Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC A-mount lens reviews
 icameisaw#44265 date: Apr-26-2019 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 16-105mm f3.5-5.6 Samyang 8mm |
| price paid: | £160 s/h |
| positive: | Good results with surprisingly low distortion in A68 / A77ii JPEGs, even if your RAW program doesn't know about the lens. You can fit a filter on the front. If you could do fractional ratings on the flare control, I would have given this 4 1/2. |
| negative: | 77mm filters aren't cheap! Tamron's equivalent is 10-24mm, and that would sometimes be nice, but this one is there for the wide end. |
| comment: | Taken as one of three lenses to New Zealand, and virtually all of my shots of that country's wonderful landscapes were taken with this. There's a constant f/3.5 version of this lens but it doesn't seem to be better and the vast majority of your (my) shots with this are taken with a tighter aperture anyway. I see someone's copy didn't come with a lens hood. Mine did. Its main use is keeping things away from the end. |
| ColinNZ01#43030 date: Mar-12-2018 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 18-125 Sony 18-70 Tamron 18-200 Tamron 24-135 Minolta 70-210 Beercan |
| price paid: | 310 NZD Used |
| positive: | Light weight Very sharp Beautiful colours |
| negative: | 77mm filters! |
| comment: | I love this lens! I've wanted an UWA lens for ages but couldn't justify the spend. Then this came up used at such a good price I didn't even hesitate, which turned out to be a great decision. I've only used this once so far on a long weekend out of town. In fact, this is the only lens I used on a short hike. But, the colours are brilliant. Sharpness is fantastic - better than I expected. There is distortion but, hey, this is an UWA - there's going to be some distortion at the wide end. Any UWA of this range is going to be bulky so I don't see that as a negative. Can't wait to put it to more extended use. |
| Phil Wood#39931 date: Sep-10-2017 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | SAL1855-SAM II SAL1870 SAL18250 |
| price paid: | £320(new) |
| positive: | 10mm - it's what this lens is about |
| negative: | Casts a shadow from built-in flash (A350/A58) - but you'd probably want a proper flash to cover the full coverage of this lens. |
| comment: | I love this lens - to be fair, the only superwide zoom I've tried. I photograph a lot of buildings and this lens allows me to get the whole building in frame, even a narrow street. I don't know if it's the best, but it does the job for me! In terms of comparasion I can only judge at the long end of the zoom where I have Sony kit lenses and the Sony 18-250 superzoom to compare with - not the most challenging opposition. |
| Miranda F#26582 date: May-10-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-55mm DT Various MF FF primes (24-25-28mm) Various wide-angle converters |
| price paid: | £200 used |
| positive: | Very well-made solid lens with excellent performance Amazingly good geometry correction. High contrast, sharp everywhere. Works well with 1.4x TC on APS-C or FF |
| negative: | Flare spots are likely with sun in shot. Not much protection for the front element. |
| comment: | A fantastic ultra-wide zoom with excellent performance, though it needs considerable care at its widest angles to give good results. I've not tried any other A-mount ultra-wide lenses, but after using a variety of wide-angle MF lenses and several wide-angle converters for other lenses, I was looking for a proper AF ultra-wide lens. I saw this s/h in a shop and was blown away by good it was - amazingly good geometry right into the corners. It's also a very high-contrast lens with good coatings, maintaining high-contrast over most of the frame at f8 even with sun in picture, though strong sun in frame (or just outside)can leave long magenta streaks and a big green blob. No lens hood came with the lens, so I use a hand to shield the sun where possible, but weak/hazy sun is ok in frame if you keep away from full aperture. Sharp everywhere at f5.6-f11, even 100% crops (see http://slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/sigma10-20f4-56/tloader.htm), and fairly sharp at f4; works best in aperture-priority mode at f8. Extreme DOF macro is great fun with this lens but use MF and f8-16 for extreme close-ups, or f22 at 10-12mm. Interestingly, the newer f3.5 version also needs f8 for best results so isn’t that much better. See the review at http://kurtmunger.com/sigma__10_20mm_f_4_5_6_ex_dc_zoomid164.html Very little CA & geometric distortion is very low, but the perspective distortion resulting from the very short focal length is often high - needs great care to keep axis horizontal or else verticals lean drunkenly, and of course circles (eg faces) near the corners turn into ovals. I quite often use it with