Lens Tips: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 Review – Disappointing Results

• 5 years ago

The Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN has enjoyed high demand since its announcement, but was it deserved? Lens Tips seems to think that it wasn’t due to a variety of flaws they found that while easy to correct with software shouldn’t exist when lenses like the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE offer superior performance for a lower price. The only advantage Sigma has against the Tamron is that it extends to 24mm according to Lens Tips, but is that a good enough reason to pick the Sigma over the Tamron? You can read Lens Tips full review here.

Pros:

• very solid and weather- sealed casing,
• excellent image quality in frame centre,
• good image quality on the edge of APS-C,
• acceptable image quality on the edge of full frame,
• low lateral chromatic aberration,
• negligible astigmatism,
• low vignetting on the APS-C/DX sensor,
• fast, silent, and accurate autofocus,
• very good performance against bright light.

Cons:

• very high distortion which, additionally, at the shortest focal length, shows significant moustache deformations,
• a tad too high spherical aberration at 70 mm,
• noticeable longitudinal chromatic aberration at 70 mm,
• monstruous vignetting on full frame.

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SIGMA 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama