Great bang for the buck!!! | Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Bought this lens used from Amazon Warehouse Deals | Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

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	• Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras Sigma Corporation Sigma Corporation average customer review:based on 221 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wide angle lens

I wanted the Tokina f2.8 for my Nikon D200 but they were never available when I would try to obtain one. So, I settled for the Sigma. It doe's it's job well. I don't really use it too often. Only when shooting large group shots or when I want to purposely distort perspective for effect. So, it serves my purposes for it.

Great bang for the buck!!!

Bought this lense a couple of weeks ago and works like a charm. Great crisp and fast autofocus. The only small problem that I have with it, is that the f stop only goes to 4. Doesnt work that well in low light without a tripode. I have used the Canon equivalent and in comparisson this stacks up pretty well.

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Bought this lens used from Amazon Warehouse Deals

After spending countless hours reviewing the various UWA lenses, I settled on this Sigma 10-20mm lens. It isn't the fastest wide angle out there, but it is the only one at 10mm focal length at it's widest setting. After all, If you are going to buy a wide angle lens, why not buy the widest available (yet still affordable). I paid extra for next day shipping and the lens arrived promptly at 2:00 pm the next day. Although this is an Amazon purchase, I found the copy I bought from Amazon Warehouse deals, sold as a USED lens. The price was $80 less than brand new so I figured I'd give it a try, knowing that I could always return it if it was not in good shape.

When the package arrived, I expected to open the box and see a used lens wrapped in paper or bubble wrap. I was surprised to find that the lens came in the original box with original warranty card still in place. But best of all, this lens appeared to be new in every way. There were a few fingerprints on the front element which I took care of with a lens tissue, but other than that, there was not so much as a hint of wear or handling issues.

But the real test is how this lens works (or not works). I put it on my D90 and it instantly recognized the lens and was ready to go.

So far, I have taken about a hundred test images to be sure I got a good copy of this lens. I was particularly impressed when i took a picture of the front of my wife's Ford Escape at 10mm and about 6 feet away. After bringing the image into my PC, The photo was tack sharp but the real surprise was that I could read the serial number on the small decals of her license plate as if I had used my sharpest Nikon fixed focal length lens.

I am so pleased that Amazon's warehouse Deals had this (used?) lens for sale the day I decided to purchase one. If I didn't know better, and if there had not been finger prints on the front element when I opened the box, I would have sworn that this lens was brand new.

Great job Amazon.

Al C., Professional Photographer

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I fell in love with the Canon 10-22mm

I had high hopes of a good sigma copy but ordered the canon 10-22mm at the same time to compare. I swapped out the lenses taking pictures at the same scenes and noticed some significant basic differences in photo quality just looking at the photos side by side. That was all I needed to fall in love with the canon. Maybe I could have exchanged the sigma until I found a copy I liked, but I am too busy with the canon.

Sigma provides the new ultra-wide angle zoom lens from 15mm and this lens is the first of its kind in the world. It can be useful for images of landscapes, large buildings, group photographs or even more. The perspective that changes with the angle-of-view gives picture an extraordinary feeling. Delicate compositions can be adjusted by lens zooming and this is helpful for close-up photography. Provides deep depth of field with its short focal length for amazing photographic expressions. This ultra-wide zoom lens covers a large wide-angle range from 15 mm to 30 mm. With a minimum focusing distance of 30 cm(11.8 inches) throughout the entire zoom range, it is an ideal lens for Digital SLR Cameras. It incorporates hybrid aspherical lens in the front lens group to minimize distortion and astigmatism, and molded glass aspherical lens in the rear lens group to minimize spherical aberration. Minimization of the distortion is a most important issue for zoom lens, but Sigma has succeeded, to provide image quality with minimal distortion by employing aspherical lenses. This lens in corporates an internal focusing system, which eliminates front lens rotation. Since focusing do not change its overall length, this lens is easy to hold and use. Also it is allowing the use of a Petal-type Hood. The lens also incorporates Dual-Focus (DF) mechanism. It is easy to hold the lens, since the focusing ring does not rotate during auto-focus, yet it provides adequate focusing torque of the focusing ring during manual focusing of the lens.

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