Originally posted by Driline How has your experience been with this lens? Did you have a kit lens that this replaced?
I never had a kit lens at all.
The lens had a great build quality and the IQ was great. But....as with most of my Sigma lens purchases, it had pretty bad back focus. Now I know I could adjust it with the AF fine adjustment, or send it in to Sigma with my camera for calibration, but when I buy a new lens, especially for that kind of money, I expect it to be right on. I sent it back. I've had similar experiences with a couple new Sigma lenses, so pretty much gave up on them all. I now have a DA* 16-50 that I am very happy with.
Please don't take my experience or attitude about Sigma lenses to heart in making your own decision. It really is a fine lens and if the one I bought didn't have the back focus issues I would have been very happy with it.