Sigma New 17-70mm F/28-4 Dc Macro Os (Optical Stabilizer) Hsm Lens for Canon Eos Cameras Reviews

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Senior Member Registered: February, 2011 Location: Brno Posts: 275	Lens Review Date: February 6, 2022 I tin can recommend this lens: Yes | Price: $180.00 | Rating:9 Pros: All-in-one Cons: "merely 70mm" Sharpness: ix Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: viii Handling: 9 Value: ten Camera Used: K20D, K5, K3 Autofocus: 9 New Or Used: Used After many years of having Sig 17-70/2.8-4.five I saw ane 17-lxx/two.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM without OS, merely with very nice price. And at present information technology is mine. Shares the same blazon of all-in-one solution like the older i, simply HSM version is quiet, focusing is a fleck more reliable and optically it is lets say ten% better on K3 hi-res sensor. Apparently shares some parts with Sig17-l/ii.eight as the updated torso covers and rings are same. Both are very expert universal lenses. Older 17-70/2.8-4.v on K5 & 17-70/2.viii-4.0 on K3
Site Supporter Registered: March, 2019 Location: Roermond Posts: i	Lens Review Date: April 28, 2021 I can recommend this lens: Aye | Price: $130.00 | Rating:7 Pros: Adept value Cons: de-centered re-create Sharpness: 7 Aberrations: 8 Bokeh: 7 Treatment: ix Value: 9 Autofocus: viii New Or Used: Used Got a second paw Sigma 17-70mm f/two.eight-four.5 DC Macro for $130. Unfortunately this re-create seems de-centered. The left side doesn�t get sharp at whatever aperture�hence my 7 points for sharpness. Center and right side are fine, giving quite sharp images. Autofocus is fine for my use but bokeh a bit restless to my taste. If it wasn�t de-centered I would give this ane a 9. Below a sharpness test and a sample photo from garden. Note: Just realised that this review appears nether the newer stabilised model. The lens reviewed hither is the older model WITHOUT OS.
Loyal Site Supporter Registered: Jan, 2019 Posts: ane,123 1 user found this helpful	Lens Review Appointment: Oct 27, 2019 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Price: $102.00 | Rating:9 Pros: colours, skin tones autofocus Cons: information technology'south heavy, No red dot to marshal when mounting on camera Sharpness: 10 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: nine Treatment: 8 Value: 10 Camera Used: Chiliad-70 Autofocus: 9 New Or Used: Used I bought this but yesterday used on an exchange site and I have to say I actually love this lens. This is the 2d not Pentax lens I accept bought (the other was Samsung d-xenon 50-200mm) and so impressed I would seriously consider ownership Sigma over Pentax used. I went out today and must say that it performs brilliantly the colours are vibrant and truthful and where my Pentax lenses accept a tendency to overexpose I detect it easier to go a better exposure with this lens. I have the Pentax 12-24mm and this lens feels heavier simply too feels more solidly built. This will exist my walkaround lens for the foreseeable future however maybe not an a moisture damp day since it lacks WR, also I tin't see it condign my travelling get to lens because of it's weight and large filter size. Previous reviews talk nearly the zoom ring turning opposite to Pentax I hadn't noticed until I read the reviews and at present I'm aware of information technology so actually not an issue, besides there is a zoom lock on it however it simply locks at 17mm the lens' smallest size which means that I reckon this is more designed for carrying around as opposed to stopping creep. The cracking thing is that unlike my kit lens the xviii-50mm I can take a picture with it on the locked position. At that place is no red dot to help marshal to the camera body when attaching and this I detect annoying as is the rear cap which is solid once on all the same a hurting to line upwards. For �lxxx this has been a brilliant buy and up until now I wasn't too bothered around Sigma dropping the K mountain.Having used this I now think that we take lost a real credible alternative to Pentax glass as a new lens. Album Link https://world wide web.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/117371-luckylu/albums/13343-sigm...-macro-os-hsm/
