Sigma 8-16mm comparison with other wide-angle lenses

All photos are taken from the same tripod at F8, on a Nikon D300.

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 1

 

Sigma 8-16mm lens at 8mm

 

 

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 2

 

Sigma 8-16mm lens at 10mm

 

 

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 3

 

Sigma 8-16mm lens at 16mm

 

 

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 4

 

Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10mm

 

 

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 5

 

 Sigma 10-20mm lens at 20mm

 

 

Sigma 8-16 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens Wide Angle Example 6

 

Nikon 10.5mm fisheye lens

 

Wide-angle Lenses compared with the Sigma 8-16mm

  • Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6,  $699. Widest lens, great sharpness
  • Sigma 10-20mm F4.0-5.6, $479. Great price point
  • Nikon 10-24mm F3.5-4.5, $870. Great zoom range
  • Tokina 11-16mm F2.8, $599. Fast lens for indoor use, close-focus not as good

 

Continue on to Sigma 8-16mm aberations and distortions

Comments

Thanks for producing such an

Submitted by Steve Ratts (not verified) on Wed, 2010-07-28 23:03.

Thanks for producing such an excellent resource! I've just spent a few hours perusing your site and I've already found it immensely helpful in comparing different lenses for my dSLR. The one thing that I think might actually improve this site would be if the comparison shots were displayed side-by-side. On this page, for example, you show all of the Sigma 8-16 shots before showing any of the Sigma 10-20 shots. I think it would be easier to compare these (or any two similar lenses) if the corresponding shots were arranges side-by-side.

Again, thanks for taking time to put together such a wealth of useful and detailed information!