Apr 24, 2006, 08:52
I have owned the Sigm 17-70 for about 3 weeks now, got it together with my EOS 350D instead of the kit lens.
So far, I'd give it a guarded thumbs up. Build quality seems excellent. Autofocus very quick; some say it's noisy but it doesn't bother me. Seems to suffer fairly significant barrel distortion at the 17 end (more than I expected anyway). Also suffering from a fair share of out of focus shots, but not sure if that's down to me getting used to the very small viewfinder on the 350D (I came from a EOS 100 with BIG viewfinder). Nice and sharp though across the frame and even wide open, as far as I can tell. Colours are perfect. Macro function is outstanding, even at full zoom I can focus on flowers etc from as close as a couple of centimeters.
So far, I'd give it a guarded thumbs up. Build quality seems excellent. Autofocus very quick; some say it's noisy but it doesn't bother me. Seems to suffer fairly significant barrel distortion at the 17 end (more than I expected anyway). Also suffering from a fair share of out of focus shots, but not sure if that's down to me getting used to the very small viewfinder on the 350D (I came from a EOS 100 with BIG viewfinder). Nice and sharp though across the frame and even wide open, as far as I can tell. Colours are perfect. Macro function is outstanding, even at full zoom I can focus on flowers etc from as close as a couple of centimeters.