Buy Sigma 14mm f/2.8 EX HSM RF Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Lens for Minolta and Sony SLR CamerasSigma 14mm f/2.8 EX HSM RF Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Lens for Minolta and Sony SLR Cameras Product Description:
- Dedicated to Minolta AF SLR cameras
- Extra-wide aspherical lens provides higher optical performance
- Antiflare features and crisp-to-the-edges images
- World's shortest, nonfisheye, wide-angle focal length AF lens
- Accepts rear slip-in gelatin filters
Product Description
CL) INT) 14MM 2.8 EX F/MIN AF
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
What a wonderful piece of glass
By A Customer
To echo what is said about the new release SIGMA lenses - WOW.
Canon look out. I was shopping for a new toy for XMAS and settled on the CANON 14mm F2.8L lens. It was very nice but for the price hard to justify. I asked for an eval of the Canon and this, the Sigma alternative at 1/3rd the price. Head to head testing of the lenses on my Canon EOS 50 (ELAN) using ISO 200 film resulted in the Sigma producing a crisper image with better definition and colour saturation. Both lenses have a little "flattening" of the image at the edges as they try to compensate for curvature but the Sigma in my opinion is closer to true. Neither lens had any trouble Auto-Focusing during the day (Canon felt a little faster). The Sigma was a little unsure of itself on when I went for a night/bulb exposure of the starscape. Switched to Manual, set for infinity and away we went. My only other issue with the Sigma is the lens hood is not quite big enough where the Canon is spot on. Still you have to be looking really hard for faults to find them.
Tooling around with the lens has been lots of fun. I had never considered using the lens for indoors shots but it is magic. Architecture photography is going to be a new thing for me I think.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Mine is fine...
By BT
As another reviewer said earlier, sometimes the QA from Sigma is hit or miss. I have had the same experience in the past. The last 2 Sigmas I have tried have been fine (14 and 150 macro) My copy of this lens for Nikon is pretty nice (sharp, decent contrast if you keep light off the front element, fast accurate focus) on digital bodies. The HSM on mine is just as quiet as any of the AF-S Nikon lenses I have. I still prefer Nikon in general, but for the limited use I have for this lens, it has worked nicely.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Little heavy, but good lens.
By Jamie L. Pendley
Just got this lens as a Christams gift, and I'm really impressed with it. It's a little soft at the edges wide open, but if you stop it down a bit, you get most of the corner sharpness back. It's also a little heavier than I'm used to, and I was suprized by how large it is. Nonetheless, it's a great lens for the landscapes I like shooting.
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