Darren Addy wrote:
Don't think you have accurately "summed up". From the article linked:
"Excellent aberration control with very low amounts of purple fringing"
and
OK, I guess I misread the section:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/sigma-18-35mm-f18-dc-hsm-art/aberrations-and-flare.html
Verdict
There's really not much more to say - Sigma may have garnered the
industry's attention with the recent lenses they've released in their
Global Vision lineup, but they have still proven substandard at
mitigating flare.
And the pictures they had right above where showing purple fringing on
the FA77.
"Perfectly accurate autofocus, regardless of aperture, when using
Contrast Detect AF (Live View)"
but using the viewfinder autofocus was inexplicably awful (at least on
the sample of lenses PF tested).
I wonder if this is something that could potentially be fixed via
lens firmware?
The thing I like the least about sample images I have seen from this
lens is the bokeh. I do not agree with the review in the bokeh
department. I think this lens has weird bokeh.
I'm very intrigued by this lens. Since I do a lot of low light indoor
photography, the zoom range could be incredibly handy.
But, with my poor eyesight, I need fast accurate autofocus.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote:
Pentax forums did a review of the 18-35:
Skipping to the conclusion:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/sigma-18-35mm-f18-dc-hsm-art/conclusion.html
From the start:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/sigma-18-35mm-f18-dc-hsm-art/introduction.html
tl;dr:
Amazing lens, incredible sharpness but nasty purple fringing and lousy
autofocus performance.
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