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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:38 am Post subject: Sigma Aspherical 1.8 28mm |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Can anyone tell me about this lens? I have a chance to buy one at what seems like a good price but being a Sigma, I am sceptical it is any good.
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poilu wrote:
I have the second version, bought years ago
it is not compatible with digital canon
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Aah, that is good to know, cheers.
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fermy wrote:
Of course it's not compatible, it's a FD mount. Poilu, what do you think about the lens though? I saw it on German e-bay last week, but it went for the price typical for Canon FD 28/f2, so I did not bid, this being a Sigma.
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
The picture isn't the lens I saw locally, it's just one I grabbed off the net to illustrate.
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trev wrote:
When this lens was first released there were rave reviews about it in the British photo press. I could not afford it then and I can not afford it now
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I know where there's one in FD mount for 39ukp if that's within your budget Trev.
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scsambrook wrote:
Ian - not sure why you should have a 'presumption of inferiority' about Sigma lenses. I have several, both AF and MF, and all of them are actually quite good. The MF ones seem to go very cheaply these days . . . £39 for an FD mount 28/1.8 looks good to me (if it's in good order). I could put that on my Lumix G1.
Whether the new prices are value for money though, I can't say.
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I'm just going by the ones I've owned that were really crap, I know not all Sigmas are crap but they have certainly made quite a lot of bad lenses. I'd be happy to give you the details of the online shop that has this, I would be tempted to take it myself for my NEX but I honestly don't need any more 28mm lenses and money is very tight atm.
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scsambrook wrote:
Ian - if you don't fancy it, I'd be happy to have details of its wherabouts. I think your standards might be a bit higher than mine - !
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I doubt my standards are higher, just the Sigmas I had were the cheapest ones and you get what you pay for. The UC zooms were pretty bad, but the ones that really sucked were the ones badged Prakticar in PB mount, the 2.8/135 was awful, even at f8 on a tripod with the focus set to 50m, nothing was very sharp.
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DanielT74 wrote:
The UC zooms were indeed pretty awful! Mind you I had their old 20-35mm zoom that was built like a tank and quite sharp.
Then more recently many EX lenses were good like 15-30mm, 30/1.4, 50/1.4, 70mm macro etc
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