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8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM

One Of A Kind Super Wide-Angle

The Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM is the only one of its kind. This is the first ultra wide zoom lens with a minimum focal length of 8mm, designed specifically for APS-C size image sensors. It has an equivalent angle of view of a 12-24mm lens when used on digital camera with an APS-C size image sensor. Sigma’s new FLD glass elements, which have the performance equal to fluorite glass, compensate for color aberration. One hybrid aspherical lens and two glass mold elements give excellent correction for distortion and astigmatism. An inner focusing system produces high definition images throughout the entire zoom range and the Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting while superior peripheral brightness ensures high contrast images throughout the entire zoom range. HSM ensures quiet and high speed AF as well as full-time manual focus capability. It has a minimum focusing distance of 9.4 inches throughout the entire zoom range which allows photographers to emphasize the subject by creating exaggerated perspectives. This lens has a compact construction with an overall length of 4.2 inches and a maximum diameter of 2.9 inches and is perfect for shooting landscape photography, architecture, building interiors, photojournalism, wedding photography, group pictures and more.

Dimensions (Diameter x Length): 75x105.7 mm/3.0x4.2 in

Weight: 555g / 19.6oz.

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Since 1961, and with the recent introduction of Sigma Global Vision, we have worked toward one single, simple goal: To hold ourselves to the highest standard of design & manufacturing of imaging products. Photography is all we do. And it’s all we’ve done. So you can rest assured that it’s something we know extensively and care deeply about. You have a vision. We’ve made it our mission.

First wide angle with minimum focal length of 8mm
FLD glass with performance equal to fluorite
Front adapter ring, carrying case, front & rear caps

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Item Dimensions LxWxH	4.17 x 2.95 x 2.95 inches	2.83 x 2.95 x 2.95 inches	3.46 x 3.43 x 3.43 inches	2.83 x 2.95 x 2.95 inches	4.76 x 3.07 x 3.07 inches	3.51 x 3.31 x 3.31 inches
Item Weight	1.22 lbs	0.56 lbs	1.15 lbs	0.53 lbs	1.79 lbs	1.21 lbs
Lens Type	Fisheye	Wide Angle	Wide Angle	Wide Angle	Wide Angle	Standard
Maximum Aperture	4.5	f/4.5	3.5	f/4.5	1.8	2.8
Maximum Focal Length	16 millimeters	18 millimeters	20 millimeters	18 millimeters	35 millimeters	16 millimeters
Maximum Aperture Range	F4.5 - F5.6	—	F3.5	F4.5 - F5.6	F1.8	f2.8
Maximum Format Size	APS-C / DX	APS-C	APS-C / DX	APS-C / DX	APS-C / DX	APS-C
Minimum Aperture	22	5.6	22	29	16	2.8
Minimum Focal Length	8 millimeters	10 millimeters	10 millimeters	10 millimeters	18 millimeters	11 millimeters
Minimum Operating Distance	0.24 meters	—	0.24 meters	0.22 meters	0.28 meters	—
Photo Filter Thread Size	72.0 millimeters	—	82 millimeters	67 millimeters	72 millimeters	77 millimeters

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The Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM Lens for Canon Cameras is the only one of its kind. This is the first ultra wide zoom lens with a minimum focal length of 8mm, designed specifically for APS-C size image sensors. It has an equivalent angle of view of a 12-24mm lens when used on digital camera with an APS-C size image sensor. Sigma's new FLD glass elements, which have the performance equal to fluorite glass, compensate for color aberration. One hybrid aspherical lens and two glass mold elements give excellent correction for distortion and astigmatism. An inner focusing system produces high definition images throughout the entire zoom range and the Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting while superior peripheral brightness ensures high contrast images throughout the entire zoom range. HSM ensures quiet and high speed AF as well as full-time manual focus capability. It has a minimum focusing distance of 9.4 inches throughout the entire zoom range which allows photographers to emphasize the subject by creating exaggerated perspectives. This lens has a compact construction with an overall length of 4.2 inches and a maximum diameter of 2.9 inches and is perfect for shooting landscape photography, architecture, building interiors, photojournalism, wedding photography, group pictures and more.

