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<blockquote data-quote="Englischdude" data-source="post: 324759" data-attributes="member: 16372"><p>so, i think my previous post was a little premature. have now spent a few hours with the lens and I think some of the points I mentioned were imagination. Ill start afresh:</p><p></p><p>the lens has a really solid feel. it feels like a quality product, looks like one also. hood is supplied with the lens, no bag however.</p><p>THe OS problem I thought I had is not present, the problem is that I was comparing it to the NIKON and tamron stabilization systems which both are really good. The sigmas stabilization, although COMPLETELY silent, is more subtle. what you dont get however is the frame jumping when panning, which makes this lens much easier to use if needing to slightly recompose the image.</p><p>AF is silent, accurate, but does not break any speed records. The manual focus ring has a distance scale (no instant manual focus override), the extended barrel even has a macro scale. The focus ring however only rotates about a quarter turn making fine adjustments, especially at the long FL difficult. Therefore probably not the best lens for video.</p><p></p><p>Distortion is definitely visable at the wide end but easily fixable with one click. I use darktable for raw processing and although the new 18-200 C is not part of the standard lens correction package, the previous 18-200 sigma is in the list and corrects the distortion just fine.</p><p>Flare and CA are well under control, even wide open! This really surprised me.</p><p>So now a few pics:</p><p></p><p></p><p>FAR.</p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748734rb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>NEAR.</p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748760ex.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>BOKEH soft, will of course depend on many factors, aperture, FL, qualities of background components etc.</p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748773uw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Sharpness, both pics lightly sharpened in Darktable.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748777cm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748778qs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Colour rendering is wonderful, "Macro"= acceptable to good performance for this kind of lens:</p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748843sp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748844od.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://up.picr.de/18748845kf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>more to come. stay tuned!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Englischdude, post: 324759, member: 16372"] so, i think my previous post was a little premature. have now spent a few hours with the lens and I think some of the points I mentioned were imagination. Ill start afresh: the lens has a really solid feel. it feels like a quality product, looks like one also. hood is supplied with the lens, no bag however. THe OS problem I thought I had is not present, the problem is that I was comparing it to the NIKON and tamron stabilization systems which both are really good. The sigmas stabilization, although COMPLETELY silent, is more subtle. what you dont get however is the frame jumping when panning, which makes this lens much easier to use if needing to slightly recompose the image. AF is silent, accurate, but does not break any speed records. The manual focus ring has a distance scale (no instant manual focus override), the extended barrel even has a macro scale. The focus ring however only rotates about a quarter turn making fine adjustments, especially at the long FL difficult. Therefore probably not the best lens for video. Distortion is definitely visable at the wide end but easily fixable with one click. I use darktable for raw processing and although the new 18-200 C is not part of the standard lens correction package, the previous 18-200 sigma is in the list and corrects the distortion just fine. Flare and CA are well under control, even wide open! This really surprised me. So now a few pics: FAR. [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748734rb.jpg[/IMG] NEAR. [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748760ex.jpg[/IMG] BOKEH soft, will of course depend on many factors, aperture, FL, qualities of background components etc. [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748773uw.jpg[/IMG] Sharpness, both pics lightly sharpened in Darktable. [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748777cm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748778qs.jpg[/IMG] Colour rendering is wonderful, "Macro"= acceptable to good performance for this kind of lens: [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748843sp.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748844od.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://up.picr.de/18748845kf.jpg[/IMG] more to come. stay tuned! [/QUOTE]
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