Today we’re going to be taking a look at SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro. In this SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro review we’ll be looking at a range of the product’s key features, benefits, the price and what owners and experts have to say about the overall quality and performance of SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro. We’ve got a huge range of products to review in the Accessories category, so if you decide SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro isn’t quite right for you, there are plenty of alternatives.
Our first step in reviewing a product like this, is to conduct a quick analysis of the product to give it a score. This helps when comparing to similar products, by giving you a score that you can compare for the quality, price, customer reviews and overall score. For example if one product had an overall score of 55% you can assume that SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro is the better option with a score of 93%.
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Latest Price: £349
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- The Sigma 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-Angle Zoom Lens with Macro offers a conveniently compact and versatile design that’s ideal for taking with you out on the field. Versatile shooting With a wide zoom range, the high performance 17-70 mm offers versatile shooting options and is ideal for travel, landscape, portraiture and sports. Compact and lightweight, this wide-angle zoom matches perfectly with the smaller bodies of Nikon APS-C DSLRs. A low aperture of f/2.8 makes the 17-70 mm suitable for shooting subjects at extremely close range and in low light conditions. With seven rounded blades making up the diaphragm you can get creative by creating a smooth bokeh in the background. Get closer to your subject A dedicated macro function and minimum focusing distance of 22 cm makes the 17-70 mm ideal for close-up photography. A Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) ensures quiet focusing, ideal when capturing small insects. For sharp, blur-free images, the 17-70 mm incorporates Sigma’s Optical Stabiliser (OS) which offers effective correction of approximately 4 stops to counter camera shake even during macro photography. Superior quality The 17-70 mm incorporates two ‚ÄúF‚Äù Low Dispersion glass elements to eliminate chromatic aberration of magnification and axial chromatic aberration for excellent image quality throughout the entire zoom range. Finished with a Super Multi-Layer Coating to reduce flare and ghosting, the 17-70 mm delivers sharp and high contrast results even in backlit conditions. The included tulip shaped lens hood also helps assist with avoiding flare. Sigma USB Dock compatible The 17-70 mm is compatible with the Sigma USB Dock (sold separately), which enables you to update the lens firmware and adjust parameters such as focus. Offering excellent versatility when shooting, the compact Sigma 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-Angle Zoom Lens with Macro is ideal for the travelling photographer.
- Product codes: 85126884550
- Supplier Code: 3224698997
- Model number: f/2.84
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So it goes without saying, we recommend that you read lots of reviews for SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro before you commit and buy it. Of course our overview score of 9.1 out of 10 gives it a pretty promising start but we still suggest you take the time to read through a few at least. And if possible take the time to read a range of opinions, including some positive and negative reviews.
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There are of course a huge number of options when it comes to buying products from the Accessories category. In fact there are 819 products. There are also a total of 32 products available from Sigma. And 32 products from Sigma specifically in the Accessories category.
Next up is to look into more detail on SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro to ascertain why it scored such an amazingly high score of 9.3 out of 10 with its overall score and 9.1 out of 10 review score.
The first step when choosing many products is to look at price. Whether it’s for us to understand how much we need to budget in order to buy a product, or because we are comparing prices of different products or the same product from different retailers. Either way, price is always an important factor. The price that our system found SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro available for, was £349 in our most recent search. At that price, considering the quality and cost of alternative products, we scored it an incredible 9.3 out of 10 for its pricing. The cheapest place we could find it was over at Currys PC World.
We then wanted to look at the price of SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro in a little more detail. By comparing the price to the averages. For example we took the average price of a product in the Accessories category and that was £221.87 from the 819 products we found. The highest priced product in this category that we could find was £9199.00, whilst the cheapest was £0.48.
We then looked at the average price of the products available from the same brand, Sigma. The average price of Sigma at Currys PC World was £429.41, with the maximum price being £1299.00 and the cheapest was £44.97.
SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro Reviews
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Summary
As you can see from the overall score, SIGMA 17-70 mm f/2.8-4 DC HSM OS Wide-angle Zoom Lens with Macro has really impressed us here at ReviewShack. Scoring an incredible 9.3 out of 10 is a great feat…well done to Sigma for creating such a great product at a great price point.
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