Sigma 70-300mm Sony/Minolta mount lens - a warning
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From: Pete Stavrakoglou on 27 Oct 2009 08:10 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:261020091358156615%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <hc5119$g8v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Pete Stavrakoglou > <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >> > Does anybody actually buy Sigma's cameras? I'm pretty sure I've never >> > seen >> > one. > >> Some of us do buy their cameras and like them. > > the cool thing about it is that they can *all* fit into one big room at > the same time! Comedy is not your thing, don't quit your day job. >> Being a Sigma DSLR user, >> I've got a fair number of their lenses and have experienced problems with >> only one. > > there are a *lot* of posts in the sigma forum on dpreview with various > problems. the sd14 has lockups and writes corrupted files, the dp1 and > dp2 have a lovely red grid problem, the lens mechanism fails, the > autofocus is slow, battery drains in hours even when not using it, etc. I was addressing the lens reliablitiy, try reading what I wrote. Never mentioned the camera reliablility. >> Sigma USA's customer service is excellent in my experience and >> the experiences of other Sigma users I'm in continual contact with. > > i've seen posts where sigma usa rejected repairs and claimed 'customer > damage' followed by fanbois saying 'you packed it wrong' or some such > garbage. always the user's fault, never sigma. You are talking about one incident, I know the thread you are talking about. My out-of-warranty camera years ago required a repair that was taken care of at no cost to me and I was offered a loaner until mine was reparied. I guess we can put you into the "Anti-fanboy" club. If it makes you feel good, go ahead. > there are also posts where a camera or lens had to be sent to sigma > japan for 2-3 *months*, only to have it come back with a different set > of problems.
From: Robert Coe on 27 Oct 2009 22:00 On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:24:33 +1100, Bob Larter <bobbylarter(a)gmail.com> wrote: : RustY � wrote: : > "John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message : > news:s8v8e5p0p8ap5el4u0n3v1ud9p8tki66pc(a)4ax.com... : > : >> ...................I personally don't think the : >> difference in cost is great enough to warrant non-OEM lenses. : >> If your needs aren't critical, then budget OEM lenses are fine. : >> If they are critical, then non-OEM lenses won't really deliver. : >> : >> : > I now only own Canon lenses - some cheap e-bay ones and some new 'L' series : > glass but never again will I buy non genuine lenses. For what I do it really : > isn't worth the money saved. : : I've bought one Sigma lens. Never again. All my others are genuine Canons. What was the Sigma lens you bought and didn't like?
From: Wolfgang Weisselberg on 29 Oct 2009 08:03 ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.photo.digital.] nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > what makes you think these over the counter operations don't tell the > customer that they should rent a nikon/canon lens instead? or that the > sigma is 'out of stock' when it really means they're all broken? maybe > the store stocks 1 sigma lens for every 10 nikon/canon lenses, just to > appease the sigma fanbois who require sigma for some reason. Because that would shatter his conspiracy theory, and thus it just can't be. -Wolfgang
From: Wolfgang Weisselberg on 29 Oct 2009 08:13 ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.photo.digital.] Pete Stavrakoglou <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: > "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> the cool thing about it is that they can *all* fit into one big room at >> the same time! > Comedy is not your thing, don't quit your day job. It's not comedy, it's the plain truth: you *can* fit all Sigma owners in the big blue room with the curious yellow ball ... -Wolfgang
From: Pete Stavrakoglou on 29 Oct 2009 09:16
"Wolfgang Weisselberg" <ozcvgtt02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:cfdor6-u9b.ln1(a)ID-52418.user.berlin.de... > ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.photo.digital.] > Pete Stavrakoglou <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: >> "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > >>> the cool thing about it is that they can *all* fit into one big room at >>> the same time! > >> Comedy is not your thing, don't quit your day job. > > It's not comedy, it's the plain truth: you *can* fit all Sigma > owners in the big blue room with the curious yellow ball ... > > -Wolfgang I see that comedy is not your strong suit either. |