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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from São Paulo, BR on 11/8/2010
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
This lens is pretty good for travels when you want to take some different range pictures without changing lens. The image quality is nice but do not expect any professional results. When you crop the image you notice that they lack detail.
[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from NW, FL on 5/25/2010
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
We use this as our "everyday" lens on the Canon XSi. Whether the objective is outdoor portraits, sporting events, or just nice scenery shots, this lens makes it work.
So far, good bang for the buck.
[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Bucaramanga, Colombia on 4/13/2010
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
Good really. Recomended 100%
[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]
from San Francisco, CA / Glasgow, Scotland on 1/10/2010
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
There are only 3 drawbacks to this lens, from my 1.5 months and 3,000+ photos shot with it:
- I do experience a bit of peripheral image distortion with this lens. It's not noticeable unless I'm stitching something together, at which point it's fairly bad, particularly on shots of sky.
- I shoot without flash, so this lens is a bit slow for my needs. I can compensate by bumping up the ASA, but that has its drawbacks.
- The action to extend the lens to its maximum range and then to focus has caused me to miss some shots. I think this is due to the action of zooming out to 250mm not being as smooth as it could be. Perhaps this will improve with use.
[9 of 10 customers found this review helpful]
from Orange County, CA on 9/5/2009
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
This is a really nice surprise. Most people on forums seem to think that so called super zoom lenses are too much of a compormise to be any good. I am taking a long vacation and wanted a walk around solution. I received this lens and tried it out right away. The focus is almost as fast as the canon 17-55. When you are outside During the day or inside with a nice flash (like the 430 exII) the IQ is outstanding. As long as you understand the limitations of a lens like this you will be very happy!!
[8 of 9 customers found this review helpful]
from Washington, DC on 7/20/2009
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
I am disappointed with the image quality. The images are soft and lack detail. There seems to be a lot of fringing and noise at ISO 400. This would be a good lens for someone to take for vacation photos that would not enlarge more than 4x6 or use on web. Images look good on the computer screen until you enlarge or crop them at 100%
[8 of 16 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Sigma Sigma 18mm - 250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) Autofocus Aspherical Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras:
I use this all the time for everthing.the kit lens is a lot beter lens, that came with my canon rebel XSI. The lens creep is bad when you tilt it down.for wild life shots are not sharp