Discount Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC HSM Optical Stabilised Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras – For Sale
- for all Canon SLRs with maximum size of APS-C sensor
- Take perfect pictures from any angle easily with Sigma’s18-250 mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM lens! This standard zoom lens lets you gets so close to thesubject that it practically makes distances disappear.
- You’ll be able tocapture all the finest details with ease – no matter whether you’re shooting fromclose up or far away. The 18-250 mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM’s optical image stabiliser ensures you get clearer, sharperphotos, even when you’re holding the cam
- Its low-dispersion aspheric glass elements guarantee greatresults over the entire focal range.
- This lens has a minimum focusingdistance of 45cm and a maximum magnification ratio of 1:3.4, making it idealfor all types of photography.
Sigma 18-250 F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM EOS
List Price: £549.99
Versatile & Talented All Rounder,
As far as pure £ for £ flexibility goes this is one of the best lenses around, a clear step above entry level/kit lenses, with not too much compromise on mid range EF-S’s and the like.
I’ve mainly owned Canon EF-S and L lenses, but also briefly owned this lens’ predecessor, the 18-200mm OS. The reason I got that (and ultimately this) was that I wanted a wide-to-long travel lens that meant I didn’t need to cart two or three other lenses around all the time. My worry was that it would be a big compromise, and the old 18-200mm certainly was. Though it was also thankfully short-lived due to the handiwork of a thief in Ealing. The 18-200 was noisy; the OS sounded like a coffee machine, it was unreliable in focus and rattled generally. Image quality was barely acceptable, at best. So this time around out of Canon’s own 18-200mm, Tamron’s 18-270mm and Sigma’s 18-250mm – the main choices for a 7D – this one started bottom of the list… but I eventually chose it it, and no regrets so far.
Good reviews and my own shop tests demonstrated that the 18-250mm offers a lot for the money. Its range is good, its build quality is as good as the rest (and several notches above its cheaper brother) and its OS is both quiet and effective, at least as effective as the Canon or Tamron IMHO. The real clincher for me was focus; with HSM it’s fast and very quiet; close to Canon’s excellent untrasonic tech: faster and quieter than either the Canon 18-200 (which isn’t ultrasonic) or the Tamron. Image quality-wise it seems to perform lower than the competition in review sites’ labs, but “in the field” it performs very well for me. Not a studio lens then, but it will rarely let you down snapping out in the open.
A hidden bonus is that although it’s OK for close-up work at 250mm, it’s no Macro – but it also works fine with my Ef12 extension tube and even better, it functions with the Life Size Extenter designed for Canon’s 50mm Macro: extending its travel lens credentials into very pretty image stabilised closeups too (if not absolutely sharp on crops).
Overall, highly recommended for what it is, and if you’ve had a ‘mare with previous Sigma mid-range quality you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this. Not quite an EX, but it’s not too far off. If you really want slightly better IQ (but still not “high quality”) then the Canon 18-200mm or Tamron 18-270mm are options – but neither will beat the autofocus on this baby, and that’s a compromise I’m happy with.
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|A little beauty,
I needed an all purpose lens for my hiking trips where weight is a premium and carrying 2 lenses was no longer feasible. I have had this lens for several months now and so had plenty of time to try it out. In my opinion its a little beauty. I did a lot of research online before I bought it and it came down either this one or the canon 18-200. But the canon had such bad write ups everywhere I looked I decided to go with this one. And it was cheaper – bonus! I have not been disappointed. Excellent image quality.
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|Best Multi-purpose lens yet,
Before I bought this lens I was lucky enough to have some friends lend me a few different lenses to see what I liked. I loved the shots I was getting with the fixed 50mm but I really wanted 55-200mm zoom for most situations but found I also wanted to go back to my stock lens 18-55mm for shooting up close. This does all three better than any could do individually. Quick quiet and great shots!
I only bother to carry this one lens now, and it’s so liberating. Also ascetically it looks the business and unless you have the money to get a pro series I don’t think you can do better!
Love it!
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