{"id":18808,"date":"2017-03-10T18:24:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T02:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18808"},"modified":"2017-03-10T18:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T02:24:23","slug":"sigma-28-af-zoom-or-the-stickyma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18808","title":{"rendered":"Sigma 28 AF Zoom or the Stickyma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sigma28-50-7838\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love this little bit of advertising copy Sigma gave about the 28 AF Zoom and its siblings.<\/p>\n

Sigma gives its cameras a touch, exclusive “ZEN” finish which is not only scratch-resistant but is also non-reflective and non-slip. The “ZEN” finish will retain its looks almost forever: your Sigma camera will always look as new even after many years of faithful service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every one of these cameras that I have happened across has had a defining attribute, they are sticky.\u00a0 They didn’t start out that way of course but over time whatever that “ZEN”<\/strong> material is it has turned into a gummy mess that will pick up anything loose\u00a0it comes into contact with.\u00a0 The lens on the AF 28 Zoom goes from 28mm to 50mm or 1.78X\u00a0which isn’t\u00a0that impressive, but I do like 28mm.\u00a0 To fill out your focal lengths Sigma also offered the AF Super Zoom 70 that had a 35-70mm lens and the AF Super Zoom 100 with its 50-100mm zoom.\u00a0 That way you could have 3 cameras stuck together.<\/p>\n

The Sigma 28AF Zoom lens provides apertures of f4.2-f7 across the zoom range but\u00a0with a high level of vignetting.\u00a0 Lets face it the camera is as ugly as the images it produces and using it leaves you with a feeling that soap just doesn’t seem to be able to wash away.<\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0 <\/strong>Despite being an automatic exposure, autofocus point and shoot the Sigma 28 AF Zoom has an external flash shoe that works with almost any flash whether its sticky or not.<\/p>\n\n\t\t