Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC HSM

[woog17]

Got mine today! Loving it so far!!!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6679613309_49d0745811_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613309/)
IMG_3010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613309/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6679613903_ddbcd1157e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613903/)
IMG_3018 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613903/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6679614673_6c111e11f8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679614673/)
IMG_3051 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679614673/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6679615501_edbf16ccf0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679615501/)
IMG_3063 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679615501/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6679616103_a756a452c8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679616103/)
IMG_3067 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679616103/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

[ZJChaser]

household warfare over here:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6682664925_83b1b23375_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87411904@N00/6682664925/)
IMG_650small0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87411904@N00/6682664925/) by ZJChaser (http://www.flickr.com/people/87411904@N00/), on Flickr

[Lionel]

Here one I shot yesterday.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/bmwcolin/IMG_2451hdr2sm.jpg


Wonderful photo..............

[gblader]

Got mine today! Loving it so far!!!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6679613309_49d0745811_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613309/)
IMG_3010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613309/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6679613903_ddbcd1157e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613903/)
IMG_3018 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679613903/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6679614673_6c111e11f8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679614673/)
IMG_3051 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679614673/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6679615501_edbf16ccf0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679615501/)
IMG_3063 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679615501/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6679616103_a756a452c8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679616103/)
IMG_3067 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6679616103/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

Love the third one! Mind sharing Ur pp? Actually- love all of them!

[Courterman08]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6663746631_17a1f813c4_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6663725327_d08b1f9b99_z.jpg

[gblader]

^^ for a second I thought the cat was a big poster! Haha- stupid phone screen... Is that a real car? How'd u get that effect? Verynice!

[Courterman08]

Haha well it's a big cat! And it's an RC car. The "effect" is pretty simple actually. I shot it at f2.2 and had the camera on the floor (roughly 5-6 feet away). I was in a pretty decent sized warehouse so the bokeh is pretty nice, even at a relatively small aperture.

[Nobody Weird Like Me]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6681313629_8a7c236384_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6681313629/)
Alhambra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6681313629/) by C Hartmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/54244573@N06/), on Flickr

[idsurfer]

^^ for a second I thought the cat was a big poster! Haha- stupid phone screen... Is that a real car? How'd u get that effect? Verynice!

Pretty funny when we consider 2.2 a small aperture! Prime junkies!! ;)

[Luckypenguin]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6684257811_6e366e851a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6684257811/)
C50D-IMG_4250-P2R Canon EOS 50D Bribie Island Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6684257811/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6678665919_9cdc97d30c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6678665919/)
C50D-IMG_4288-P2R Canon EOS 50D Bribie Island Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6678665919/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

[ESMcBlurM3]

Just ordered this lens (new) today.. looking forward to contributing to this thread!

[PeyDay17]

FedEx just dropped mine off! Can't wait to contribute!

[nataku00]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6678665919_9cdc97d30c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6678665919/)
C50D-IMG_4288-P2R Canon EOS 50D Bribie Island Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6678665919/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

This is an awesome shot. Good job!

[woog17]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6685203591_008719876a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6685203591/)
IMG_3161 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwoolgar/6685203591/) by Dan Woolgar (http://www.flickr.com/people/danwoolgar/), on Flickr

just shot a timelapse with this lens and im proessing it now! awesome so far!!!

[woog17]

Love the third one! Mind sharing Ur pp? Actually- love all of them!

Thanks, it was a mixture of just tweeking the sliders in lightroom I am afraid ;)

[woog17]

Timelapse shot with the siggy, bit shaky as i had no tripod
http://vimeo.com/34968645

[Amfamora]

household warfare over here:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6682664925_83b1b23375_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87411904@N00/6682664925/)
IMG_650small0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87411904@N00/6682664925/) by ZJChaser (http://www.flickr.com/people/87411904@N00/), on Flickr

Nerf Wars here as well.... I own a Orange Mod Works modified Recon, Longshot and 16v modded Stampede with heavier springs.

Nice Photo and fun stuff :)

[CalebA]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6682776593_e0cb4c478e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68488447@N05/6682776593/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6682775879_62d435e49f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68488447@N05/6682775879/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6682774509_7c697bce41_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68488447@N05/6682774509/)

Caleb.

[idsurfer]

^^Awesome train shot Caleb.

[ZJChaser]

Nerf Wars here as well.... I own a Orange Mod Works modified Recon, Longshot and 16v modded Stampede with heavier springs.

Nice Photo and fun stuff :)

I've been planning on doing some modding but why oh why did you mention that site...ugh. Modded recon looks like a good one to take out the roomates.

[arctic98z]

Just re-ordered a sigma 30 1.4. I had one, but I found I didnt use it as much as my 17-50 2.8 and 11-16 2.8. but now I want something faster and with more of a shorter DOF. Cant wait to get it.



Old post but I just ran across this and found it funny. I've had the same thoughts. Every since I got my 17-55 my sig 30 hasn't seen much use. I keep contemplating selling it but I just can't bring myself to part with it for some reason, don't know what it is. I do still consider it one of my favorite though. I'll have to mount it as my only lens for a while and see what I can come up with.

