Lillyflowers's reviews

  • Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM

    9 out of 10 points and recommended
    True WIDE angle for a crop body.
    Extreme distortion of buildings, but hey, it's a wide angle lens, right?

    This has to be hands down the funnest piece of glass we own. The pictures I've been getting are incredible. The incredible wide angle is fantastic for landscapes. If you hold it just so, under some circumstances it can be used as a walk about lens, but don't put people too close to the outside of the frame, they start to look really strange.

    My only real quibble about the set up is the two piece lens cap system. There's a round barrel to which the cap is applied and the whole thing goes over the lens. The cap comes off easily. I've had the lens 5 or 6 weeks and lost the cap last night while out on a shoot.

    reviewed December 7th, 2010 (purchased for $595)