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Wider than wide and as good or better than 10-20mm

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2014

Style: Nikon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

I never knew how much I'd like wide angles until I bought the original Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens. It was sharp (on a D70), and it opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. Way different than the 18mm I was used to thinking was wide. That lens beget an "upgrade" to the 10-20mm f/3.5 lens (it offered some improvements). I used that chubby ens quite a bit on my D90, and I never wanted more in the 10-20mm realm, but I found myself using my 8mm fisheye more and more. I sold both of these lenses to buy this one. I'm quite happy with my decision.

10mm already creates challenges in framing, and 8mm takes that further. Your feet and even belly may appear in shots depending upon your posture (and size of belly/feet!). You will want to get as close as you possibly can to your subject to fill the frame and eliminate distracting and unwanted items in the frame.

You will be rewarded with a sharp lens with limited distortions (apart from those inherent in ultra wide angle lenses). The zoom and especially focus rings are well damped and require deliberate action to move them. Given the limited zoom range and focal range (infinity comes quick, as the depth of field is immense) this is a plus. The build is solid and inspires confidence, and the included cap is quite nice. Technically it offers filter threads and a traditional lens cap, but the filter threads have limited use, and I use the entire module as a cap. It stays n quite nicely. You have this arrangement because of the bulbous front element. It's generally protected by the built in hood, and it's typical for lenses this wide.

As I sold my other lenses to purchase this one, I can't do a side by side comparison. Looking at some of my older pics, especially those on my more demanding D7100, I find this to be the sharpest my Sigma ultra wide angle zooms and Samyang fisheye, and that says quite a bit among those peers. I feel this accomplishment is due both to Sigmas recent strides in lens design and quality control, as well as an introduction of high end materials for lens construction. You may still prefer the range of the 10-20mm lenses or their ability to use filters.

Really the question is whether or not you want to go this wide. It's a great lens, but a highly specialized one. More than anything, this solidified my decision to stay with a DX SLR (vs full frame), as I no longer felt that was sacrificing the wide angle perspective to the 1.5x crop (I get that there are other benefits to full frame, but for me, that was my biggest concern with staying with DX).

Highly recommended!

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Quality issues with first AND second lens.

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2013

Style: Sony Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

First lens I had to return because it had a quality issue with sharpness between the center and the right side of the picture. Return and exchange with Amazon was very simple and fast. The new lens does not have that quality issue although if you take pictures in 8mm wide angle with aperture 4.5 the picture is not perfect sharp already half of the center. Taking the same picture slower and with aperture 8.0 makes already a big difference, much sharper throughout most of the picture. I am using this lens with the Sony Alpha 65. I think it will make a great addition for taking real estate pictures as I am working in the vacation rental business.
UPDATE 4 weeks later: The second lens started after only 3 weeks to have autofocus problems. The communication with the Sony A65 camera came to the point where the camara showed misbehavor and errors. The camera is fine and works perfect with my other lenses. I mailed the second lense for an exchange but instead I got an email saying that they just give me a refund because a 3rd lense will most likely also have similar problems... wow...
Update 2013-03-30: Even the first 2 copies were bad, I updated the rating from 2 stars to 4 stars. Here is why: After I had to return the 2 bad copies of this lens I orderd the Tokina AT-X Pro DX 11-16mm - which had SEVERE purple and green fringing and strange colors. It did not do the auto focus any well. After that I tried the Sony DT 11-18mm. It had less purple and green fringing but the overall performance did not convince me beeing the most pricy lence. I wend back to the Sigma 8-16mm because at has significant less color fringing, if at all. The colors are very nice and it is sharp in mist situations. From all 3 tested lenses this lens comes out the best plus it has the widest angle and the quitests and fastest auto focus. I just hope that this lense will not fail. This time the box had a sticker: Sony A67 A77 compatible... and my camera is the A67. I hope that a new firmware will prevent the lense from loosing its auto focus function like my last copy of this lense did. This lense has a fast, quite and good working auto focus compare to the other two lenses. With the Sony A67 I take allmost all pictures with the setting on +1 exposure, otherwise many pistures are a bit underexposed. Not a big deal. Once learned most pictures come out very good.