For the sake of a pic thread, here are a few from a while back

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6012/6020821210_ef8d6f1846_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020821210/)
Isolated Storm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020821210/) by Arctic98z (http://www.flickr.com/people/arctic98z/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6001/6020370417_09a1bffab9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020370417/)
Capitol (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020370417/) by Arctic98z (http://www.flickr.com/people/arctic98z/), on Flickr

[starkyrulz]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6619310859_48a9488eca_z.jpg

[Terry_Hill]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6012/6020821210_ef8d6f1846_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020821210/)
Isolated Storm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arctic98z/6020821210/) by Arctic98z (http://www.flickr.com/people/arctic98z/), on Flickr



The cloud burst shot is amazing, serious case of right place right time!

[skidu]

@arctic98z amazing capture, I'm using you used the clarity slider though? I tend to set it via the adjustment brush just because i don't particular like the haloing effect it creates (like where the mountains meet the sky) but it's entirely personal i guess.

Anyways here's a relatively boring shot of a window.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6687454765_10b79c6e67_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6687454765/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6687454765/) by skidu (http://www.flickr.com/people/skidu/), on Flickr

[rkarkir]

I am in Thailand. I take some flower to share at here.

http://u9.popcornfor2.com/show/ieU9d182.jpg

[rkarkir]

Thank for every information at here which help me to select Sigma 30 mm f 1.4 ...

http://ub.popcornfor2.com/show/kgWbf3e6.jpg

[arctic98z]

Thanks guys! It really was 'right place, right time'.

Skidu, I did make a few minor levels adjustments and probably clarity as well. Good tip though, I'll try that out. Thanks!

[aquaforester]

I'm still deciding whether I like this lens or not. The sharpness so far hasn't blown me away, but then again it could be user error. I actually find my Canon 60mm macro sharper or is that not a fair comparison.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_9541.jpg

[edmyloo]

Is it just me or did the price of this lens rise quite a bit since last year?

[idsurfer]

I'm still deciding whether I like this lens or not. The sharpness so far hasn't blown me away, but then again it could be user error. I actually find my Canon 60mm macro sharper or is that not a fair comparison.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_9541.jpg

You know what...sometimes I feel that mine is too sharp. Things have a real 3D look sometimes. I see this was shot at f/4. Mine is razor at that aperture. This shot looks pretty good, but difficult for me to really tell how sharp it is d/t the lighting and subject matter. The 60 macro might come off sharper it you are using it for macro and looking at all this nice fine details.

[aquaforester]

You know what...sometimes I feel that mine is too sharp. Things have a real 3D look sometimes. I see this was shot at f/4. Mine is razor at that aperture. This shot looks pretty good, but difficult for me to really tell how sharp it is d/t the lighting and subject matter. The 60 macro might come off sharper it you are using it for macro and looking at all this nice fine details.

You could be right. Maybe it's my eyes since it looks OK to you. I'll have to try and do a more direct comparison with the two lenses. If it's not going to blow me away I might just go for a zoom lenses within the range. Here's a pic more open at 1.8

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/NAD%20Scapes/IMG_9485crop2.jpg

[idsurfer]

Well, a zoom isn't going to get you the speed the prime will. Nor will it get you the shallow DOF at say...30 mm. I must say that the above photo doesn't strike me as "sharp" either. Not real sure where the focus point is. I tend to make my judgment based on where I put my focus point. At 1.8 and close distance there is such a thin DOF that you may get the wrong idea about the lens simply because there will be a great amount of the photo that will not be "in focus" You need to base your impression on where you actually shot. For example, this shot I put the focus on my boy's left eye. This was shot at 1.8 as well. It appears pretty good. I might even say I'm "blown away" ;). If I remember right this was all natural light.Try a few more and pay real close attention as to where you put the focus point. Try some stopped down a bit as well. I tell you, my guess is you are going to have to shell out some serious coin for a zoom that is going to be razor wide open at 30 mm. I'm thinking 17-40 L.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6513924195_110f8920b5_z.jpg

[tomcat7886]

@arctic98z amazing capture, I'm using you used the clarity slider though? I tend to set it via the adjustment brush just because i don't particular like the haloing effect it creates (like where the mountains meet the sky) but it's entirely personal i guess.

