Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That Signma looks like a great performer. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 25-apr-07, om 23:12 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven: > At 8:57 AM -0500 4/25/07, Harrison McClary wrote: >> Ok...I am thinking about buying this lens. Do those of you who >> have it like it? From what I have read it is a very nice little >> lens, and I admit the radical POV of a 12 intrigues me. I have a >> 16 for my EOS so I am not too interested in the VC 15, if I am >> going to go wide, I want even wider than what I already have. >> >> Thanks for any input as to the quality/fun of this lens. If you >> have some sample photos I'd love to see them also. >> >> -- >> Harrison McClary > > Hi Harrison, > > I've had the 12 since it came out, and I also use the 12-24 Sigma > on the 5D. Optically, the 12 is better except of course with > respect to vignetting, but they are both fully useable. I've used > the CV lens with a center filter at times (http://archiphoto.com/ > Various/RD1vignette/source/12.htm), but usually it gets used > without. I don't have any pictures posted with the CV, but I do > have a couple taken with the Sigma: > > http://archiphoto.com/Various/China/source/img_3145.htm > http://archiphoto.com/Various/China/source/img_3550.htm > > Besides the usual architectural stuff I've also used the 12 CV for > shooting wildlife. Birds in particular. Who needs those 560's? :-) > > In 2000 I was in the Galapagos, shortly after I got the lens. One > local species, the red-footed booby perches mostly in bushes, and I > mean 'in'. If you shoot from the outside you sometimes only get > branches. So I took the camera with 12mm lens, set it on 18" or > less, stuck the whole thing into the bush and took 'environmental > portraits'. The birds might have been a bit put off by someone > poking their hand into their bush, but they didn't move. I'll have > to see if I can scan one of those shots. I don't remember how well > they turned out, though. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >