Sigma 12-24mm

[scanman]

Not sure if this len is still available in the market.
Anyone recently bought one? know the price? where u got it from?

Thaks

[psychobiologist]

still available at OP, grey for 970, not sure abt else where.

just sold mine

[Clown]

last i know from tcw was 850 new.

[KangS]

TCW one should be a grey set at that price.

Local sets are about a little over $1k. I just got mine and still getting the hang of it. Its not sharp wide open, but once you step it down to about F8 and lower say F11 , F13, its really impressive.

Its a really a tricky lens to buy due to the extremely large variations in quality. So it may be prudent to get a local set and have the option of an exchange in case you get a 'lemon'. As online feedback seems to indicate, there are more bad ones than good ones. But the good ones are extremely good, so much so, some of the landscape / architecture guys use it like a prime instead ! As in its almost 99% used at the 12mm end because of its extremely well controlled distortion.

Just got mine a week, but still cannot decide for sure if I got a 'lemon' or not as its not as fantastic as some guys describe to be but yet it seems good enough.

[scanman]

Originally Posted by KangS TCW one should be a grey set at that price. Local sets are about a little over $1k. I just got mine and still getting the hang of it. Its not sharp wide open, but once you step it down to about F8 and lower say F11 , F13, its really impressive. Its a really a tricky lens to buy due to the extremely large variations in quality. So it may be prudent to get a local set and have the option of an exchange in case you get a 'lemon'. As online feedback seems to indicate, there are more bad ones than good ones. But the good ones are extremely good, so much so, some of the landscape / architecture guys use it like a prime instead ! As in its almost 99% used at the 12mm end because of its extremely well controlled distortion. Just got mine a week, but still cannot decide for sure if I got a 'lemon' or not as its not as fantastic as some guys describe to be but yet it seems good enough.

Thanks for the review. Any photo review on the len?

BTW Is is worth getting the lens in HK other than the lemon issue? waranty should be international rt?
thanks!!

[gohaj]

Originally Posted by scanman Thanks for the review. Any photo review on the len? BTW Is is worth getting the lens in HK other than the lemon issue? waranty should be international rt? thanks!!

photo review @ http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/len...ikon/index.htm

i use this lens for my macau trip. see photos @ http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=320904

[ortega]

where to buy, how much questions belong to the consumer's corner
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