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Best Sigma Lens for Landscape

Another great lens is the 15-30mm,if you can get one at all.
Sigma doesn´t offer it anymore.
The 12-24mm might be a replacement,but I have not had it,so I can´t give
not comment on it.
Regards
Uwe
 
The one that I have wanted is:
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM

But I don't have any experience with this lens, it is just one that I have been looking at and would want as a next purchase for landscape.

happy hunting,

Robert
 
Robert, I have the 10-20mm Sigma lens for my Sony a700...wow..what a great lens...works well...great contrast...and clean wide-open....

I use my sony set-up for work....but here are a few shots to look at...

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Hope this helps you out with a wide-angle lens....

Tony C. :z04_cowboy:
 

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TC thank you for posting these. I like the the red /green contrast and texture detail on the brick corner shot.

The landscapes look so wide you develop a sense of vastness looking at them. Great blue. This is certainly what I am interested in.

If you don't mind a couple of questions about the PP. Where these shot raw and developed in SPP? If so, did you need to do much as fair as sharpening in the first? and color / saturation in the 2nd and 3rd?

I ask because I am trying to get a feel for how much of what I see that I like is the lens or enhanced from SPP. It is remarkable how much SPP can enhance a really good RAW file. (and even some that don't start out the best it does well with).

From the looking I have done so far, this 10 - 20 is the one I am saving for.

Thank you again,

Robert
 
Robert,

Not an issue with the questions...

They were not shot RAW shot in JPG mode on a Sony a700....my lense is not on a Sigma SD14....which I would have to conclude your shots would probably come out even better since sigma has better color rendition than the Sony a700...

These images were touched up with Nikon's NX2 which I use this program to change the color levels...but I don't mess with sharpness or saturation...the only other reason I use NX2...it has a great fix-it tool for images that may have sensor ghost or just plain dust specs....I would say this was probably enhanced by +1 to +3 at max...I don't like making too many changes to my pictures....

For the Sigma...I have seen two so far go for about 220.00 to 250.00 on ebay....in the last two months...

Good luck this is a great lens...

Tony C.
 
Tony,

Thank you for the exif info. also for the ebay, my personal experience is that I have not see many sigma for sigma on ebay. I will keep looking. the 220 is a very good price for this.

Did you buy yours from ebay?

I keep finding that the 18-200 kit lens sometimes is left wanting to go wider.

good luck with your pictures,

Robert
 
To all,

so I go to ebay to look,,,,, 10-20 ex dc hsm,,, 15 minutes left on auction, current bid is 381..... getting close to purchase new price.

Good luck with your pictures,

Robert
 
Thanks for all this info. I'm also learning about the option of doing multi-shot panaramas and using softwear to stitch the images together. I like all these options...
 
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