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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 1 SIGMA 8-16MM F4.5-5.6 DC HSM INTERCHANGEABLE LENS REVIEW Gary Wo lstenholme takes a lo ok at this unique le ns, which is curr ently the widest r ectiline ar lens available for APS-C sensor cameras.[...]
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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 2 This 8-16mm lens from Si gma costs around £590 and apart from bein g the widest lens currently available for APS-C cropped sensor cameras, it also sports silent internal focusing but doesn't accept filters, wh ich may put those who l ike to use fi lt[...]
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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 3 Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM: Performance Throughout the range, this 8-16mm opti c delivers ve ry good sharpness in the centre from maxi mum aperture, with the quality towards the edges catching up as the lens is stopped down. At 8mm the sharpness in the [...]
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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 4 Chromatic Aberrations at 8mm Chromatic Aberrations at 12mm Chromatic Aberrations at 16mm How to read out charts Chromatic aberration is the lens' inability to focus on the sensor or film all colours of visible light at the same point. Severe chromatic[...]
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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 5 Click on the thumbnails for a high reso lution image. Care needs to be taken not to get your feet in the shot when shooting at 8mm due to the extremely wide field of view. Levels of d istortion are imp ressively low, but especially so at 16mm. Even with th[...]
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Excerpted from: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-8-16mm-f-4-5-5-6-dc-hsm-1 5537 Page 6 Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM: Lens specification Price £590.00 Contact http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com Filter s ize 72mm on push on hood Format APS-C Construction 15 elements in 11 groups Angle-of-view 114.5 - 75.7 degrees 35mm equivalent focal length (o[...]