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Jesito
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 Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:09 am Post subject: Underrrated SIGMA 100-200 f/4.5 M42 |
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Jesito wrote:
I got this lens quite cheap on a flea market. I don't use to buy old SIGMA lenses, I've got not very good experiences with them, but this one looked mint, and it had no fungus nor dust inside, so I got it.
Tested on the GXR. The focal lens on it is equivalent to a FF 150-300mm lens, that could be nice for nature shooting. It also sports a "macro" mode of 1:4.5, and the f/4.5 is continuous in all the focal range.
This is how it does look on the Ricoh GXR:
Today we have a dull, gray day here. Typical springtime rains. Anyway tests give good colour and resolution. Contrast has to be pushed a little: (all shots through the window glass)
A) 100mm f/4.5:
a 100% crop of the above:
B) 200mm f/4.5:
a 100% crop:
Close focus (no macro):
a 100% crop:
It would have to be tested on real nature situations, when the weather improves a bit.
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Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
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DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Hope you get some better weather soon for a proper test, I'm interested to see more from the GXR.
100-200 zoom has the potential to be good, it's only a 2x ratio and 2x zooms are generally not bad, there are several 70-150s that are good, for instance.
Looking forward to Sigma in the sunshine. 
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Jesito
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Jesito wrote:
| iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
Hope you get some better weather soon for a proper test, I'm interested to see more from the GXR.
100-200 zoom has the potential to be good, it's only a 2x ratio and 2x zooms are generally not bad, there are several 70-150s that are good, for instance.
Looking forward to Sigma in the sunshine. |
Thanks for your comment, Ian.
Weather forecast is not good: until the 7th of May we won't see the sun again. We're in the middle of the spring showers...
That's good for the field, and good to improve the water reserve for the summer...
But I'll be trying it anyway. In between the clouds the sun should shine some time.
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Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3 |
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