Anyways here's a relatively boring shot of a window.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6687454765_10b79c6e67_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6687454765/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6687454765/) by skidu (http://www.flickr.com/people/skidu/), on Flickr

It looks very misty out there, but marvellous take anyway. ;)

[vinmunoz]

i love this lens...
here's some natural light. high iso @F1.4
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/402307_2902898661843_1541781591_32738911_205215703 5_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/393852_2903051345660_1541781591_32738942_207958841 7_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/401711_2903148788096_1541781591_32738961_30086573_ n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404737_2903187389061_1541781591_32738965_559632636 _n.jpg

[aquaforester]

Well, a zoom isn't going to get you the speed the prime will. Nor will it get you the shallow DOF at say...30 mm. I must say that the above photo doesn't strike me as "sharp" either. Not real sure where the focus point is. I tend to make my judgment based on where I put my focus point. At 1.8 and close distance there is such a thin DOF that you may get the wrong idea about the lens simply because there will be a great amount of the photo that will not be "in focus" You need to base your impression on where you actually shot. For example, this shot I put the focus on my boy's left eye. This was shot at 1.8 as well. It appears pretty good. I might even say I'm "blown away" ;). If I remember right this was all natural light.Try a few more and pay real close attention as to where you put the focus point. Try some stopped down a bit as well. I tell you, my guess is you are going to have to shell out some serious coin for a zoom that is going to be razor wide open at 30 mm. I'm thinking 17-40 L.


I hear ya, thanks. Nice pic of you son BTW. Well here's one wide-open hand held at 1/40 OOC with a small crop. I know I focused on the face, but with that long snout as you pointed out can make it difference.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_9806small.jpg

[Coppatop85]

How does this lens perform on an APS-H camera? Will it fit? If so, at which aperture ranges does it work?

[Pauly_G]

Self portrait with a bit of flash bounced off a white sheet camera right...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6695967583_e376cc1385_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauly-g/6695967583/)
Who (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauly-g/6695967583/)

[ESMcBlurM3]

Lens came in yesterday, took it for a walk in the city immediately. First impressions.. awesome. VERY sharp and great colors, from what I can tell.

Here are a few keepers from the walk:
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/emcbane/395d461d.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/emcbane/0ac2cb0c.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/emcbane/b13595ba.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/emcbane/2875b5d2.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/emcbane/9cd58476.jpg

[jj_glos]

I hear ya, thanks. Nice pic of you son BTW. Well here's one wide-open hand held at 1/40 OOC with a small crop. I know I focused on the face, but with that long snout as you pointed out can make it difference.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_9806small.jpg

How would you rate yourself at being to hand hold at a slow shutter speed like 1/40? 1/60 is generally the bottom limit for hand held shots, the focal length to shutter speed ratio only works so far. This obviously does vary depending on the person. On my od 7D i tried to not go below 1/100 if i could help it as i found the dense sensor showed up the slightest movement. Also at 1/40 even slight movements by he subject will cause slight motion blur. None of this may apply, but I thought it worth mentioning. Also at f1.4 your DoF is pretty shallow.

[aquaforester]

How would you rate yourself at being to hand hold at a slow shutter speed like 1/40? 1/60 is generally the bottom limit for hand held shots, the focal length to shutter speed ratio only works so far. This obviously does vary depending on the person. On my od 7D i tried to not go below 1/100 if i could help it as i found the dense sensor showed up the slightest movement. Also at 1/40 even slight movements by he subject will cause slight motion blur. None of this may apply, but I thought it worth mentioning. Also at f1.4 your DoF is pretty shallow.

I'm not sure what your getting at? Are you doubting that I handheld this shot?

[jj_glos]

I'm not sure what your getting at? Are you doubting that I handheld this shot?

1/40 is a slow shutter speed to hand hold. The shot does look soft but this could be due to movement from hand holding at such a slow shutter speed, movement of the subject or of course the lens.

[Terry_Hill]

I hear ya, thanks. Nice pic of you son BTW. Well here's one wide-open hand held at 1/40 OOC with a small crop. I know I focused on the face, but with that long snout as you pointed out can make it difference.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_9806small.jpg

It's personal opinion or might just be my not being as picky as others but the face of your dog looks plenty sharp enough at this size on the forum and at this range from the subject. Tip of the nose back to about the ears looks clear with everything else being nicely oof. I don't think I'd expect to see each hair on the nose rendered in separate detail at that distance from the subject even if viewing at 100% or more.

I started to pixel peep Sigma lenses when I bought them knowing of focus and sharpness issues with them but in the end decided that if I was happy with the image and didn't get comments when posting about having missed focus or it looking soft then it was all right for me.

[bigpow]

Love this lens. Too bad I can't use it on FF.
Here's a shot with some 3D-ness. Very minimum PP.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3081/5697011479_be5aaeb932_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigpow/5697011479/)
Seoul: Hanbok Village - Craft (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigpow/5697011479/) by bigpow (http://www.flickr.com/people/bigpow/), on Flickr

[jj_glos]

Love this lens. Too bad I can't use it on FF.

Not strictly true, you just have to put up with some monster vignetting :D

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6154/6255474082_2b6a96bb64_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jj_glos/6255474082/)
Jennie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jj_glos/6255474082/) by jj_glos (http://www.flickr.com/people/jj_glos/), on Flickr

[Courterman08]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6706294619_8c3225a6e5_z.jpg

[idsurfer]

Here is one taken with a 5DII, cropped a little to remove the hard vignette, and a little soft vignette applied in LR to try to make it look cool. I took this shot just to experiment. Was going for conditions that would really show the vignette. With the crop I wonder what FL it make this shots equivalent to on the FF?

