Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM : Specifications and Opinions

Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM

The Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2006 to 2009 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price was 900 €;

24 users have given it an average vote of 8.2 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	70-200 mm
Angle of view	34.4 - 12.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.8
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	17 elements in 14 groups
Min. focus distance	1.8 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.13x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	No
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	Yes
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	1270 g
Dimensions	86 x 184 mm
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Fcornia

sent on 01 Giugno 2024

Pros: PRICE, very solid construction, aberration handling, bokeh, close-range rendering.

Cons: Weight, infinite AF calibration (my sample), firmware compatibility.

Opinion: There are many versions, I had two, the first "APO" with aperture ring and the more modern EX II Macro and with MAF close to one meter that I still use with satisfaction for several years. An honest lens, capable of churning out professional images if the photographer knows what he is doing. My sample is very good at close and medium range, at infinity the AF is unreliable, so I consider it a 70-200 for reportage and portraiture and for this reason I use it. On Full-Frame at 24 Mpx it is optically fine and is easily usable even at TA with an understandable drop in engraving on longer focal lengths where the image at full aperture loses contrast as well as detail (spherical aberration?) but remains absolutely usable especially at close range. Closing to F4 the sharpness and microcontrast improve significantly, the lens also supports demanding resolutions and APS-C crops around 24 megapixels. The rendering of the image is classic, not sharp but the detail comes to be very high. The bokeh is good, without crying out for a miracle: it has no major defects, just a bit of outline on the light points, the aberrations are well controlled. It weighs a lot like all the 70-200 2.8 and even a little more for the granite construction (in metal), it is not stabilized so pay attention to safety times. In the mirroless era (and F4 canvases at € 2000 list) you have to consider the quality/price ratio, to have a significantly higher optical performance than TA you have to go to the top brands or the most recent versions of the best generalist manufacturers. The autofocus is quite performing, it is definitely a lens to recommend to those who want an old-school 70-200 f2.8 at the price of a dark plasticetto in 2024. Regarding a use in the video field, it is not parfocal and has a lot of focus-breathing especially on long focal lengths.

user215205

sent on 20 Gennaio 2021

Pros: Construction, optical quality, fixed opening, diaphragm ring in the Nikon version.

Cons: Delicate coating.

Opinion: I'm not one to do fleas every single pixel of the images, apart from the "peeling" of the coating, I have no complaints about this optics, precise and fast focus, at least for my needs, optically very good, the flare, although present in certain situations, is quite contained, not higher than that of other similar optics, but with the most famous brand, even if the wording APO is a little exaggerated, the chromatic aberrations are quite contained. I used it, and I still use it, in the most disparate situations, and it never betrayed me. The iris ring, in my version for Nikon, makes it usable on all cameras in this house, including analog. Compared to the Nikon 80-200 F/2.8 pump, which I used for a long time, optically does not disfigure at all, on the contrary, and the maf is much faster and quieter.

Matteo N.

sent on 12 Aprile 2017

Pros: Construction, sharpness, starry at night, value for money, absent chromatic aberrations.

Cons: Use multiplied to the limit, loss of typical coating of sigma, af valid, but not very fast.

Opinion: is an excellent 70-200 cheap, my copy I took it semi destroyed to 240 euros, but still optically very efficient. The sharpness is good although of course at 2.8 does not break the hair (as it is honest), but closing is really defending very well and the diaphragm with 9 blades you see everything in the night and in the blurred, now is the best starry I've ever found in a lens. The construction is great, by tank, if the copy I had found I still went is a virtually immortal lens. It Has several limits in the multiplied use, considering its 2x up to 300mm is more or less acceptable closing, besides it becomes aberrant even closing a lot, to do something remotely acceptable you have to close to F11-F13. The AF is already ultrasonic, but it is not in step with the times, for more with time the clutches of the full time MF are kneading and can be dragged behind the outer ring together with the elements of the lens. It Can be a very valid alternative to a 70-300 paying no more than 300-350 euros for a specimen kept well, besides so much worth taking the OS version

Bm75

sent on 01 Aprile 2017

Pros: 2.8 aperture, zoom and internal mf, very solid construction, fluid ferrules, good excursion of mf ring, sharpness, color tone, it is FF, speed and accuracy AF good.

Cons: unserviceable at minimum focus distance and 2.8 ingombroe weight (which is also considered 2.8 remains a beast), unusable with direct sun in the frame, even diaphragmed.

Opinion: Used only on the right coupled with Nikon d300. It 'a good deal because it has a good cost-performance ratio. My copy has the defects that I describe above, I do not know if it's common problems. Unlike what I read in other reviews mine has no problem back focus. Its advantage is the price: it costs as a Nikon 80-200 first original series but is more modern and HSM.

Iziomio75

sent on 01 Aprile 2017

Pros: HSM Autofocus, aesthetics

Cons: Everything, zero contrast weight of stabilizer tropicalizzatornAssenza

Opinion: I had this zoom for two months, sold out of desperation, suffering from back focus weighs very heavy, although these lenses is normal, the sore point of this now optical dated and exceeded the quality of the mediocre, slow, often having the lenses untreated sufferers magenta casts, under the 125 second if you do not use a monopod is often risks camera shake, under daylight conditions works decently, although much advice Nikon rende.rnOttica coast sconsigliornrnVoto 5

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