- it is much more little expensive than new 18-70 and is clearly a better objective.


Maybe I received a good copy?
Received my lens from Cameta on 11/30/2007. Maybe I was lucky, but I just tested it on my new D300 and I think the photos are very sharp. Maybe it is just my perception since the D300 is such a good camera, I don't know. I compared the Sigma photos to my Nikkor 35-70 f/2.8 and I see no difference with the same camera settings.

At the price this lens is being sold for, it is a steal. Especially since you can return it if you don't like it.


Super soft focus. Blurry on edges even with smaller f-stops
I have given back to this objective after one week. This objective has had a fire many motivatings force on my D80. More images that will take, less I have appreciate this objective. I have tried this in order to take in the images of the external part and of the hatch, both with the poor ones turn out to you. The center to times would be nearly cutting, but the edges have shown the distortion. I have tried all give it execution in a smaller opening, manually putting to fire and talking nonsense on a treppiedi, I could not convince hardly this objective in order to take an image of sharp dell' adhesion. Task that this objective can work for the portaits because the bokeh it is many motivatings force, but I would take care myself that the image would not be cutting.


Lens Sharpness
The objective has been made publicity to like "sharp of the adhesion", that it is that what you would attend from one put to point f2.8. was not - poor turns out to you - can be a defective champion whom it knows. It has sent through the Cameta supplier of the Amazon and they have taken behind - process MUCH easy one - hassle the zero to it. They have been interested that online it is more riskier of the in-person. It was really a better transaction - it goes the figure.


This lens is a steal for the price
_ I pag $209 for this lense through Cameta machine via amazon Web site. For that price this objective is an absolute steals. It even comes with a pointed hood of the objective and a nylon case much sturdy (hatred to obtain nichelato and dimed for the accessories). It has a constant F2.8 and one effective range of 36-90 millimeters on a digital body them of Nikon. The quality of configuration is the much pleasant (famous enough pleasant like Canon objective L of series but far away it improves that a objective which Nikon 18-200VR) and far away it improves that the greater part if all do not object to it to you in this range of price. The constant and wide opening allows that you obtain sure using of the graceful inside decent of the blows developed in the flash of the camera or in flash compact which a SB-400. Moreover, the objective is many compact of length only 3,3 inches. The only one downside is that it is one heads delicately slow opened wide and bitten in the autofocusing, but that one must be previewed to this range of price. The reviews a lot unfarily hit object it you of sigma and it is not right to confront it to objects to you of Nikon that cost to 5x the price. Possessing approximately a dozen half of both the Marches and it really bubbles down to a particular objective and to do not mark.



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