Thread: Sigma 30mm

Caught reading.

This was last night with 2 dim 12volt RV lights as our only light (except the TV 10 feet to her left rear). One light was 5ft high and 5ft to her left front. The other was actually around the corner of the overhead cabinet. In other words, very little light. The camera was hand held up against the cabinet for stability. (I shake considerably) Focus had no trouble locking.
There is no PP, except sizing for posting.


This one I did a simple desaturate in PS.

E-p2, Sigma 30mm f2.8, Program mode.

nice.....looks mighty sharp. So you are mainly an manual focus guy Steve? Old school! I enjoy manual focusing on occasion, but I'd say 90% of the time, I prefer for the camera to do it. As long as I am in control of telling the camera "where" to do it.

couldn't resist for 99£ :-) Bought one yesterday. My first shot - while walking back from the store...

window-shopping :)

that one by tilman paulin, on Flickr

Where so cheap?

Got it from Cameraworld in Wells Street.
Online Camera Retailers with Stores in London and Chelmsford - CameraWorld.co.uk

That's so annoying, I just paid £149 for one to use on my NEX :(

Wow that is a great price. Might be tempted now. Any further thoughts, Tilman, on how it performs? What camera is it on?

@christilou: yeah, that's a bit annoying. Since it happens with tech products all the time, I try not to look at prices anymore once I bought anything. I know, easier said than done. :)

@digi2ap: Haven't had much time to use it yet. Just goy it on saturday. It is on my OM-D EM5, so it becomes a 60mm equivalent, a focal length I haven't used much before.

Only thing I can say already: If you want to use it for spontaneous snaps, it might not be ideal because of the ~3-4sec wake-up time it has when switching on the camera (or even when waking the camera from powersave).
Bit unusual, but I guess you get what you pay for :) And optically it seems to be fine.

(One other caveat: the first sample I got wasn't recognized by the camera. Cameraworld swapped it out no problem for a working one, but it wasn't a great "start" with the lens of course.)