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Excuse my naivety, but what's the difference between the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro and the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG DF?

I'm watching some on eBay, just need to know which one is the better price for what you're getting!?

Cheers.
 
mrmahoosive said:
Excuse my naivety, but what's the difference between the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro and the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG DF?

I'm watching some on eBay, just need to know which one is the better price for what you're getting!?

Cheers.
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Not all that familiar with Sigma lenses, but I suspect they are both the same lens. Just described differently.
 
Sigma currently offers two flavours of 24-70mm zoom:
(1) 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG MACRO
(2) 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM

(1) is about £400 new and (2) is £700+.

The main difference is that (2) has HSM, which means focussing will be faster and quieter, plus it has full-time manual focus. The "macro" designation on (1) is meaningless as it's nowhere near a true macro, and in any case they have very similar minimum focussing distances.

According to the Sigma USA web site, "DF" is a feature of (1) and it indicates "a Dual Focus system that is designed to make the lens easy to hold during autofocusing, and yet provides a large focus ring for easy manual focusing".

So I think both the lenses you mentioned may actually be the same one, ie (1). The big difference with (2) is HSM.
 
Cheers for the help guys.

After a little reseach it appears one is a Aspherical, the other isnt.. maybe.
 
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