Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro [Archive] - Page 22 - Canon Digital Photography Forums

tkbslc

24th of August 2010 (Tue), 22:44

I currently have the 17-70 and the 18-55 IS. I have been using them side by side a lot lately trying to figure out which one to keep. If I am honest, the 18-55 IS is actually the sharper lens if you pixel peep the corners. But the extra range, extra 2/3 a stop and better colors mean I prefer the images I get from the 17-70 more often than not. Stabilization is nice, but how many subjects sit still and let you shoot 1/10 anyway. Even a flower doesn't do that if there is a faint breeze. Anyway, enough jabber, here is two more samples from my 17-70 at the park:

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tkbslc/lens%20samples/17-70/IMG_8314.jpg

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tkbslc/lens%20samples/17-70/IMG_8310.jpg

I guess I am keeping the 17-70 unless I find a super deal on a 15-85. Even then it would be a hard choice going to a slower lens with poor close focusing.

tiger280e

6th of September 2010 (Mon), 12:48

...still my favorite lens, to catch every detail of my architecture project....:D

475968

475969

tiger280e

6th of September 2010 (Mon), 12:53

..another series....

475972

475973

newf with a rebel

6th of September 2010 (Mon), 14:41

...still my favorite lens, to catch every detail of my architecture project....:D

475968

475969

looks like hdr, nice shots.

tiger280e

7th of September 2010 (Tue), 04:35

looks like hdr, nice shots.

thanks dave,,,,I use Lightroom to popping out those detail....,,

newf with a rebel

7th of September 2010 (Tue), 17:51

very cool , I too use lightroom but never have that good of success like yours, good job.

tkbslc

19th of September 2010 (Sun), 02:24

Took a little hike with my 17-70 tonight:

(a little help from a CPL filter)
http://tkbphoto.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v9/p152729968-4.jpg

tiger280e

19th of September 2010 (Sun), 23:30

" hello...my name is Kellen..."...

479185

newf with a rebel

20th of September 2010 (Mon), 04:27

" hello...my name is Kellen..."...

479185

did you you a flash for this shot? looks pretty cute.

tkbslc

20th of September 2010 (Mon), 22:58

This lens rocks at 17mm f2.8.

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tkbslc/kids/IMG_9435.jpg

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tkbslc/kids/IMG_9438.jpg

tiger280e

21st of September 2010 (Tue), 00:46

did you you a flash for this shot? looks pretty cute.

ya...i use 270 ex and bounce to the ceiling....

here's another series...
479422

Grady69

28th of September 2010 (Tue), 22:02

Took this today with "my soon not to be mine" Sigma.

dimsla

30th of September 2010 (Thu), 06:34

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5038091279_14a4582341.jpg

newf with a rebel

30th of September 2010 (Thu), 17:41

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5038091279_14a4582341.jpg

very nice shot. where is it?

dimsla

1st of October 2010 (Fri), 00:27

mountain Rhodopi, near town Chepelare in Bulgaria

tkbslc

3rd of October 2010 (Sun), 03:01

Lately when shooting indoors, I am leaving this lens with the zoom lock enabled. That way you get a nice 17mm f2.8 "prime" lens with that is sharp wide open.

http://tkbphoto.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v11/p658216594-6.jpg

Davie82

5th of October 2010 (Tue), 15:39

Well it's a lovely lens but the time has come to let mine go because I now have a 17-40L. On full frame, 28mm at f/4 produces similar DOF to what this lens does on crop at 17mm f/2.8.

tkbslc

5th of October 2010 (Tue), 15:53

I'm sure I would rather be shooting a 24-105L on 5D vs this lens on my 30D, but that's a 4x difference in price!

newf with a rebel

5th of October 2010 (Tue), 18:11

tried locking the lens the other day,and noticed I didn't get a good picture. I know it was my own doing, with the settings being off a little.

maverick14

12th of October 2010 (Tue), 02:35

I just replaced my Tamron 28-75 with this lens, I was a little bit unsure if I was making the right decision, but early indications seem to be positive.
I was choosing between this lens (2nd hand) and the Canon 15-85 which to me seems awfully expensive for what it is to go on my 450D.
Early impressions are it has more vivid colours and contrast than the Tamron. I do miss the constant F2.8 but dam was it so slow to focus.. making shots of my dog or biking etc pretty hard to get perfect. This lens seems to focus faster and more accurately.
I'll try and post up some examples soon.

