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Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF
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- “Great Lens” – ColoradoBlue
- “Get up close and personal” – Mike Chip
- “Macro lens for Pentax Cameras” – Alexander Flam
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Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF
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- Heavy / bulky (3)
- Slow focus (2)
- Can't find any (1)
Best Uses
- Macro (2)
- Portraits (1)
- Landscape/scenery (1)
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[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF Review
Great Lens
- Durable
- Good value
- High quality
Pros
- Heavy / bulky
Cons
Best Uses
"You know how frustrating it is when you are looking at a great macro shot but you can't get close enough for any reason. This lens will get you where you want to go. With a 3.5 max apeture you can get the foregroud/background effects you want and with an apeture setting all the way to f32 you can get everything in focus if that is what your shot requires. It is tack sharp at all apetures. Auto focus is fast and accurate. I also carry the Sigma 1.4 and 2.0 tele-converters and the autofocus still works with the 1.4. With the 2.0 it can hunt and sometimes you have to go to manual focus. The lens uses 72mm filters, I simply use my many 77mm filters with a step ring. It is a bit heavy but that is expected with a lens of this quality. Not for hand holding, must use a tripod or monopod."
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF Review
Get up close and personal
- Beautifully blurring
- Fast / accurate auto-focus
- Rugged
- Smooth focus operation
- Solid feel
- Well built / quality
Pros
- Can't find any
Cons
- Landscape/scenery
- Macro
- Portraits
Best Uses
"Since I have had this lens it has been on my Pentax K20D all the time and has seen a lot of use photographing flowers and insect life as well as some portraits and a couple of landscape shots.
I have found it to be extremely sharp and give a beautiful blurred backgroung to macro shots and portraits.
Mounted on a solid tripod with a remote release or mirror lock up the results are amazing.
I have nothing but praise for this lens"
- Semi-Professional
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF Review
Macro lens for Pentax Cameras
"About 120 degrees turn of the full focus range makes focusing fast both manually and automatically. Additional range limiter can further reduce the autofocus searching time.
It looks like that Pentax K10D sometimes has problems due to such fast focusing speed - it misses the focus and starts over again. The situation gets much better with multi-point focus mode and more objects in the frame.
The focus is internal, all types of polarized filters are sutable.
The lens is bright for its 180mm (F=3.5). With K10D it gives 270mm. I found this very useful because in many cases you cannot or do not want to come to the object very close. At the same time you may virtually photo in front of your nose to the infinity - the lens has really tremendous focus range!
Colors are vivid, and pictures are sharp, that is true for many Sigma's and Pentax's lens nowadays.
The weight is not a problem with a tripod."
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF Review
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 DG Macro
- Durable
- Easily interchangeable
- Easy to clean
- Fast / accurate auto-focus
- Rugged
- Well built / quality
Pros
- Heavy / bulky
- Slow focus
Cons
- Macro
Best Uses
"PROS : Focus Limiting switch with two settings: one for 24" to infinity and the other for extreme close-ups, from 18" to 24". Both provide quicker focusing in their ranges.
Cons: it over compensates the focus ( goes to far and has to come back ).
Overall I would rate the lens 9 out 10 ."
- Professional
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF AF Lens for Pentax AF Review
is goooood.
- Consistent output
- Durable
- Well built / quality
Pros
- Heavy / bulky
- Slow focus
Cons
Best Uses
"i bought this lens after reading a lot of blogs talking about macro... and is my first macro lens. quality won`t be a issue, trust me. is really god, color are as you expect them... and after a wile you get adjusted even at the weight.
the autofocus is always hunting for something... but, hey, you have a great occasion to learn how to use manual.
a must if you want to shot macro.
after many search bhp has the best price online.. :-)"
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