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Grim Git

A unique lens

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2012

Style: Nikon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

This is a remarkable lens for APS-C sensor cameras, indeed it's the only one in its class offering an 8mm field of view with minimal barrel distortion. It is well constructed, comes with a soft pouch to store it in, and has a built-in hood which cannot be removed. However, there are good and bad points to bear in mind.

First the bad -
1) Beware Sigma's quality control! The first sample of the lens I received exhibited serious decentering in a large area of the upper-right quarter of the frame. This revealed itself as a blurry area while the rest of the image was well focused, even when stopped down to f8. But amazon, true to form, sent out a replacement straight away.
2) The maximum aperture is only f4.5. Now, being a wide angle lens you don't have to worry as much about camera shake with exposures of under say 1/20th sec as you would with a telephoto, BUT as this lens has NO image stabilization, I'd strongly suggest you steady yourself when shooting in poor light or with exposures of under 1/20th sec. I find that while I can risk shooting with my image stabilized Nikkor 16-85mm @ 16mm @ 1/5th sec, I can only risk 1/10th sec with this lens @ 8mm.
3) It's not the sharpest lens in the bag, but not the worst out there either. You can use it wide open at f4.5. Centre sharpness is very good even at f4.5. But it is soft at the edges until you stop down to f8. f11 is the 'sweet spot', with very good (although not excellent) sharpness overall.
4) This lens will not accept standard filters. However, I believe that an attachment is available that fits over the front of the lens which accepts large filters the size of a dinner plate. Unfortunately it's very expensive, as are the filters. But I'd suggest you google for "sigma 8-16mm filter" and other suggestions may turn up.
5) It's difficult to clean and to keep clean. (Inevitably) the large front element protrudes bulbously, and no matter how hard you try to keep it safe, it will be only a matter of time before raindrops or accidental greasy smudges appear on the glass. The usual puffer brush is no use for cleaning off the grease, so before long I had to send off for PecPad non-abrasive wipes and a bottle of Photo Solutions Lens Cleaning Fluid. They're available from amazon at the links below -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0001M6K24/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000AUR1I/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01

I'd suggest you buy them along with this lens, if you don't already have them :-) Cleaning isn't easy, as the petal lens hood cannot be removed !
6) Auto-focus is a bit over the place. On my Nikon D5000 I found I had to use live view to get consistent focusing results. But it's no big deal as this lens has immense depth of field even wide open, and stopped down everything from 6 inches to infinity can be in focus.

And now the good -
1) There is simply NOTHING ELSE quite like this lens for an APS-C sensor camera. And while there are other wide angle zooms out there that may offer wider apertures or sharper images, you will inevitably wish you had the extra few mm focal length that this unique lens offers. Compared to say the Tokina 11-16mm zoom, the extra 3mm that this lens provides at the wide end is VERY significant, as a friend of mine on Flickr found out recently - he now wishes he had this lens too.
2) Depth of field is good with this lens (assuming you like great depth of field). And this negates the auto-focusing issue mentioned above.
3) Build quality is very good indeed.
4) Barrel distortion is very well controlled. Remember that the only lenses which offer wider angle than this lens are fisheye lenses, which are fine if you like LOADS of barrel distortion. And while there is some degree of barrel distortion with this lens (I'd say it's less noticeable than the barrel distortion on my Nikkor 16-85mm @ 16mm), rest assured it is nothing major and can easily be corrected in Lightroom.

So there you have it. This lens does have several shortcoming, but I feel that most of these are an inevitability of the problems involved in designing such an extremely wide angle zoom with minimal barrel distortion. And despite there shortcomings (and please forgive me for repeating myself) there's nothing else quite like this lens that will allow you to produce dramatic wide angle shots with extreme perspective on your APS-C camera.

