Sigma Y-Zoom 21-35/3.5-4.2 - someone know that lens?

[doomed-forever]

Greetings Forum,

i've read some time ago that the Y-Zoom Sigma should be a way good wide angle lens, but unfortunately, it's prone for flare & ghosts,
and the lens-hood was built-in, therefore the name Y-Zoom, it looked a bit like a TIE Fighter, with some imagination.

Now, i've bought the Mk. II version (C/Y - Contax/Yashica Mount), which does have as advantage a ordinary Lens Hood Design, so it's
not directly attached to the lens body. The lens is of course full-frame capable.

This picture here is from the Mk. I version, Image by Carsten:

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/3525548078/


Anyone knows that Lens here on MFlenses?

greetings

[calvin83]

First, the subject is wrong as the lens starts at 21mm.

Second, the photo you shown are the AF version which Carsten sold. The mark II manual version is supposed optically the same the AF version which is a well-known good performer.

Third, we have at least one thread here http://forum.mflenses.com/sigma-21-35mm-f-3-5-4-2-experiences-samples-added-t18180.html .

[LucisPictor]

Since you use my picture from FLICKR (BTW, I would appreciate it if you firstly name the image author and secondly link to the Flickr image!), I can as well answer you: That lens is a good lens given the time of its marketing. Most of the new super-wide zooms are most probably better, but also much more expensive.

My dad used to have this lens for his Fuji S2Pro. When he sold his Fuji stuff and went on to Pentax, he also sold the lens.

But a couple of weeks ago, I bought another one for me, because I got it for very little money and thought it would complement my AF lenses for my F-601 and D7000 well.

And here are my other FLICKR images of this lens:





But, as Calvin has pointed out correctly, the lens which is shown in the image is the AF-version!

[doomed-forever]

[LucisPictor]

[doomed-forever]

Hey Carsten,

understood you completely. Well, for example, i've seen some of my works from my dA Account floating onto some crappy i.Phone Wallpaper Site, which was selling these stolen photographs...seems that this page was just into some asian country, that bloody thing..about 2 years ago. I've never grabbed pictures from others onto the web and shared them online, claiming it's my own, this was only a lens picture here inside the forum for identification purposes, Carsten. And i do have forgotten your flickr link, sorry.

cheers
marc

[LucisPictor]

As I wrote, Marc, don't worry. It's fine here in the forum. We are (almost) all friends.

[doomed-forever]

edited my 1st post. (added flickr link from carsten)