Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E

The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DN DC Contemporary is a pretty obvious choice if you want to have a lightweight, fast standard zoom lens without breaking your bank account. On Fujifilm's 26-megapixel APS-C sensor, it is pretty sharp throughout the zoom range.

Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Standard Zoom lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with X Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C lens good for?

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Standard Zoom lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with L Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C lens good for?

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Standard Zoom lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with E Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN C lens good for?

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Hood supplied, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range, Minimum focus distance of, 0.12m / 4.7 inch, Lens Extents while zooming

The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN is, without doubt, one of the most attractive standard zooms available for APS-C mirrorless cameras. It provides a unique combination of impressive optical quality, large maximum aperture, compact size, and affordable price.

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  Compact and lightweight, Impressively sharp, Quick, silent AF, Affordable price

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  No optical stabilisation, Limited zoom range (both wide and tele)

The options have been sensibly and significantly increased by this new f/2.8 lens. Given that depth of field is greater on APS-C format it is a step towards being able to render backgrounds out of focus, a definite boon for portraiture in particular.

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  Excellent sharpness, Modest vignetting when stopped down, Maintains contrast shooting into the light, Low central CA, Fast, accurate and virtually silent AF, Dust and splash resistance, Light and compact, Fast f/2.8 aperture, Fair price, 3 Year guarantee

The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary is an affordable and very capable standard zoom for beginner photographers, with sharp, background-blurring optics and decent macro capabilities.

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  Lightweight design, Sharp F2.8 optics, Close focus for 1:2.8 macro, Quick, quiet autofocus, Nominal focus breathing

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  Not fully protected from dust and splashes, Omits anti-smudge fluorine coating, No optical stabilization, Raw shots require correction profile

The Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 DC DN is the zoom many cropped mirrorless cameras have been waiting for: the range may be fairly standard, but the constant f2.8 aperture, potential for shallow depth-of-field results, and corner sharpness are all a step-up over basic kit zooms, and crucially it won’t break...

Thanks to Sigma Canada (Gentec) for sending me a pre-release loaner copy of this lens. As always, this is a completely independent review. The opinions here are completely my own.

The close focus abilities will help it to be a good lens to mount on a gimbal or slider for video work, as on the wide end you essentially can’t exceed the focus limit. The wider maximum aperture gives you more creative options for depth of field than kit lenses or something like the Sony E 18-135mm...

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  Compact size and light weight, Nicely made with a weather sealing gasket, Useful focal range with constant F2.8 aperture, Good autofocus performance, Minimal focus breathing, Low amounts of chromatic aberrations, Good sharpness across zoom range, Nice bokeh in most situations, Fairly good coma...

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  No optical stabilizer, Fairly strong barrel distortion at 18mm, Some ghosting in certain lighting conditions

I was looking for a good quality lens for street photography. This fits the bill and at 18-50 f2.8 throughout the range and is a bonus for low light. The lens is very light at only 203 grams. It is made from polycarbonate and will last a lot longer that me.

The team at Salisbury are both knowledgeable and truly outstanding in their helpfulness, great people to do business with.

This is a terrific little lens, that’s ideal for street and indoor (low light) photography. It’s very sharp, fast focusing and renders colours beautifully. It’s a joy to use. I’d give it 5 stars if it were fully weather resistant. That said, I’ve use it in wet weather without issue.

Videography

For photo and video it's exactly what you would want for this price. Good quality image not perfect but easily as good as lenses costing more.The size and eight makes it extremely convenient as well the perfect travel lens for Sony APS-C

I landed to production gigs that I will be shooting this spring.

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  I've been extremely pleased with this lens, which I have been using on my Sony A6400 camera for a month or so now.