For that reason alone it's a must-have for many photographers and I find I have it fixed to the front of my camera most of the time. If you'd like to see the results I've obtained with this lens, please check out "Grim Git" on Flickr.

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IchBins

8mm sind richtig interessant!

Reviewed in Germany on September 2, 2012

Style: Canon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

Die 8mm nach unten hin machen tierisch viel Spaß, keine Frage. Die 16mm sind normal, also nichts weltbewendenes. Bei 8mm wirkt es sehr effektvoll ohne gleich als "Fischauge" zu wirken. Hier wirken Bereiche um die Mitte Strahlenförmig (von der Mitte ausgehend) langgezogen, dh. würde man ein Speichenrad Fotografieren, und weiter weg sein, wirken die Speichen unverhältnismässig länger je näher man ran geht. Sehr interesanter Effekt. Meine Katzen waren aus der Nähe mit 8mm kaum zu wiederzuerkennen, mein Dicker (sieht ähnlich aus wie Garfield) war komplett hinter seinem Kopf "verschwunden" ;) Sehr lustiges Foto.
Eine Absolute Empfehlung um kleine Räume zu fotografieren, sie wirken gleich fast doppelt so groß, dabei muss man sich nicht gerade in die Ecke drängen um beide Wände (90 Grad) ins Bild zu bekommen, dh. der Blickwinkel liegt bei über 90°! Das hat echt was!

Nach ein paar Sessions im Freien und nach ca 1500 Bildern, kann ich sagen, daß ich bisher entweder 16mm oder 8mm benutzt habe, Werte dazwischen kamen eigentlich nie vor. Beim Fotografieren habe ich entweder nach dem extremen WW oder was in Richtung normal-Zoom (dh. bei 16mm war ja hier Schluss) gesucht. Hier frage ich mich, ob eine Festbrennweite von 8mm nicht besser geeignet wäre, alleine wegen der doch mässigen Schärfe.

Aufgrund der sehr hohen Qualitätsunterschiede vom Modell zum Modell, fragt man sich: macht denn eine Rezension überhaupt einen Sinn? Ich sage ja, gerade deswegen!

Damit wird erst deutlich wie unterschiedlich die einzelnen Exemplare sind.
Habe 2 Objektive ausprobiert, jedes hatte ein Defizit hinsichtlich der Schärfe. Das eine mehr: rechts unten und das andere weniger: in der Mitte des rechten Bilddrittels (der Rand war wieder ein Stück schärfer). Die vielen Beispielbilder in diversen Foren, die ich gesehen habe sind ähnlich gelagert.
Die Schärfeunterschiede spielen sich in einem Bereich ab, der erst sichtbar wird, wenn man sich den Ausschnitt 1:1 auf dem Monitor anschaut. Bei Bildschirmfüllender Betrachtung fällt es einem nicht auf, wenn man nicht weiss wo man suchen soll oder die Bildskallierung einem Strich durch die Rechnung macht.

Sonst waren die Bilder normal Scharf bis leicht unscharf, manche Bereiche im Bild weniger manche mehr.
Bei Blende 3.5 nimmt die Schärfe leicht ab, ab 5.6 bis ca 11 ist sie am besten, darüber hinaus wird es wieder unscharf, insbesondere bei der höchsten Zahl, da ist es eher nicht zu verwenden.
Habe die 16mm des Sigma mit dem dem 18-55 IS II Kit Objektiv verglichen: die Mitte des Bildes bei dem Kitobjektiv ist noch eine Ecke schärfer (Objekte in ca 20m Distanz). Bei Objekten 300-500m wieter weg waren beide fast gleich (das Sigma ein ganz kleines Tick besser). Chromatische Aberationen sind gleichmässig in den Randbereichen verteilt, verhältnismässig schwach. Trotzdem sind die Blätter eines Baums doch sehr unscharf, wenn der Himmel im Hintergrund ist, kleinere Blätter sehen irgendwie ausgefranst aus.
Zusammenfassend, was die Bildqualität angeht, würde ich rein subjektiv das Objektiv eher in Richtung Kit- als L-Optik einsortieren.

