Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO RF 35mm Zoom
Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO RF 35mm Zoom
USER REVIEWS
[Feb 14, 2022]
Aina K.
Strength:
My experience has been a bit different than most others here, as I find this lens to produce very sharp images. I use it on a Nikon D70, and shoot RAW files. I've shot mostly in the focal length range of 400mm to 500mm, still good and sharp. drywall company near me atlanta ga Weakness:
None so far. Purchased: New
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[Nov 19, 2021]
Janwil
Strength:
It's really a great buy! Nice quality. survey company Mesa Arizona Weakness:
None yet. Would love to see more posts from here. |
[Jul 08, 2021]
stussy
Strength:
We are capable of helping with a variety of concrete services, big and small. With our team of experienced Concerte Driveways Portland. Weakness:
none so far Purchased: New
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[May 05, 2021]
hendrenu
Strength:
Great optics - sharp even wide open, great color and contrast. Flair and AC are not bad to be noticed. Good tripod collar. My kids really enjoyed using this. | SF Concrete Pumping Weakness:
Lens creeks terribly. Purchased: New
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[Feb 14, 2020]
jeffbozo
Strength:
I was lucky and purchased a truly mint condition used Sigma 170-500 for use with my Nikon D80 10.2MP DSLR w/grip. It has been an excellent investment. I have not used any other brand of lens in the 300 to 500mm range, where I use this lens the most (primarily for wildlife and nature), so I cannot compare one vs the other. What I can say is that, when using a tripod with a remote shutter release, the results of images throughout the focal range has surpassed my expectations, especially considering what I paid. And, even handheld, the percentage of shots that were perfectly in focus was pretty good, though nowhere near the nearly 100% when using my tripod. As a note, I use a Manfrotto Bogen 3221W with 804RC2 pan/tilt head. And, on that subject, the Sigma tripod collar is excellent and operates smoothly. At times the lens can be a bit slow focusing, when compared to, say, my Nikon 55-300mm Zoom Lens, but the difference has not been that much to make me dislike the lens in the least. I am quite sure that the Nikon 200-400mm f/4G Super Telephoto Zoom would surpass this lens in every way, but for the price I would expect that to be the case. The colors are very nice and there is good contrast in the images I have taken. The depth of field produces a sharp and clear main object and a great Bokeh (blur) in the background. The zoom operates very smooth throughout, no stickiness or hang-ups. It can suffer from chromatic aberration (CA) in very high-contrast situations where the background is quite bright and foreground objects are dark. There is definitely lens creep, no way around that unless you decide to use a band. For me, I simply have the strap around my neck and hold the camera in my palm, with the lens pointed up, when walking. Keep in mind that this is not a light weight lens. I cannot give it 5 stars for honest all-out performance only 4. For the money, however, I am very pleased with my Sigma 170-500 and would recommend it to anyone who needs to have more than 300mm focal range and does not want to (or cannot, like myself) lay out thousands for a solid performing lens with this focal range. Added Nov 19, 2012: This lens will work in both AF and MF mode with camera bodies that have the motor to drive the lens, such as a D80, D100, D3, etc. It will only manual focus on models such as the D40, D60, D3000, D5100, etc. Weakness:
print stickers | sticker printing | printing services | business printing Purchased: Used
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[May 02, 2011]
Ted
Intermediate
Strength:
you can have photo from this lens on front page CBC ottawa or montreal your photography. or from my page
Weakness:
is slow and dust going in I am looking to clean dust from inside of the lens ?
looks to me slow but great and have sharp image , I was pay for canon sigma $1200 paint go off and dust go in ? but this older lens looks to me have all and is working fine on my sony A100
Similar Products Used: sigma 150-500mm for canon
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[Apr 07, 2009]
yc
Intermediate
Strength:
Great optics - sharp even wide open, great color and contrast. Flair and AC are not bad to be noticed. Good tripod collar.
Weakness:
Lens cap is a joke. Lens creeks terribly. AF not good for moving tracking, MF not accurate. Heavy (not the lens fault for sure, but still, it's heavy) To me a 1.5lb lens is not heavy, but 3 pounder is. A great tele with crystal sharp image and beautiful color, if the subject is not moving. Basically this is a poor man's tele that happens to have great optics, yes, the optics is fantastic, but not much else.
Customer Service None Similar Products Used: None. This lens is perhaps the cheapest 500mm tele out there today. With the Mark II out with HSM, this lens is even cheaper today, which makes this a great buy if you are not shooting flying birds. I tried the birds a couple times and give up - AF is just impossible - with 350D and 40D and 5D. AF Canon 70-200 USM is instant, on the other hand. But at 200mm, it's way too short. |
[Oct 24, 2008]
Hoang
Casual
Strength:
Good value of money (of course can not compared with the L lens but alot better than the Cosina 400mm that I used before)
Weakness:
Heavy, blur photo in bad weather I just bought the lens well used from a private seller at £230 (around $378 at current exchange) and tried tens shot with my Canon 20D. The photos at 170mm is quite good while 500mm is well acceptable. I picked a pine branch around 15m away at F76.3 and F7.2 and still see the spider web very clearly in hand-keep mode.
Customer Service None Similar Products Used: Cosina 400mm, Canon 300mm L USM |
[Jun 14, 2008]
John
Expert
Strength:
Sharp images, reasonable price
Weakness:
Very unforgiving of less-than-perfect technique, zoom creep if the lens is pointed downward, CA in certain situations with overexposed or very bright background with darker foreground objects. My experience has been a bit different than most others here, as I find this lens to produce very sharp images. I use it on a Nikon D70, and shoot RAW files. I've shot mostly in the focal length range of 400mm to 500mm, still good and sharp.
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[Jun 02, 2008]
Bob King
Intermediate
Strength:
Zoom range, quite reasonable image quality, price - it includes a tripod ring, a hood and a carry case.
Weakness:
No zoom lock, filter size, though mine (used) came with a uv filter, noisy focus. This is a good lens for what it is - a "consumer zoom". You would have to spend a lot more money to get significantly better image quality such as provided by a Canon L zoom such as the 100-400 L. It can be hand held with an appropriately high shutter speed but I find its best used with some sort of support, even if its a monopod. I find I get the best images with the lens mounted on a sturdy tripod, stopped down a bit and using a remote shutter release. I use it on my Canon DSLRs but haven't used it on my film bodies. Customer Service Not needed Similar Products Used: Canon 70-200 f/2.8L with 1.4x teleconverter, Canon 70-300 IS |