> I understand your position, Henry, but I've had nothing but bad quality > from Sigma: 4 Sigma products bought in the last few years; 3 of them are > now paperweights. IMO Sigma is for photographers that do a few rolls per > year and don't expect much from their equipment anyway. (that's not to say > you might not be lucky and get the odd good one slipping through the > system)
>Probably close. :) Their dSLR is be described as "an abortion." > BTW the end result of my flash (EF500DG) story (remember it had an out-of > the box underexposure of about 3 stops in ETTL) is that Sigma locally > quoted me R1300 ($198 at the present exhange rate) and a wait time of 3 to > 4 MONTHS to fix it (most probably because I have not bought it locally) At > least with Canon I've had my B&H international warantee honored by Canon SA > in the past. I've just asked them to send it back as-is and I'll use it on > manual only or for spare parts for my other 500DG (that one had a broken > diffuser panel and is only underexposing by 1/2 to 1 stop in ETTL) The > expensive lesson learnt: STAY AWAY FROM SIGMA!!! >I've seen a brand new out-of-the-box (NO, NOT damaged in transit) "wannbe" >replacement for the Canon 24-70L USM lens FALL APART - barrels and all AT a >wedding some poor slob was shooting. I went home and loaned him my REAL >24-70L to finish the shooting (15min. round trip). The quality just isn't >anywhere near as good as Canon - period. > >Fred Though I have no Sigma lens nowadays and I use only Canon L lenses from 14mm to 400mm in past times I have used some products from Sigma and I had no complaint about their optical quality. They are far from "abortions" and my only concern were their quality was not planned for lasting and Canon lenses are better built but if they receive good care they produce some pictures very similar to the Canon's. Be proud of your pictures not of your equipment... Regards Felix * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
