Low Price
Good range
Nice macro

Color and sharpness are weak

It is a nice lens for casual shooting and low-resolution work, but the color is weak and the details are soft.

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Versatile focal length. Light.

Soft at both ends. Slow. Distortions and CA. Poor contrast.

I bought this lens in an attempt to replace the kit lens for my Canon Digital Rebel, but I quickly found that this lens was not going to cut it. It was way too slow to be useful in anything but bright daylight, it produced soft images with poor contrast and there was noticable distortion and chromatic abberations. Not a good lens.

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Canon 28-105 Sigma 18-125

Quick autofocus & relatively compact size/light weight

Sharpness at wide apertures. It's a good thing that fast film is so good these days & still better than digital

Not too sure about this. Useful zoom range but much better quality at small apertures. Distortion acceptable & sharpness adequate.

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Price, range, hood included.

Heavy, barell distortion at ends, not very sharp, flare, small DOF.

Sorry for my english. My SIGMA AF 28-200 DL ASP is older version with 72mm filter diam. I use this lens with my Nikon F70 and i was satisfied with it´s range and price. However, i find that my lens are after 5 years broken. Focusing ring moves not smothly by manual focusing, manual focus is practically impossible; by switching to AF works relatively good. In addition, i have not sharp pictures now. I must go to service and repair. After i bought this lens 5 years ago, pictures are good sharp, not very sharp, but enough for me. This is good lens in you travel often. Good cooperate with my SB27 Speedligh flash, pictures with flash and this lens are very good. Not good for architecture, barell distortion at the end of range is heavy. Moving out the lens if you are the SLR overhand is not pleasant. Generally i think, for 5 years, this is good, not so good lens for family and travel photography, not if you want very sharp and no distorted images. After service i will sell it a replaced with standard zoom 28-70(80)f/2,8.

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I need repair wrong function of manual focusing ring. I have no practice with service.

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Not used

Light, cheap, relatively sharp, 62mm filter, hood included.

Vignetting at 28mm, flare below 100 mm.

Just a few words. This zoom (the 62mm filter size) is small, light and takes good pictures, but it is not a good lens. Barrel distorion at 28-40 and pincushion at 80-200 it is not a good thing. This model has a zoom lock buttom, so zoom creeping is not an issue. I have noticed a SEVERE vignetting problem at 28 mm, and it is unnaceptable for me.

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Not needed.

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Tamron 70-210 for pentax-K

Compact size allows you to keep this lens on your camera. Very good contrast and resolution in middle zoom ranges. Wide end of range at 28mm and 200mm very acceptable. No vigenetting noticed at 28mm. AF performance is quick.

Could use a wider apeture but this is the consumer version. Older version has a tendency to creep to longer zoom when on neck strap.

After purchasing this lens became my workhorse. Compact and versatile with very good picture quality. Keep on your camera quality and portability.

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Not needed in the 3 years I have owned this lens.

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Various Pentax 28- 80mm, Vivitar series 1 35 to 135, Phoenix 100-400mm.

Price, quality optics, speed of focus.

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This lens is very good and very better of the one than some of the line of the Canon (35-80). So far only I have to say that it is an excellent lens, safe focus fast e. I obtain to use all the functions of the camera with this lens. I advise who wants a powerful lens and of quality unquestionable optics to the price of $180!

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Sharp Cheaper

I haven't found anything until now

I own the Sigma Hyperzoom 28-200mm 3.5-5.6 with the following specifications: Macro: 1: 3.8 / focusing distance: 0.48 cm Lens construction: 14-16 Weight : 390 g. Minolta mount (D) Zoom lock switch and lens hood FILTER SIZE : 72 mm. This objective works really good. This is sharp and easy to work with it. However I have observed that my objective has almost all specifications as the new Compact Hyperzoom but only one thing makes the difference, my objective has 72mm and the new compact has 62mm. May be my hyperzoom is a little "old" but it works well. I am content with the performance.

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If you have some questions they answer them really fast.

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Minolta 35-105mm

Zoom Range, Macro capability, size, weight, Price!

Optical quality, durability, stiff zoom rotation, etc.

What do you expect from a lens that claims to do it all? Well, this Sigma delivers what it promises and nothing more. It will shoot 28mm up to 200mm and have very good Macro capability for a zoom of this range. For the price and the versatility this lens is a super deal. When you compare the sharpness, distortion, color, AF speed and other performance of the lens, this lens will not match the competition. So if you plan to make large prints (8x10 or bigger) this lens is not a good choice. If you are looking for a do-it-all travel lens that will let you take a close up of a flower, then a wide angle of a building, and then a zoom shot of a sail boat…then this is a great choice. The build quality is on par with the price. Don’t abuse the lens and you shouldn’t have any problems. This lens is the lowest optical quality of any I have ever owned, but it remains the best value in terms of flexability.

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decently sharp at 200mm decent build quality good price compact

autofocusing poor in comparison to canon usm

this review is for the newest version of the 28-200 i.e.the uc with 62mm front element. I find it sharp enough at all focal lengths (including at 200mms)for my work(photographing children),equivalent to my 28-135is canon.the build quality is also decent.the only drawback is in af speed;in comparison to the canon 28-200,it hunts a lot more,will cease trying to autofocus even if nothing is in focus and has trouble focusing in low light;not good attributes if you're trying to photograph childern.if I had to it over again I would buy the canon(even though the canon costs almost $150 more).

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none needed so far

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