[CaptainSteve]

One from a couple nights ago, trying it out to see if its any good for hockey,, eh not soo much, still got some neat close ones this night.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6702433025_6820945dab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35720279@N08/6702433025/)
IMG_0096 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35720279@N08/6702433025/) by Steve Loop (http://www.flickr.com/people/35720279@N08/), on Flickr

[bigpow]

Not strictly true, you just have to put up with some monster vignetting :D

I could live with vignetting, but I read somewhere that it could damage the mirror on the 5DM2?

[lazer-jock]

There are lenses that are designed for crop in that their image circle is not big enough to completely cover a FF sensor, and other lenses that protrude into the camera body so that they can only safely be used with a 1.6x crop body without causing mirror damage. I believe that the Sigma 30 is in the first category (cannot be called compatible because of the vignetting, but otherwise fine).

[diegophoto]

Here are a couple of pics from this weekend Sigma 30mm 1.4:
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8557.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8553.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8407.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8406.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8394.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8385.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w483/ryanguy2/IMG_8351.jpg

[JBell91]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6713168797_56cde979a4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6713168797/)
Vans (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6713168797/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6713177295_a09e7a59a9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6713177295/)
Self portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6713177295/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

[nataku00]

@diegophoto:
Funny, I went to the SF Ferry Building this past weekend and was taking pictures of the pastries and macarons in the Miette storefront there as well. Didn't use my Sigma 30 1.4 though.

[diegophoto]

@diegophoto:
Funny, I went to the SF Ferry Building this past weekend and was taking pictures of the pastries and macarons in the Miette storefront there as well. Didn't use my Sigma 30 1.4 though.

Really that's funny... Those are amazing!

[boingy]

A few from our mini trip to LA. Only took out my camera for a few hours so didn't take much shots. We spent a whole day in Disneyland, but the wife would only allow me to bring the P&S...Really makes me wonder if I should invest in a S100 or mabye the new G1x coming out if the size is reasonable...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6711763317_9fcd9af285_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711763317/)
Rapid Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711763317/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6712664023_52b68ae5bb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6712664023/)
Cereal Choices (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6712664023/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

[boingy]

Here's another of my wife with Craig Robinson! He was eating at The Griddle Cafe in LA and was very cool about me snapping this shot.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6711677471_754c94e50b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711677471/)
Craig Robinson & Wifey (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711677471/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

[idsurfer]

^^Cool man!! I love that dude!

[JBell91]

Some more from tonight. All shot wide open.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6729048493_d010841a29_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729048493/)
Treeline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729048493/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6729043503_c85915069b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729043503/)
Strawberries (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729043503/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

Missed focus on this one, but I like how it came out. Was shooting for the pole closest to me.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6729041463_02b6e40315_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729041463/)
Bridge passage (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729041463/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6729038735_bc70654ac6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729038735/)
Nu Sanctuary (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729038735/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6729035185_2cef834bbd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729035185/)
Flower 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729035185/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6729034879_8c110c85db_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729034879/)
Flower 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6729034879/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

[bmwcolin]

Some cool lighting on those flower shots.

[jj_glos]

I could live with vignetting, but I read somewhere that it could damage the mirror on the 5DM2?

Well I use it on a 1Ds2 without issue, the idsurfer shot further up the page says it's taken with a 5D2. Perhaps he can add more info?

[idsurfer]

Well I use it on a 1Ds2 without issue, the idsurfer shot further up the page says it's taken with a 5D2. Perhaps he can add more info?

It didn't seem to do anything to the 5DII. It just had a TON of really hard vignetting. I cropped it a fair amount to make that image. Seems like if you were going to use this a lot on the FF cameras you would have to rally be careful with composing your shots. I sold this lens yesterday and am already totally regretting it. I don't know what the heck to do now for a wider prime. I always wished it was a tad wider. So I am looking at the 35's for a FF. I just can't bring myself to throw down for the mack daddy 35L. Problem is that the sigma was so great that I now want something that is at least on par with it. Hmmmm, any suggestions?

[skut]

^ sigma 24 or 28 f1.8 but not as good as the 30mm

[aquaforester]

Coming in from the snow. F1.8, 1/50 Handheld

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_0027c.jpg

[ZJChaser]

This really is my go to lens now that spends far more time on the camera than any others. I've been using it to document a car rebuild I'm doing right now.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_6087.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_6202.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_7036.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_7042.jpg

[starkyrulz]

love the lil sigma - was at monterey bay aquarium today with family - the siggy 30 was on the camera all the time. And with no flash action and horrible light - the sigma did pretty well. 21 were rejects in overall of 150 shots taken (OOF - but that can be attributed to me trying to MF when AF failed in low/no light. Here one with minimal processing with proper WB. Handheld with such poor light I dunno only the 50L would have probably done better on a FF

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6745455351_7ebf4eb14a_z.jpg

[tomcat7886]

