Sigma 120-300 mm f/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM review - Distortion

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Sigma 120-300 mm f/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM

2 August 2012

Arkadiusz Olech

6. Distortion

Telephoto lenses of this quality usually have no problems with geometric deformations. The Sigma 120-300 mm OS is not an exception to this rule. On a small APS-C/DX sensor the distortion is almost not visible at all, amounting to 0.07%, 0.40% and 0.54% at 120, 200 and 300 mm respectively. After attaching the converter this aberration becomes more pronounced and its level reaches the highest value of 0.71%.

For obvious reasons we got higher results on full frame; still they are not something you should worry about. At the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the focal range you see slight pincushion distortion with the values respectively: 0.13%, 0.80% and 1.16%. Once again the highest level of this aberration (1.67%) the lens reaches when it cooperates with the original Sigma converter.

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