Customer Reviews

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Medium Telephoto Macro Lens for Minolta and Sony SLR Cameras

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There are several macro lenses in the 100mm focal length variety for the Minolta/KM/Sony line. They are all good lenses and offer pretty much the same problems as well. I am particularly fond of the Sigma offering. The build quality is fabulous, this is a very very solid lens. The photos are tack sharp and colors are well-saturated and lovely. In the US, the Sigma EX line offers a four year warranty and it is the least costly of the high quality 100mm trio of lenses. Highly reccomended. Here is a link to one of my favorite flower shots form this summer (2006).

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I am a professional photographer and was very happy with this lens when I for the first year of it's short life. I started using it with normal usage with a Sony A700 and after 1 year the lens is now being shipped off for repairs. After doing research and contacting Sigma's customer care I have learned that the plastic gears inside the lens have been stripped and must be replaced. This problem literally happened within minutes, one shot it was fine, the next one it starting acting a bit funny and slow, the next it stopped working completely. Sigma will replace the parts at no charge, but it can take up to 3 months: the parts (if not in stock) will be shipped by boat from Japan. Sigma's customer service is very easy to work with and seemed to act like to problem is pretty common when used with the Sony Alfa Series. Shortly after, I had another Sigma zoom lens do the exact same thing and is in the process of being shipped for repairs as well. When the lenses do work they produces beautiful, tack sharp images. When the repaired lenses are returned I hope to become happy once again, but I will not be purchasing another sigma lens.

To see some work made with these lenses please visit [...]. Most of the images on the site have been made with the sigma lenses.

A true pleasure to use this excellent lens. This is my second macro lens. The first is also a Sigma product. I find this lens easy to use and capable of producing excellent macro photographs. IQ is superb. Operation is smooth and easy. I also appreciate that it can well be used as a medium range telephoto lens, in addition to its macro abilities. I definitely WOULD recommend this lens to a friend.

Thank you Sigma!

I was very pleased at first with this lens,however after about a month I have found myself becoming Very frustrated with the slow,noisy, and sometime non-existent auto-focus ability and the extremely "touchy" manual focus mode means that you better not be in a hurry to get your shot because you're gonna be fidgeting for awhile trying to get the focus indicator to light up..... on a Sony A300 anyway. I have 2 other Sigma lenes, a 28mm and a 70-300mm, and couldn't be happier with their performance,I suppose this is why I feel somewhat disappointed with this one.

This lens is just awesome. I use it all the time and the results are outstanding!

The lens is good, however the zoom can't move (it's fixed) so the zoom are your (my)legs... You have to get a distance of your object to take the shot, cause you can't manage the zoom. The image is good, but in indoor sports with my Sony A200 i just can shot in S Mode, 1/250 (no flash)to get good photos.