Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 4, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2016 Got my hands on it as well today, only in store. Not decided whether to buy it yet as I have the Canon 70-200mm F2.8 II and that has stabilisation. The image is beautiful from the Sigma. It has a bundle of character. Nice build quality but the tripod mount collar is non-removable so something to note if you plan to use on a rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chris Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 On April 30, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Lintelfilm said: The other thing I forgot to mention is that the minimum focus distance is a bit disappointing - just shy of a metre. This is pretty common with zooms in this range, MFD is always about 1m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 4, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2016 At 100mm, 1m MFD isn't too shabby. Most 85mm primes are that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lintelfilm Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Just now, The Chris said: This is pretty common with zooms in this range, MFD is always about 1m. Yeah I realised that. It's actually a little better than average. I just wrote a more in depth article for Newsshooter about my first impressions noting this. Don't know when it'll be live but I've done a short video too. The more I use it the more I like it though. The longer focal length basically amounts to that lovely 18-35 bokeh on steroids! I'm using the manual zoom a lot too as it's very smooth. Dan Chung has alluded to it being not quite parfocal BTW. For critical stuff you might not want to zoom but you can definitely get away with it without adjusting focus if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lintelfilm Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Just the video then: andrgl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenEricson Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 On May 4, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Lintelfilm said: I'm using the manual zoom a lot too as it's very smooth. Dan Chung has alluded to it being not quite parfocal BTW. For critical stuff you might not want to zoom but you can definitely get away with it without adjusting focus if you want to. The manual zooms above looked really nice. I want one! Thanks for sharing. Lintelfilm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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