Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 (ZEN) A-mount lens review by DarkScribe
 DarkScribe#6539 date: Dec-6-2009 | |
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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 own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta 28mm F2.8 D & G, Minolta 28-80 Xi F4-5.6 and Minolta 28-85 RS F3.5-4.5 |
| price paid: | au $50 |
| positive: | Cheap. Not much else for a F2.8, as it is rather soft. |
| negative: | Very soft even when stopped down. To get any degree of sharpness it needs to be well under F5.6 and as such cannot match the Minolta 28-80 F3.5-4.5 or even come near the classic Minolta 28-105. |
| comment: | A disappointing lens, but then it was cheap when new and that was decade or two back. I picked it up in job lot that included a 700Si and a bunch of lenses. I had owned one before and sold it in the early nineties as it never was sharp enough. |
; 16MPrating summary
- total reviews: 8
- sharpness: 4.13
- color: 4.38
- build: 4.00
- distortion: 3.75
- flare control: 3.63
- overall: 3.97