Site Supporter Registered: September, 2010 Location: Venlo Posts: 131 one user found this helpful	Lens Review Date: Dec 4, 2018 I can recommend this lens: Yep | Toll: $170.00 | Rating:8 Pros: Sharp, picayune purple fringing and CA Cons: Autofocus correction non constant over zoom range Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 9 Handling: 8 Value: ix Camera Used: Pentax K5 Autofocus: vi New Or Used: Used Got a good used re-create for nigh �150 (or $170), without OS. Came without hood, unfortunately. Feels heavy and well built. I compared the lens to my Pentax DA 4/xvi-45mm, because I wanted it as a longer range replacement for the Pentax lens. I tested sharpness and CA/fringing at 17, 24, 35, 45mm for both lenses (and 70mm for the Sigma), all at f/iv.0. The center sharpness is comparable, but the Sigma is definitely improve than my copy of the DA16-45 in the corners. The Sigma has less CA/fringing. The Sigma needs autofocus correction, and unfortunately the correction varies with the focus length. For ~35-70mm it is almost +four, so autofocus is fantabulous and consistent. But for the wide-angle range, the correction appears to be something like -2. It varies with the object altitude as well. The departure is largest at infinity. It is a pity that this lens is not compatible with the Sigma USB dock, that enables corrections at different focus settings. I practise a lot of transmission focussing, simply this is much easier with old primes with a large throw, than with these internal focussing zoom lenses. MF is usually easier near 70mm because of the shallow DOF. On the other hand, information technology is less disquisitional at the broad angle range because of the aforementioned DOF. The relatively large two.8 max. aperture is helpful for MF at wide angle range, then I probably keep the correcton at +four and make an extra mark on the lens for the infinity setting at 17mm. At smaller apertures CA becomes visible. At f/11 mainly cerise/cyan, a fiddling bluish/yellow. Not hard to correct in pp.
Senior Member Registered: September, 2014 Location: Nelson Posts: 265 ane user found this helpful	Lens Review Date: September 3, 2016 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Cost: $100.00 | Rating:ten Pros: Silent focus Cons: Bulk -Inbuilt Bone adds size to original version Sharpness: x Aberrations: ix Bokeh: ix Handling: 9 Value: x Photographic camera Used: K-50, K-r Autofocus: nine I have the original first version of this lens, which has produced consistently good shots. Recently I spotted a Yard-r on our local on-line auction site, which had the HSM + OS version of the lens fastened at a bargain cost. Bid, won and delivered, both camera and lens turned out to exist in new condition, with a shutter count of 1100 Interestingly the camera had a card loaded with some less than spectacular looking photos -not terribly encouraging. I as well noted that both the lens Os and photographic camera SR were enabled, which I suspect resulted in previous sub-optimal images, then I turned off the lens OS, relying on the photographic camera to practice the chore. Spent yesterday trialling the G-r + lens, and am just astonished by the sharpness this is capable of producing. Information technology'southward definitely a trivial bulkier than the earlier version, simply non unmanageably then. It's typically a piddling soft wide open at the broad finish, but a couple of stops down and it's razor sharp across the frame. Similar virtually fast lens I remember you lot're ownership that extra lite that you still take once a lens is stopped down a trivial, I've yet to own a lens that performs brilliantly at max aperture. During shooting yesterday I shot the same scene at 40mm with the Sigma 17-lxx and my DA 40mm XS -the results are identical
Site Supporter Registered: October, 2012 Location: North-Eastward England Posts: 73 ii users plant this helpful	Lens Review Date: February 7, 2016 I tin can recommend this lens: Yes | Cost: $400.00 | Rating:ix Pros: Now it has been "repaired" by Sigma in Japan - mega sharp and near silent Cons: Didn't rate it until it had been back to Sigma in Nippon Sharpness: 10 Aberrations: eight Bokeh: 9 Handling: nine Value: nine Photographic camera Used: K3-two Autofocus: viii When I first got the lens a few years ago (K10 era), I wasn't mega impressed with information technology. The reviews were maxim it was supposed to exist really good. It was ok at f-8 and higher, merely wider than this I didn't rate it at all and it ended upwardly as a backup lens. It besides didn't similar the common cold - it failed on top of a mountain in Norway . I dropped my 18-135WR then had to render that to Pentax and finally got round to sending the Sigma back to Sigma United kingdom (who sent it back to Sigma Japan) as it now had a fault on information technology. What I got back was the aforementioned glass and example, but a completely unlike lens. Pin abrupt. Really, really abrupt. Really impressed with what Sigma Nihon have done with the lens. I'k quite happy to use it every bit my main lens at the moment - its a shame its not weather sealed like the 18-135. I like the idea of it being f2.8 at the broad end and can live with the f4 at the 70mm.