Das Objektiv ist relativ schwer, (kann) dafür aber mechanisch excellent verarbeitet (sein).
Ja, die Worte in Klammern deshalb, weil das Dezentirerte Objektiv hatte beim Zoomen leise ratter-Geräusche gemacht, das hatte das andere nicht. Sonst alles sitzt perfekt, Spaltmasse sind perfekt, mechanisch ist aussen alles super präzise angepasst. Äusserlich wirkt es sehr wertig, Zooomring und Fokus gehen sehr gedämpft und sehr gleichmässig (das kann kein meiner nicht-L Canonobjektive besser). Gegenlichtblende ist leider fest und erlaubt keine Filterwenwendung.

Das 8-16mm ist eigentlich ein "Crop" Objektiv, dh. für die APS-C Sensoren vorgesehen, aber durch die verwendetet Fassung auch an einem Vollformat montierbar und auch funktionsfähig!
Leider durch den festinstallierte Gegenlichtblende bei 8mm mit sehr starker Vignettierung verbunden und ich könnte meinen daß es bei meiner alten 50E der Fokus irgendwie lahm reagiert hat (musste ein paar mal fokkusieren). Egal, daran soll es auch nicht betrieben werden. An der 650D ist der Focus sehr agil und schnell.

Ich vergebe 4 Sterne, weil für diesen Preis eigentlich mehr drin sein müsste als eine Art Glückspiel mit der Qualität.

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Mr. G

TOP, wenn richtig zentriert

Reviewed in Germany on December 20, 2022

Style: Canon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

Hatte das 8-16 mm vor einigen Jahren für Canon, dann verkauft wegen Umstieg auf Vollformat. Habe mir vor 2 Jahren die Optik erneut günstig neu über einen Händler geholt um sie mit dem Fringeradapter an meiner Fuji zu nutzen; 8 mm korrigiertes Weitwinkel am APS-c Format gibt halt sonst nicht so einfach. Leider war das Objektiv, obwohl neu, völlig dezentriert. Sigma Deutschland wollte die Reparatur nicht auf Garantie durchführen, obwohl es ein EU-Objektiv mit 1- jähriger Garantie war und m.E. Sigma-Deutschland dann für auch zuständig sein sollte. Die Reparatur sollte um die € 300,- kosten, es musste innen wohl einiges getauscht werden. Letztlich wurde es dann doch über Intervention des Händlers bei Sigma für mich kostenlos repariert. Die Serienstreuung scheint leider hier groß zu sein, auch mein erstes Objektiv vor vielen Jahren musste neu zentriert werden.
Jetzt ist die Abbildungsleistung hervorragend, auch die Ränder sind scharf, man braucht kaum abzublenden, wenig Verzeichnung, CA's nur bei starken Kontrasten. Aber: die Optik hat wohl bauartbedingt eine nicht unerhebliche Bildfeldwölbung (Hatte das 12-24 von Sigma für Vollformat auch), so dass es beim Fokussieren auf die Mitte doch am Rand nicht immer scharf ist, da ausserhalb der "gewölbten" fokussierten Ebene. Bisweilen ist es am besten etwas abzublenden und den Fokus auf eine mittlere Entfernung zu legen, dann passt es in der Regel. Benutze es mit dem Fingeradapter von EOS auf Fuji an der Fuji XT-30, wie gesagt unter Beachtung der Bildfeldwölbung super scharfe und kontrastreichen Fotos mit schönen Farben, und das bei 8 mm korrigiertem Weitwinkel. Allerdings ist es zusammen mit dem Adapter kein Leichtgewicht, und klein ich es leider auch nicht gerade ....
Hoffentlich bringt Fuji oder ein Fremdhersteller noch mal eine kleine rel. kompakte 8 mm Festbrennweite raus, als gute Ergänzung zum Fujinon 10-24mm ......

