Sigma 18-125mm F3.5-5.6 DC A-mount lens review by ABramley
 ABramley#1665 date: Jan-17-2007 | |
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| sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 3 distortion: 2 flare control: 4 overall: 3.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | 35mm f2, 50mm f1.7, Sigma 70-300 APO. |
| price paid: | Ł180 (new) |
| positive: | Has produced some excellent images. Good bokeh. Excellent zoom range. Decent construction - has already taken a fall and survived. Good manual focusing ring. Great sharpness when stopped down. f3.5 at 18mm isn't bad! |
| negative: | Very rarely (only had it happen once) totally fails to AF when shooting into extremely bright light at wide angles. Vignettes quite heavily at 18mm with a polariser - would probably be better with an ultra thin version. Slow aparture, especially at longer focal lengths. |
| comment: | Outdoors, in good light, it's fantastic. The zoom range and general quality stand out, and as long as you acknowledge the vignetting with a polariser, it's no big deal. http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/shidu/PICT1233.jpg http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/putoshan/xxbeach_001.jpg http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/putoshan/well.jpg http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/putoshan/xxbeach.jpg http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/shanghai06/shanghai.jpg http://china.nsrtfc.com/albums/shanghai06/skyscraper_800.jpg Indoors, or for something more intimate like a portrait, I prefer primes - it's not an expensive zoom and shouldn't be expected to perform like one. Highly reccomended for the price. |
; 10MPrating summary
- total reviews: 30
- sharpness: 3.85
- color: 4.13
- build: 4.20
- distortion: 3.53
- flare control: 3.90
- overall: 3.92