Sigma 17-50 2.8 EX DC OS

A Few From the Farmer's Market Today:

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I was lucky enough to be at the Yankee game yesterday to witness baseball history. I was even luckier to get this shot of Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit (a home run of course) from section 227 with my Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS lens, which is obviously not ideal for shooting an MLB game (a telephoto is next on my wish list). Every pitch of the at bat I held the shutter button down and took as many photos as I could. I ended up with this awesome shot. Here is a cropped version and the full photo. Canon T2i, Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 lens at 50mm, F/5.0, 1/125 sec. Jeter went on to go 5 for 5 and drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th....unreal.

ordered and received my lens from B&H last friday.
AF is inconsistent.
Close-up shots require -3 MA.
Farther away shots require -9 MA.
gonna send it back for another one.

and FYI i'm not on the anti-Sigma bandwagon either.
my Sigma30 requires ZERO microadjustment.
i have full faith that this is just a dud.

i'll keep everyone posted about the next one i receive.

slasher723 wrote in post #12737555
ordered and received my lens from B&H last friday.
AF is inconsistent.
Close-up shots require -3 MA.
Farther away shots require -9 MA.
gonna send it back for another one.

and FYI i'm not on the anti-Sigma bandwagon either.
my Sigma30 requires ZERO microadjustment.
i have full faith that this is just a dud.

i'll keep everyone posted about the next one i receive.

Sorry abt that ! the lens has a very low percentage of bad copies , hopefully the replacement is gonna be perfect

matt21oc wrote in post #12734741
I was lucky enough to be at the Yankee game yesterday to witness baseball history. I was even luckier to get this shot of Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit (a home run of course) from section 227 with my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 OS lens, which is obviously not ideal for shooting an MLB game (a telephoto is next on my wish list). Every pitch of the at bat I held the shutter button down and took as many photos as I could. I ended up with this awesome shot. Here is a cropped version and the full photo. Canon T2i, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens at 50mm, F/5.0, 1/125 sec. Jeter went on to go 5 for 5 and drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th....unreal.

You mean the Sigma 17-50 OS , right ? nice shots BTW

My first go at multiple lights :

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Yup the Sigma not the Tamron 17-50, that was a typo...thanks.

@ 17mm - f/3.2

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matt21oc wrote in post #12734741
I was lucky enough to be at the Yankee game yesterday to witness baseball history. I was even luckier to get this shot of Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit (a home run of course) from section 227 with my Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS lens, which is obviously not ideal for shooting an MLB game (a telephoto is next on my wish list). Every pitch of the at bat I held the shutter button down and took as many photos as I could. I ended up with this awesome shot. Here is a cropped version and the full photo. Canon T2i, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens at 50mm, F/5.0, 1/125 sec. Jeter went on to go 5 for 5 and drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th....unreal.

That's an awesome moment you've captured. If he can stay healthy he might join Pete and Ty!

17mm f/2.8

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Thanks to everone who posted on this thread. You all have been extremly helpful in deciding on this lens. Just sold my sigma 24-70 2.8 macro (Amazing lens just not wide enough on my cropped sensor.)

Anyone know of any recent online coupon codes or anything? I'm at 600$ and really don't want to wait till my next check. :P

I know about the 47th street one.

if abes of Maine has them in stock they always have coupon codes posted all over the net and are authorized sigma dealers

Sadly, they happen to be out of stock at the moment

Has anyone else had any issues with flair with these? I had some shooting a sunrise (shocked, I know) and it doesn't really bother me all that much... It could actually be the Quantaray UV filter