Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Review

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Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Review

Josh Larkin
East Calais, USA
Team, 6 posts

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Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Review | Shoot shoot shoot | Clean and Crisp | Different test subjects | Results are in...

At the 27mm and 50mm focal length at f/2.8, neither distortion nor vignetting were noticeable to any extent worth mention.

Stopping the lens down to f/11 showed that the lens was definitely a wise purchase. At all three focal lengths, both the centers and the edges remained quite sharp, with distortion occurring again only at the 17mm focal length.


27mm f/11 1/125 ISO 200


100% crop from center


100% crop from upper right corner

At f/22, the Sigma 17-50mm does seem to lose a bit of resolution, but this is also to be expected to some extent when a lens is stopped all the way down to its smallest aperture. Nonetheless, I was still pleased with the results, though I'm not going to post another image of the wall as it's a little tough to discern this loss of resolution in this subject. You'll just have to take my word for it.

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Last modified on Friday, 26 April 2013

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7 comments

2013-04-18 06:05:18 posted by James Pisarz (James23p)
Great review! Yes it will fit the D60 it is a HSM(AF-s) lens so it will AF and it is also a (DC)DX lens so it will be perfect for your DX DSLR. Jim
2013-03-05 10:37:18 posted by Zita Margit Kemeny (zkemeny)
Does it fit to Nikon D60 ?
2013-02-21 05:14:38 posted by Michael Howard (drumer23)
I've been using this lens for the past year and have loved it. I do notice some vignetting in the corners when zoomed all the way in and at f2.8. Lightroom has no issue removing this with lens correction. Once you start to get around f4 it goes away. I did recently have an issue with the focusing motor not locking quickly. I sent it in for repair and within a week got it returned good as new and fully cleaned. Still extremely happy with this lens on my D7000.
2013-02-15 01:41:56 posted by jerry charlton (photo bug)
thank you josh. im still trying to decide on a 2.8 lens in that range. after you shoot it some more, please update.
2013-02-06 13:56:50 posted by doug stroud (dougstroudphoto)
Excellent Josh. I am quite impressed by the OS at 1/15th and at $500 for a 2.8 lens that really has me thinking of purchasing something other than Nikon lenses.
2013-02-06 09:30:20 posted by Chuck Vincent (Chuckv)
Which Nikon Camera's did you mount it on?
2013-02-04 19:23:04 posted by Emory Hall (ehall)
Hi Josh Great review, thanks for giving me some insight to guide my next lens pick. Emory