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Chris

A quick review, after a days shooting.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2012

Style: Nikon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

I am very impressed with this lense, it's the first wide angle lens I have owned, and the first lense I have bought from any manufacturer besides Nikon. After hearing a lot of mixed reviews from various sources about various pieces of glass made by Sigma this one seemed to have good reviews across the board.

The first thing I noticed after taking it out of the box is it's built like a TANK. It's got a lovely look and feel, the outer case is slightly rubberized the zoom and focus rings are as good if not better feeling than any you get on a Nikkor lense, firm, sturdy and the rubber grips are very nice.

The lens cap(s) is/are very odd indeed, there is the Sigma cap which clips onto a sleeve you slip over the fixed petal hood on the lense. Why they are in two bits bewilders me, you can't use the sleeve as another hood as it vignettes at all focal lengths and looks like a fish-eye at 8mm. Carrying the thing about is a bit of a hassle because of the size of it.

I dare say there is little to no chromatic abberation when using this lense, I can see none on any of the pictures I have taken today in bright sunlight.

Ken Rockwell calls the AF on the 8-16mm 'flaky' and I would be inclined to say it's not up to the standard of Canon or Nikon. It gets lost when focusing and you occasionally have to help it along using the focus ring or just keep refocusing a couple of times more to get it when you want it. It's not a big deal and I don't think it will bother me in the slightest, everything seems to be in focus using an ultra wide anyway.
The AF motor is quiet and not particularly fast, I've heard of the AF motor being loud and rattling, I don't know if it was an issue with earlier models, but mine is lovely, smooth and quiet.

f/4.5 isn't particularly sharp in the corners, anything between f/8 - f/11 seems to be the sweet spot giving a nice crisp image from center to edges.

Overall I am very impressed with Sigma, I've heard some real horror stories with regards to their lenses, this one is definitely a little gem. I couldn't resist buying it, it was £438.98 when I bought it three days ago I don't know why it's gone up by £150 in the last three days but at the time it was far cheaper than the Nikon 10-24mm, £250 cheaper, 2mm wider and although it's slightly slower, I'm a happy bunny!

*Update*

Just a little update after a further 3 months of use, I mentioned Ken Rockwell calling the AF 'flaky' and I agreed with him, however, since the first day of owning this lense I've not consciously noticed the AF getting lost or taking too much time to focus at all. So I'd be inclined to retract the statement.

There is no reason not to own this lense if you're in the market for a DX ultra wide, I still firmly give this lense five stars, I've shot it at night, during the day, long exposures, fast shots, all I can say is you won't be disappointed.

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Mgomezulu

For my work and new dimension to my leisure photography

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2012

Style: Canon Digital DSLR CameraVerified Purchase

I purchased the lens in September 2012 and have had a lot of fun with this lens... it has hardly been off the camera since! I work in the construction industry and take a lot of photos for records of progress and non-conformances (sometimes in confined spaces) so I needed a wide angle lens which was pretty robust and would not cost the earth; the Sigma 8-16mm lens met that criteria fully. I wasn't sure if I was going to find this lens useful for my leisure photography though and this was another reason I didn't go for the more expensive Canon Lens - I shoot on a 7D and a 30D. How wrong I was... my photos have taken on a new dimension and opened a whole new avenue for me (if you will pardon the pun) in street photography. I live and work in India and so there are some amazing opportunities for this type of photography!

I could complain about the fact that the convex lens is susceptible to damage but I can say that the integral lens hood does offer some protection and I always but the lens cap back on as soon as I have taken the shot and deciding on the next scene I want to take, so it is not really ideal for "off the cuff" candid type shots.

The build quality is good though it feels a little light in weight however this is probably a blessing in disguise considering the weight of some of my lenses.

Delivery was as expected from Amazon and though this was the first lens I bought online I need not have been apprehensive about protection during transit, the lens was in its case and protected in the box with bubble wrap and an airbag or two...

In summary... a great lens and I am as happy as....

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Focal Length Description	8-16 millimeters
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