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Cons

The zoom function is the opposite of every single lens i've used for 40 years. Its backwards from every single tamron, every minolta lens, every sony lens. Flat out stopped working, and even made the camera malfunction.

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Quality


It feels high quality and sturdy


Great lens a little heavy but awesome quality


Its not optically perfect and distorts at 24 mm


This lens is actually made in japan which is a rarity nowadays

Price


At a fraction of the price this sigma is a great unit


Other than that great lens all around for the price and would definitely recommend


The lens is tact sharp and a bargain at half the price of the sony


Im baffled by all the first party sony options that are affordable but start at f4 or you can start paying up to 2000 for that f2

Shipping


The lens arrived as advertised ahead of the schedule


The lens had no visable damage and arrived quickly

Packaging/appearance


Comes nicely packaged with a case hood lens cover manual

Competitiveness


Great value it offers significant savings compared to the sony gmaster series especially when comparing image quality to price


Compared to the tamron 2875mm lens the sigma 2470mm lens offers a wider zoom range and a faster constant aperture


I had the canon 1855 kit lens and hated it traded to a tamron 1750 f2


However for 95 of users the sigma is plenty of lens and you will not be disappointed by its performance in fact i gravitate to ...  Read More

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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 74.9% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 2,139 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 13 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is coming from a former canon user and starting all over with sony


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had the canon 1855 kit lens and hated it traded to a tamron 1750 f2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Im baffled by all the first party sony options that are affordable but start at f4 or you can start paying up to 2000 for that f2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    In comes sigma i know i said i swore off third party but that was almost 10 years ago and the disparity of quality has shrunk and the third parties are making comparable lenses for half the price


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This whole time of switching to sony ive been chasing that lens like that canon 1755 f2

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