The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF

Photographed with a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D2Xs. Optically, the lens is capable, although suffering from flare if pointed towards a source of light. It is versatile too, being compatible with full frame Nikon cameras as well as APS-C format. But it is a big lens occupying a lot of bag space, and although well-built and in Sigma's professional range, I did not think it was the sweetest lens to handle.

Mini Cooper 'S' photographed with a Nikon D2Xs and a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens.

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

In places Pug ditch runs rapidly over gravel and the water looks clear and clean. Yet quite nearby, the bed of the stream is muddy and slow flowing, and the nearby land becomes saturated. I used to play here with Sandra and on one occasion I ventured into the mud and began to sink. Had Sandra not pulled me free, I might not have returned many years later to make this photograph and recount this tale. Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D90.

Nikon D90 and Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF 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.

The clock at St. Cyriac's, Lacock from the inside. Nikon D2Xs and Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens.

Nikon D90 and Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens.

Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D2Xs. Very often when I used this lens I found myself wanting more telephoto than it could provide. Valuable as it was as a versatile wide-angle lens capable of use on full-frame, 35mm film Nikon SLRs, and the more common DX models, I discovered that modest wide-angle ability was all I really needed.

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

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was started in 1092 but was not completed for another 200 years. Beneath the church are the massive remains of a Saxon church begun in AD 905. It was heavily restored 1853-5 by T.H. Wyatt. I used a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens set at 25mm on a Nikon D2Xs.

I used a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF as wide as it would go on a Nikon D2Xs camera. That lens is also compatible with full frame and 35mm film cameras, making it a true wide angle asset. The lens has two weaknesses: first, it will flare if the sun is anywhere in the picture, and secondly, it is a big heavy optic to lug around when a 17-50mm will probably get the picture anyway (using APS-C format cameras). Moreover, a 17-50mm lens has the extra range that I always seemed to run out of when the Sigma was fitted.

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

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

Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D90. Used here at its full telephoto.

Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon F90X.

Springfield House on Hilperton Road, Trowbridge, had become dilapidated and was demolished in 1958 to make way for new housing. Only these gates and their piers remain at the town end of Springfield Park. The house was built in the Italianate style circa 1840 by a wealthy woollen manufacturer, William Stancomb, who was Lord of the Manor. He also built Trowbridge Market House, of which only the facade now survives, and serves as the portico for Castle Place shopping centre and a Wetherspoon’s pub. Stancomb later moved to an even grander home at Blount’s Court, Potterne, but his name lives on in a street nearby these gates. The sad fate of Springfield House may yet be repeated for Knees of Trowbridge, whose van is passing the gates in the photograph. Earlier this year (2014) they closed their iconic department store in the centre of town and relocated on a smaller scale to an out-of-town shopping park. Arguably this has had a greater effect on the townspeople than the conspicuous display of the enormous wealth of the late William Stancomb. Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D90.