In the last few weeks I have had the chance to travel with Sigma’s 18-35mm F1.8 lens to New Jersey, Las Vegas and Chicago. The lens was put through the tests on a Canon 7D, 50D, and 60D. I was so intrigued by the lens that as a full-frame shooter, I went and found a cropped sensor camera just to use it. It was well worth it.
While in Las Vegas, I made a point to only use this lens on the Canon 50D. The results were amazing! Here you can see two black and white images made with the combination. The first is a portrait of Danny, a shop worker in Nevada. This image was photographed at 18mm at 1/200sec at f/1.8 and ISO 800. This image shows incredibly crisp detail and textures at the lenses widest aperture. The next image is of an old desk in a barn in Nevada. This image was photographed at 23mm 1/30sec at f/1.8 and ISO100. This image shows details so crisp that the fine texts in various parts of the image are readable.
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