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Hello,

Wondering if anyone has any photos to share comparing the two lenses (Sigma 15-30mm EX).
I am considering both lenses, is the canon 16-35L 2.98 worth the cost?

Thank you for your help!
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cauko said:
Wondering if anyone has any photos to share comparing the two
lenses (Sigma 15-30mm EX).
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Both are pretty good lenses, and both have their strengths and weaknesses. In particular, the 15 mm on the Sigma could be very useful against the D60's 1.6x crippling factor, if you can get past the filter issue.
cauko said:
I am considering both lenses, is the canon 16-35L 2.98 worth the cost?
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Yes, if you take advantage of it.

Except one, all of these came from my 16-35L -- and they all print very well:

http://valhallaphotos.com/html/Galleries/LandscapeGalleries.htm
 
Doug Walker said:
The Sigma 15-30 can use an 82mm filter for the D30/60/10D. Just
screw it into the lens cap sleeve.

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Cauko

I have had the Sgma for over a year now and to be quite honest I have never had a wide angle lens that satisfied me as much and we are talking Canon 'L's, Leica M and R's. Don't ask me why cos at that price the competition should blow it away but it doesn't(and thats on the D30/60 and 1Ds.)

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As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I own this lens.

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Doug Walker said:
As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses
like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum
by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I
own this lens.
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So do I. the only filter that is necessary on a digital camera is a polarizer. It will cause vignetting.

Ciao
Stefan
 
vignettes for me with hoya super hmc pro thin circ polarizer on d60 at 15mm maybe even 16.
Doug Walker said:
As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses
like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum
by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I
own this lens.

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Doug Walker
Check my profile for equipment list.
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donato said:
Doug Walker said:
As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses
like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum
by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I
own this lens.

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Doug Walker
Check my profile for equipment list.
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Doug Walker
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Stefan Schott said:
Doug Walker said:
As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses
like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum
by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I
own this lens.
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So do I. the only filter that is necessary on a digital camera is a
polarizer. It will cause vignetting.

Ciao
Stefan
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cauko said:
Hello,

Wondering if anyone has any photos to share comparing the two
lenses (Sigma 15-30mm EX).
I am considering both lenses, is the canon 16-35L 2.98 worth the cost?

Thank you for your help!
--
Cauko
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Only if you need f 2.8. Here is Sigma @ 15 mm (full frame! Warning, 3 MB):

http://www.pbase.com/image/14072261

Personally i don´t see anything left to improve, no CA, sharp corners, not much llight fall off. That´s some darn good $ 500 glass.

The only advantage of the 16-35mm beside the f 2.8 is the possibility to use front filters. This works with the Sigma only with the 1.6 crop.

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donato said:

Doug Walker said:
donato said:
Doug Walker said:
As long as you use a thin filter designed for wide angle lenses
like the Hoya Pro series. There are many posts here in this forum
by those who have successfully used a thin filter on the Sigma. I
own this lens.

--
Doug Walker
Check my profile for equipment list.
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And this isn't taking anything away from the Sigma OR your great shot

But even a £145 Cosina 19-35 will perform at F11 and most people are interested about how iot may perform full frame wide open or at least at F5.6 or so.. only on rare occasions, with a powerful flash or when landscape chasing with a Tripod can anyone get anywhere near that heavily stopped down.

How does it perform below F8 ? ..

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cauko said:
Hello,

Wondering if anyone has any photos to share comparing the two
lenses (Sigma 15-30mm EX).
I am considering both lenses, is the canon 16-35L 2.98 worth the cost?

Thank you for your help!
--
Cauko
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D60, G2, Elan 7E QD, Rebel 2000, 24-70L, 70-200L IS, 100-400L IS, 50mm f1.4, 85mm f/1.8, 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro, 135mm f/2, 200mm f/2.8 USM, 1-550EX, 2-420EXs, MT-24EX, Bogen Tri-pod w/head, Bogen monopod and the usual filters, cable releases and accessories.
 
As I wrote in another post:

Sure you can notice some softness wide open but still more than usable.

Sample taken at ISO 1000, handheld at 1/15s f/3.5 !!!!
The whole image:



The 1:1 crop:



Mskad.
Adam-T said:
And this isn't taking anything away from the Sigma OR your great shot

But even a £145 Cosina 19-35 will perform at F11 and most people
are interested about how iot may perform full frame wide open or at
least at F5.6 or so.. only on rare occasions, with a powerful flash
or when landscape chasing with a Tripod can anyone get anywhere
near that heavily stopped down.

How does it perform below F8 ? ..

--
Please ignore the Typos, I'm the world's worst Typist

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

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cauko said:
Wondering if anyone has any photos to share comparing the two
lenses (Sigma 15-30mm EX).
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No, but here's a real-life sample from my 16-35L. I shot this on a D60 set to it's lowest in-camera sharpening, in jpeg mode:









If your camera is set to normal sharpening, you have to apply some USM to these crops for a meaningful comparison to what you're used to. I'd use about 0.3 pix, 100%, 0 threshold.

I've got more crops up to evaluate sharpness, contrast, color rendition, and flare. I don't have any resolution-test sharpness pictures, but I have a few real-world ones..

http://valhallaphotos.com/html/Misc/Reviews/EF16-35L-P3.htm#Crops
 
Thanks for posting those, very informative as a comparison to our own 16-35Ls ... The 16-35 is soft compared to the 28-70L and especially the breathtaking 80-200L (I'm sure you know what I'm getting at since you hired the 300 F4 prime) but it gets places where no other lens does and that is usability at F2.8 which is more than can be said for ANY other Ultra wide angle zoom -

I just can't wait to go full frame and get my money's worth from the lens as a proper Ultra wide angle instead of a mediocre 25-57mm zoom .. I'll be processing some Full frame Chromes soon taken with it at a true 16mm , and when I can book some time on the Imacon I'll post them :)

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Please ignore the Typos, I'm the world's worst Typist

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

 
mskad said:
Sure you can notice some softness wide open but still more than
usable.

Sample taken at ISO 1000, handheld at 1/15s f/3.5 !!!!
The whole image:



The 1:1 crop:



Mskad.
Adam-T said:
And this isn't taking anything away from the Sigma OR your great shot

But even a £145 Cosina 19-35 will perform at F11 and most people
are interested about how iot may perform full frame wide open or at
least at F5.6 or so.. only on rare occasions, with a powerful flash
or when landscape chasing with a Tripod can anyone get anywhere
near that heavily stopped down.

How does it perform below F8 ? ..

--
Please ignore the Typos, I'm the world's worst Typist

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

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--
Please ignore the Typos, I'm the world's worst Typist

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

 
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