the camera in vertical format with the centreline horizontal, and then crop away the lower half of the picture to get square results on buildings, rather than correcting in PP afterward. There is some noticeable geometrical distortion close to the edges at full wide, so if I'm taking jpegs in camera and don't want to mess around with PP corrections, then I avoid 10mm for architectural shots with strong horizontals near edges (11-12mm and above is fine). I don’t generally use f11 and above unless I need it for extreme DOF as there is some diffraction; the centre and corners are sharp at f8 so I use this most of the time. It works on FF & film as-is over 15mm to 20mm but vignettes very hard at 10-14mm and gives an almost circular result at 10mm which can be useful. There is some residual vignetting at all FL near full aperture on FF digital but this isn't obvious on film at typilal daylight apertures. I generally use a 1.4x TC on film or FF (and sometimes on APS-C for a different focal length range), which turns it into an FF-capable 14-28mm lens as an effective alternative to an FF ultra-wide like the 19-35mm, though bigger and heavier with the TC. Using the Kenko Mx-alpha (8-pin) version the Sigma AFs just fine at any focal length and even in very low light, and the IQ is very much better than the 19-35mm Cosina, with much less geometric distortion and very little CA/PF. |
| QuietOC#26521 date: Mar-13-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Samyang 12 F2 Sigma 12-24 EX DG HSM Rokinon 16 F2 Sony E 16 F2.8 Sony DT 16-50 F2.8 SSM Sony E 16-50 F3.5-5.6 PZ OSS Sony DT 16-80 F3.5-4.5 Vario-Sonnar Sony DT 16-105 F3.5-5.6 Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Tamron SP 17-50 F2.8 XR Di Tokina AF 17 F3.5 Samyang AF 18 F2.8 Sony E 18-55 F3.5-5.6 OSS Sony DT 18-55 F3.5-5.6 SAM I & II Sigma 19 F2.8 DN Art Sigma 20 F1.8 EX DG Sony E 20 F2.8 Minolta AF 20 F2.8 & RS Tokina AF 20-35 F3.5-4.5 I & II |
| price paid: | 174 USD (used) |
| positive: | Not very heavy Sharp throughout range Low distortion (very little at 12 mm) Close focusing Very little focus breathing Well controlled CA Smooth zoom and focus controls Outperforms many normal zooms Lens Profile in Capture One |
| negative: | Soft, distorted corners Complex distortion Pink color cast Bulky body/77 mm filter Varifocal Fairly slow |
| comment: | A like-new copy with all accessories and box bought from a private seller on eBay. "LENS MADE IN JAPAN" This lens borrows the lens ID from the Minolta AF 28-80 F3.5-5.6 kit lens. There is rather complex but minimal distortion throughout the zoom range. The extreme corners are bent in at 10 mm, which are mostly gone by 12 mm. It has quite a bit of more simple pincushion distortion in the middle range which flattens out towards 20 mm. The Capture One lens correction profile for the Canon version of the lens works well for correcting the distortion and vignetting, but the profile has to be applied manually. The profile isn't effective at removing CA, but the normal analysis works well for that. Image quality is much cleaner than the Sony 16-105, 18-55, 18-135, and 18-200 over their shared ranges. It doesn't perform as well as the 16-50 F2.8. It has less distortion at 16 mm than the Rokinon 16 f/2 prime, but it is not as sharp across the frame. The corners on the Rokinon are sharper at f/2 than this Sigma can achieve stopped down. The Rokinon has moderate barrel distortion while this has minor pincushion distortion at 16 mm. It is slightly soft wide-open at the wide end, but it sharpens up quite well stopped down to f/5.6. This lens has surpassed my expectations. It is much sharper than other reviews lead me to expect. It will be interesting getting used to the such a wide view. |
| Fivepin#11743 date: Mar-22-2014 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Tokina 19-35 zeis 16-80 sony 18-250 |
| price paid: | $588 CAD |
| positive: | Light width on APSC |
| negative: | edge sharpness price not full frame |
| comment: | I have held off on reviewing this lens because I did not have enough wide angle lens options to compare it to. I have used all of the old standard APSC lenses including kit 18-55 and 18-70 so after purchasing a nice tokina 19-35 to use on my A99 I put the two head to head for a day of shooting. I used the 19-35 on A99 and the 10-20 sigma on my A77. I ended up shooting everything from my bookcases inside to outside landscapes. Fences trees anything where I could judge center right through to extreme corner sharpness. Lets start with the positives. This lens is fairly sharp in the center. It allows a very wide 15mm on APSC and has good colour reproduction. Much cooler than the Minolta or Tokina, but still very good. On lowest aperture at 19mm (which I shot for my head to head tests) the results were almost identical to the Tokina with less vignetting. Lets just say both lenses were acceptable wide open not much better. Once you stop the lens down to f8 sharpness improves as expected. When compared to the Tokina the sigma fails significantly at higher apertures. Sharpness in the corners is not very good and I would say poor on the extremes. Yes this is from a pixel peep session so keep that in mind. In all of the real world excursions with this lens I have been satisfied. The real problem I have with this lens is what I paid for it new. The old tokina in EX shape for $100 beats it in terms of sharpness and speed at f3.5 |
