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  1. Lynx
    18.12.2014

    sigma ... "sigma loves to gild the objektik, iris!"

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  2. anonym
    18.12.2014

    I’m not reading the first review of different Sigma and I see that although Japan, the lenses are not very

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    • Alexey
      17.01.2015

      Sigma sigma strife. In the 90s and partly 00s, Sigma suffered from poor quality and problems. Plus, do not forget that the glasses were produced for completely different requirements - then there were no digital cameras at all, such glass would have looked quite good on film. Modern Sigma is a completely different story. Not only is it not inferior to the "native" glass, but also often surpasses them.

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  3. Dmitriy
    18.12.2014

    It is bad and very bad that the old Sigmas of the 90s under Canon on digital cameras do not work - only on an open aperture, when trying to close an error pops up. Tested with this lens and a couple more different ones. But since the end of the 80s everything is fine, only the exposure metering lies ...

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    • Dmitriy
      18.12.2014

      Since the late 90s. A typo has left.

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  4. Alexander Malyaev
    18.12.2014

    I also read that on the old Sigma (including the survey one) - the AF is completely in trouble.

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    • Arkady Shapoval
      18.12.2014

      It was this instance on my cameras that was not particularly capricious in focusing accuracy.

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    • anonym
      20.12.2014

      On new too

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  5. Nikonist
    19.12.2014

    This Sigma has a cool case, not like velvet bags with laces from Nikon.

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    • Alexander
      19.12.2014

      The cover is very nice, but not practical and will take up a lot of space.

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  6. anonym
    19.12.2014

    Well, when there is nothing to surprise, because they gave me a beautiful wrapper, Nikon has good optics, but I’ll put it in a hundred personally anyway

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  7. Arkady Shapoval
    20.12.2014

    Will be. Exclusive reviews of rangefinders (like the non-retrofocus Jupiter-12) are planned on a full-format mirrorless mirror, for which funds are being raised.

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  8. Alexander
    22.12.2014

    Good afternoon Arkady! Help advice. I want to buy Sigma 10-20 f4-5,6 on the EOS 100D, since I like to photograph abandoned casts, tell me your opinion on this glass, otherwise I did not find a review on it. Thank you in advance!

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  9. Optimist
    23.12.2014

    And if you can reverse the technical Yu-12, without a diaphragm in a strange case like a piece of pipe

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  10. Peter the Great
    26.12.2014

    but how will you put Ju-12 on Sonya. He has a ZFO - 7.53mm. Only if you deeply enter it, right up to the matrix, into its bayonet.

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    • Roderick
      28.03.2015

      Yes, put the music stand in the matrix on the bayonet itself.

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    • Roderick
      28.03.2015

      And, moving the music stand back and forth, align it.

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  11. Vladimir
    29.03.2016

    I used this lens in conjunction with the d1,5 for 700 years. Bought specifically for vacation trips for 6000 r at that time $ 150, for tasks and pictures "me and a palm tree" is quite suitable, the main thing is to adapt to them and you can get quite good shots. Most of all I was surprised by the lack of soap on the edges of the frame on the d700, which is what all cheap zooms sin about. I advise you to wear a good polarizer on the Lens and never take any otduda. This improves the quality of the picture several times, since the glass is rather capricious to the backlight loss of contrast in the side and counter set.
    When processing lightroom, you need to twist the “black” slider, that is, “black” to the left quite strongly, and then, the picture comes to life before our eyes, and it also does not hurt to set the camera profile to “landscape”. In general, and in general, you can squeeze not bad shots from the lens, but you need to adapt,
    By the way, I changed it to 28 105mm af d 3,5-4,5 nikon, it’s much easier to get a good picture, it’s weakly afraid of the counter light and the macro function 1k2 is quite suitable
    When choosing between them, I would have taken it if I had been a couple thousand more expensive.

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  12. Vladimir
    29.03.2016

    For example

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  13. Vladimir
    29.03.2016

    or here

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  14. Vladimir
    29.03.2016

    all pictures with polar

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  15. Vladimir
    29.03.2016

    .

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  16. Pokekmon
    06.09.2016

    2 Vladimir: Thank you so much for the feedback and the pictures and for accurately and briefly describing the problems of this glass.
    Now I look at zooms on Avito and these Sigma are sold in a medium-tolerant state for 8-10 thousand rubles, i.e. for about the same price as Nikkor 28-105 f3.5-4.5D.
    In general, there is something to think about.

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  17. Pokekmon
    13.09.2016

    I could not resist and bought this glass for 8 thousand rubles. Glass got almost new, almost without any signs of use, in a complete set. In the box, even the smell of the skin remained. I will test.

