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Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM AF Standard Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

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Focal Length Description 24-70 millimeters
Lens Type Standard
Compatible Mountings Nikon FX
Camera Lens Description 9

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  • Large aperture standard zoom lens
  • Minimum Focusing Distance : 38cm / 15.0inch, Focal Length : 24-70 mm
  • ELD and SLD glass provides excellent correction of all types of aberrations
  • Super Multi Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting, Equipped with HSM ensuring quiet and high speed AF
  • The rounded 9 blade diaphragm creates an attractive blur

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    Product Description

    Product Description

    This large aperture standard zoom lens covers focal lengths from 24mm and is housed in compact construction. The latest optical design provides an overall length of 94.7cm /3.7inch. It is ideal for general photography such as snapshots, portraiture and landscapes. The Super Multi Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting. ELD (Extraordinary Low Dispersion) glass, two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements and three aspherical lenses provide excellent correction of all types of aberrations. Superior optical performance is ensured throughout the entire zoom range. This lens incorporates HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), ensuring a quiet and high speed AF as well as full time manual focusing capability. This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 38cm/15in and a maximum magnification ratio of 1:5.3. The rounded 9 blades diaphragm creates an attractive blur. It is possible to attach the included petal-type hood to block out extraneous light.

    From the Manufacturer

    Compact large aperture standard zoom lens equipped with HSM for the latest digital SLR cameras

    This large aperture standard zoom lens covers focal lengths from 24mm and is housed in a compact construction. The latest optical design provides a compact construction and is ideal for general photography. ELD (Extraordinary Low Dispersion) glass, two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements and three aspherical lenses provide excellent correction of all types of aberrations. This lens incorporates HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), ensuring a quiet and high speed AF as well as full time manual focus capability. This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 38cm/15in and a maximum magnification ratio of 1:5.3. The rounded 9 blades diaphragm creates an attractive blur.

    Excellent optical performance

    ELD (Extraordinary Low Dispersion) glass, two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements, two molded glass aspherical lenses and a hybrid aspherical lens provide excellent correction for all type of aberrations. High image quality is assured throughout the entire zoom range.

    Large aperture standard zoom lens with compact construction

    The lens has a compact construction with an overall length of 94.7mm (3.7"). It is ideal for many situations such as portrait, landscape and general photography.

    F2.8 large aperture over the entire zoom range

    This lens offers a large aperture of F2.8 over its entire zoom range. It provides freedom of creative expression and is ideal for photography indoors or in dim lighting.

    Hyper Sonic Motor
    HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor)

    HSM indicates lenses equipped with a Hyper Sonic Motor, driven by ultrasonic waves. HSM ensures a quiet and high speed AF as well as full-time manual focus override by rotation of the focus ring.

    Inner focusing system

    The polygonal shape of a conventional iris diaphragm causes outo-focus light points to appear polygonal. A rounded diaphragm is designed to produce rounded outo-focus light points when opened to near maximum aperture. This creates attractive bokeh effects in many situations, such as when photographing a subject against an out-of-focus surface of water from which light is being reflected.

    No Super Multi-Layer Coating (left). With Super Multi-Layer Coating (right).
    Reduced Flare and Ghosting

    Sigma's own Super Multi-Layer Coating suppresses flare and ghosting by preventing reflections within the lens. All DG and DC lenses in the current Sigma range feature this original technology. In digital cameras, flare and ghosting may also be caused by reflections between the image sensor and lens surfaces. Here too, Sigma's Super Multi-Layer Coating is highly effective, assuring images of outstanding contrast.

    Petal-type hood
    This lens is equipped with a Petal-type hood to block out extraneous light and reduce internal reflections.
    Lens Construction

    In a conventional lens, focusing requires an extension of the entire lens or the front lens group. However, to better accommodate autofocusing mechanisms and closeup photography, a need has arisen for lenses that do not change their length during focusing or suffer from focus-dependent variation in aberration. Therefore, Sigma has developed focusing systems that only move elements within the lens barrel. These incorporate smaller and lighter moving lens elements which help improve auto-focus speed. With their unchanging barrel length and small variation in the center of gravity, these lenses also enhance balance and stability for the photographer. Furthermore, since the front of the lens does not rotate, polarizing filters can be used with extra convenience.

    Lens Construction 14 Elements in 12 Groups Angle of View 84.1 -34.3 degrees Number of Diaphragm Blades 9 Blades Minimum Aperture F22 (Rounded diaphragm) Minimum Focusing Distance 38cm / 15.0in. Maximum Magnification 1:5.3 Filter Size Diameter 82mm Dimensions Diameter 88.6mm x Length 94.7mm / 3.5in. x 3.7in. Weight 790g / 27.9oz.
    MTF Chart
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    MTF (Modular Transfer Function) is one of the measurements that evaluates a lens' performance, and it contrasts sensitivity at different spacial frequencies. The horizontal axis is in millimeters and shows the distance from the center of the image toward the edges, and contrast value (highest value is 1) is shown in the vertical axis.

