New Lens
Last week I decided to invest in a new lens, and with my increasing interest in Landscape photography I decided an ultra-wideangle lens was the way to go. A friend introduced me to MPB Photographic a while ago and I've often window shopped, but this time I picked out the Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM. This lens would normally be well out of my price range, but as a second hand lens in near min condition, the price was much more reasonable.
I'm not an expert on lenses so I'm not going to give you a detailed explanation of how the lens is constructed or anything technical like that. What I can say is that this lens is sharp as hell and it's a valued addition to my camera bag. So far I've only used it for taking sunset shots, as there's nothing nearby where I live that I can get to before the sun sets after work, but that will hopefully change this week as I have some time off work. I've already got a trip planned to Brimham Rocks next week, so hopefully that will provide me with some suitable material for a good test of this lens.
Here's a few details I've borrowed from Sigma's own site, and here's the link in case you'd like to know more: -
- 102.4 ° at 10mm and 63.8 ° 20mm
- Minimum focusing distance of 24cm
- Three aspherical lens elements offer excellent correction for distortion and Three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements employed for effective compensation of color aberration
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Internal Focusing System allows the convenient use of a polarizing filter for creative effects & improves the optical performance of the lens at various distances
