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Latest Review Posted	Sigma "HIGH-SPEED WIDE" Aspherical II 28mm F1.8 I've been really happy with this lens for indoor snapshots. It has all the ingredients you need for indoors: wide angle, AF, fast aperture. I never have to use a flash. It also makes a great lens for videos. The kit lens gave me grainy videos but not with this lens. The autofocus works. It performs about the same as the kit lens. No complaints. Sharpness of this lens is great. It's good at f/1.7 unless you pixel peep. It gets peep worthy at around f.2.8 and maxes out around f/5.6. I like the size of this lens. I also considered the newer Sigma 28mm 1.8 lens but it was much bigger and more expensive. The newer version has macro though this one has a pretty short minimum focus distance of about 1.3 feet. With a little cropping you can get the same effect. I've had some good bokeh with this lens and some not so good. I'd rate it neutral. At close distances and max aperture the bokeh is smooth. At longer distances and smaller apertures its just ok. Flare can be a problem. Mine came with a petal hood and that helps a bit. I've also noticed CAs at large apertures under tough conditions. Here are some example shots at f/1.7: * This one is slightly cropped http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/4628898287_9b4e7c469b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4629499532_be882abfe2.jpg

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