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Telezoom for Sigma SD 15

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
SandyF Forum Pro • Posts: 15,092
Re: sample 70-300mm including ISO100, 200, 400, 800 online

Jhnns and Ted, thanks for your comments. My serious recommendation for your SD15 would be to buy one excellent prime lens now, get to know the camera, then decide what longer zoom to buy. For prime I would recommend the current production 30mm f1.4. It takes exquisitely sharp photos on the SD15. Look at my caboose photos with that combination. The old 2000 era 50mm f/2.8 EX lens is also excellent on the SD15. Look at my manual focus of lotus flowers in pond with the SD15 last month. Sigma NY fixed the auto focus rapidly and inexpensively for me. My older 105mm EX prime non-OS seems a bit hit or miss on the SD15. It was better on the SD10/14. I don't know why, electronics?

I may have some other lens you've mentioned, I'll look and try them. As a general point newer Sigma lenses are much sharper or with OS (stabilization) than the early 2000 to mid-2000 yr lenses. Some of those didn't work too well on the digital cameras at least in auto focus. I mainly used the 17-70mm OS from about 2013 and now on my SD15.

See what you can find in your area for a good sharp prime in SA mount. Keep checking with this forum. With everyone here we have probably used most of them.

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