Sigma 24-70 $699 at Adorama

http://www.adorama.com …ther&utm_source​=cj_552179

May pick this up so I can use on my 5dm2 and 7D and sell the 17-55.

Great price. May pick one up waiting for Canon 24-70 ii price coming down.

I am tempted as well. Reviews seem to be all over the place though. Wonder how this compares optically to for example the 24-105 - apart from the stop difference - or the new Tamron 24-70 VC.

Seriously, how did you find the link? I went to the adorama home page and searched for this sigma but the special 699 price is nowhere to be found. The price there is the regular 824.

http://www.adorama.com …028HEOS....urce​=cj_552179
I checked it says $699

vaflower wrote in post #15329689
Seriously, how did you find the link? I went to the adorama home page and searched for this sigma but the special 699 price is nowhere to be found. The price there is the regular 824.

i'm not seeing it for $699 either

You can't find it through a regular link.

Try going through a link on a price comparison site like cpw:

http://www.canonpricew​atch.com …-HSM-for-Canon-price.html

This lens is amazing. I liked it on my 5DII but it is RIDICULOUS on my 5DIII. It focuses fast enough to keep up with my toddler running this way and that and very very very rarely misses, even in iso3200 1/160th F2.8 light. Its very very sharp at 2.8. I can obviously only compare it at 70mm, but its pretty much negligible in comparison to my 70-200L ISII in the center. The corners are noticeably softer than my sigma 50 1.4 and 70-200 however. Overall, for the price, its an amazing piece of glass.

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$824 must have been an error.

the sale had been going on since yesterday

Artdime wrote in post #15329571
I am tempted as well. Reviews seem to be all over the place though. Wonder how this compares optically to for example the 24-105 - apart from the stop difference

It compares quite favourably, in fact at f/5.6 or above images are sharper and clearer than my 24-105 sooc. It is like most large aperture lenses, a bit soft at f/2.8 but still quite useable. Mine has had no focus issues and did not require any MFA.

L.J.G. wrote in post #15330194
It compares quite favourably, in fact at f/5.6 or above images are sharper and clearer than my 24-105 sooc. It is like most large aperture lenses, a bit soft at f/2.8 but still quite useable. Mine has had no focus issues and did not require any MFA.

Its funny you say this. On my 5DII, I thought this lens was ok at 2.8. On the 5DIII, I find it incredible. Im not sure why it would be different, but its quite a difference.

JakAHearts wrote in post #15330403
Its funny you say this. On my 5DII, I thought this lens was ok at 2.8. On the 5DIII, I find it incredible. Im not sure why it would be different, but its quite a difference.

Since the glass is the same, So you are saying the 5diii focusing much more accurate than the 5dmkii ?

Any experience with Canon 24-70 that you care to compare ?

JakAHearts wrote in post #15330403
Its funny you say this. On my 5DII, I thought this lens was ok at 2.8. On the 5DIII, I find it incredible. Im not sure why it would be different, but its quite a difference.

Funny you should say that haha. I have heard a lot of people say that their lenses just seem to "come alive" when jumping from the 5D2 to the 5D3. I have resisted going to the mark 3 because I love my mark 2, but as time goes by I think about upgrading more and more for the reason you mention, plus better high ISO performance.