A few from our mini trip to LA. Only took out my camera for a few hours so didn't take much shots. We spent a whole day in Disneyland, but the wife would only allow me to bring the P&S...Really makes me wonder if I should invest in a S100 or mabye the new G1x coming out if the size is reasonable...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6711763317_9fcd9af285_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711763317/)
Rapid Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6711763317/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6712664023_52b68ae5bb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6712664023/)
Cereal Choices (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6712664023/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

neat processing man. :D

[DaveKosiba]

This really is my go to lens now that spends far more time on the camera than any others. I've been using it to document a car rebuild I'm doing right now.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_6087.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_6202.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_7036.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/ZJChaser/2011%20Project%20Phoenix/IMG_7042.jpg

Nice shots, when I looked at the cylinder head it threw me for a minute and I needed to think about what type of car engine has that two cylinder configuration with an oval combustion chamber, then I remembered "flat-four" would be the only engine that would go with that cylinder head and sure enough your other pictures show your Scooby-Doo. Nice work!

[starkyrulz]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6745462559_8d0299c072_z.jpg

shot wide open - f1.4, Shutter 1/100, ISO 3200 - raw converted to jpeg by PS with WB adjustment

[idsurfer]

^ sigma 24 or 28 f1.8 but not as good as the 30mm

Crap...I'm screwed! Mine has been passed on to person in Hawaii. He better make use of it! I already regret the sale.

[llazlok]

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-w3QSqh4/0/XL/HO3U1418-XL.jpg

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-C72wJ7b/0/X2/HO3U1437-2-X2.jpg

1DmarkII

[starkyrulz]

shot wide open....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6745454635_8b6695d87a_z.jpg

[OrangeImaging]

Sending mine in tomorrow for a focus adjustment. Had this lense for a few months and am just now getting around to fixing the problem.

[Jason Paul]

Well, after being backordered for almost two months from Adorama, mine should FINALLY be here today. But, the question is; will my wife check the mail?

And no, I'm not going to ask her to, and don't ask why. :cry:

Jason

[nccb]

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-C72wJ7b/0/X2/HO3U1437-2-X2.jpg


Awesome shot. Great eyes.

[nccb]

Ordered mine yesterday...pretty excited....

[diegophoto]

What f stop are most people using in daylight ? I like to shoot wide open, but it just gets too white washed. I know it is going to vary depending on conditions but when you shoot wide open in direct sun and still want to get some crispy great dof photos

[aquaforester]

What f stop are most people using in daylight ? I like to shoot wide open, but it just gets too white washed. I know it is going to vary depending on conditions but when you shoot wide open in direct sun and still want to get some crispy great dof photos

Are you shooting in manual? You should be able to push the Shutter way up

[diegophoto]

Are you shooting in manual? You should be able to push the Shutter way up

ya i am trying to shoot wide open though. I like the depth of field.

[starkyrulz]

ya i am trying to shoot wide open though. I like the depth of field.

try manual - fastest aperture you can manage without underexposing. You can try 1.6/1.8 getting the similar DOF but a slightly sharper image. Use ISO 100 if possible in broad daylight.

[llazlok]

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-wCkDB8C/0/XL/HO3U1198-XL.jpg

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-2smtSjr/0/XL/HO3U1101-XL.jpg

1DmarkII @ f2

[joelfun96]

^ Second picture is really nice! I like the reflection that is casted although I think it would help with a little sharpening.

[llazlok]

Thanks nccb and joelfun96.

This is such a nice lens on the 1Dmark2. I was worried there'd be overwhelming vignetting, but it's been negligible.

http://michaelamyphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Winteresting/i-834MH38/0/XL/HO3U1373-XL.jpg

[dsit995]

Coming in from the snow. F1.8, 1/50 Handheld

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_0027c.jpg

Very cute Sheltie!! I have one too.... Great dogs :)

btw if anyone is looking for one(30mm) I have one for sale Here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1140522)

[boingy]

That's a nice dog. My wife and I really want a dog (she wants a english bulldog), but we both can have long weekdays away from home and we love to travel way too much... Anyway here's a Chow Chow I saw a week ago!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6718357661_5ab0359fc3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6718357661/)
Chow Chow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6718357661/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

[aquaforester]

Thanks for the dog comments. Shelties are just incredible dogs, that Chow Chow ain't bad either. Getting back to the Sigma 30. I have to be honest, I'm still evaluating this lens since many of my images seem kinda soft. So I'll get out this weekend and shoot a lot of stuff under different settings and see how it does.

[highergr0und]

ya i am trying to shoot wide open though. I like the depth of field.

By a high quality ND filter if you are ending up at the max shutter speed for the camera. When I had my 1.8 lens, I used a 3 stop to get it possible to shoot, but something stronger might be more ideal.

