Not overly impressed with Sigma 10-20mm

The edges of the 2nd photo are very soft but generally they don't look too bad.
Sharpening them up in your image editor will make them better :)
 
on the 1st shot the car on the right looks pretty stretched and blurry, infact most of the right side looks blurry , this is what i noticed was wrong with my copy, except the left side was a little soft too, i thought i was maybe taking shots that were too close (if thats understandable?) so i took a few shots of a nice wide area but it still doesnt seem upto par

so ive just taken mine back and swapped it, i cant test the new one yet coz its chucking it down :(

i can get a refund though if i`m still not happy
 
update: ended up getting a refund, the 2nd copy i got was also not upto par. Infact the 2nd seemed to be worse than the 1st, I loved the wideness of the lens but the sharpness was just not there, also I wasnt happy that the lens cap didnt even fit properly.

So.. today i went and got a 17-40L that i had noticed on display at a local camera shop, got it for £520, and i also get £70 cashback which is an ok deal i think?
its not as wide as the 10-20 obviously but the image quality is superb, and to be honest i think this lens will get far more use than a 10-20, just need some decent weather now and enough time to go use it heh :)
 
I get the same with my 10-20. The edges are soft and can be stretched/blurred. I just thought it was due to the ultra wide angle. I'm happy with mine. Excellent lens imho.
 
cyKey said:
The edges are soft and can be stretched/blurred. I just thought it was due to the ultra wide angle. I'm happy with mine.
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Same, but I only shoot from F16 upto F22, its not very sharp below about F8-9.

Find the lens to be great. just have to be awake of the corners when compossing your shots.
 
It's not all that bad at large apertures really, I'm quite happy with mine (selling it in my sig due to me selling my camera though).

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Both are around f/4.5 - certainly useable.
 
nice shots :)

after reading some of the comments on here i was beginning to think i had maybe been a bit too fussy but the copies i tried looked a lot softer. Anyways i`m happy with the 17-40 now and hopefully it will come to good use when i`m up back o`skiddaw in a few weeks
 
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