New Member Registered: June, 2014 Posts: 1	Lens Review Date: June 27, 2014 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Cost: $400.00 | Rating:ix Pros: Sharp, handy Cons: A piffling heavy Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: viii Bokeh: 8 Handling: 9 Value: 9 Camera Used: K10D, K20D, K-5, One thousand-three Back when I was using a K10D, this was the first lens I bought to supersede my xviii-55 kit lens. I loved it, and still do, even though I at present have an 18-135 for my walk around lens on a K-3. I all the same similar it too much to sell it and generally go along it effectually as a fill-in. In one case in a while I accept it out for a spin and the general good feeling information technology gave me comes back. The just negative is that it's a tad bulky and heavy, and I sometimes when using information technology I miss the extra reach of the 18-135.
Veteran Member Registered: September, 2013 Posts: 306	Lens Review Date: September 22, 2013 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Cost: $450.00 | Rating:8 Pros: Sharp, prissy colors, hsm quiet and adept Cons: Os eat battery fast Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: nine Bokeh: 8 Handling: ix Value: ix I similar lensmuch, tamron 17-50 very very trivial better simply. But i hate os eating battery fast and not really use this much cos of this
New Member Registered: November, 2007 Location: S Carolina Posts: two i user plant this helpful	Lens Review Date: April 25, 2013 I tin can recommend this lens: Aye | Price: None indicated | Rating:7   I take had this lens nigh a year now. I found out the hard fashion that it is non "weather resistant" taking information technology on a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. Fine sand got into the focus ring and totally hosed it. $200 later on it came back working fine....actually improve than it did earlier I sent it off. I like the extra speed of the 2.viii and wider aperatures, but it is a big lens, (72mm filters) then taking information technology along on a pack trip or something like that cam exist a trouble. Over all it is a dandy lens for the cost.
Inactive Business relationship Registered: Dec, 2012 Location: Liaoning, Shenyang, PRC Posts: 16	Lens Review Date: December 25, 2012 I tin can recommend this lens: Yes | Toll: $410.00 | Rating:8 Pros: 17-70mm;F2.8-iv;ELD;HSM;i:2.7Macro;72mm filter Cons: Non constant aperture; No aureate ring and EX marks It has 17-70mm; F2.8-4; 72mm filter size; Macro reproduction ratio i:2.7; HSM AF; a slice of ELD, what practise you still want? Everything what i desire in information technology. And the price is lower tha n DA1770, in the digital era, color difference, who cares about this.Personal views above~
Veteran Member Registered: March, 2008 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 483 one user found this helpful	Lens Review Appointment: Nov 13, 2012 I can recommend this lens: Aye | Price: $400.00 | Rating:9 Pros: Silent quick and precise focus Cons: None so far I bought this lens equally a walk around lens. Information technology's a great lens, sharp, fast and excellent build quality.
Inactive Business relationship Registered: June, 2011 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 2	Lens Review Date: July 23, 2012 I tin recommend this lens: No | Cost: $546.00 | Rating:6 Pros: Fast focus, expert results nether not very proficient light atmospheric condition. Cons: Too heavy so it is irresolute its position while hanged on your neck. Later on a month of using, the ring for irresolute focal length went quite strong. No dust, no sand etc.. Paining on buttons went off quite fast. I bought this lens for my trip to Asia with a view to make great pictures and use its fastness, sharpness and wide range. After a few days of using I realized that the ring for changing focal length is going to be stiffer and stiffer. It wasn't used in dusty or muddy atmospheric condition. So when you tried to change e.g. from seventy to 30, it was moving (jumping) in steps, not in a 1 smoothen motility. Moreover I accept noticed that the lens has problems to focus in 2 situations. When I was focusing on the nature (like green woods etc.) or when i was trying to make a portrait photo from a close range (1-ii m) for a 70mm. In these situations the lens was still focusing just with no success unless I have inverse the point of focus. Regarding the buildup quality at that place is another problem. The color on the button for irresolute of Bone went off quite fast. This was surprising equally I didn't run into it on older lenses of other producers. Lens is besides quite heavy and is irresolute focal length by itself but because of gravity. I have send the lens to the seller nether warranty with a request for repair or sending dorsum money. Lens was sent back without whatsoever caption. I but hope information technology was at to the lowest degree cleaned... Overall I wouldn't buy it again and I would prefer original Pentax lens.
