Opinions needed on my impulse feebay purchase!

divuk83 · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:14

Just bought myself a new lens off feebay and was wondering if I got a good deal or not, I think I did, but it was a bit of an impulse buy as it had no bids and was about to finish. As a result of this I didn't research the lens before buying it. The Lens is a Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX Asph DG DF (for my D50). It also comes with two filters and a case and the lens is new and has never been used. I paid 157 squid including postage. Should be better than the 18-55 DX that came with the camera?

And yes, I do realise that I should have made this post before buying the lens!

Cheers

Dave

Gungnir · 10 Sep 2006 at 10:01

It's a great lens, don't worry

It widdles all over the kit lens.

AF is noisy and a little slow at times though.

Joe T · 10 Sep 2006 at 10:16

Great lens. Its much less wide than the 18-55, which you may notice.

King_Boru · 10 Sep 2006 at 10:52

Its not going to be very wide. The crop factor will make it a 36 - 105mm (i think) lens. Ok for a low tele zoom though. For the price I think you should have got yourself a new 18 - 70mm Nikkor DX lens (£179).

King.

Colin_da_Killer · 10 Sep 2006 at 10:52

Joe T said:
Great lens. Its much less wide than the 18-55, which you may notice.

Sorry to change the subject but just a quick note:

Happy Bday Joe T

Joe T · 10 Sep 2006 at 11:24

Colin_da_Killer said:
Sorry to change the subject but just a quick note:

Happy Bday Joe T

Thanks buddy!

divuk83 · 10 Sep 2006 at 18:30

Cheers for the advice. I was looking at the 18-70 DX as well, but this looked pretty good too. I'm not to bothered by it not being as wide as the kit lens, in fact I found the kit lens to be a bit short for what I need it for.

BTW, Happy birthday Joe T

Cheers

Dave