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Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM

2 November 2012
Arkadiusz Olech

9. Ghosting and flares

When it comes to work against bright light everything seems to form a conspiracy against the tested Sigma. You deal here with as many as 19 elements here so the number of air-to-glass and glass-to-glass surfaces is huge. At the front of the lens there is a big element, not sheltered by anything. Add to it the inner focusing which makes it more difficult to insert immobile shields, limiting the flares. All of it gives results like those in the photos below – not especially good. In this category the tested Sigma has its first slip-up then.

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Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares

Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares

Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares

Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares

Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares

Sigma 180 mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM  - Ghosting and flares