Now.. on to the next project.. replace the 55-250is with something better or swap the 450D body for something with better AF...

Scott.

Geoff_Shawcross

12th of October 2010 (Tue), 02:42

Glad you like the lens Scott. It's a great lens for the price. Wait 'till you see how close the minimum focus distance is. I've actually focused on a flower that was just about touching the front element!

Oh ya......And welcome to POTN :)

newf with a rebel

12th of October 2010 (Tue), 04:13

it is pretty cool , how close you can get to an object. I always got to watch that I don't hit stuff trying to get close.

maverick14

12th of October 2010 (Tue), 13:33

Here is a quick shot i took the other day, rather boring photo but I havent had any time to play with it yet.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/tizzards/IMG_4617.jpg

Geoff_Shawcross

12th of October 2010 (Tue), 22:15

Not to bad of a shot. It's to bad that the tulips were past there prime though, would have been even better.

gepixelt

14th of October 2010 (Thu), 02:52

Still love my old 17-70

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5072208619_0215984b41_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gepixelt/5072208619/)

maverick14

18th of October 2010 (Mon), 01:21

Finally got out in the good weather with our beloved golden retriever... I'm starting to like this lens! Although I think the colours might be a bit to warm... these are both unedited.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/tizzards/IMG_4755.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/tizzards/IMG_4764.jpg

newf with a rebel

20th of October 2010 (Wed), 20:51

here is one taken at 141 feet above, going for a crane ride at work

Geoff_Shawcross

20th of October 2010 (Wed), 21:29

Very cool shot Dave!

gepixelt

23rd of October 2010 (Sat), 03:31

i gave my old sigma 17-70 non-OS to my mom yesterday. as a birthday present. she loves photography for decades (and still misses her old minolta stuff) and owns a canon eos 300d for years now. with the old kit-lens. she called me this morning and was really excited about he new lens :-) she is not that "technical" but she directly took notice of the better sharpness and f2.8. this was one of the best presents I ever made :-D I guess i'll give her my eos1000d for xmas.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4932108859_29763b8215.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gepixelt/4932108859/)

red snapper

8th of November 2010 (Mon), 17:10

Here's a few from a few days ago.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/5159640612_4d6601dba2_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/5159044185_cbf3962164_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/5159655324_4f2e09716f_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/5159671100_f49d843984_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/5159020361_64a7dd4835_z.jpg

Thanks for looking

willy b

15th of November 2010 (Mon), 15:45

Red Snapper - All very nice, especially the first one!

I love this lens, had it for ages now, and it's such fun!

17mm and getting close is my favourite bit! Few of mine from recent shots:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5123064442_8350d27826_z.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1263/5113920666_3cb9196f7d_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/5119799945_bc1cf23f5c_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/5138885301_4c389289e1_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5171807222_c30b2b26c8_z.jpg

newf with a rebel

15th of November 2010 (Mon), 17:59

I like number 2 and 3

red snapper

15th of November 2010 (Mon), 22:38

Thanks willy.

It is my favorite lens even thought I have a 30 1.4. It is just so versatile. Nice shots by the way (especially 1 & 3) and nice collection of bikes, I have a carbon road bike on it's way...eventually...well it is ordered.

RobinSchouten

23rd of November 2010 (Tue), 04:23

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/221/3/c/Buzz_by_robinschouten.jpg

70mm, f/4.5

gepixelt

23rd of November 2010 (Tue), 05:53

great, robin. that's what i loved the sigma for. a good zoom with macrostuff build in.

Traveller1981

24th of November 2010 (Wed), 04:03

Hi Chaps,

I'm new here and have just received (literally last night) my new Canon 7D and Sigma 17 - 70. I can't wait to get snapping with it. Loving the shots in this thread, and this has confirmed my choice of this lens over the Canon 15 - 85 (which seems very expensive!).

