New toy

Fajitas!

Picking this little baby up in the morning...

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3301&navigator=6

I'm really looking forward to it... Grins all round!

rabbitinlights

Sweet, Im thinking of getting an ultra wide lense too, this one has been high up on the list or maybe's, will you give us a review of it with some photos after you have it for a few days?

how much was it?

Fajitas!

Getting it for 500 new, I was offered a Tokina 12-24mm here in Waterford for 590, open for haggeling, but tbh, this has a better ap, better focal length and it's a sigma, not that there's anything wrong with tokina, I know of some photographers that swear by them!

I'll give it a review, I'll take a few night shots when I get home tomorrow, and I'll be doing a few portraits for a chap and his kid, so I might ask if he'd be my guinea pig for this too... Mmmm...Ultra wide portraits....

Now I have to save up for a zigviewer....

qwertz

Watch your feet (you'll understand once you use the lens)

Dimy

Good stuff, don't forget to show it off with some results!

Fajitas!

qwertz wrote:

Watch your feet (you'll understand once you use the lens)

Lol, I've used fisheyes before...Haha! "wtf are those two blob...ooooooooooooooooh"

rymus

great lens alright, had one for about 6 months and still love using it. Enjoy

halenger

Fajitas! wrote:

Getting it for 500 new, I was offered a Tokina 12-24mm here in Waterford for 590, open for haggeling, but tbh, this has a better ap, better focal length and it's a sigma, not that there's anything wrong with tokina, I know of some photographers that swear by them!

If you haven't bought, read this: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms/comparison.htm
(I realize some people hate this guy with a vengeance, it's just a handy comparison - always read around!)

Otherwise enjoy.

The Tokina has better aperture by the way. It's a constant F/4 where as the Sigma is F/4-5.6. I'm considering one of these myself - the Tokina, possibly. I need to win the lottery already.

pgbtec

I "stole" the sigma from a friend, now he wants it back and I can't seem to part with it...I love it, crisp, smooth, not too heavy but feels good quality. Guess I need to try the tokina to do a fair comparison.

Fajitas!

Just got it today, love it already!

Halenger, I had the Tokina yesterday, lovely lens, I have to say, but I really do prefer the 10-20! It's a good review alright, though as he said it really is the widest!

I'll stick up some random shots from today when I get a chance, and there'll be one or two more tomorrow when I try it for portraits...test the water

Oriel

We want photographs! We want photographs!

Fajitas!

Bah, these are just three crap examples, I have't had a chance to do anything decent with it yet other than... "ooooooh wide"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/FajitasGTR/ChurchBW.jpg

Taken at 20mm.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/FajitasGTR/Cars20mm.jpg

20mm again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/FajitasGTR/Schtuff/TrevorCloseUp.jpg

Taken at 10mm, about 3 inches from young Trevors face.

Warning:I haven't resized them yet - Lets hope you're using Firefox :P

rabbitinlights

More @ 10mm........... If its not too much bother, Id love some indoor shots to see how much of a room it can take in?

S.

Fajitas!

The portraits today were a no go, rescheduled to next week. I haven't had a chance to take any decent ones yet, nevermind indoor ones!

The best way to describe it is, your eye can see at 180 degree's (Which is typically a fisheye, though they are usually about 175), this has an angle of 102 degree's at 10mm. It's quite a lot, considering that a 28mm lens usually has about a 70 degree, and a 70mm has about a 35 degree...telephoto's are more along the lines of 12 degree's... If you understand that!

Also, on the Sigma website it specifies that it's built for digital SLR's, I popped it onto my analogue, and got some lovely rounded borders at 10mm. Should look quite nice with sensia 400 when the weather comes round! Even nicer with a rounded rectangle with the lens hood on.