With close-focusing to 7.25 inches and magnification at 1:2.6, it’s perfect for tabletop shooters. Our tests found it optically superior to some pricier glass.
With Sigma's new 18-50mm f/2.8 macro ($420, estimated street), we jog past another milestone: This was the industry's first digital-only lens to be released in a secondgeneration version. The closest focusing of any Sigma zoom, this 30-85mm (equivalent, with our test camera's 1.6X lens factor) features a wider barrel and larger filter size, and much closer focusing (from 7.25 inches, rather than 11.25 inches) than the 18-50mm it replaces, at about the same price.
Hands On:
Read more| Lens Type: | Zoom |
| Compatibility: | Digital Only |
| Range: | Wide Angle Normal |
| Mount: | Canon Nikon Pentax Sigma Sony |
| Auto Focus: | Yes |
| Full-Time Manual Focus Override: | Yes |
| Silent AF: | Yes |
| Zoom: | Yes |
| Minimum Focal Length: | 18 mm |
| Maximum Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Fastest Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Slowest Aperture: | f/22.0 |
| Image Stabilization: | No |
| Elements: | 17 |
| Groups: | 13 |
| Filter Size: | 72mm |
| Length: | 3.5 inches |
| Weight: | 18.9 ounces |
| Price: | $450.00 |
| Tripod Collar: | Yes |
| Included Case: | No |
| Macro: | Yes |
| Tilt/Shift: | No |
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