Will hopefully get some shots up soon when I get some time to play with the camera.

kruno

1st of December 2010 (Wed), 23:37

Love this very much

light, compact, both contrast and shaprness are excellent for the price (I got the used one for around $200). Sold Tamron 28-75 2.8 for this.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5197377957_5c6d0864c4_b.jpg

kruno

2nd of December 2010 (Thu), 01:46

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5225979420_b7b7fc0c97_z.jpg

Anandarajkumar

21st of December 2010 (Tue), 00:55

This is my first post here! I love this lens. Sold my kit lens and bought this as second hand about 11500 INR. The new one is about 17k INR. Please see some sample shots.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5270377291_31ae9bc335_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5274854276_07a0639871_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5271565838_37f7d224b6_z.jpg

kruno

21st of December 2010 (Tue), 21:59

good job Anandarajkumar! like those so much!

Anandarajkumar

21st of December 2010 (Tue), 23:34

The same lens and only the BG to give the colored circles! Like the round shaped aperture effect, better than the nifty fity's pentagon.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_u_AgNyW8pm8/TRDsK210AsI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/DnJbkyACp20/s912/Bokeh3.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_u_AgNyW8pm8/TRDsfUhbpCI/AAAAAAAAA2g/mn6ckwL_Sbc/s912/Bokeh2.jpg

willy b

25th of December 2010 (Sat), 06:08

Nice Bokeh!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5290222382_78092fac36_z.jpg

Anandarajkumar

13th of January 2011 (Thu), 05:28

We had been on a family trip to some beach, temples, water falls etc., So could get nice pictures from this lens. Sharing them here too....

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5350225700_edb1bbf6bf_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5349585503_2a0203b727_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/5349594937_dcb867f8c2_b.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_u_AgNyW8pm8/TStouZAPpTI/AAAAAAAAA6o/gIgde2EPY9g/s912/StMarys2.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5349816489_aef933b96b_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5349607145_692aa9fbc3_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5350221196_cdc240feea_b.jpg

kruno

13th of January 2011 (Thu), 22:27

My Uncle

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5353109389_55766b0721.jpg

M.Quick

19th of January 2011 (Wed), 02:30

Anandarajkumar, awesome shot at the waterfall and the one below it! Stunningly!
Care to share the exif info?

HenryLee

19th of January 2011 (Wed), 02:59

This lens rocks.

M.Quick

19th of January 2011 (Wed), 03:20

I'll post in here even though i have the upgraded OS HSM

http://www.bostream.nu/skillz/EOS450D/Sigma17-70DCOSHSMMacro/IMG_7816_2rs.jpg
http://www.bostream.nu/skillz/EOS450D/Sigma17-70DCOSHSMMacro/IMG_7811_1rs.jpg

I'm new to photography, may be noticed (the colors are more flat in one of them because of ps and using raw format) the other one below is straight out of camera .jpg though. lol.

M.Quick

20th of January 2011 (Thu), 11:02

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5375072938_f0006d0e19_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_quick/5375072938/)
Tissot PRS200 f/3.5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_quick/5375072938/) by M. Quick (http://www.flickr.com/people/m_quick/), on Flickr

Anandarajkumar

20th of January 2011 (Thu), 23:18

Hi Michel, Thanks for the encouraging. Will share sure the exif today evening from my pc.

M.Quick

21st of January 2011 (Fri), 13:18

That would be nice Anandarajkumar!

Has anyone tryed an extender with this lens or the OS one? Does it work?

Anandarajkumar

22nd of January 2011 (Sat), 00:24

The exif data:
1. Waterfall shot
Exposure - Manual, 1/5"; F18, ISO100;Focal length 21mm, no flash
2. Night shot of the temple
Exposure-Manual, 1/13", F2.8, ISO400; Focal length 17mm,no flash

M.Quick

23rd of January 2011 (Sun), 01:37

Thanks Anand!

daveharlow

31st of January 2011 (Mon), 13:17

This lens is hardly ever off my 7D, it's a fantastic lens.
Bluebotle
http://www.davejay.co.uk/images/fly.jpg
Ladybird
http://davejay.co.uk/images/ladybird.JPG
Waterfall (Using ND Filter)
http://davejay.co.uk/images/waterfall.jpg

Anandarajkumar

3rd of February 2011 (Thu), 05:12

Some more shots during last weekend...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5407696937_9368c188a1_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5408309656_c6a788a09c_z.jpg

daveharlow

3rd of February 2011 (Thu), 06:27

Horsefly
http://davejay.co.uk/images/horsefly.JPG

willy b

3rd of February 2011 (Thu), 07:16

Dave - They are really nice, love the Ladybird one :)

daveharlow

3rd of February 2011 (Thu), 09:08

Thank you very much, he was running over my hand & I managed to catch a shot just at the right time.

