Sigma 28 AF zoom (At least thats what I think it’s called)
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a camera with less online information about it. It’s as if there was a cover up. Like Sigma wanted this camera and any information about it wiped off the face of the earth. I don’t blame them. When I first came across this camera the rubbery plastic it’s made from was all sticky I thought maybe that was a one-off but I’ve since found an even stickier Sigma Zoom 50 (that’s the almost identical camera with a 50 to 100mm lens) Once I rendered the camera holdable I needed to put a battery in it. Backing up just a little the camera appears rugged and perhaps weather resistant but far from it the battery door is the flimsiest loose plastic that is jammed by the carrying strap. Once you manage to get the battery in you can start the adventure. The lens is of the zoom variety covering 28 to 50mm with an undetermined aperture. It does have a nicely placed shutter button and an actual hotshoe, I needed to say something nice. I had a notion in my mind that as a lens manufacturer that this camera might have some promise as a wide-angle film option but the lens really isn’t designed to cover the entire frame of 35mm film. I can’t recall any camera having worse vingetting, not even the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim with its 22mm lens. You don’t believe me well look at this……
No point crying I gave you ample warning. We tend to applaud and celebrate out of the box thinking but maybe just maybe sometimes you should keep a few ideas inside or ever to yourself. I challenge anyone reading this blog post to come up with the specifications for this camera, you will win my coveted admiration. and a mention in the update.
If you find a few of these images vaguely familiar it may be that you have previously seen my post about the Sigma DP1s which I used at the same time.