| markku55#11623 date: Jan-20-2014 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Tamron 17-50mm F2,8 Pentax 16-45mm F4 Olympus 12-50mm F3,5-6,3 m4/3 Sony NEX 16-50mm 3,5-5,6 |
| price paid: | 430€ New |
| positive: | Really good sharpeness for this kind of a super wideangle zoom. No flare problems, even sun in the picture. Quite small for this kind of a lens. |
| negative: | Reddish collors, but that's not a big deal. Distortion can be a problem in architectual pictures, no problem in landscape pictures. |
| comment: | I Lowe this lens, it is surprising good against flare, much better than most of the longer zooms. This is for sure a lens which I will keep. |
| awa54#11485 date: Nov-16-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 14 f3.5 Sigma 24 f2.8 SWII Tokina 19-35 f3.5-4.5 |
| price paid: | $350 USD (used) |
| positive: | WIDE! Very solid build quality Sharp everywhere but the far corners @ 10mm Great color Very decent bokeh for an UW zoom Accepts front mounted filters Compact and light compared to FF UW zooms |
| negative: | Slow max aperture A little extra barrel distortion in the corners @ 10mm Occasionally has low light focusing issues (though much better at this than I expected) |
| comment: | This lens is the cure for your need to go wide on an APS-C sensor camera! OK, so it doesn't have a big enough max aperture for use in really low light and it has some compromises to IQ in the far corners when shot at 10mm (soft, distorted and vignetted)... but then most older UW primes have these same problems and considering that this lens sells for less than $500 new what more could you expect?? I like the images from this lens better than those from the Tokina 19-35 because of the Sigma's more attractive sharpness and color characteristics (I'm not sure that it's really much sharper, but subjectively the images look crisp compared to the Tokina) and it beats the old Sigma 24mm 2.8 prime in everything except max aperture and image "feel". On a digital body the 10-20 *smokes* the Sigma 14mm f3.5 prime in *every* way, it's even slightly lighter! If you know how to make use of a lens with this range and don't expect it to exceed the IQ of *current* primes or much more costly zooms that cover this range, then you will love this lens! I would have given 4.5 for build if available, as in a strict sense it *could* be built a bit more sturdily. |
| Doublejayz#11306 date: Aug-12-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 2 overall: 3.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | 304 USD (used) |
| positive: | Wide (of course) Sharp (center) Color |
| negative: | Distortion Blur corner Flare |
| comment: | My first ultra wide angle len, Can say I'm so satisfied with it but there are something better out there Flare/Ghost could be a problem I have focus issue with A500 and A580 (AF often be backfocus, I use MF mostly before I sold it) Sharp to very sharp result (step down) |
| Teka#11195 date: Jun-16-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-55 mm SAM Sony 50 mm F1.8 Bower 8 mm Tamron 17-50 mm F2.8 |
| price paid: | 225 euro |
| positive: | Wide Angle Well build |
| negative: | Slightly soft Distortion can be seen, but is no big problem |
| comment: | I like the wide angle at 10mm. Distortion can be seen, but in creative fotography it isn't a problem. Lens can be a bit soft, even stopped down. Overall i do like this lens. |
| mdmwrx#10886 date: Jan-31-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 70-200mm f2.8, Sony 70-400mm f4-5.6, Minolta 400mm f4.5, Minolta 600mm f4.0, Sigma 500mm f4.5, Sigma 10-20mm F4 - 5.6 Sigma 105mm F2.8, Sigma 85mm f1.4, |
| price paid: | $464 USD (New) |
| positive: | Sharpness, color, build, distortion, & flare is way beyond what I expected when I got this lens. |
| negative: | None |
| comment: | I used this lens on A77ii, when I got rid of the A77ii I got rid of. |
| Freddan_6#10672 date: Nov-8-2012 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 3.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | At 18-20 mm it is not as sharp as Sony AF DT 18-55 3.5-5.6 |
| price paid: | 280 USD |
| positive: | Colors, angle of view. Silent and fast focusing. |
| negative: | Not fully sharp in the cornes wide open but sharpens up at around f=8. Some vingetting fully open. Expect flares when sun lits the front lens. |