I hope to have this lens within the next week..... had a canon 35 f2 but this thread made me change my mind

[Nobody Weird Like Me]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6761143363_f109706ce2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6761143363/)
Daydream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6761143363/) by C Hartmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/54244573@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6761168543_9181ca9460_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6761168543/)
Better Version of Me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6761168543/) by C Hartmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/54244573@N06/), on Flickr

[tomcat7886]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6718357661_5ab0359fc3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6718357661/)
Chow Chow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6718357661/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

Chow chow on my wishlist! :lol:

[drew]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6763796143_1608800129_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6763796143/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6763796143/) by drew_dslr (http://www.flickr.com/people/drew_dslr/), on Flickr

At f/2.5... love this lens

[boingy]

Get it tomcat! Here's a shot I took of my wife a couple months back..

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6758509717_075f63d7b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6758509717/)
Wifey Self Portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6758509717/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

[idsurfer]

^^Love it man!^^ You really have the eye for it! (I'm still allowed to hang around here right?)

[boingy]

^^Love it man!^^ You really have the eye for it! (I'm still allowed to hang around here right?)

Thanks. For now you can stay, but once/if you get a 35L you are banned from this thread! :p Hope that Sig 50 treats you as well as the Sig 30 did...

[JBell91]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6769947917_a5f5ba6092_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6769947917/)
Dog sitting (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6769947917/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

I am seriously loving this lens!

[Sirrith]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6771437397_931a808c2c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6771437397/)
1201271 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6771437397/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr

[Luckypenguin]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6769872149_02f2f8116e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6769872149/)
C50D-IMG_4418-PR Canon EOS 50D Montville Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6769872149/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6773782153_9881e76449_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/)
C50D-IMG_4431-PR Canon EOS 50D Montville Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

[nccb]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6761168543_9181ca9460_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54244573@N06/6761168543/)


NWLM - Wow - amazing eyes.

[OrangeImaging]

Is there anyway someone would be generous enough to post a few photos and 100% crops? Mine should get back in a few days from focus adjustment, would love something to compare IQ to. Thanks!

[Courterman08]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6786649375_b9d4d81135_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6786724647_d235869dc6_z.jpg

[tomcat7886]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6769872149_02f2f8116e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6769872149/)
C50D-IMG_4418-PR Canon EOS 50D Montville Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6769872149/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6773782153_9881e76449_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/)
C50D-IMG_4431-PR Canon EOS 50D Montville Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

nice quick shots. ;)

[Nobody Weird Like Me]

NWLM - Wow - amazing eyes.
Thanks!

[basketballfreak6]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6795270853_d8314659ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/basketballfreak6/6795270853/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/basketballfreak6/6795270853/) by basketballfreak6 (http://www.flickr.com/people/basketballfreak6/), on Flickr

[aquaforester]

Some real nice pics people. You know I'm still on the fence with my copy of the lens since I just don't seem to get the sharpness I'm seeing from alot of the posted pics and want this to be my prime walk-around lens. What do you guys thing of this pic it's OOC 1/250, f3.5, manual focus on the eyes. I only have a few days left to decide if I'm keeping it, thanks.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/Zabrau/IMG_0711crop2lr.jpg

[JawKneeFive]

Some real nice pics people. You know I'm still on the fence with my copy of the lens since I just don't seem to get the sharpness I'm seeing from alot of the posted pics and want this to be my prime walk-around lens. What do you guys thing of this pic it's OOC 1/250, f3.5, manual focus on the eyes. I only have a few days left to decide if I'm keeping it, thanks.


Do you have a 100% crop of the eyes? My 30 was relatively sharp when I got it, but after sending my camera and 30 to sigma, it was very sharp. Have you thought about calibrating the lens to your camera?

[Sirrith]

IQ from that pic looks fine to me..?

[aquaforester]

@jawkneefive:

It is cropped although I think it's a slight crop. Yes, I know many have gone the calibration route, I guess with one body I didn't feel comfortable doing that. Is calibration fairly common on many lenses to max out IQ? If yes, I would rethink it, but if not there are other lenses.

@sirrith:

Thanks for the confirmation. I've just gotten so many mixed results with this lens I honestly don't know if I have a 'good' one or not. Maybe it's just a difficult lens to master for a newbie?

[JawKneeFive]

@jawkneefive:

It is cropped although I think it's a slight crop. Yes, I know many have gone the calibration route, I guess with one body I didn't feel comfortable doing that. Is calibration fairly common on many lenses to max out IQ? If yes, I would rethink it, but if not there are other lenses.



I have the 60d and it took a little over a week for sigma to calibrate the lens to my camera and ship it back to philly. Other than a point and shoot, it's the only DSLR I own too. I knew calibration might be something I have to do before I purchased this lens so getting a copy that needed a little adjustment didn't bother me. Calibration was just something I accepted in light of the images that the siggy can produce on a crop body.

From what I know, calibration is necessary to eek out max sharpness. I wish the 60D had the ability to make micro adjustments to compensate for front or back focusing like the 50D, but canon decided to leave out that feature. If canon left that feature on, you could probably have dialed in adjustments yourself. If you really want to be sure that your lens isn't focusing dead on, you can run through this to be sure: http://focustestchart.com/focus21.pdf

[nccb]

Mine is shipping back from sigma tomorrow. Will try and post a few crops when it gets back from calibration.

[ESMcBlurM3]

About how long does the calibration process take? Cost?