fotoboxed

3rd of February 2011 (Thu), 16:00

I've owned this lens for a little over a year now and love it. I've been putting thought to a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 or 18-50mm f2.8, anyone had any experience with either vs. the 17-70mm?

http://fotoboxed.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/fotoboxed-msm-venice-beach-2011-9384.jpg?w=490&h=735

M.Quick

4th of February 2011 (Fri), 00:23

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5414271766_f801ec633a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_quick/5414271766/)
Pioneer vs Sigma (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_quick/5414271766/) by M. Quick (http://www.flickr.com/people/m_quick/), on Flickr

newf with a rebel

6th of February 2011 (Sun), 12:41

out for a recent snowshoe walk in the woods and came across this old truck left in the woods.

pawko

7th of February 2011 (Mon), 15:17

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4130/img1892z.jpg

pawko

7th of February 2011 (Mon), 15:17

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7927/img1893t.jpg

pawko

7th of February 2011 (Mon), 15:18

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7206/img1858a.jpg

newf with a rebel

7th of February 2011 (Mon), 20:35

What is the key to a successful macro shot with this lens? at 17 or 70 and what settings?

M.Quick

8th of February 2011 (Tue), 00:29

What is the key to a successful macro shot with this lens? at 17 or 70 and what settings?

Well, it depends on how much magnicifcation you want/need.
But you get the most magnification out of 70mm, so if you're gonna use that then use around f/5.6 to f/8 to get the sharpest image.
I've done alot at 50mm f/5.6 and even at around 30mm.

fotoboxed

9th of February 2011 (Wed), 00:18

http://fotoboxed.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mirimanian-assignment-1.jpg?w=700&h=466

maverick14

11th of February 2011 (Fri), 20:16

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/tizzards/seconda.jpg

fotoboxed

12th of February 2011 (Sat), 13:51

nice work maverick, love the colors.

daveharlow

17th of February 2011 (Thu), 11:36

http://davejay.co.uk/images/purple.jpg
http://davejay.co.uk/images/stigma.jpg

bobmatt

19th of February 2011 (Sat), 04:40

Lens arrived this morning, this is the first try.

Geoff_Shawcross

19th of February 2011 (Sat), 06:34

Not bad for a first shot with this lens. I think I would have tried an aperture that was a bit more open to get a narrower depth of field. That way you may have been able to better single out one or two of the flowers for the main focus and have everything else more out of focus or blurred a bit. Just my 2 cents. Still like that shot though. :)

WOW! Talk about a long time between posts Bobmatt.....hehehe. ;)

bobmatt

19th of February 2011 (Sat), 12:30

Geoff_Shawcross

19th of February 2011 (Sat), 17:01

I was trying a couple of quick shots to see sharpness so used f9.5. Normally with that sort of shot i'd have been at about f4. it was raing so hard i wanted to get back inside so only shot 3 frames.

I am a man of few words,

Ah, got ya. I'm guessing you had focus mainly on the central flower then. Looks like you got a good copy. This lens is a favourite of mine and I'm still amazed at how close the darn thing will focus....hehe. :)

daveharlow

24th of February 2011 (Thu), 17:48

Taken today...
http://www.davejay.co.uk/images/white.jpg

fotoboxed

30th of March 2011 (Wed), 01:11

/\ Nice work.

http://fotoboxed.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/fotoboxed-msm-venice-beach-2011-9402.jpg?w=490&h=735

willy b

31st of March 2011 (Thu), 03:44

Fotobox - Liking the first one. Can't help but think it would work really well in B&W

fotoboxed

31st of March 2011 (Thu), 12:02

Fotobox - Liking the first one. Can't help but think it would work really well in B&W

Maybe I'll give her a round in B/W... :cool:

tiger280e

1st of April 2011 (Fri), 06:40

.... one of the few of my new woodworking tools that I bought today...using my 7D budget ..:oops:

523356

523357

tiger280e

1st of April 2011 (Fri), 06:46

...the others......

523358

523359

....now I'm hoping my interior project will finish in the middle of the month....so I can get the new 5d MK II.....from the 7D budget....:lol:

fotoboxed

2nd of April 2011 (Sat), 13:48

I like the edits on this pictures, the remind me of Dan Winters stuff.