    The readings at 10 lines per millimeter measure the lens' contrast ability (red lines), repeating fine parallel lines spaced at 30 lines per millimeter measure the lens' sharpness ability (green lines), when the aperture is wide open. Fine repeating line sets are created parallel to a diagonal line running from corner to corner of the frame, are called Sagittal lines (S) and sets of repeating lines vertical to these lines are drawn, called Meridional (M) line sets.

    Distortion
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    effective distortion: When you take a picture of a lattice pattern, it will appear as the blue dotted line shows. the red line illustrates how the lattice pattern will appear in the actual picture when any lens distortion is taken into account.

    relative distortion: In this chart, the horizontal axis shows the ideal image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]). The vertical axis shows the extent of distortion. The extent of the distortion is represented by how much Y, which is the actual image height, grows (or shrinks) against Y0 which is the ideal image height.

    Extent of distortion: D[%]=(Y-Y0/Y0)x100

    When you take the picture of a square object, if the distortion amount show a minus value, the image will be seen as expanded (Barrel distortion). If the distortion amount is a plus value, it will be seen as a recessed (pincushi on distortion). When the distortion value is close to 0, the appearance of distortion is very minimal.

    Vignetting
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    The horizontal axis shows the image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]). The vertical axis shows the amount of light in the image (based on the amount of light in the image center being 100%). If the peripheral amount of light is lower than the center, the four corners of the image will be darker (vignetting).

    Customer reviews

    4.1 out of 5 stars
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    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, performance, and value of the lens. They mention that it's a great all-around lens, excellent for weddings and portraits, and well worth the price. Customers also like the sharpness, and quality. However, some customers have mixed opinions on focus and weight.

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    56 customers mention42 positive14 negative

    Customers like the image quality of the lens. They say that it produces clear, sharp images, and it gives a nice bokeh. Customers also mention that the lens is beautifully made and of pro/semi-pro quality, and that it captures details that they would expect with a lens of this quality.

    "...This lens has good contrast and no color shift...." Read more

    "...Great built quality, typical of Sigma EX (high-end lens) * Image Quality: Sharp, good contrast, consistent result across focal length and..." Read more

    "...The photos are sharp and the build quality is pretty solid, especially considering the price. No, it is not weather sealed...." Read more

    "...comparable price.. however, shorter focal range and also does not produce as good images to my eye.. softer, less saturated, etc...." Read more

    56 customers mention49 positive7 negative

    Customers like the lens. They mention that the quality is very good, it's an excellent wedding and portrait lens, and it performed admirably. Some say that the reach 24-70 is a sweet spot when it comes to sharpness.

    "...I am happy with the performance of this lens...." Read more

    "...can use as an everyday walk-around lens, as well as an excellent wedding and portrait lens...." Read more

    "...I can tell you this.. It is an awesome lens. It is a tank of a lens, it is heavy and cumbersome...." Read more

    "...The lens quality is very good except when it comes to the lens hood; it's very thin and bends easily. Overall, the lens barrel is sturdy and compact...." Read more

    38 customers mention34 positive4 negative

    Customers like the value of the camera lens. They say it's well worth the price, a great buy, and a wonderful seller.

    "...I am no professional lense reviewer but I feel this is a good value for the money...." Read more

    "...overall, this once 1400.00 lens that now sells for 824.00 is well worth the investment...." Read more

    "...solid, well built, focuses very fast and accurate, and is half the price of the canon...." Read more

    "...So once again... definitely worth the price" Read more

    31 customers mention22 positive9 negative

    Customers like the performance of the camera lenses. They mention that it performs well with their D7000, has no problems on AF, and works well with the Nikon D80. They also say that it does beautifully with clear, brilliant photos, and is a great lens in low light.

    "...The lens works very well in full frame DSLR cameras, but it also works great in crop sensor camera...." Read more

    "...group photos (at f5.6 to f8) on about a dozen weddings and the results were very good so far..." Read more

    "...It just focused a milisecond too slow. But if you don't care about a bit faster focus speed, then the Tamron is the 'bang for the buck' lens here...." Read more

    "...For now, it works well on my APS-C camera; obviously not wide enough for indoor use in my home for family shots...." Read more

    31 customers mention26 positive5 negative

    Customers like the sharpness of the camera lens. They mention that it's very sharp, gives nice bokeh, and has great clarity. Some customers also say that the lens is a great product and that they rarely use anything but the F 2.8 setting.

    "...This lens is very sharp even in the corners...." Read more

    "...quality, typical of Sigma EX (high-end lens) * Image Quality: Sharp, good contrast, consistent result across focal length and aperture...." Read more

    "...and while that is an excellent lens, this lens produces significantly better sharpness and saturation...." Read more

    "...softness at the left 25% of the (landscape) photo, while the right side is very sharp (I can just guess that this may vary from copy to copy)...." Read more

    28 customers mention28 positive0 negative

    Customers like the quality of the camera lens. They say it's built quality is great, and the construction is very tough. It's made a huge difference in the quality and has lasted them 4 years of hard use.

    "...It takes 82mm filter. * Built Quality: Great built quality, typical of Sigma EX (high-end lens) * Image Quality: Sharp, good contrast,..." Read more

    "...The build quality is pretty good. It's a hefty lens and comes with it's own bag...." Read more

    "...Feels well build..." Read more

    "...The photos are sharp and the build quality is pretty solid, especially considering the price. No, it is not weather sealed...." Read more

    57 customers mention27 positive30 negative

    Customers are mixed about the focus of the camera lenses. Some mention that it has a good focus, semi quick, with minor delay, and the focus areas are now pin sharp. However, others say that it had issues with autofocus, it was sluggish with frequent misses, and that the autofocus switch automatically switch to manual focus. They also say that the focus is loud and the sudden stops as it fine tunes.

    "...Once I adjusted the focus setting, focus point was tack sharp at f2.8. This lens is very sharp even in the corners...." Read more

    "...that I personally do not like: Sometimes, the auto focus switch automatically switch to manual focus. Until now, I don't know what trigger it...." Read more

    "...Focus speed on that is WOW!!! Now worthy of five stars (up from four). And it looks and feels great on the 5Dmk3...." Read more

    "...This lens is smaller than the sigma, comparable price.. however, shorter focal range and also does not produce as good images to my eye.. softer,..." Read more

    29 customers mention9 positive20 negative

    Customers are mixed about the weight of the lens. Some mention that it is not too big and heavy, while others say that it's a hefty lens and good for DSLR cameras. Customers also mention that the lens hood is very thin and bends easily.

    "...It is a tank of a lens, it is heavy and cumbersome...." Read more

    "...quality is very good except when it comes to the lens hood; it's very thin and bends easily. Overall, the lens barrel is sturdy and compact...." Read more

    "...Until now, I don't know what trigger it. Although I like the compact size (short), but I feel the lens is not as comfortable to hold as the thinner,..." Read more

    "...its built like a tank2) it weighs as much as a tank. seriously. this is the heaviest short zoom lens i have ever seen...." Read more

    Exactly what I expected for the $$$ (and a little more)
    4 Stars
    Exactly what I expected for the $$$ (and a little more)
    I'm currently using a Nikon D90 but the D700 is on the horizon for me. This meant that I am not buying any DX lenses anymore. I have the Tokina 11-16, Nikkor 70-300 VR, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 and the D90 kit lens 18-105 VR (never been happy with the kit lens). So the only focal range I needed was basically 17-70 and the DX Nikkor 17-55 is out. The logical approach was the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 but ugh... I'm not making $$$ from my shots yet and $1999 was a bit much to swallow. I rented the Nikkor and the Sigma to compare side by side and I really loved the Sigma's compact but solid presence compared to the relatively big and long Nikkor (chalk up one point for the Sigma)... I took about 150 shots with both lenses and I really could not find too many differences... Certainly none that stood out. I'll admit that I'm a bit of a pixel peeper and I was truly looking for the lesser priced lens to come up short but honestly only some very minor flare issues (shooting directly into the late evening sun) even showed up. On my crop framed D90 the sharpness was superb on both lenses, color, contrast and focusing accuracy and speed was exactly what I expected. VERY VERY good. One thing that added to the cost of the Sigma though (chalk up a point for Nikkor) is the 82mm filter size. They are not easy to find and are almost always more expensive (high quality Digital UV filter was $100). I now have my FX frame lens lineup set and I'm very happy with it as I purchased this lens right here at Amazon. Now... to save for that D700... *sigh*Moral of the story is... if you want to save $800 and have a lens that you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference from the venerable Nikkor... get this Sigma 24-70 2.8 HSM.*UPDATE*As mentioned in the comments on this original post, if you are going full frame with this lens it is indeed a bit "mushy" from f/2.8 to f/4.0 in terms of acuity. On my D90 I just didn't seem to notice as much more than likely due to the smaller sensor and denser smaller pixels. On the D3s you can really see the limitations of this lens at wide apertures. I would also imagine if you are using a D7000 (purely speculation here) that you might start seeing some of the limitations on that crop sensor too due to its higher resolution. I will be selling my old faithful friend (this is not a bad lens) for the more expensive Nikkor now that I'm full frame. NEW moral of the story... if you are using a D300 or D90 or below this lens is wonderful. If you are using a higher MP sensor or full frame you will see the limitations at wide apertures.
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