| comment: | Bought on swedish ebay (tradera) for 1900 SEK, in mint condition. |
| TXEMA#10496 date: Sep-7-2012 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.1 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | 280€ used |
| positive: | sharp good construccion |
| negative: | no HSM for Sony mount. |
| comment: | my copy is very sharp,it is ideal for landscape . |
| hitman9#10463 date: Aug-21-2012 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | 1) Tamron 18-250mm 2) Tokina 28-70mm f2.6 |
| price paid: | SGD $800 |
| positive: | 1) Take great wide landscape photos. 2) Photo is sharp and rich in colour. 3) Price (affordable) |
| negative: | 1) Flare (due to the wide angle) |
| comment: | For APS-C camera, I would recommend this great lens. It is light to travel and can easily fit with any other 77mm filter (that be be shared with other lens). If stepping down the aperture, it is capable to take sharp photos. The colour is rich (esp. blue sky) and contrast is ok. But due to it wide angle, you may experience flare when taking the photo against the sun. Anyway, is the lens is used for wide landscaping photos, you will be amazed by the performance of this lens. |
| andyken#10160 date: Apr-30-2012 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 3 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 16-105mm f3.5-5.6 Sony 18-55mm SAM |
| price paid: | £240 (used, like new) |
| positive: | Sharp at all apertures and focal lengths. Excellent colours and contrast. fast AF. Very low levels of distortion and CA for an ultra-wide lens. Good value. |
| negative: | Worst flare I have ever seen in any lens, ever - don't shoot towards the sun! |
| comment: | I find this lens to be a truly astonishing feat of optical engineering. While I have a rough layman's knowledge of the principles of lens design,I have absolutely no idea how it is possible to manufacture a lens that goes this wide, with such low levels of distortion and CA. The only blot on the landscape (literally!) is the shockingly bad flare when the sun is shining towards the lens, which can be quite difficult to avoid with a lens that goes this wide and captures so much. I'm still giving it a 3 for flare, as I suspect this is a significant problem with all ultra wide lenses and not a specific issue with the Sigma alone. It has a very good weight and feels very well put together. I wish I had another ultra-wide lens to compare it to, but I don't. I have quite a number of other lenses that I could compare it to, but is there any point in comparing it to (for example) my 50mm macro? Its probably not as sharp as the macro lens, but just because a Ferrari isn't as fast as a jet, does that make the Ferrari slow? I don't think so. This lens delivers everything I could want out of an ultra-wide lens and I couldn't be happier with it, especially at what I consider to be a very reasonable purchase price. If only they could control the flare a bit better, it would be near perfect, in my opinion. |
| blackworx#10008 date: Mar-8-2012 | |
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sharpness: 3.5 color: 3 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 3.9 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | SAL16-55 Mino18-70 |
| price paid: | 330GBP new |
| positive: | Versatility Build Quick focusing |
| negative: | Not so sharp Odd distortion profile |
| comment: | Like so many others following a switch from 35mm to APS-C, I simply needed something affordable, versatile and most of all wide. Especially after the abomination that was the 18-70 kit lens. It does the job nicely; doesn't produce the sharpest of images and the colour is a little restrained for my liking but nothing you can't fix in PP if you really want to "make" the shot. Odd S-shaped distortion at some focal lengths; not easy to correct so I generally don't even bother trying. Build is outstanding. I've often thought of selling this and putting the money towards a more capable zoom with a bigger range, but never can bring myself to do so, which must mean I like it. |
| Retyred#9992 date: Mar-4-2012 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony CZ16-80 Sony 70-300G Sony 100/2.8 macro |
| price paid: | £290 (used) |
| positive: | Perfectly acceptable IQ Great DoF Good build quality Value for money |
| negative: | Nothing significant |
| comment: | I feel that having owned this lens for over 2 years, it’s time I provided a review. While pixel peepers may not consider the lens to be ideal, it is more than adequate when images are viewed at realistic large sizes, say 20” x 30” (50cm x 75cm). On the A77 it performs very well, whereas on the A700 it occasionally mis-focused beyond infinity, which led to unacceptable results. I find that when shooting at the wide end it is often more convenient to pre-focus manually at the hyperfocal distance and enjoy the enormous depth of field it offers at f/8. Altogether I’m very pleased with its IQ when mounted on the A77. |
