Sigma 18-200 pictures

Once upon a time when it was safe to leave your door open or when cricketers wore white all the time or when you could actually speak to a person when calling a company on the phone, photographers used to take daily weight training exercises by carrying a gadget bag containing umpteen lenses and filters. Now we live in a different age ..the digital age and SLR's have become smaller and lighter. Thank goodness.. I picked up my old Nikon f3 the other day and could hardly lift it.... and to think I used to have to lug it around with a load of lenses. Anyway recently Sigma introduced a lens - 18-200 zoom which is likely to be the ideal traveling companion - covering ....with a Nikon d70..... a focal length range of between 27mm and 300mm no mean feat in itself. In addition it is capable of close-ups (1 :4.4) and is light and easy to use. I found the focussing fast enough on the D70 and you can see some results below. All were taken in the first couple of hours I received it and I will be adding to the gallery soon. You can click on most for a bigger image and unless mentioned as a crop all are full images. You can also see some comparisons with other Sigma lenses.
Unless mentioned otherwise originals are shot as jpeg and hand held.

More images from this game here

Sigm 18-200mm 18mm ( 27mm equiv focal length )
1/1250 f9 400iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 18-125mm 18mm (27mm equiv focal length)
1/640 f13 400 iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 18-35mm 18mm (27mm equiv focal length)
1/640 f13 400 iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv focal length)
RAW orig 1/640 f13 400 iso -.3 comp (shadow/high in PS)

Sigma 18-200mm 46mm (69mm equiv focal length)
1/1600 f10 400 iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 18-200mm 135mm (202mm equiv focal length)
1/3200 f7 400 iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
1/2500 f6.3 400 iso program -.3 comp

Sigma 70-300mm 195mm (292mm equiv focal length)
1/1250 f9 400 iso program -.3 comp

The above 2 images are 400 x 400 cuts from a 100% Photoshop view . the one on the left is from the 18-125 and on the right is the 18-200. the blow-up is from left of centre and both were jpegs.

This is a 400 x 325 px cut from the edge of the 18mm focal length of the 18-200 zoom

These are blow-ups from the edge of the 200mm focal length and there is a little bit of colour fringing on the one on the left. The one on the right is after fixing in PS.

Sigma 18-200mm 65mm (97mm equiv focal length)
1/400 f10 400iso program RAW original

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm ( 27mm equiv focal length)
1/400 f10 400 iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
1/640 f6.3 400 iso program

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv focal length)
1/250 f8 400 iso program

Sigma 18-200mm 78mm (117mm equiv focal length)
1/640 f10 400 iso program cropped from orig

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
1/500 f6.3 400 iso program

Both Sigma 18-200mm 200mm closest (300mm equiv focal length) lens hood removed to use flash.
1/320 f16 400 iso normal onboard flash manual. 50% cropped

Both Sigma 18-200mm 200mm closest (300mm equiv focal length)
1/320 f16 400 iso manual onboard flash. 50% cropped
Don't forget to remove lens hood when using onboard flash for close-ups

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm closest focus (equiv 300mm focal length) 1/1600 f10 400 iso program 55% crop

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm closest focus with CU +2 lens
1/200 f22 400iso manual onboard flash 42% crop

Back to D70

A shot of the crowd at Man City v Middlesbrough game.
Sigma 18-200 zoom 200mm (equiv 300mm focal length)
1/500 f6.3 800iso program from RAW original .
A 400px x 400px 100% blow-up from the centre is on the right and below is a 600px x 400px 100% blow-up from the right edge. There is a slight loss of sharpness at the edges and there is tiny bit of chromatic abberation at the edges too.

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
1/400 f6.3 400 iso

100% crop from pic on left

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
!/800 f7 400iso program

100% from original jpeg on left

Sigma 70-300mm 195mm (292mm equiv focal length)
1/800 f7 400 iso program

100% from original jpeg on left

Sigma 70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv focal length)
1/800 f5.6 400 iso program

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm cropped to give similar coverage to 300mm focal length on left. 1/800 f7
400 iso program

vertical 40% crop from horiz pic. Sigma 18-200
200mm (300mm equiv focal length) 1/2500 f6.3
640 iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv focal length)
1/1250 f6.3 800 iso program

100% crop from orig jpeg

More images from this game between Man City and Middlesbrough shot with the
Sigma 18-200 can be seen at http://www.rtfract.com/citmay05

sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro (300mm equiv focal length)
1/125 f10 200iso onboard flash 50% crop

sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro (300mm equiv)
1/125 f13 200iso onboard flash 50% crop

Sigma 18-200mm 78mm ( 120mm equiv) 1/60 f5.6 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro with cu+2 1/00 f14
640iso onboard flash

Sigma 18-200mm 55mm (82mm equiv) 1/200 f7 640 iso

Sigma 18-200mm (82mm equiv) 1/125 f5.6 640 iso

Sigma 18-200mm 116mm ( 174mm equiv)
1/1000 f6 200iso

Sigma 18-125mm 125mm (187mm equiv)
1/1000 f5.6 200iso

100% crop from centre of above image

100% crop from edge of above image

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro (300mm equiv)
1/80 f20 200 iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro (300mm equiv)
1/80 f20 200 iso 60% crop

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv) 1/320 f9 200iso polarising filter

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv)
1/80 f18 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro with +2 CU
1/320 f6.3 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro with +2 CU
1/60 f20 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro
1/60 f20 200iso onboard flash
75% crop

Sigma 18-200mm 200mm macro
1/125 f13 200 iso onboard flash
75% crop

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv)
1/500 f11 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 116mm (172mm equiv)
1/640 f6.3 200 iso

Sigma 18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv)
1/320 f9 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 26mm (39mm equiv)
1/400 f14 200iso

Sigma 18-200mm 116mm (172mm equiv)
1/1250 f6 200iso

vertical 40% crop from horiz pic Sigma 18-200
200mm (300mm equiv focal length)1/4000 f6.3
640 iso

A recent visit to Urchfont gave me the opportunity for these images with the 18-200mm below. The weather varied from a damp early morning to showery bright afternoons.