Kurotinka

15th of May 2011 (Sun), 23:57

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5685802496_0018b0e39c_b.jpg

Thought I'd share a recent photo I took of my cousin.

Anandarajkumar

16th of May 2011 (Mon), 22:57

Hi Friends,

With external flash from the top, I clicked this.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_u_AgNyW8pm8/Tc7DHFu7LUI/AAAAAAAABxA/eKLBlZOwn8c/s800/CTBetta1.JPG

70mm|F32|ISO100|1/200|manual exposure|flash fired

Alarm

9th of June 2011 (Thu), 01:24

RAW-Shooter

9th of June 2011 (Thu), 09:04

Hello, I got a short question about this lens. I also own it but I am kind of worried about one function. When I have the lens vertical for example shooting the sky or the floor the lens does not maintain the focal length that I have set. It extends or collapses. I know this is kind of common on big lenses, but do you also have this on your lens? It seems that there is no more resistance to hold the front element on its position.

I cannot say if it was like that from the start as I got it as second hand.

My lens creeps as well. Just a little bit though. However, it is not really an issue if you hold your camera/lens properly while shooting, not point and shoot style that is. That said, when I walk around and the lens creeps out...very annoying but on my copy it is minimal.

HTH

RobinSchouten

10th of June 2011 (Fri), 08:41

Two shots from today.

17mm, f/4.5
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ytqsur.jpg

70mm, f/4.5
http://i51.tinypic.com/w7269x.jpg

HenryLee

19th of June 2011 (Sun), 02:27

I miss this lens. Esp the macro feature.

X-Warrior

21st of June 2011 (Tue), 15:32

Trying out Cyberlink PhotoDirector Beta for real now. Shots are with the 17-70 on a 50D.

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/landscapes/110620001.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/landscapes/110620002.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/miscellaneous/110620003.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/miscellaneous/110620004.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/miscellaneous/110620005.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/miscellaneous/110620006.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/miscellaneous/110620007.jpg

tkbslc

22nd of June 2011 (Wed), 23:24

I keep thinking I need to upgrade this lens because it is getting old and it's cheap, but I can't find anything I like better! Anyway, I used this a lot on a Moab, UT trip last weekend. Great landscape lens.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5862404982_ef8c06c4d3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29879962@N05/5862404982/)
Dead horse point (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29879962@N05/5862404982/) by tkbslc (http://www.flickr.com/people/29879962@N05/), on Flickr

Geoff_Shawcross

23rd of June 2011 (Thu), 04:10

I keep thinking I need to upgrade this lens because it is getting old and it's cheap, but I can't find anything I like better! Anyway, I used this a lot on a Moab, UT trip last weekend. Great landscape lens.

Dead horse point (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29879962@N05/5862404982/) by tkbslc (http://www.flickr.com/people/29879962@N05/), on Flickr

Yes, this is definately a very capable lens. Pretty much the only reason I'm looking to upgrade to the newer version of this lens is for the HSM (albeit the OS will be a nice addition). Other than that, the original is still a great walk around lens for me right now and still continues to impress me.

RobinSchouten

30th of June 2011 (Thu), 04:16

Trying out Cyberlink PhotoDirector Beta for real now. Shots are with the 17-70 on a 50D.

Nice! I see you took these at Katwijk aan zee. :)

Chocolates:

http://i54.tinypic.com/2edwoat.jpg

X-Warrior

5th of July 2011 (Tue), 11:53

Nice! I see you took these at Katwijk aan zee. :)

Really? I wonder what gave it away :roll:

fotoboxed

5th of July 2011 (Tue), 16:02

At 17mm

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmupetYHUf1qjr012o1_400.jpg

tiger280e

6th of July 2011 (Wed), 14:22

..just a couple shot of indoor signage,,,,,,

543265

543266

deninho

9th of July 2011 (Sat), 11:33

A small contribution to this thread, by me:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/5805627306_9a5da7b1ed.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5805627306/)
Ladybug (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5805627306/) by dionysisk (http://www.flickr.com/people/dionysisk/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5699042962_ae18ac12e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5699042962/)
Silybum marianum (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5699042962/) by dionysisk (http://www.flickr.com/people/dionysisk/), on Flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/5707943134_2585539628.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5707943134/)
field with poppies (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5707943134/) by dionysisk (http://www.flickr.com/people/dionysisk/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5024270354_5e22bdc917.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5024270354/)
Giant Turtle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/5024270354/) by dionysisk (http://www.flickr.com/people/dionysisk/), on Flickr

