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Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF Ultra Wide Zoom Lens for APS-C sized Nikon Digital DSLR Camera

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Condition
Used - Very Good
Style
Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
Screen size
3 in
Weight
555 g
Color
Black
Lens Type
Wide Angle
Compatible Mountings
Nikon F (DX)
Warranty
4 Years

Features 5

  • an ultra wide angle zoom lens for Nikon digital SLR cameras
  • Incorparates four FLD low dispersion elements and three aspherical elements
  • HSM motors for quiet high speed focussing
  • Internal focussing

Description

The Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens is an ultra-wide angle lens designed specifically for APS-C DSLRs. FLD glass elements (with performance equal to fluorite) help compensate for color aberration while a hybrid aspherical lens and two glass mold elements provide excellent correction of distortion and astigmatism. Additional features: inner zoom system, full-time manual focus, hyper-sonic motor, super multi-coating, plus more! Includes lens hood and storage case.

Specs 33

Brand Sigma
Focal Length Description 8-16 millimeters
Lens Type Wide Angle
Compatible Mountings Nikon F (DX)
Camera Lens Description zoom lens
Lens Wide Angle
Compatible Camera Mount Nikon F (DX)
Maximum Focal Length 16 Millimeters

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Looking through the lense
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
I recently purchased this camera lens, and I can confidently say it has exceeded all my expectations. From the moment I started using it, I was blown away by the incredible versatility it offers. The range you can achieve is nothing short of amazing, allowing for creative shots that capture the essence of any scene beautifully. One of the standout features is the clarity and sharpness of the images. Whether I’m shooting landscapes, mountains or buildings the detail is stunning. The colors are vibrant and true to life, adding a professional touch to my photography. The build quality of the lens is impressive as well. It feels durable and well-constructed, which gives me confidence in taking it on outdoor adventures without worrying about damage. The focus mechanism is smooth and precise, making it easy to make quick adjustments while shooting. What I love most is how this lens has expanded my creative possibilities. The unique perspectives it provides have inspired me to experiment more with my photography, and I’ve seen a noticeable improvement in my work since using it. In conclusion, if you’re looking for a camera lens that combines quality, versatility, and creative potential, look no further. This lens has truly transformed my photography experience, and I couldn’t be more satisfied. Highly recommended! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2025 by Dawn Marie L.
The widest lens for non-pro SLR bodies, and fantastic quality
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
Note: I initially purchased this as an open-box Warehouse Deal, but it arrived broken. Amazon was great about accepting the return, and I reordered a new copy that has worked for 2 years with no flaws. This is an exceptional lens. Not only in the sense that it creates a very high quality picture, but also that it is for specific types of photography. This lens is not for portraits, group shots, or where you're looking for an ultra-accurate representation of a space or scene. This lens, at 8mm, is so wide that anything outside the center will look stretched and spaced, as this is a rectilinear lens and is constructed to preserve straight lines (unlike a fisheye, which will curve objects outside the center). If you shoot architecture, buildings, subjects that are more geometric in nature, landscapes, and so on, and you're looking for a unique lens that will give you a different perspective on your usual subjects, this is a stand-out lens. There's complex distortion at 8mm, and even at 16mm there's still complex distortion, so it's not perfect, but you'll be capturing so much of a scene that it's hard to notice the distortion. It's not a fast lens, but thanks to the size, it grabs a lot of light and can be used wide open in most situations without suffering from a short DOF. In fact, I usually stop down to F8 or so simply to cut down the shutter speed, although in scenes where you're capturing a significant amount of foreground, you'll probably want to stop down a bit as well. The focus motor is a little loud, but fast, and since you're not shooting people/wildlife with this lens, it really doesn't matter. It's heavy, firmly constructed, and has the much-discussed "cap and sleeve" design to cover the lens. I took this lens to the edge of the outback in Australia and hauled it through deserts, and in the US I've taken it up mountains, into forests, and around buildings, and it's handled a lot of different temperatures and humidities with no trouble. Due to the bulbous front element, it's important to be careful when setting your camera down or when you're in dusty areas, as a small bit of dirt on the lens will be magnified in a picture. I love this lens, and the extra 2mm compared to the other 10mm lenses on the market make me happy that it performs as well as it does. If you're looking to go as wide as possible, this is the lens to get. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2012 by Derek Young
Wider than wide and as good or better than 10-20mm
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
I never knew how much I'd like wide angles until I bought the original Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens. It was sharp (on a D70), and it opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. Way different than the 18mm I was used to thinking was wide. That lens beget an "upgrade" to the 10-20mm f/3.5 lens (it offered some improvements). I used that chubby ens quite a bit on my D90, and I never wanted more in the 10-20mm realm, but I found myself using my 8mm fisheye more and more. I sold both of these lenses to buy this one. I'm quite happy with my decision. 