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peterpp
Registered User
Registered: July 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 10
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Review Date: Fri July 27, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $800.00
| Rating: 10
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surprisingly light, fast, very sharp
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tripod collar is too short optional ts-41 makes it easier to use
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very compact lens for a 150mm macro.
Works very well for both closeups and for general shooting, produces very sharp clean images.
Can be used with either a 1.4x tc or a 2x tc, but lens automatically disables autofocus if it detects a TC .
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DiggitalD
Thoughtful Monkey
Registered: May 2005
Location: huntington beach, ca
Posts: 313
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Review Date: Fri July 27, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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sharp, value
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Cons:
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EX coating
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I have been using this lens for about a year now. It seems to be built well, although I have heard some grinding while focusing, perhaps from dust getting in. The EX coating is terrible. This lens, my 100-300 EX, and my 1.4 EX tc all share the problem of the coating stripping and flaking off anywhere I regularly hold the item and in the collar grooves. As far as teleconverters go, I use a 1.4 tc with this lens on occasion with no effect on the autofocus. I'm qite sure that the 2X tc would also work with autofocus, so long as it is Sigma's TC. I do not know about other companies' teleconverters (I sent back the only kenko I bought the second I felt how cheap it was), so I cannot attest to whether or not they will work with AF.
I have been concentrating on closeup photography lately, primarily going after spiders, dragonflies and damselflies. The 150mm has seen a lot of use and performs excellently. I also use a Nikon 60mm, but 150mm is far more practical for approaching little critters. The only lens I would like to have more is the Nikon 200mm micro. For the price, however, the Sigma was an easy choice. I also use it as a telephoto at times, and it is far sharper than the 100-300, even with the 1.4tc on the 150mm.
I uploaded a photo taken recently with this lens - a snail on a tomato vine.
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gasjkh2
Registered User
Registered: September 2007
Location: england
Posts: 43
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Review Date: Thu September 13, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Pros:
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seriously sharp
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weight
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top lense, really pleased with purchase
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ChrisSearle
Complete Drongo
Registered: December 2004
Location: Brighton and Mumbai.
Posts: 183
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Review Date: Mon December 24, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Amazingly sharp.
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Cons:
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So far - none
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Bought this lens at the beginning of the summer and have had endless fun with it. The build quality seems excellent and its been to India twice and had a some rough treatment but still looks and performs as new. The 150mm focal length is perfect for me as I use it principally for small animals. Both the sharpness and colour are wonderful.
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Latest lifer: Indian Pitta.
My website:www.natureviews.co.uk
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Derry
Registered User
Registered: May 2007
Location: St. Peters Missouri USA
Posts: 263
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Review Date: Tue February 12, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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decent size
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Cons:
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had two and they would never obtain proper focus
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I tried two of these lens and the first one had a front focus issue of about 8 inches at 15 feet,, it would never obtain focus at infinity,, sent it back to B&H for a replacement,,
when the second lens arrived I went outside for a few shots and immediately notice the lens was having a hard time tryign to focus on anything just hunting all over,, if I would manually focus it on a subject it often would start hunting for another focus point,, at times it would also just click click click like the internal focus was trying but nothing would happen,,
I called Sigma in New York and they said to send it in for repair, a brand new lens???? I told them my story about this being the second lens I was trying and they could care less,, send it back was their reply,,
after checking around on a few other camera locations I find that others are experiencing similar problems,, one person said he had sent his lens back to Sigma and they had it for a 50 days and still no resolve on the problem,,
I returned the second lens to B&H for a refund,, will buy an Olympus 150mm 2.0,, will cost more but I know it will work on my E3,,
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TV85 / Oly E3 user,
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