[tomcat7886]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6786649375_b9d4d81135_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6786724647_d235869dc6_z.jpg

gr8 shots again zach.

[nccb]

About how long does the calibration process take? Cost?

Assuming its under warranty, you have to pay shipping there - they pay shipping back. They had mine there only 1 day. But shipping to and from makes it about a week process.

[skidu]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6808755821_d8e94125bb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6808755821/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidu/6808755821/) by skidu (http://www.flickr.com/people/skidu/), on Flickr

[bmwcolin]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/bmwcolin/IMG_3195ps.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/bmwcolin/IMG_3187.jpg

[Coppatop85]

@ 1.6

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407331_10100173220905821_11001719_44513017_1831982 035_n.jpg

[ESMcBlurM3]

Assuming its under warranty, you have to pay shipping there - they pay shipping back. They had mine there only 1 day. But shipping to and from makes it about a week process.

Thanks! I just purchased the lens new from B&H, so it is under warranty. I'm not sold that my lens needs it, but just curious about the process.

[JDM555]

@ 1.6

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407331_10100173220905821_11001719_44513017_1831982 035_n.jpg

Nice Photo. I like the colors and lighting.

[kobeson]

A friend's baby:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6813990569_046c52f026_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813990569/)
Ruby (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813990569/) by Daniel Pockett (http://www.flickr.com/people/dpockett/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6813988855_daa5d5c214_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813988855/)
Ruby (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813988855/) by Daniel Pockett (http://www.flickr.com/people/dpockett/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6813994309_5922038ddd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813994309/)
Ruby (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpockett/6813994309/) by Daniel Pockett (http://www.flickr.com/people/dpockett/), on Flickr

[Sirrith]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6817857265_08f77bf43f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817857265/)
1202045 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817857265/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6817857911_e7dcca5ea2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817857911/)
1202044 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817857911/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6817859233_aeddf2859b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817859233/)
1202042 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6817859233/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr

[Coppatop85]

ISO 12,800, f1.8, 1/80. Didn't want to shoot wide open here because of some focusing issues I have been having with this lens lately. It is very unreliable. Going to send it in -- I mostly use it in manual focus. He was moving around/dancing when I shot this though.


http://www.coppatopphotos.com/img/s3/v42/p807124059-5.jpg

[marmatt1218]

I just want to say I got this lens yesterday and it is fantastic! I am so happy with it.

One of my first pics, in a dim kitchen, with the focus on her right eye at f/1.4. It nailed it.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tj2ULOedC1g/Tyx9UR0U0YI/AAAAAAAAMPI/fBFkpr-Whmk/s640/IMG_1210.JPG

[boingy]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6820975657_4f67b833d2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6820975657/)
Lorraine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boingyman/6820975657/) by boingyman. (http://www.flickr.com/people/boingyman/), on Flickr

[DaveKosiba]

Nice shots, keep them coming. I will eventually get this lens to complete my collection.

[Courterman08]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6827620967_774576a758_z.jpg

[BaghdadFred]

Night time no flash

http://baghdadfred.smugmug.com/Travel/Cheer/2012-01-30-JAMS-NATIONAL/i-mmWT4bf/0/XL/20120129-IMG0487-XL.jpg

[Sirrith]

I might have posted this one before, but I just re-edited it:
http://thomasrey.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v25/p444570215-5.jpg

[Sirrith]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6837707809_0bc7a47a62_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6837707809/)
1202081 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6837707809/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr
Yum :)

[JBell91]

Went around on the strip last night and snapped some pics. Came out with some good ones.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6834889507_d9242deb67_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834889507/)
Gazing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834889507/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6834892373_0c2e1ca348_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834892373/)
Empty Drink (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834892373/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6834896509_78625e4418_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834896509/)
Bellagio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbell_91/6834896509/) by JBell_91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbell_91/), on Flickr

[Sirrith]

New arrival:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6841178219_94df36ec43_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6841178219/)
1202082 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noobography/6841178219/) by noobographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/noobography/), on Flickr

[del_REAL]

Just bought this len cant wait til it arrives!!

[ChuckingFluff]

Skyla in the woods

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6755768145_300c814870_b.jpg

[Luckypenguin]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6779709437_32d63cf90d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6779709437/)
C50D-IMG_4446-PR Canon EOS 50D Caloundra Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6779709437/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6840332315_221745d068_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6840332315/)
C50D-IMG_4458-PR Canon EOS 50D Caloundra Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6840332315/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6845712645_ff3434ce57_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6845712645/)
C50D-IMG_4669-PR Canon EOS 50D Glasshouse Mountains Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6845712645/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

[nccb]

Just got it back from Sigma....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6849849119_c34a7ae836_b.jpg

[nccb]

Little more focus testing.......

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6849912517_50063e2d73_b.jpg

And the crop...... I'd say the calibration worked out ok.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6849912793_432239c017_b.jpg

[ESMcBlurM3]

Just got it back from Sigma....


Wow. What were your concerns prior to the calibration? I don't think my lens has an issue, but I may do it just for piece of mind.

