11/26/2012

Di II VC LDLensbaby Composer ProSigma 70-200mm

I had one, it was a very good lense, especially for the money. Mine was not soft at all, very sharp even at 300mm, but only when camera shake wasn't an issue, and the focus was just right. OK, a little fringing if you look real hard, and only sometimes under the worst conditions. A couple of good points need to be hit upon: it focuses down to about five feet, you can get some amazing wildlife shots, like a dragonfly that fills the entire frame. Try getting closer than five feet with a macro lense and you lose the shot, at lesser zoom (people compare this lense to a 70-200mm) it's a less impressive shot. One more thing; decent depth of field on this lense, even at full zoom, partly because of the small aperture. I suspect that there are some "lemon" versions of this lense out there, mine wasn't. I traded up for faster/more reliable autofocus especially in low light, and for f 2.8 to use in low light. Yes, I think my new lense has better resolution, better contrast maybe, but it also cost over four times as much, it's way, way heavier and bulkier and only covers 70-200. Depth of field is pretty shallow on the new lense so I have to stop down anyway; losing the advantage of a "fast lense". Buy this lense if you're on a budget, can't beat it at this price; you can get some great portraits at 75mm, and some impressive closeups without changing your position. If you get lemon, send it back. Exceptions: autofocus is indeed slow, sports or fast moving wildlife will frustrate you. If you need to shoot in low light without a flash, then you'll probably upgrade like I did. Customer reactions are all over the place, so I can only assume that Canon had a quality control issue with this lense. Sure, if you have the money, skip this lense and buy L-series only, or Sigma EX series for an in-between option. Otherwise, buy it and try it.
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