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  18. Pokekmon
    20.10.2016

    Under FF 2.8, the lens is inedible at all.
    At 4.0 more or less. You can take a picture of the subject, but not the landscape.
    The lens is VERY scared of back and side light.
    Even with a polarizer and a hood with a hard backlight on, the picture blurred on the hole closed to 9.0. For comparison - Nikkor 35-105 / 3.5-4.5 holds the counter better, also with the hood and polarizing on.
    Sigma warms up the picture pleasantly - my copy takes the BB to yellow-orange tones.
    Autumn is good to take a picture. But the lens also loves light - the main thing is not to turn the trunk towards the sun.
    On covered diaphragms in sunny weather, in the absence of bright light sources in the frame, very nice three-dimensional pictures are obtained.
    In cloudy autumn weather, BB leads to orange-dark brown tones. It turns out a psychedelic.
    If you take a picture of the landscape, it is recommended to press the aperture to 8-9.
    Focusing is really fast. But there are misses in the open. Better not to trust this glass.
    In this way, 3 photos went to back focus.
    I aimed at the head of the statue - af reported that I had "hit", and in the photo - hell would be there. It turned out offensively.
    Another point on some focal points with open apertures is that the upper left corner is more soapy than the others. I have not figured it out yet and this moment has not been caught to the end.
    I got the glass with a smart wardrobe trunk, box and even instructions. The lens itself is clean and seems to have been barely used. Another nuance - in humid autumn weather, when it is very damp, cold and windy, the rubber zoom ring on the glass turns noticeably tight.
    In short, a very peculiar glass, to which you need to find an approach or get rid of it.
    Those. love or hate. I have a weakness for the Sigma and can not help myself.
    To make money or simply difficult situations where you must fully trust the glass, hoping that it will not fail, it’s better to choose something else.

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  19. Pokekmon
    26.10.2016

    "It's funny, but such an ancient lens already knows how to transmit focusing distance values ​​to the camera."
    Arkady, this glass does not convey anything to me ...
    I can even send you NEF or make a screen from ShowEXIF.

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    • Arkady Shapoval
      26.10.2016

      So there are subversions

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      • ALEXANDER
        06.06.2021

        You can ask a question: What is better to buy a fast lens with a fixed focal length or with a variable focal length, precisely for photographing a large number of people at the same time without an autoflash / it is possible with a flash / ??? For example, a wedding or workers to photograph 50 people at work?

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      • Arkady Shapoval
        06.06.2021

        under which camera?

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      • Victor
        06.06.2021

        The answer is obvious - suitable for the viewing angle.

        In general - when you need a moderately wide angle with aperture ratio - 24 / 1.4

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  20. Pokekmon
    05.01.2017

    With this glass, matrix metering is often mistaken by about +/- 0.3-0.7EV.
    Moreover, even when photographing the same scene with a difference of a couple of minutes with constant lighting. Those. one series is slightly underexposed and the other is slightly overexposed. In the dark, it's always like this - a flight-under-flight, but there is no bull's-eye. Let me remind you that I have a NON D version and even the case is different in color.
    And yet - in contrast to the day, when glass is panicky afraid of the sun even with a polaric and a diaphragm covered up to 10, it is not sausage at night from a heap of bright point light sources - for example, garlands and lanterns in the park. It's nice. The picture is soft and warm, which is also generally good. If I switch to D750 / D800E, it will be curious to look at the pictures. Even if the soap is okay, resizing to 16-18MP will save you.

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  21. Pokemon
    12.07.2018

    I sold this lens after one of the shootings of a car for a friend. It was a pity to sell, because the lens was like new, but lacked sharpness up to 5-5.6. At full frame, he is soapy. Took 35-70 / 2.8D replacements in good condition. I was amazed at the sharpness even at 2.8.
    True, now with this Nikkor you will no longer go out in winter or take a walk in rainy weather like with Sigma. There is paranoia about the fungus / mold - the fear that you cannot save the lens with this joy ...
    My Sigma still had a luxurious case :)
    As in the review, only stitched with black threads. I should have left it for 35-70: ')

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  22. Wladimir
    30.08.2020

    - when I bought the D-600 for shooting with fixes, I bought a Nikor 28-80 / 3,3-5,6G zoom for a cheap price, which quite decently shot 28mm landscapes and did good portraits at 70mm, but then they offered this for 20 bucks Sigma 28-70 / 2,8 is completely out of order, but with new glasses - I repaired and tried to use instead of a plastic Nikor - Sigma has its own, sigma drawing, which I like when shooting some subjects ...

    The main disadvantage of Sigma is, indeed, 2,8 is almost not working and it is better to cover up to 4.

    70mm portrait - 5,6 aperture

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  23. ALEXANDER
    06.06.2021

    You can ask a question: What is better to buy a fast lens with a fixed focal length or with a variable focal length, precisely for photographing a large number of people at the same time without an autoflash / it is possible with a flash / ??? For example, a wedding or workers to photograph 50 people at work?

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    • Oleg
      06.06.2021

      Well it's 24-28mm and not necessarily fast

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