Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX Macro Lens for Minolta-AF Camera
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List Price: $329.99
Features
• Dedicated to Minolta AF SLR cameras
• "Floating" element focusing system
• 1.4 times faster than its predecessor
• Nonrotating front lens group for easy use of polarizing filters
• High-quality optical performance from infinity to the close-up 1:1 (life-size) macro |
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Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX Macro Lens for Minolta-AF Camera description
Sigma's "floating" element focusing system gives the 50mm f2.8 EX macro lens a high-quality optical performance from infinity to the close-up 1:1 (life-size) macro, all without accessories. This lens was designed as a quick-focusing macro, and at f2.8 it is 1.4 times faster than its predecessor. It features a nonrotating front lens group that makes it ... review details
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Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX Macro Lens for Minolta-AF Camera Customer Reviews
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This is my current favorite lens and the one that resides most often upon my camera. It certainly is the sharpest lens that I own. I use it for ordinary photography as well as for macro photography. As I shoot plant life with the macro capability, I don't mind the short working distance (distance from front element of the lens to subject, about 2 inches), as the plants don't run away when you close in on them. If you want to shoot bugs, etc, you probably want a longer focal length macro (longer focal length=larger working distance). The lens is capable of life-size reproductions without accessories, a definite plus over the Canon made 50mm macro lens.
This lens makes a great general purpose normal lens, as the very high optical quality for the macro uses leads to excellent sharpness and freedom from abberations at distance. The only drawback to the lens is its rather slow (for a 50mm prime lens) maximum aperature of F/2.8. As I usually shoot in sunlight or with high-speed films (or both!), this has never been a problem for me, but others may prefer a faster maximum aperature.
I've shot with this lens with all its aperatures from wide open to F/45 and found, in my subjective eyeball test (I look at prints and slides), that the optical performance varries very little over the aperature range, being uniformly excellent.
Overall, a fine lens for an even finer price. |
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Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX Macro Lens for Minolta-AF Camera digital cameras, camcorders for sale