Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - Printable Version +- Opticallimits (https://forum.opticallimits.com) +-- Forum: Forums (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Nikon (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=12) +--- Thread: Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art (/showthread.php?tid=152) |
Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - mst - 09-25-2017 Yep... DX reviews finally coming back to life. Long overdue, I know... https://photozone.smugmug.com/Reviews/Sigma-18-35mm-f18-DC-Art-DX/ -- Markus Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - JJ_SO - 09-25-2017 It looks as nice as it was when it came out 3 years ago. Did you enjoy using it? Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - mst - 09-26-2017 Quote:It looks as nice as it was when it came out 3 years ago.Feel free to go on... and no worries, I'm well aware I deserve it Quote:Did you enjoy using it?Surprisingly: yes. I was afraid I'd miss reach, but at least on the occasions where I used it (day trips within Switzerland) I didn't. Honestly, though: it's definitely on the heavy side (for a travel lens) and I did not necessarily need the speed for this kind of usage. But I could imagine it as a "portable DX pro kit" together with the 50-100 Art. Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - JJ_SO - 09-26-2017 Switzerland is such a small country, with too long of FL you're looking already to France or Italy. I also kind of imagined it to become part of a Foveon zoom kit for a sd quattro (no "H", just the normal APS-C-size). But after I felt the weight of the 50-100 I changed plans. With a versatile high res body like the D850 there's not much left for Sigma Foveons. Now I wonder what your comments will be about focusing the 18-35 with the big AF rectangles of Nikon. Preview: Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art - mst - 09-26-2017 That's especially true for Geneva I haven't handled the 50-100 Art, yet, once I do, I might change my mind about the "portable" pro kit Focusing worked quite well with the 18-35, no issues at all. Unlike the 30/1.4 Art... |