Senior Member Registered: February, 2011 Posts: 274 i user institute this helpful	Lens Review Date: July three, 2012 I can recommend this lens: No | Price: $379.00 | Rating:6 Pros: fast and silent focus, zoom range Cons: sharpness, quality control I own Sigma 17-70mm f/two.8-4.5 non HSM for some fourth dimension and really love it. And so I wish to upgrade to a newer version for faster focus. Yes, it focuses much faster and very quietly. Simply its sharpness is worse compare to older version. It is not expensive for this zoom range, but based on its performance, I would rate its value only half dozen. Mayhap I got a bad copy. Anyway, I practice not recommend to buy this lens. If you like a zoom range, you may try to detect a used copy of old version for nearly $250. Or if money is not an issue, I do recommend you lot to buy Sigma 17-50mm f/two.eight HSM for much better sharpness, great build, and fast and accurate focus.
Junior Member Registered: September, 2009 Location: Galati on Danube-Romania Posts: 33 1 user found this helpful	Lens Review Date: July ane, 2012 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Price: $485.00 | Rating:9 Pros: Construction, and optic Cons: Weight, virtually 2 more than electrical consumption than the Pentax non SDM lenses (in non OS version) This is the new, not Bone version like those ane in the head picture. Even non Bone, the electric current consumption is two times greater than the Pentax DA lenses (non SDM). Pentax 18-55mm kit lens: "by-past!"- remain only WR in the pelting Detalied trusted test, at that place: http://www.optyczne.pl/181.1-Test_obiektywu-Sigma_17-70_mm_f_2.eight-four.0_DC_Macro_OS_HSM.html Excellent resolution in 17-21mm range at f4.0, more than fix focus (prime) lenses. A piddling soft at 70mm (proficient for portraiture), but correctable in p.p. The same with the footling abberations in the low domain of focus lenght. Excelent contrast in contre-jour (adept optic coating) and good, non-nervous bokeh ( 7 rounded blades) for this kind of lens=zoom lens. Placidity HSM operation a piffling bit faster than the kit lens, a proficient union with Pentax K5 in the sound domain . Excellent travel lens (if you lot tin deport it) and all you lot demand together with Pentax DA 55-300mm. Domains (not exclusives ): Macro (you lot can crop with K5 to i:ane scale) and shut upwards. Effort this in manual focus mode (on the lens button) and catch-in focus mode, there are proficient results; Portraiture ( moves away from the big contrast backrounds); Architecture (simple to right geometry in p.p.) and street life (good for night at f2.8 in the 17-21mm domain); Landscapes. And some examples, with a trivial p.p. P.S. The first macro image is crop 100% only in my gallery ( this is reduced from 1200 to 800 pixels long size) Another examples: http://paunel.aminus3.com/image/2012-06-xiii.html http://paunel.aminus3.com/image/2012-06-eighteen.html http://paunel.aminus3.com/image/2012-06-nineteen.html http://paunel.aminus3.com/image/2012-06-21.html
Forum Fellow member Registered: June, 2012 Posts: 65	Lens Review Date: June xi, 2012 I can recommend this lens: No | Cost: $419.00 | Rating:7 Pros: Solid build quality (except LC), HSM, quiet Cons: Lens creep from 50mm to 35mm Big solid heavy lens (in a skillful mode). It really made my K-v look like a serious camera. But again, looks aren't everything. I've had this photographic camera for a week and my overall experience has been disappointing. I really wanted to keep this camera. The build quality is pretty solid. There's a proficient weight to the lens. I've read the rattling is from the OS but it isn't very much unlike from the rattling in the M-5. So that'due south not an upshot. The HSM makes autofocusing very quiet. The result came up when I couldn't produce sharp images. The autofocus would exist off. I'm still new to photography so I haven't learned how to adjust for FF/BB. Even when I set the focus to the eye, it would still take problem producing sharp images at l-70mm. I've stopped down from five.6 to 8 and fifty-fifty to xi. I did about a weeks worth of research on this lens versus the Tammy 15-70 2.viii. I've read every review from Photozone, Lens Tip, to all the videos on YouTube. I thought the extra 20mm, HSM, and the "macro" characteristic out weighted the constant f/2.8 aperture. It looks like this one's going back. I've ordered the Tamron and volition update this review after testing that out.

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