- Large aperture standard zoom lens
- ELD and SLD glass provides excellent correction of all types of aberrations
- Super Multi Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting
- Equipped with HSM ensuring quiet and high speed AF
- The rounded 9 blade diaphragm creates an attractive blur
Product Description
This large aperture standard zoom lens covers focal lengths from 24mm and is housed in compact construction. The latest optical design provides an overall length of 94.7cm /3.7inch. It is ideal for general photography such as snapshots, portraiture and landscapes. The Super Multi Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting. ELD (Extraordinary Low Dispersion) glass, two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements and three aspherical lenses provide excellent correction ... More >>
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM AF Standard Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
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I hope this lens will be good, but my first copy I ordered from Amazon had an unbelievable front-focus problem. Honestly, in all lenses I ever tested I have never seen it to this extreme. It exceeds the DOF at f2.8 thus your focus point isn’t even remotely in focus.
Again, I am sure (hope) that this is a good lens, but quality control especially at this price point should be better.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this lens to pare with a new Pentax K7 and I have been playing with it for two weeks now. I notice right away excessive blurriness in my photos. The blurriness got worse at slower shutter speeds. I soon discovered that it is a problem with the Shake reduction feature in the Pentax. I contacted Pentax and Sigma. Pentax claims it is a problem with the Lens. Sigma told me they are aware of the problem and they are looking into it. All that aside and with the Shake reduction feature turned off I am actually quite impressed with the lens. I am no expert at testing lenses, but I would agree with praise other photographers give this one. It is heavy and fat, but it does feel good in my hands and the zoom and focus controls are easy to use even with big gloves on. If Sigma can not fix the problem with the SD feature I will be very disappointed and will never buy a sigma lens again, but I will give them three weeks and see.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ve had this lens since September 09. It has been a great lens w/no focusing issues! I originally was using it on a Nikon D80 and now a D700. It’s great in low light and though a little heavy, it has been my walk around lens. I don’t like the hood and have had lens flare when shooting somewhat into the sun, but I still block w/my hand and it’s been great. I did drop it twice, once off a tripod in the grass (and it cracked the lens hood) and once I tripped over the strap dragging on the ground and pulled it out of my hand, but it’s still going strong!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have always shot portraits with the Canon 50mm 1.4 on a crop body like the 10d then 40d. I also shoot a fair bit more with my beloved 70-200 2.8 IS now I have a 5DM2 and it isn’t 1.6ified. I am doing more weddings and needed a shorter zoom. I have used the Canon in this range but always thought it was a bit big and expensive. I can get over those objections easily enough because of the images but when it came time to buy I saw this lens had just arrived on the market.
Long story short this is a great lens that I have now worries with using mixed in with my other sharp Canon lenses. It is sharp and focuses fast and quietly. It is solid but not too big and has a nice finish I prefer over the Canon’s slicker white L paint.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a superb lens — and I mean truly superb. It is the IQ equivalent of the Nikon 24-70 2.8 lens, and I don’t say that lightly. The IQ between shots taken with this lens and with the Nikon version are indistinguishable, even by pixel peepers, and at half the price.
It has won countless awards already in the half year it has been available for Nikon (it was available for Canon first), including a recent European product award for best lens of the year.
Highly recommended. It balances beautifully on a D700 body, and it is super silent, fast focusing, and just a joy to use. Beware! The Filter size in 82 — get a good UV filter for lens protection — this is a big lens.
Despite the diameter, it is half as large as the Nikon equivalent — and though it weighs almost the same, the balance on the D700 or D300 is better so it feels like it is also half the weight.
Just an all-around great pro-quality lens.
BUT — there is one caveat — like other Sigma lenses (though they are getting better) there is sample variation. My first lens didn’t focus properly and needed to be exchanged. The second one was pitch-perfect.
Rating: 5 / 5