At about half the price of the Canon EOS 300 f/2.8 this lens in 100% worth the money. I have used mine for high school, college and professional sports as well as news and events with my Canon...
This is a very fun lens with great color and clarity. This stays on my camera 90% of the time and with f/2.8 it's still useful indoors. Although I think the lens I received may have been faulty the...
I struggled with deciding between this lens, the Canon 35, and the Canon 28 1.8. In the end I went to the Sigma and am LOVING it. This thing finds light, focus is spot on, wide open looks great...
I used this lens on my XTi with good results. After upgrading to a 40D, many of my shots were not focused properly. I thought it was the camera but it (apparently) was not. The lens is great from...
Until I bought this, I'd never spent more than $100 on a camera lens. I just didn't think it was worth it - I was convinced that all the talk about sharpness and picture quality was either...
I received my copy a couple of weeks ago and, due to all the reviews about front focusing problems, immediately tested the autofocus with my digital rebel. It was fine on the test chart and I was...
After researching 50mm macro's I purchased this for my son for Christmas this year. I seriously considered the Canon lens, but it requires an adapter to make it a true 1:1 macro, doubling its...
There is really nothing else quite like this lens out there, where you have a 50mm lens which is also a 1:1 Macro at f/2.8 The result is that you can shoot it wide open at 1:1 and have ULTRA...
This is my fifth Sigma lens, and I couldn't be happier with it. Because of it's f/1.8, don't expect much depth of field when shooting wide open. Especially in close ups, that's the trade off for...
I'm amazed at how inferior this lens is. It looks good. It feels good, and I like the focus clutch mechanism. The specs are great and just what I wanted for my EOS 10D: a wide, fast, fixed focal...
Last year I took quite a few pictures of my 1-year-old granddaughter. I used IS and the photos uniformly got the pattern in the carpet very clearly. Unfortunately I didn't do so well with the...
I wanted a wide angle prime lens that I could take to parties where the shooting distance is always about the same and I could get higher quality pictures than with zoom lenses. Since this lens is...
This is not a good lens to use. Aperture F2.8, 16-32 are useless because it is too soft. It is very heavy. A good filter of 82mm is very expensive. If you have the money, you should buy the canon's...
I've been extraordinarily satisfied with this lens. There is some variability in the quality of individual copies of Sigma lenses, but I must have a good one. The image quality is superb and the...
I bought this lens through Amazon to do some indoor shooting. Team and individual sports pictures, nothing involving action, I use another lens for that. I thought it would be nice as a walk around...
This lens is amazingly sharp, it is right up there with anything else on the market, including Canon's L lenses. It's one of the sharpest lenses I have ever owned in over 25 years shooting. It is...
I purchased this lens about a week ago. I have not had the opportunity to shoot many pictures with it but from the first time I tried it the Auto Focus failed to work with the shutter button. It...
I've purchased this lens a year ago and so far couldn't be happier with it. Very sharp glass, excellent bokeh (9 aperture blades, doubles as secondary portrait lens on full frame!), heavy duty...
Back in the day when lens were expensive this user could not afford a real lens (canon) so i purchased this lens....and I have not regretted it one bit.....it has travelled around the world with...
I am a amateur photographer, but was encountering situations where I needed a lens of this focal length which could accommodate less available light. My Canon kit lens only goes down to f5.6, and...
This lens is an amazing piece of glass at a remarkably affordable price. While I will readily admit a preference for Canon's signature lenses, especially the IS line, this lens is very tack sharp...
This lens provides adequate telephoto and a nice wide angle in one package. I've used it on both the Canon XT and XSi and it works great. It is the one lens I just leave on.
An OK lends for the price; autofocus is hit and miss - and noisy.
I received one of these for Christmas...so I've had it for 6 months now. I've taken thousands of shots with it, on both a Canon Digital Rebel XT (350d) and a Canon EOS 20d.
I am a photo/journalist with plenty of great, expensive equipment but this light, versatile lens hooked up with my Canon 20-D suits me perfect for a carry-around. For street festivals, news shots,...
do a little research and don't be fooled. Sigmas are generally a hit or miss thing for the lens quality. And worse off if you travel with the camera..seals are not at all reliable. Last but not...
I used this lens for 3 weeks and took over a hundred photos in various shutter speed/aperture combinations; all of them turned out so-so to no good. The center sharpness is ok, but the sharpness...
After shooting a few months with the kit lens (18-55), I found myself shooting at the wider range more often than not, with the exception of the occasional portrait. So I got rid of the kit lens,...
I bought the 10-20mm Sigma EX series lens thinking that all the great reviews online had to be true and mean this lens was exceptional. I guess you just can't rely on the usual person or people who...
As lots of people I was also spending hours reading reviews of Canon 10-22 and this Sigma. And finally I purchased Sigma. Very pleased by its image quality, build and that it comes with hood and...
Nice lens, wish I could find one that focus correctly
I bought the Sigma 50-150 II from Amazon in spite of all the "front focusing" flap on the web, because it looks like the perfect lens for shooting indoor sports. Unfortunately I found out what...
While I don't agree with the review about this being "L" quality, I will say that this lens has not disappointed in any way. Quick, accurate focus, good contrast and no visible distortion. Not...
When in autofocus, notice that the focus ring stops dead on the infinity setting, however in manual focus you can go past infinity and it will result in a distinct soft focus. Don't know why...
I bought this lens on a lark, and have enjoyed every second of my time owning it. I use it on my Canon 5D and on my Canon 40D, if I set my shots correctly, I have some of the most unusual,...
and it is definitely not on my favorites list. The vignetting is horrible on a full frame camera (5D). When I put it on my 30D the vignetting was still pretty bad (see image gallery, I added...
This was my choice for a wide angle lens on a 1.6 Canon sensor. The lens is very sharp, has lots of distortion and the price was OK. The lens is a well built metal body machine.
Built like a rock, but takes pictures like one of those $8 trillion lenses they have floating around. Great color, mediocre contrast (easy fix), and wonderful depth of field. Does very well in...
Received this for my birthday about a month ago and I love it - I use it mostly for wildlife and it gives me great sharpness and colors. The F/4 makes it blur a little during handheld - but...
I recently bought this lens for my Canon XTi. It does lock on focus quickly. I have used it a handful of times in overcast weather. I must say that the focus is not sharp at 300mm. I got some...
Compared this lense to a friend's Canon EF 70-300mm lense because I wasn't happy with the clarity of my photos. Took several of the same photos at indoor basketball game with the two and the Canon...
I'm using this lens for a year now on my 30d and it gave me many many good shots. Optical performance is excellent right from f4 and I found that f5 is the best (fast enough, and top optical...
I bought this lens because the Canon 100-400mm was alittle to much for my pocket book. I have had the lens over 5 months and used it mostly outdoors with a monopod. A monopod is a must, Living next...
I've had this lens since September 2007, and have used it with a Digital Rebel XTi. I don't have any regrets about buying since I couldn't (and can't) afford either a better long telephoto lens or...
I purchased the non-DG film camera version this lens twice, once for a Nikon and again for a Canon EOS. Prior to original purchase, I tested this lens against its Nikon and Tamron rivals and it...
I bought this and it didn't work properly out of the box. Attached it to my Canon 20D and right away got an error message. When I looked it up it just said you'll get that w/non Canon Lens. I...
After a couple of weeks with this lens on my Canon 40D, I like it more all the time. I've found that the sweet spot on mine, aperture-wise, is about f/22. That gives me the most DOF and clarity...
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