Anandarajkumar

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 01:28

And a macro with this:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_u_AgNyW8pm8/TYkCrc8CZhI/AAAAAAAABnk/QphUhANxgs0/s912/Dragonblue2.JPG

RobinSchouten

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 13:28

Falling in love all over with this lens.. It's so sharp at 17mm, f/2.8.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2vv19jq.jpg

With the lock function on, it makes a fine 17mm prime. :cool:

tkbslc

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 13:51

It's so sharp at 17mm, f/2.8....With the lock function on, it makes a fine 17mm prime. :cool:

I've said the same thing many times! It would be well worth the price (esp. used) even if it was just a 17mm f2.8 prime. But of course we get a nice zoom range, 1 stop faster than the kit lens at 50mm, and 1:2 macro thrown in.

RobinSchouten

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 14:48

I've said the same thing many times! It would be well worth the price (esp. used) even if it was just a 17mm f2.8 prime. But of course we get a nice zoom range, 1 stop faster than the kit lens at 50mm, and 1:2 macro thrown in.
True! Although I have a slight feeling that it isn't that sharp at 70mm... It used to be, but I can't seem to get that sharpness back.

tkbslc

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 15:09

True! Although I have a slight feeling that it isn't that sharp at 70mm... It used to be, but I can't seem to get that sharpness back.

Even stopped down? Mine is really sharp at 70mm f5.6, but just OK at f4.5.

RobinSchouten

15th of July 2011 (Fri), 15:36

Even stopped down? Mine is really sharp at 70mm f5.6, but just OK at f4.5.

Wow just tested it and now I can say: ''sharp'' instead of ''OK''! I always struggled to get a sharp enough image, especially with macro, at f/4.5, but stopping down to f/5.6 really makes a huge difference! Cheers ;)

Anandarajkumar

20th of July 2011 (Wed), 22:21

Some low light and f8.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gSeOLO3gLbE/Tich5xj1PoI/AAAAAAAAB9I/Mg_99-btD0s/s640/Deerfamily.jpg

willy b

24th of July 2011 (Sun), 07:24

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5969503637_719d13b0aa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5969503637/)
23.07.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5969503637/) by Will - B (http://www.flickr.com/people/2010in50mm/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5966748264_cd2e2d187b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5966748264/)
22.07.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5966748264/) by Will - B (http://www.flickr.com/people/2010in50mm/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5966191471_5e2d9fe798_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5966191471/)
21.07.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/5966191471/) by Will - B (http://www.flickr.com/people/2010in50mm/), on Flickr

RobinSchouten

31st of July 2011 (Sun), 11:46

This thread is becoming abandoned! Come on people, take your Sigma outdoors, it's worth it. :)

At 70mm, f/5.6

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/212/1/d/morning_by_robinschouten-d4286gr.jpg

Geoff_Shawcross

31st of July 2011 (Sun), 22:14

Just recently sold this wonderful lens so that I could upgrade to the newer model soon. It's most certainly an under-rated lens.

Robin, great shot you posted above! I love the composition and all the water droplets.

risuz

1st of August 2011 (Mon), 00:49

Just got this lens recently. Shot taken at the Changi boat jetty in Singapore.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5997158482_aeb5373bd8_m.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12168363@N04/5997158482/

bobmatt

2nd of August 2011 (Tue), 12:59

Here's a couple of macro attempts:
Hoverfly
http://www.pbase.com/bobmatt/image/136917089.jpg
1/250s f/16.0 at 70.0mm manual, 2 off camera flashes 550EX to left & an old Olympus auto 360 to right

Bee
http://www.pbase.com/bobmatt/image/136917091.jpg
1/250s f/5.6 at 70.0mm, natural light.

red snapper

2nd of August 2011 (Tue), 19:27

Just a few random shots from my collection.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6000172743_31524c0b34_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000172743/)
Wasp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000172743/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6022/6000724584_e1eaf1f776_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000724584/)
Tree Silhouette 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000724584/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/6000174497_1016eaca8f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000174497/)
Tree Silhouette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6000174497/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

