Sigma 10-20mm advice & what size filters?

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Been debating about getting the Sigma 10-20mm lens for my Nikon D40 for sometime. I take alot of landscape shots and after reading alot of advice from other people I feel that this would be a good lens to go for.

Does anyone have any experience of using it with the D40? Is it worth the money? (although I'd like to pick up a s/h one if at all possible!) and what size filters do you have to use on it?

I originally bought Cokin P-series filters as I was told they would be ok but I have a feeling that I may get vignetting at lower focal lengths?

Any advice appreciated :)
 
I cant comment on the Nikon, but I use it on a 400D and it is a cracking lens, the lens is designed for cropped bodies, so should be good on the Nikon also.

It takes a 77mm filter. But from what I have read, you should be alright with the Cokin at 11 up. But you can also get a wide angle holder from 7dayshop for £5.99. which would be far cheaper than buying a new set of 77mm filters.

There is alot of threads on this if you search this forum.
 
I found that the 10-20 with Cokin P filters and a wide angle holder vignetted on my 30D. It got really annoying. So much so that I bought some "proper" Lee filters which are much much better quality though a tad expensive, and dont vignette. Hurrah. Since sold the 30D for a 1D but of course kept the Lee filters - they are just super.
 
I too use this lens on a canon 30D. Have to use a cokin wide angle holder as opposed the usual one, and get some vignetting at 10mm, but not at 11 upwards and it's not a problem. I use a screw in sigma polariser but have to watch the effect at 10 to about 12mm as it varies with the light angle and can be detrimental at such extremes. A very, very good lens.
 
Si240 said:
I too use this lens on a canon 30D. Have to use a cokin wide angle holder as opposed the usual one, and get some vignetting at 10mm, but not at 11 upwards and it's not a problem. I use a screw in sigma polariser but have to watch the effect at 10 to about 12mm as it varies with the light angle and can be detrimental at such extremes. A very, very good lens.
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I cheated on that - I bought an 82mm CP for my 100-300m f/4, and a 77-82mm step-up ring to use it on my 10-20mm. No vignetting, even at 10mm;)
 
I sold mine, I loved it for architecture and city/holiday shots. The distortion for landscapes did not appeal to me. It is a good lens, it simply was not one that I used a great deal.
 
It's an excellent lens that I love on both my D200 and D40! For the price you pay for it, it's a great lens.

As has been said, you can use the P filters as long as you get the wide-angle mount ... and stay away from 10mm.
 
Thanks all for your advice :) I have to be honest and say I'm not sure if I have the wide angle mount or not for the P-series. It's the one that they had at Jessops at the time, currently being used with a step up ring for my standard 18-55 Nikor kit lens.

I think I'll be taking the plunge as soon as I have saved up or if I can locate a s/h lens (might be sometime as they seem popular!)
 
If your primary interest in this lens is for landscape photography, I would urge you to think again.

There's nothing wrong with the lens itself. But I think it's generally too wide for landscapes. Those mountians which looked so impressive will be just little bumps when you photograph them at 10mm. And ultra-wide-angle lenses tend to lead to ultra-cliche compositions, because you really need to find some obkect of "interest" in the foreground.

I have the Canon 10-22mm and I love it for photography in narrow village streets, or for architecture. But (generally) not landscapes.
 
StewartR said:
If your primary interest in this lens is for landscape photography, I would urge you to think again.
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As long as you have a strong foreground, with point of interest in it then the 10-20 makes a great landscape lens. If, on the other hand you treat it like a regular lens and just take a shot of, as Stewart says, a mountain, then the results will be really disappointing. It's all about technique ;)
 
StewartR said:
If your primary interest in this lens is for landscape photography, I would urge you to think again.
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I think the main reason I am heading towards this lens is that in 99% of the landscape shots I have taken which have actually been any good, I have wanted to be able to take a wider shot than my 18-55 has allowed. Each time I feel that I have missed out on the full shot.
 
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