| godsakes#9959 date: Feb-21-2012 | |
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sharpness: 3 color: 3 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 3.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | KM 17-35mm |
| price paid: | £300 GBP |
| positive: | amazing wide range very little distortion |
| negative: | Colours lack punch |
| comment: | Don't let my sharpness rating of 3 put you off, the sharpness of this lens is perfectly usable, it's just that ultra wide lenses simply don't come close to macro sharpness. Sigma lenses tend to have a warmer yellow cast, while is not bad for people shots (especially indoor) it is not IMHO as well suited for landscape/building shots which this lens is likely to be used for. Unlike most sigma lenses which I typically find have below average flare control, bizarrely I find sigma's ultra wide lenses (this one and their 12-24mm) seem to be the best in their class for flare resistance. For it's purpose this is a really decent lens, I recently upgraded to FF and got myself a KM 17-35mm as a alternative, surprisingly the sigma is a little better - the KM was a little better at the long end and the sigma was better at the wide end but surprisingly the sigma had the least distortion. |
| Metalex#9867 date: Jan-31-2012 | |
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sharpness: 3.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | £340.00 GBP |
| positive: | Decent sharpness when stopped down to f/8 or f/11 at all focal lengths. Distortion and vignetting easily correctable with CS5 lens profiles. |
| negative: | Very soft at 10mm, f/4. Slightly, but not much better at 10mm, f/5.6. 15mm & 20mm fine from f/5.6 onwards, though. |
| comment: | I'm very happy with this lens. Yes, it's soft wide open at 10mm, but I'm sure most people wouldn't prioritise de-focus effects or low light ability with this lens. I can stop it down to f/8 or f11 at any focal length and get more than acceptable sharpness. |
| heivalido#9714 date: Dec-24-2011 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-70 kitlens Minolta 35-80. |
| price paid: | 250 euro |
| positive: | Sharp, Perfect color, strongly build, works fine on AF Price |
| negative: | nothing |
| comment: | I`ve bought this lens 6 months old for a bargain and I love it. The sharpness is superb, in most buildings you can count the bricks. The colors are very narural and the body and build are what you expect from a EX lens. The 10-20 range is more then enough for a wide-angle, for landscapes and buildings this lens is everything I could ask for. |
| onsplekkie#9525 date: Oct-23-2011 | |
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sharpness: 3.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 3.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | 18-200 Tamron 50mm Minolta |
| price paid: | 300 euro secondhand |
| positive: | very wide sharp when stopped down |
| negative: | distortion (on portret photo) |
| comment: | I love wide lenses, this is one that does the trick for me. Sure sharpness and colour could be better, but when I see the effect this lens gives on some of my photo that is just not important. I use this lens on 15% of all my shots taken. |
| Miwok#9469 date: Oct-4-2011 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | IQ Colors Build |
| negative: | missing |
| comment: | Very happy with my copy. Work great at 10mm and between 16-20. Great IQ and colors but must be use at F/8 minimum. For best use, you often need a tripod. |
| danny001#9465 date: Oct-2-2011 | |
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sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 3 overall: 4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-55 Sony 50/1.8 Tamron 70-200/2.8 Sony 500mm Reflex |
| price paid: | 430€ |
| positive: | Build quality |
| negative: | sharpness |
| comment: | I have this lens now for over one year. I am not impressed by it. Sharpness is not good, the 18-55 kitlens is sharper. Even stopping down to F8 doesn't do much. At 10mm IQ is just ok, at 20mm I switch to my Sony lens because it's just better. Build quality and feel is very high, AF is ok and not too loud. I am looking to sell this one and buy the Sigma 8-16, which should be better. |
| Apocalypse_later#9237 date: Jul-17-2011 | |
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sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 3.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Tamron 17-50 2.8, Tamron 35-105 2.8, Tokina 28-80 2.8, Beercan, Minolta 200 2.8 HS, Sony 70-300G, Sony 50 1.4, Sony 35 1.8 |
| price paid: | 260€ mint |
| positive: | Great range and solid construction. Low distorsion and cheap. Good AF. |