RobinSchouten

3rd of August 2011 (Wed), 04:22

red snapper

9th of August 2011 (Tue), 00:47

'nother one

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/6017538808_40b0a55729_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6017538808/)
White Paper Daisy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6017538808/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

RAW-Shooter

10th of August 2011 (Wed), 07:54

I am selling my copy here:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1078533

willy b

12th of August 2011 (Fri), 16:41

That fly shot is great :)

cdliao

17th of August 2011 (Wed), 09:40

I just got a used one (upgrade from canon kit lens), so far so good. The Macro is amazing for me at least. I knew there is a new version, but i am lack of budget.

cdliao

17th of August 2011 (Wed), 09:43

This is very nice macro shot
'nother one

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/6017538808_40b0a55729_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6017538808/)
White Paper Daisy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6017538808/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

pixelbasher

10th of October 2011 (Mon), 23:43

count me in, I just bought one on Ebay for just on 215 aussie dollars.

If it's as sharp as most of the images in here look, then I'll be a happy chappy.

I just can not stand my 17-85 IS anymore. It's a horrible thing, and seems to be getting worse every time I use it. I was waiting for it to break so I could buy a new copy of the OS version of the 17-70, but it won't stop working!! and I saw this non OS show up, and I'd be an idiot if I didn't grab it for the money I paid.

Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll have a sharp mid range zoom that I actually want to use, as it was getting a little tricky using only my nifty and dust pump!

for the money I paid, I'll take on the "sigma lottery" :p

red snapper

12th of October 2011 (Wed), 06:21

Don't forget, you can always put it on backwards and use it as a super macro. This is what I acheived. (Be prepared to take lots of shots though)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6236690905_38bafa1041_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6236690905/)
Foam 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26073031@N06/6236690905/) by red snapper 205 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26073031@N06/), on Flickr

red snapper

12th of October 2011 (Wed), 06:23

pixelbasher

13th of October 2011 (Thu), 05:02

red snapper

13th of October 2011 (Thu), 07:31

What was involved in the calibration snapper? Who did you send it to?......with the body i assume?

Hoping it was going to show up today, but obviously my idea of express is not anothers...ah well, as long as I have it for the weekend.....and it's good, then I'll be happy.

We have a CR Kennedy office here in Adelaide and I just dropped it in to them. They then sent it to Melbourne i think. I had it back in about 10 days and it cost about $100. It was only slightly back focussing and it took a few weeks for me to even notice initially. When yours arrives just get out and take some shots, don't do focus tests and look for problems, if it looks good it is good. I only discovered it when I was pushing it at 2.8. Hope yours is a goodun. :-)

pixelbasher

16th of October 2011 (Sun), 04:28

Thanks for the info snapper.

checked my ticket today, but didn't win....kind of.

I thought I got a shocker after my first few shots, all really soft, so did some quick MA adjustments and bam, we have a winner....or so I thought. After some more shots at Ma set at -20? ( or whatever maxed out is) now I have a lens that backfocuses at 17 and front focus at 70.....or is that the other way around?....not that it matters. Makes MA pretty much useless in this case.

Ah well, I'll spend more time trying to fine tune it and if that doesn't work (which it won't I'm guessing) I'll prob do the same as the guy I bought it from and pass it on to the next person without mentioning anything in the ad. :rolleyes:

Should I bother getting it calibrated? don't know if I could be assed yet. cost me 220 odd delivered, another $150 or so for calibration and freight.....for another 100 I could own a brand new OS version.......assuming that one doesn't have issues out of the box of course. Being the first time owning any sigma lens I now understand the meaning of the "sigma lottery" Reminds me of Forest Gump "Sigma is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!"

The shots that do come out in focus (normally the bits behind or in front of what I actually want) are very nice however, much cleaner than I generally get from my 17-85, so that's a bonus......I guess.

Zoom creeps at anything outside of 17 or 70, but that's no biggie really. Focus speed is fast enough for what I will be using it for, and it's nice and quiet. Build quality looks great..... and the price I paid was good, it's just a pity the pictures aren't the best they could be.

I'll post some shots later to show you what I'm working with.

willy b

24th of October 2011 (Mon), 14:40

Red snapper, they are great!

