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DXOMark: Sigma’s New 18-200mm Superzoom Outperforms The Big Two

Chris Gampat
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03/28/2014
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Last year, we declared it to be the year of the third party lens manufacturer–and that strength seems to be going deep into this year. Today, DxOMark released the findings on the company’s 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 DC lens that was recently updated. Now, despite the fact that the Nikon and Canon versions are both older optics, the Sigma has outperformed both–leading both companies by quite a bit. Sigma’s option for a lens that has been typically not been looked at for its sharpness is outdoing both Nikon and Canon. But the reason for this may be deeper.

If you look at the T stop transmission data, you can see that Canon and Nikon both let in more light. But the fact that the Sigma is letting in less could mean that this factor is attributing to the extra sharpness and if it were instead putting out a less number, it could only be slightly better than the two.

We have the lens in for review right now, and so far we’re finding it to be very warm and quite contrasty. The latter is a trademark of Sigma’s optics and helps to add to perceived sharpness. We will have to wait until the full review is done though to give our final judgement.

With many camera companies struggling, it seems like they’re focusing more on cameras than lenses. And with that, these third party companies may come to even greater prominence. But sales and bundles are a totally different consideration than what tests and reviews say.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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