| negative: | Not so much sharp at wider apertures. It´snt a fast lens, of course... Flares can be a big problem. |
| comment: | Good quality at f5.6 in all the frame (soft in bigger apertures) and heavy problems with flares, with sun coming in the lens. Well made, low distorsion and low price too, I like it very much. |
| crappybokeh#8751 date: Mar-6-2011 | |
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sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 4 overall: 3.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-55mm kit lens |
| price paid: | 400 Euros |
| positive: | Gives you a really unique view on things Cheapest way to get you a 10mm lens |
| negative: | AF problems (Back focus on A580) Could be sharper |
| comment: | Not really impressed by the sharpness but decent. Takes time to learn how to use this lens to your advantage, but fun! |
| svendf#8623 date: Feb-7-2011 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Tamron SP AF 11-18 F4.5-5.6 Di II Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX 11-16 F2.8 |
| price paid: | 210 Euro(used mint) |
| positive: | Very wide Good build Good MFD Good sharpness Not to much distortion(for a wide) |
| negative: | Not fast enough for inside |
| comment: | I bought this one to replace the Tamron 11-18 which I really didn't like(see my review). I really liked the Sigma but it wasn't fast enough for inside but great for landscapes. After using it more than a year with my A350, I bought the A55 and it had the known aperture-problem so I sold it with a profit of 85 Euro's(made the loss on the Tamron good) and bought the Tokina 11-16 2.8 to replace it. |
| KS56#8498 date: Jan-8-2011 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | 449 USD (new) |
| positive: | Price Build Sharpness Versatility |
| negative: | Slight barrel distortion at 10mm |
| comment: | I bought this lens some time ago to regain some of the wide angle capability that was lost when I switched from my full frame Minolta 9xi film camera to the Sony A100 (APS-C) digital camera. Now I use the Sigma 10-20mm lens mostly with the Sony A700 and more recently with the Sony A77 for landscape photography and photography in tight spaces. The lens is very sharp with great color reproduction. Distortion is generally well controlled except for some minor barrel distortion at the 10mm end. In-camera focusing is adequate, and the lack of in-lens optical stabilization is not an issue with such a wide angle lens. Works well with the A77. |
| mydarkstars#8344 date: Dec-2-2010 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | 340 GBP |
| positive: | Wide, non-rotating front element, range |
| negative: | None |
| comment: | My wife loves this lens! So that makes me happy. Bought from Hong Kong as a grey import, I was worried about QC issues but mine seems fine compared to the reported problems. Sometimes this lens is amazingly sharp, other times not so. Built-in flash is useless with this so make sure you have an external unit. Makes me want to go wider! Challenges me to compose much better than what I currently do. |
| petesidewalk#8296 date: Nov-24-2010 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | KM 28-135 F4-4.5 KM 35-105 F3.5-4.5 KM 35-105I F3.5-4.5 KM 28-75 F2.8 Sig 24-70 HSM F2.8 KM 35-70 F4 Sigma 18 F3.5 |
| price paid: | 275 USD |
| positive: | WIDE Light Comparatively inexpensive |
| negative: | AF takes practice fit and finish |
| comment: | I like the warping of this lens up close on the wide end. this lens does a good job for a very good price and is worth having. Not a really fast lens, but can be made to perform with the right light and angle. Very fun to use. |
| der dickgg#7950 date: Sep-7-2010 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | I have no comparision with such wide-angle |
| price paid: | € 445 new |
| positive: | nice range EX quality hardly any distortion if held horizontally |
| negative: | slightly vignette at 10mm chromatic aberations not fast enough |
| comment: | I'm quit enthousiast about this lens. Using it for landscapes (the alps, Dutch skies and polders), sandscapes (dunes, the beach), indoor photography in small rooms and even experimental portraits from high viewpoints. Works perfectly with the long weddingdresses and low viewpoint. Gives a nice effect. (The 10-20 3.5 could be my next lens if a good price is offered for this one...) Update 1: just bought me a f 1.8 - 20mm Sigma for availible light conditions, forget the f 3.5 version. Update 2: Using it i.c.w. the 1.7TC C/D4 it suits the fullframe really nice, preforming as a 17-36mm zoom. AF works, allthough hunting a little, diafragm info works. |
rating summary
- total reviews: 132
- sharpness: 4.16
- color: 4.47
- build: 4.53
- distortion: 4.02
- flare control: 4.11
- overall: 4.26
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