A recent one: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6277157427_7f23ccb677_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/6277157427/)
24.10.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/6277157427/) by Will - B (http://www.flickr.com/people/2010in50mm/), on Flickr

chris_arnet

24th of October 2011 (Mon), 18:30

If anyone who is looking needs one, letting mine go:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1107550

red snapper

26th of October 2011 (Wed), 07:58

fajarsyah

26th of October 2011 (Wed), 08:44

This thread is becoming abandoned! Come on people, take your Sigma outdoors, it's worth it. :)

At 70mm, f/5.6

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/212/1/d/morning_by_robinschouten-d4286gr.jpg

Love the freshness....

willy b

26th of October 2011 (Wed), 14:51

This lens is so sharp! I still love it!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6049/6284170500_09499abc7b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/6284170500/)
26.10.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/2010in50mm/6284170500/) by Will - B (http://www.flickr.com/people/2010in50mm/), on Flickr

rounder_09

30th of October 2011 (Sun), 18:26

Love my Sigma!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3805581995_408c749771_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewfane/3805581995/)
a little hand #EXPLORE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewfane/3805581995/) by mrgreen09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewfane/), on Flickr

sollie

31st of October 2011 (Mon), 13:44

some from the latest hike's

sollie

4th of November 2011 (Fri), 11:24

one I did some time ago

sollie

13th of November 2011 (Sun), 02:21

good morning.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6097/6339151611_a24289d7fe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6339151611/)
IMG_104522 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6339151611/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

sollie

13th of November 2011 (Sun), 03:34

Drammen square

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6099/6340018612_1e8cfe1997_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340018612/)
IMG_0277-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340018612/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

sollie

14th of November 2011 (Mon), 01:25

Some more

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6341577926_f2c54b015f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341577926/)
IMG_1113-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341577926/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6340824807_931ae60b54_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340824807/)
IMG_1074-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340824807/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

sollie

14th of November 2011 (Mon), 01:32

And more from the latest hike's.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6054/6341566152_b4c253e1f9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341566152/)
IMG_1052-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341566152/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6341541414_06b5ed2905_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341541414/)
IMG_1080 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6341541414/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6340797075_a96782c1f0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340797075/)
IMG_1153 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6340797075/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

deninho

15th of November 2011 (Tue), 06:49

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/6321696721_3d3b90cd8e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/6321696721/)
Sheldon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionysisk/6321696721/) by dionysisk (http://www.flickr.com/people/dionysisk/), on Flickr

28mm f/6.3 iso-400

sollie

15th of November 2011 (Tue), 09:27

Nice and sharp deninho.

sollie

20th of November 2011 (Sun), 14:40

60d+ 17-70

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6371499665_67d29187cc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6371499665/)
tverråsen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6371499665/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6097/6371482153_9cbe324765.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6371482153/)
tverråsen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6371482153/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

Anandarajkumar

6th of March 2012 (Tue), 07:32

Some landscape shots at 17mm... I love this glass.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7cD1EM7Tz5g/T0qLFrbI6JI/AAAAAAAACio/Loc74XXDO7A/s1024/Lakesunrise1.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jlpPXjohnN0/T0qLJ9xgmbI/AAAAAAAACiw/hGMbrTPS-QI/s1024/Lake%2540morning.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X9wLCO3IJgA/T0qLPtXRjBI/AAAAAAAACi4/1sGrJgR7IzQ/s1024/Lake%2540morning1.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r7ow3zY1Row/T0qLUuE2WGI/AAAAAAAACjA/yEzw-8jtULU/s720/Lake%2540morning2.jpg

sollie

7th of April 2012 (Sat), 16:13

Nice one's anand.

Some resent taken with the 60d

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5460/6905831674_059fde3e95.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6905831674/)
IMG_2811 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6905831674/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7118/7051923857_a2d90ed75c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051923857/)
IMG_2812 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051923857/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6905840140_bd5fa2204c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6905840140/)
IMG_2816 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/6905840140/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7051941757_0004fb7f27.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051941757/)
IMG_2829 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051941757/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7051944711_e3c800af63.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051944711/)
IMG_2836 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051944711/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7051948665_8867dc05d0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051948665/)
IMG_2845 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68944283@N05/7051948665/) by maxsollie (http://www.flickr.com/people/68944283@N05/), on Flickr