The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Sigma

An example of the capability of the now splendidly cheap Sigma 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 zoom lens in M42 screw thread configuration. Used here via an adapter on a Canon EOS 30D camera.

Crofton, Wilts. Nikon D2Xs + Sigma AF 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG lens.

Under the Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire. Nikon D2Xs + Sigma AF 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG lens.

Photographed with a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D2Xs.

Photographed with a Canon EOS 30D and an M42 thread Sigma 80-200mm zoom f/4.5-5.6 attached with an adapter. This lens was launched in 1985. It came in Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Minolta, Praktica B, Praktica screw (M42), Yashica/Contax, Konica, Fuji, and Pentax/Ricoh P (KPR) mounts. It took 52mm filters; was multi-coated; and made in Japan. It was priced at £79.95 or you could buy a special twin pack that also included the companion Sigma 35-70mm f/2.8-4.5 at a special price of £130. 'Camera Weekly' magazine reviewed the two lenses on 8 March, 1986, in a 'Quality on a Budget' feature. They remarked, 'the lenses will satisfy the expectations of even the enthusiast' and were 'quite up to all but the most demanding usage'. You can buy this lens on eBay for 99p; several have changed hands at that sum.

Sigma 15-30mm lens.

The cloisters at Lacock Abbey, photographed with a Nikon D2Xs and a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens.

Photographed with a Sigma Zoom 80-200mm f4.5-5.6 on a Canon EOS 20D. This lens was launched in 1985. It came in Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Minolta, Praktica B, Praktica screw (M42), Yashica/Contax, Konica, Fuji, and Pentax/Ricoh P (KPR) mounts. It took 52mm filters; was multi-coated; and made in Japan. It was priced at £79.95 or you could buy a special twin pack that also included the companion Sigma 35-70mm f/2.8-4.5 at a special price of £130.
'Camera Weekly' magazine reviewed the two lenses on 8 March, 1986, in a 'Quality on a Budget' feature. They remarked, 'the lenses will satisfy the expectations of even the enthusiast' and were 'quite up to all but the most demanding usage'.
Giving the 80-200 an outing on a digital camera set at high-ish ISO levels is perhaps not the fairest of tests, and metering tended towards under-exposure, which I should remember for another occasion. A bit of tweaking in post, particularly with contrast, helped, but in good light I would expect that to be less of an issue.
My copy of this lens is practically mint, along with a Praktica SLR and Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens it accompanied. It's not the best kit I have available, yet it is interesting to use it and see how it compares with later generation equipment.

Photographed with a Sigma Zoom 80-200mm f4.5-5.6 on a Canon EOS 20D. This lens was launched in 1985. It came in Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Minolta, Praktica B, Praktica screw (M42), Yashica/Contax, Konica, Fuji, and Pentax/Ricoh P (KPR) mounts. It took 52mm filters; was multi-coated; and made in Japan. It was priced at £79.95 or you could buy a special twin pack that also included the companion Sigma 35-70mm f/2.8-4.5 at a special price of £130.
'Camera Weekly' magazine reviewed the two lenses on 8 March, 1986, in a 'Quality on a Budget' feature. They remarked, 'the lenses will satisfy the expectations of even the enthusiast' and were 'quite up to all but the most demanding usage'.
Giving the 80-200 an outing on a digital camera set at high-ish ISO levels is perhaps not the fairest of tests, and metering tended towards under-exposure, which I should remember for another occasion. A bit of tweaking in post, particularly with contrast, helped, but in good light I would expect that to be less of an issue.
My copy of this lens is practically mint, along with a Praktica SLR and Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens it accompanied. It's not the best kit I have available, yet it is interesting to use it and see how it compares with later generation equipment.