Sigma 10-20mm

orangepeel · 18-08-2006, 15:36

Just ordered a Sigma 10-20mm. Hopefully will arrive on monday...

I occasionally do guest house websites so hopefully I can find some clients to justify the £300 outlay

failing that I suppose i'll just have to take some landscape shots...

***Dave*** · 18-08-2006, 15:48

Cracking lens. You better get used to the "perspective" crop when shooting anything with verticals at the wider end of the zoom

orangepeel · 18-08-2006, 16:10

me kit does that at 18mm anyway so I'm used to it.

**Sonsey** · 18-08-2006, 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangepeel

Just ordered a Sigma 10-20mm.

I have a strange feeling I may be doing this very thing aswell this weekend

orangepeel · 18-08-2006, 17:45

got mine from bristol cameras for £299 delivered. dunno if that's of use...

***Dave*** · 18-08-2006, 18:17

don't tell him you can get it for £270 from Jessops Sonsey

orangepeel · 18-08-2006, 18:34

i checked jessflops.. it said £334

**Sonsey** · 18-08-2006, 18:42

You must be a Nikon man then, the Canon version in Jessops is about £30 cheaper for some reason (not that I'm complaining

) and with the 10% off code that take's it down to £270...

...So don't worry, even with the 10% off you wouldn't have got a better deal at Jessops.

orangepeel · 18-08-2006, 19:45

favouritism i tells ya!

Chris · 18-08-2006, 21:03

Nice glass, got mine for £270 using the discount codes at Jessops about a month ago.

Warspite · 18-08-2006, 22:51

Very good lens - as Dave says be ready, its a bit weird at first looking through at the widest angles.

Colour and contrast on this lens I find to be very good and gives very sharp results softening just a little at the edges.

Got mine for £270 and pleased I did, dont think I would have been quite so impressed had I paid twice the price and gone for the Canon equivalent

orangepeel · 19-08-2006, 00:47

It was a close run thing. I can get the nikon one in the UK for £500 delivered but I decided I'd rather have the extra width - this way I can also get the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 too

**Sonsey** · 19-08-2006, 01:00

It was the same for me aswell as I can get the Canon 10-22 imported for £360 (after cash-back)... but the £90 will come in handy when I go to Berlin for the weekend next month... then again I could be cheap in Berlin and get a nifty fifty aswell

***Dave*** · 19-08-2006, 06:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangepeel

It was a close run thing. I can get the nikon one in the UK for £500 delivered but I decided I'd rather have the extra width - this way I can also get the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 too

Same decision by myself OP. Each 1mm at the wide equated to an extra 5 degrees of view !!

Now you're teasing be with the 50mm f/1.4 ......very nice.

18-08-2006, 15:36	#1 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Sigma 10-20mm Just ordered a Sigma 10-20mm. Hopefully will arrive on monday... I occasionally do guest house websites so hopefully I can find some clients to justify the £300 outlay failing that I suppose i'll just have to take some landscape shots...

18-08-2006, 15:48	#2 (permalink)
*Dave* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15,615	Re: Sigma 10-20mm Cracking lens. You better get used to the "perspective" crop when shooting anything with verticals at the wider end of the zoom

18-08-2006, 16:10	#3 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Sigma 10-20mm me kit does that at 18mm anyway so I'm used to it.

18-08-2006, 17:45	#5 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Sigma 10-20mm got mine from bristol cameras for £299 delivered. dunno if that's of use...

18-08-2006, 18:17	#6 (permalink)
*Dave* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15,615	Re: Sigma 10-20mm don't tell him you can get it for £270 from Jessops Sonsey

18-08-2006, 18:34	#7 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Sigma 10-20mm i checked jessflops.. it said £334

18-08-2006, 18:42	#8 (permalink)
Sonsey Pixalo Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 7,259	Re: Sigma 10-20mm You must be a Nikon man then, the Canon version in Jessops is about £30 cheaper for some reason (not that I'm complaining ) and with the 10% off code that take's it down to £270... ...So don't worry, even with the 10% off you wouldn't have got a better deal at Jessops.

18-08-2006, 19:45	#9 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Sigma 10-20mm favouritism i tells ya!

18-08-2006, 21:03	#10 (permalink)
Chris Been here a while Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 392	Re: Sigma 10-20mm Nice glass, got mine for £270 using the discount codes at Jessops about a month ago.

18-08-2006, 22:51	#11 (permalink)
Warspite Feet under the table Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Newcastle Sunderland Middlesbrough (UK) Posts: 1,736	Re: Sigma 10-20mm Very good lens - as Dave says be ready, its a bit weird at first looking through at the widest angles. Colour and contrast on this lens I find to be very good and gives very sharp results softening just a little at the edges. Got mine for £270 and pleased I did, dont think I would have been quite so impressed had I paid twice the price and gone for the Canon equivalent

19-08-2006, 00:47	#12 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Sigma 10-20mm It was a close run thing. I can get the nikon one in the UK for £500 delivered but I decided I'd rather have the extra width - this way I can also get the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 too

19-08-2006, 01:00	#13 (permalink)
Sonsey Pixalo Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 7,259	Re: Sigma 10-20mm It was the same for me aswell as I can get the Canon 10-22 imported for £360 (after cash-back)... but the £90 will come in handy when I go to Berlin for the weekend next month... then again I could be cheap in Berlin and get a nifty fifty aswell

19-08-2006, 10:06	#15 (permalink)
P-E Loves the place Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sheffield, S.Yorkshire UK Posts: 7,793