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1D Mk II + Sigma 28mm f/1.8 wide open - not very close so I hope this is ok...
Canon 30D + Sigma 28mm f/1.8 wide open - this is a miniature bottle of JD, not full sized!
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Nice stuff. The Sigma 28mm f/1.8's consistently produce compelling images, despite the lacklustre test results.
/Dave
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This one from a Ricoh GX-8 at either the widest angle of 6mm f/2.5 (equiv. 28mm), or maybe with the 0.8x wide-angle converter (equiv. 22.5mm). It would close focus until the front element touched the subject, got some dramatic close-ups with it.
Too bad about the circa 2005 1/1.8" sensor....
But seriously, the minimum-focus of the current "serious" compact wide angle lenses such as the E16mm and u4/3 12mm and 14mm lens are all "far from close". I think they are all around 1:10. Not sure what to replace the GX-8 with now (it went for an unintentional swim on river hike earlier this year and could not be resuscitated).
![[Image: Diana%252520Diana.jpg]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YvovFfZlF0Q/TpYALcyXBMI/AAAAAAAACY0/0tHWF802hVI/s912/Diana%252520Diana.jpg)
/Dave
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![[Image: swanclose-s.jpg]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xbpmzytMw-w/TpYGg8HbDII/AAAAAAAAHV0/Nuqr1wufy0A/s800/swanclose-s.jpg)
Quick one from today. I like seeing how close I can get to the swans before I get pecked. But they know I don't often have any food for them so they don't get so close now. HX9V at equiv. to 28.6mm. No cropping.
That reminds me...
![[Image: eatme-s.jpg]](https://lh4.ggpht.com/_UXW65nXXeP4/TQy2lLh7kGI/AAAAAAAAFdA/zpWXRTYnnPY/s800/eatme-s.jpg)
Samyang 8mm fisheye on 450D, cropped a bit. I wish I had a bit more of the beak in focus, but I never expected to get this close!
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10-13-2011, 10:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-13-2011, 10:39 AM by Rover.)
So tell us Markus... when is the review of Sigma 20/1.8 due? And the pictures are lovely, just what the wide angles are for. Pity that I don't have much to show, even though I liked the Sigma 14mm f/2.8 in part for its 18cm MFD which could produce weird shots (as opposed to 42cm (!) MFD of the 17-35mm L which I had at the time).
anyscreenamewilldo
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oh no! not another flower shot - ok, i'll call it 'a stranger passing by' ... but, the red and white thing in the foreground is about 1ft away from the lens - so, close up in wide shot then on a very grey spring day (red + grey = good) - a900, 1635za @16 & f14 - photographed just the other day for here <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />
![[Image: i-7F9mKkS-O.jpg]](http://goingdown.smugmug.com/photos/i-7F9mKkS/0/O/i-7F9mKkS-O.jpg)
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oh no! not another flower shot - ok, i'll call it 'a stranger passing by' ... but, the red and white thing in the foreground is about 1ft away from the lens - so, close up in wide shot then on a very grey spring day (red + grey = good) - a900, 1635za @16 & f14 - photographed just the other day for here <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />
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I like it, ASNWD. Indeed, the grey weather makes for interesting contrast with the flowers.
10-19-2011, 01:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-19-2011, 01:30 PM by Rover.)
I found this image in my pile:
![[Image: z_c960a3cf.jpg]](http://cs10061.vkontakte.ru/u2066358/-6/z_c960a3cf.jpg)
created with a Sigma 14mm f/2.8 (rather obvious due to flare)
Bump for this thread.
1. Any news on the Sigma 20/1.8 test on FX?
2. Regarding this post: http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/2238-next-pz-lens-test-report-slr-magic-hyperprime-lm-cine-50mm-t095/page__view__findpost__p__17964
"I very much like the 24/1.4 on my Nikons, but on the M9 I way too often ran into the MFD limitations of the system with the Summilux lens (very often I would have preferred to get closer than 0.7m to the main subject to get a more dramatic wide angle perspective)."
Glad you are keeping the flame lit for the wide-angle close-up people. It seems to be a real problem with all the otherwise interesting wide-angle mirrorless lenses. Voigtlander's M-12mm, 15mm, NEX 16mm, Panasonic 14mm and Olympus 12mm all have poor MFD. (Not to mention the unobtanium Summilux) 1:10, 1:12 !?! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />
It would be nice to see a "Close-Up" test added to the PZ reports, to show a standardized subject at MFD of each lens. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='  ' />
/Dave
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05-12-2012, 03:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-12-2012, 04:11 PM by Rover.)
A few more random shot (Sigma 14mm f/2.8 on Canon 1D Mark II N). Tenerife (Spain).
![[Image: z_47729494.jpg]](http://cs10602.userapi.com/u2066358/153098070/z_47729494.jpg)
f/6.3
![[Image: z_ea9490e2.jpg]](http://cs10602.userapi.com/u2066358/153098070/z_ea9490e2.jpg)
f/5.6
I love this wacky Sigma even though I probably have no real use for it. MFD of 18cm is really nice.
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A few more random shot (Sigma 14mm f/2.8 on Canon 1D Mark II N). Tenerife (Spain).
I love this wacky Sigma even though I probably have no real use for it. MFD of 18cm is really nice.
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Not liking the background bokeh much though... looks all pulled apart.
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