Tag : standard zoom, ex dg, sigma 24, macro aspherical, large aperture, lens canon
 |  Company : Sigma List Price : $499.00 Amazon Price : $379.49 Used Price : $365.00 Average customer review :  |
Accessoies
- Lowepro Lens Case 1W (Black)
- Tiffen 82HTSTR42 82MM Digital HT Star 4 PT 2 Titanium Filter
- LensPEN Lens Cleaning System
- MADE Products CA-1110-SMK Lens Armor (Smoke)
- MADE Products CA-1110-BLK Lens Armor (Black)
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Features
- Accepts 62mm size filters
- Variable zoom offers excellent image definition and increases your creative possibilities, when compared to a standard 50mm 'normal' lens
- The use of two (2) SLD (The Special Low Dispersion) glass elements results in excellent correction of chromatic aberration for a high level of optic integrity
- The lens materials used in this new lens are lead and arsenic free ecological glass
Product Description
The Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX Aspherical DG DF lens is the perfect 'standard' lens for your SLR Camera. Variable zoom focal lengths span from 24mm ultra-wide angle to normal to 70mm portrait/telephoto, when used with a 35mm film camera. For general photography, this lens is perfectly suited for pictures of places, people and faces.Customer reviews
Love it
I use this lens to take action photos at my curling club. The f2.8 works wonders in the poor lighting of the arena.
A great lens ! 
Cristal clear at all f/stops including f/2.8 at 800 iso. Love every thing about this lens, the feel is topnotch, i like the heft and the solid feel, allso like the lens hood that Sigma supplys with this one.
Quality Lens if you get a good copy
Out of the box I don't think I would have gave this lens one star. The focus was terrible, I couldn't get a sharp image out of the lens to save my life. To be honest i read alot of reviews beforehand and almost anticipated on sending it back for calibration. Anyhow, I sent it back to sigma for calibration, 2 weeks later I have the lens back and it's consistently sharp! It's not "L" quality glass (as some claim)....but for for the $700 savings this lens is worth it's price in gold!
To sum it up, buy this lens but plan on sending it back to sigma for calibration. I do wish they would get a handle on quality!
you paid for what you get 
This is not a good lens to use. Aperture F2.8, 16-32 are useless because it is too soft. It is very heavy. A good filter of 82mm is very expensive. If you have the money, you should buy the canon's 24-70 L lens.
Huge in size and in quality
That's a very sharp lens that allows you to take great pictures indoors without a flash and not pushing the camera to 1600 ASA. I found it "flare sensitive" which means that backlight can damage a little the image quality. But I put a UV filter and haven't test it without it.
Be aware that it is a very good lens but it is also prominent. When you put it in front of a Canon Rebel... It looks like that it's not at the right place and the balance it quite different. Nevertheless, it worth it and you can get used to that very quickly.
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