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New SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM canon Fit (1 Viewer)
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Nikon Kid
Love them Sula Bassana
For those who are interested found this on you tube on the Sigma 10-20 f3.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is7kGjRaIIU
Talked to Sigma UK to-day they say the 10-20 f3.5 is a complete rebuild as stated by Japan
I am leaning towards this Sigma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is7kGjRaIIU
Talked to Sigma UK to-day they say the 10-20 f3.5 is a complete rebuild as stated by Japan
I am leaning towards this Sigma
Nikon Kid
Love them Sula Bassana
Its sad really answering my own thread, well I am a sado anyway 
But if anyone is interested about this new SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM
lens I have bought one due next week from kerso, if your are post here and when I get it will take some images and post them here...........
But if anyone is interested about this new SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM
lens I have bought one due next week from kerso, if your are post here and when I get it will take some images and post them here...........
I'd be interested to see some sample shots with this lens, I've just been loaned (with a view to buying) the original 10-20 f4-5.6 so it would be interesting to see how it compares. I must confess that I don't see the need for a faster aperture on a wide angle lens, most of the time you'll be wanting lots fo DOF so will end up stopping down a fair bit.
Nikon Kid
Love them Sula Bassana
I think I agree with you, maybe a bit better for indoor work with f3.5, but I believe that it is all new glass and build, old one size 83.5x81 77mm filter, new one is 87.3x88.2 82mm filter. I don't own a filter yet, but maybe when I get into Landscape I will be changing my mind ?
It would need to be bigger at the front to be an f3.5 lens so the overall larger size makes sense. I'm sure the new lens will be better, but for the rare occassion that I plan to use mine I decided that the older model would do the job fine. It is an interesting lens to use, 10mm really does alter your perspective. I don't like landscapes shots taken with it as the ultra wide angle tends to flatten the shot, dramatic landscapes loose their impact IMO. I don't shoot landsacpes often (must try harder) but when I do I tend to reach for my 70-200.
EDIT - attached is a snap I took yesterday, my youngest taken at ~20cm with the lens set at 10mm, it really does warp your perspective!
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Nikon Kid
Love them Sula Bassana
Like the shot, looks like I will be doing alot of experimenting.
Looks like a few reviews are coming out now, here is one on the f3.5
http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/User-Report-Sigma-Ultrawide-Zoom-Lens
Looks like a few reviews are coming out now, here is one on the f3.5
http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/User-Report-Sigma-Ultrawide-Zoom-Lens
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Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
I agree with you there Pete -I often find my 17-40 too wide and that is when the 70-200 comes in handy. I think the ultra wide's are more useful for close-ups of buildings and things where you are restricted as to how far away you can stand. I must admit I am not a big fan of some of the ultra wide shots that have a strange perspective but I know a lot of people do like these lenses.
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pduxon
Quacked up Member
i like the original 10-20. but its all about perspective.
sometimes a wide angle works sometimes it doesn't, just width is deadly dull. remember near, middle, far.
for outdoors i don't see the point of f2.8 for an extreme wide angle, of course indoors is totally different.
sometimes a wide angle works sometimes it doesn't, just width is deadly dull. remember near, middle, far.
for outdoors i don't see the point of f2.8 for an extreme wide angle, of course indoors is totally different.
hollis_f
Well-known member
Not really, DoF on a proper WA lens is stupidly huge, even wide open. On a 1.6 crop, 10mm at f4 has a hyperfocal distance of 1.33m - so I can get my feet and the horizon within the DoF!
hollis_f
Well-known member
Hmmm, looks pretty good. No sign of any vignetting at 10mm in the garden picture.
