Lightweight, inexpensive, sharp, color good

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Almost 1/2 the price of its Nikon brother, I find this lens does a nice job for me. I like my pictures to be sharp and colorful and this lens produces good results. Not a "pro" lens but most of us are not "pros". Bottom line it produces very nice photographs and that is after all what most of us desire.

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Similar Products Used:

Tamron 28-300
Nikon 70-210

Very inexpensive!
Very sharp
Close focus at all focal lengths
Lightweight

Polycarb lens mount
A tad slow (3.8 ~ 5.6)

Very nicely done lens! I purchased this to complement my Elan 7E and it's just about a perfect marriage. It balances extremely well on the camera, and the results have been outstanding so far. This lens is on the camera 80% of the time and it has proven itself a really capable performer. Corner to edge sharpness is more than acceptable, and enlargements (from color negs) are beautiful. It certainly outperforms the old 28-90 Vivitar Series 1 lens I used to use. Very slight vignetting noticeable only in large expanses of solid tone. Some barrel distortion at short focal lengths, some pincushion distortion at the long end, but these amounts are not significant in the type of photography I do. I didn't expect to be as impressed with this lens as I am. I got it mostly to shoot snapshots of family, friends, etc. but it's getting real field use!

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Similar Products Used:

28-90 f/2.8~3.5 Vivitar Series 1

Light weight
Good contrast and color
Sharp
Front doesn't move while focusing
short minimum focus
decent focus speed in good light (compares to other Nikon D lenses I demoed ;not the -s ones though)

vignetting at 28mm
very slight distortion at 105mm
hunts in dark light or where edges are not defined (walls , etc.)

I am a beginner and haven't used a vast array of lenses, but I have been extremely pleased with this lens. Some of the photos I am taking with it are surprising to me. It has a 19" focus length that have enabled me to take some macro like photos. Wide angle pictures have been good, and have noticed slight vignetting only with very bright edge material. The stable front while using the auto-focus is very nice and enables me to use my cokin filter system without affecting the position of the filter , useful for using graduated or other "position" based filters.

Using this in conjunction with my Nikon N65 has given me a very light, versatile package for me to carry while hiking or just exploring. Good first experience with Sigma.

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never used

Similar Products Used:

Sigma 28-200