Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG IF Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00005RKTB
• Item model number: 512-101
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2001

Product Description

Product Description

Sigma provides the new ultra-wide angle zoom lens from 15mm and this lens is the first of its kind in the world. It can be useful for images of landscapes, large buildings, group photographs or even more. The perspective that changes with the angle-of-view gives picture an extraordinary feeling. Delicate compositions can be adjusted by lens zooming and this is helpful for close-up photography. Provides deep depth of field with its short focal length for amazing photographic expressions. This is an ultra-wide zoom lens that covers a large wide-angle range from 15 mm to 30 mm. With a minimum focusing distance of 30 cm (11.8 inches) throughout the entire zoom range, it is an ideal lens for Digital SLR Cameras. It incorporates hybrid aspherical lens in the front lens group to minimize distortion and astigmatism, and molded glass aspherical lens in the rear lens group to minimize spherical aberration. Minimization of the distortion is a most important issue for zoom lens, but Sigma has succeeded, to provide image quality with minimal distortion by employing aspherical lenses. This lens incorporates an internal focusing system, which eliminates front lens rotation. Since focusing do not change its overall length, this lens is easy to hold and use. Also it is allowing the use of a Petal-type Hood. The lens also incorporates Dual-Focus (DF) mechanism. It is easy to hold the lens, since the focusing ring does not rotate during auto-focus, yet it provides adequate focusing torque of the focusing ring during manual focusing of the lens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Lens Little Price, January 18, 2008

By	Robert Torrence "Robert (Mr.T) Torrence" (Inglewood, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG IF Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR CamerasI am a pro shooter work for several papers and celebrities as well and I take this everywhere.
This is the best lens for the price. I have used this lens on my 1Ds & 30D and performed remarkably. I also Had the same one when I was a Nikon shooter in fact I only had one glass that was not Nikon and this was it. I have never worried about it failing on me at all and it covers the full frame digitals as well as the 1.6x factor. It is sharp as a tack in all ranges for me that is even better than my 28-70 2.8 L series lens from Canon. It is Rough and can take a beating, so if you are looking for a lens that does not cost an arm and a leg and will perform in all conditions this is the one for you in Nikon or Canon.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, November 11, 2009

By	J. Wood - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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For being a lens under $400, I am pleasantly surprised by the construction and quality. The sweet point for this lens is f8, knowing that you can get surprisingly good photos even on a full frame. Totally recommended for the price

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars its nice wide view recommended for short shooting, January 29, 2009

By	Juan Contreras "CCTV" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just to own this lense and its an owsome lense the image its sharp but you must be very stable to void blurriness or else it become kind of sensitive because it does not have image stabilization but most of the times its your hands for the stability or use a tripot and fix your problems, after all from a short view and large picture its so nice i had to sell it and replaced for a canon 17mm-85mm bacause i take fast and lots of pictures most of the time on those range of mm that one fitted my need. this sigma lense its very nice for an starter photographer to learn more in angles its nice i have a 40D canon as you know its fast and i am fast alson with lenses.
if you plan to take short and wide angles most of the time i recommend this lense on day time and with nice light its brillant and for night time or low light i recommend a good flash to get nice results.