Review on Sigma 17 70Mm F2 8 4 Contemporary Macro by Ninad Shinde

Name: Sigma 17 70Mm F2 8 4 Contemporary Macro
Item: Sigma 17 70Mm F2 8 4 Contemporary Macro
Rating: 3

September 13, 2022

I expected more from the purchase, but not the worst option.

This lens cannot cost more than 6-7 thousand, as it seems to me. I compared the result with Sigma 24-60 2.8, canon 28-105L 4, Tamron 17-50 2.8. The ridiculous price difference from 24-60 does not correspond to the difference in picture quality: the sigma with the "ring" is much "softer", the colors live, the bokeh is "watercolor", indoors at 2,8 / 50 you can safely shoot without a flash, where for 17 -70 flash required. My personal opinion is that for an unpretentious photographer, normal glass, for 7-8 thousand))

Pros

A good replacement for a kit lens in terms of aperture and focal lengths. Comfortable rubberized zoom and focus rings, lens hood included. Better than a whale, it works out small details (does not "smoke" on tree branches). Perhaps that's all.

Cons

Very strong distortion at the short end when shooting landscapes, you have to pull it out. Not a portrait, rough drawing of lines (the whale is somewhere softer), it easily "burns out" colors (a slight overexposure passes through it like a solid white spot, I shoot only in raw at 50D). The vignette is very noticeable, especially with side-backlight, both with and without a hood. His 2.8 is darker than the 2.8 of the 24-60 by 1 or 2 stops (design affects). "Dirty" bokeh, does not draw from small details, does not twist, but simply makes a sieve. And specifically, my copy has serious problems with autofocus - in 30% of cases it focuses on a large object BEHIND my point. That is, I aim at a person - and the wall behind him turns out to be in focus. This is most likely a copy.

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Machi Akemi ᠌

November 16, 2022

Has pros: Sharp, fast, fast, comfortable, as regular. Cons below: At a wide angle - soapy . especially at the edges of the frame. However - when printing up to A4 - it is not noticeable.