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| Review of: Sigma Mini Wide II 28mm F2.8 by Bill_R on Mon June 6, 2011 | Rating: 7 | View more reviews | |
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I have the earlier Mini Wide (not II) version of this lens. It lacks the A setting and is fully manual.
I've had it for eons back to film days. It will outlast me for sure.
Lacks contrast and definitely needs a hood. The flange next to the aperture pin needed trimming on my lens to get it to fit on a k-r.
Macro is fairly low at only 1:4.5 (less than even the DA 18-55 Kit Lens). Note it isn't a "Mini Macro" as posted in another review but a "Mini Wide". It's brother was the more expensive 24 mm "Super Wide". Figure they never had just a "wide"
Recommended if you can get it for cheap and want a reasonable fast (compared to kit lens) fixed manual lens to play with. The II version or a newer FA lens would be a better purchase than the plain old "I".
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| Review of: Sigma Macro 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 by Bill_R on Fri June 3, 2011 | Rating: 8 | View more reviews | |
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I haven't had much time to play with this lens but, so far, for the price it is a bargain.
This is an older style of lens with an Aperture ring and DOF scale around the focusing ring but works great when set on A and has Auto-Focus (unlike much older M or A lenses).
The lens is sturdy and has a great feel.
Manual focusing can be a bit touchy.
The range makes it a good walk-around lens with a handy Macro function at 80 mm depending on what type of shots you usually take.
Make sure it's set to 80 mm before trying to flick the Macro button. Leave it on A when using M mode unless you want to use stop-down metering.
For the price you can pick these up they are great value over many older M or A lenses.
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