[OliG]

Little more focus testing.......

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6849912517_50063e2d73_b.jpg

And the crop...... I'd say the calibration worked out ok.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6849912793_432239c017_b.jpg

Wow, that is a shallow DOF ! Your focus seems spot on after calibration. Just bought this lens new from online merchant, hoping to win the Sigma lottery and get a sharp copy out of the box... If not I will definitely send it in to get thoses kind of results !

[Ravi09]

Happy to be a new member of the owner's club. Bought this lens as a christmas gift to myself.

http://edicon.smugmug.com/Family/Ceara365/i-P2T3tVF/0/L/ceara002-L.jpg

http://edicon.smugmug.com/Family/Ceara365/i-VKCRxhC/0/L/ceara001-L.jpg

[highergr0und]

Wow.... looks great after calibrating. I just got mine from amazon and it is WAY, WAY off on the focusing, like not even sure if MFA would fix it. Getting them to do an overnight replacement, and if I don't get one that's good for my body I'll likely send it in. I'm kind of disappointed, but oh well, weather this weekend isn't supposed to be too great.

[Luckypenguin]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6851487327_d72c77e494_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6851487327/)

[Scapevision]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6855004137_0782c5c81c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/potatoeye/6855004137/)
Ektar 100 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/potatoeye/6855004137/) by Scapevision (http://www.flickr.com/people/potatoeye/), on Flickr

[krisnr]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6857856125_dec051c5aa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67891082@N02/6857856125/)


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6857853747_426c04f2c0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67891082@N02/6857853747/)

[Sdot85]

this wasn't shot with the 30, but just wanted to share. Finally got my copy of this lens and I can't wait to see it in action
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6873413029_c8e3d29c67_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6873413029/)
Day 44/365: My New Sigma 30mm f/1.4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6873413029/) by Sgrimaldo Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/sdot85/), on Flickr

[idsurfer]

Man, I sold this lens a few weeks back. The buyer found it to be a bit longer than he wanted. Today I saw it back up on the the FS thread. I almost bought it back just because I liked it so much. I don't even have a body to use it on right now, not to say I won't someday. I felt like this lens was more solid than the siggy 50. I'm probably crazy. The 50 is quite nice as well, I think it is louder though.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6873681505_c9245bff8f_z.jpg

[bmwcolin]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/bmwcolin/IMG_3206.jpg

[tomcat7886]

this wasn't shot with the 30, but just wanted to share. Finally got my copy of this lens and I can't wait to see it in action
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6873413029_c8e3d29c67_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6873413029/)
Day 44/365: My New Sigma 30mm f/1.4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6873413029/) by Sgrimaldo Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/sdot85/), on Flickr

nice product shot. ;)

[drew]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6884048005_6fa5b089b5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6884048005/)
6 Months (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6884048005/) by drew_dslr (http://www.flickr.com/people/drew_dslr/), on Flickr

[Tim Uhler]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MCNZOmKSOEQ/TzhLYR9HdOI/AAAAAAAAEhg/BaSgr1S-qn0/s1024/IMG_5674.jpg

[marmatt1218]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6884048005_6fa5b089b5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6884048005/)
6 Months (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_dslr/6884048005/) by drew_dslr (http://www.flickr.com/people/drew_dslr/), on Flickr

What a sweet face!

[marmatt1218]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MCNZOmKSOEQ/TzhLYR9HdOI/AAAAAAAAEhg/BaSgr1S-qn0/s1024/IMG_5674.jpg

Beautiful eyes, beautiful girl!

[Sdot85]

Really do love this lens, glad I bought it
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6884776807_15f1309f50_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6884776807/)
Day 46/365: New Hat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot85/6884776807/) by Sgrimaldo Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/sdot85/), on Flickr

[OrangeImaging]

Wow, that is a shallow DOF ! Your focus seems spot on after calibration. Just bought this lens new from online merchant, hoping to win the Sigma lottery and get a sharp copy out of the box... If not I will definitely send it in to get thoses kind of results !

Hope you get a good copy! I got mine new from B&H and it backfocused horribly. After calibration it quickly became my favorite lense. :)

About how long does the calibration process take? Cost?

Took me 2 1/2 weeks from Texas, free under warramty.



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6773782153_9881e76449_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/)
C50D-IMG_4431-PR Canon EOS 50D Montville Australia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicprins/6773782153/) by Nic (Luckypenguin) (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicprins/), on Flickr

This is awesome!

[JDM555]

Do you guys have to register the lens with the warranty card to be able to get your 30 calibrated or can you show proof of purchase and ship it to them?

[OrangeImaging]

Do you guys have to register the lens with the warranty card to be able to get your 30 calibrated or can you show proof of purchase and ship it to them?

When you send it in you send your warranty card, proof of purchase (receipt, or reciept printout), and a personal customer service form they will create for you, that tells the tech guys what to do, and where to send it back. You just have to pay for shipping and insurance there. You'll get those three forms back as well, which you should save incase there are any future problems.