Sigma 10-20 on FX

[vilaro]

Hi, just wandering how the Sigma 10-20mm lens would go on a Nikon FX camera. I'm thinking of getting this lens to use on my D300 and want to be able to use it on an FX camera when i upgrade soon.

 

[myshkin]

If you plan to upgrade soon don't get this lens unless you buy it used. I would not recommend this lens to you for FX use.
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[ExposureMeter]

Nice lens for DX BUT not for FX.

It will work on an FX camera in DX mode otherwise it will vignette badly in FX mode.

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Geoff
Gold Coast, Australia

 

[Deleted-pending]

Not usable at all. I just tried it out, the sweet spot through the viewfinder being around 14mm (offering the less vignetting), but in fact, images end up in a big dark circle. It can provide a fancy artistic effect tough.The second problem I am encountering is mushy overall sharpness. Very weird as the lens is quite sharp on my DX.

 

[FlossTycoon]

If you like what you see with the 10mm-20mm on your DX you will really like what the Nikkor 16mm-35mm f4 will do for your new FX.

Using the DX lens on the FX body in cropped mode will give you something like you are getting on the DX body but you are throwing away lots of FX pixels. If you use the 10mm-20mm a lot you may be disappointed. At least you can use the DX lens on the FX body until you can afford to purchase the equivalent FX wide angle zoom.
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Alan, in Montana

 

[ShotFromTheSidewalk]

I would like some comment on this. i have used the tokina 11-16 (dx) on the d700. at the 11mm end, there is lots of vignetting. a nice circle in fact that i could crop in different ways. the magic happens at the 16mm end. no vignetting in FX mode. granted lots of distortion around the sides. but i believe ths gives me 11 mm full frame.

i wonder if the sigma would be the same?

 

[Deleted-pending]

I would like some comment on this. i have used the tokina 11-16 (dx) on the d700. at the 11mm end, there is lots of vignetting. a nice circle in fact that i could crop in different ways. the magic happens at the 16mm end. no vignetting in FX mode. granted lots of distortion around the sides. but i believe ths gives me 11 mm full frame.

i wonder if the sigma would be the same?

No, the Sigma does vignette heavily even @ its sweet point on FF (around 14mm). The dark circle around is Huge. I would not recommend it at all.

 

[lwiley]

It vignettes significantly.











Leroy

 

[Deleted-pending]

It vignettes significantly.











Leroy

Very interesting, on my Nikon F100, the vignetting @ 14mm is as obvious than your results @ 10mm...How is that possible ?

 

[lwiley]

Very interesting, on my Nikon F100, the vignetting @ 14mm is as obvious than your results @ 10mm...How is that possible ?

I can't help there. I don't have a film camera to try and I can't imagine why the results would be so different versus digital.

Leroy

 

[vilaro]

Thanks very much to everyone for their comments, which were very helpful.

 

[WildSammy]

Because of the sunhood
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[Deleted-pending]

Because of the sunhood
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no, the sunhood was off all the time. but I guess that a FF digital sensor is a bit smaller than the whole exposed surface of a 35mm film frame.

 

[Vic Chapman]

For quite a while I used my DX Tokina 12-24mm f4 on my D700. So long as I kept between 18 and 24 mm it worked fine with no vignetting. The problem was remembering to drop the camera from my eye to check on the lens that I wasn't wider than 18mm because the vignetting was not always apparent through the viewfinder.
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[JamieTux]

Here's mine on an old F3 at about 17mm a few years ago



I had the variable aperture version - which one do you have?

BUT I much prefer my 16-35VR f4... I did have the 14-24mm but as others have said it's the best lens I never used.
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James
http://photos.jamestux.com
http://blog.jamestux.com

 

[gorandle]

It works very well on my D750 with auto DX recognition enabled. Have compared results to other Nikon lenses, allowing for 1.5 focal length difference and images almost exactly the same.

 

[jerryh2]

You realize this thread is 8 years old?