10mm already creates challenges in framing, and 8mm takes that further. Your feet and even belly may appear in shots depending upon your posture (and size of belly/feet!). You will want to get as close as you possibly can to your subject to fill the frame and eliminate distracting and unwanted items in the frame. You will be rewarded with a sharp lens with limited distortions (apart from those inherent in ultra wide angle lenses). The zoom and especially focus rings are well damped and require deliberate action to move them. Given the limited zoom range and focal range (infinity comes quick, as the depth of field is immense) this is a plus. The build is solid and inspires confidence, and the included cap is quite nice. Technically it offers filter threads and a traditional lens cap, but the filter threads have limited use, and I use the entire module as a cap. It stays n quite nicely. You have this arrangement because of the bulbous front element. It's generally protected by the built in hood, and it's typical for lenses this wide. As I sold my other lenses to purchase this one, I can't do a side by side comparison. Looking at some of my older pics, especially those on my more demanding D7100, I find this to be the sharpest my Sigma ultra wide angle zooms and Samyang fisheye, and that says quite a bit among those peers. I feel this accomplishment is due both to Sigmas recent strides in lens design and quality control, as well as an introduction of high end materials for lens construction. You may still prefer the range of the 10-20mm lenses or their ability to use filters. Really the question is whether or not you want to go this wide. It's a great lens, but a highly specialized one. More than anything, this solidified my decision to stay with a DX SLR (vs full frame), as I no longer felt that was sacrificing the wide angle perspective to the 1.5x crop (I get that there are other benefits to full frame, but for me, that was my biggest concern with staying with DX). Highly recommended! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2014 by ReverendOlaf
Sharp but...
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
This is my 2nd ultra-wide lens purchase. I use a D90 and previously returned a Nikon 10-24mm. Pros: - Great resolution + contrast over most the frame, less so toward the corners - Good construction-feels good in hands - Some barrel distortion, but OK for an extreme wide angle. My 18-105 has more distortion at 18mm than this lens at 8mm. Cons: - AF often not accurate-I have to manually focus using the distance scale for best sharpness. - Slightly underexposes compared to my Nikon lenses - Slow f/4.5 maximum aperture and not usable with built in camera flash My ultra-wide angle lenses often do not auto-focus accurately on my D90. I most commonly use ultra-wide lenses at the widest zoom setting and wide open aperture. After auto-focusing on a subject, I can see the distance on the distance scale is wrong. Upon close inspection, the pictures are sometimes slightly out of focus. To make the problem worse, this lens can focus way past infinity (to allow for temperature extremes per the manufacture). So that means when I focus on a subject across the room, sometimes the lens will auto-focus past infinity. Or to 3 feet. These focus errors are usually covered by the huge depth of field. But when viewing images at large sizes, it is noticeable. I do not think this problem is unique to my lenses or camera. AF modules operate similar to a MF split image viewfinder, and there just is not enough movement to nail focus 100%. For best sharpness, manually focus using the distance scale (or live view?). Many people would not notice, but I am fussy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2011 by C. Arakaki
Buy it
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
This is the lens I've been waiting for. First I want to say I'm glad I chose this over the Tokina f/2.8 I got this lens used for $329. I still think it's worth the full price though. Even though it's not an EX lens it certainly is build solidly. Really there's nothing wrong with the lens at all. The only complaint anyone can have is that it can't take filters. It goes from 8mm to 16mm so when you want that ultra wide shot you can get it but if you wanted to do some normal wide street photography 16mm is more suitable. It's sharp for sure. I could be at 8mm and take a photo and zoom in and the quality is there edge to edge. At 8mm you get the natural barrel distortion and its expected but everything is still so sharp. When you buy an ultrawide you want it to be ultrawide. This is the widest rectilinear lens out of all the crop sensor ultra wides. And I hear it's also the sharpest. Only issues it has is lens flare and no filters. I tried the Tokina 11-16 at a shop and it was nice but the build quality felt cheap and it has a small zoom range. If it went to 20mm it would be justifiable. F/2.8 on an ultrawide is nice for low light situations as mostly everything will be in focus still and you can get in a good amount of light. But this sigma seems to do well in low light. Just turn you ISO up and shutter speed can be slower since it's so wide. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015 by Jordan
Good wide angle especially for its dramatic focal width
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
....and I expected it to be soft, because I have tried every Sigma super wide angle and they all are. This one does better than most, overall but the softness is a little hard to prepare for. You cannot simply stop the lens down because the softness switches form the center of the frame to the sides ect. Was hoping for better, but very usable photos are produced using this lens and I admit its a good value. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2013 by Brian
Sigma 8-16mm ultra wide zoom
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
Excellent lens with high quality images. Use it regularly to photograph architecture as well as people and group action and close-in scenes. Excellent results - usually set to 16 mm but also very useful at 8-12 mm
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2011 by Steve
Compared to the Sigma 10 - 20mm lens
Style: Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
I am going to give my opinion comparing the Sigma 8 - 16mm to the Sigma 10 - 20mm lens and not to other manufactures WA lenes. I take around 200,000 pictures a year with the Sigma 10 - 20mm lens. The lens has held up well, feels solid and in my opinion works well with little chromatic aberrations. My only real issue with the 10 - 20 was when taking photos of dark home interiors (which is what I do) and there is a very bright window in the image then sometimes a blue flare appears just off center in the image. This can be reduced by, say 90% in Photoshop. It does not happen every time but when it does even moving to a slightly different shooting position often does not eliminate the problem. The blue flare seems to be not the same problem one might expect to see outdoors shooting in bright sunlight where flare spots can run diagonally through the picture, but then maybe it is the same type of flare. Also by even adding a "thin" filter it can cause some vignetting. The filter issue is forgivable on such a wide angle lens. One last point, there is some slight curvature noticable on verticals close to the sides of the frame. So to the Sigma 8 - 16mm. I think it's very well made and feels good and solid right out of the box. I was thinking "20% wider" but forgot also 20% taller in image coverage. It is noticable different in angle of view from the 10 - 20mm. Because of the bulbus front element forget about ever adding a filter. Some WA lenes (fisheyes) allow fitting a filter in the rear of the lens. Forgive me but I have not looked to see if this lens allows that. The front of the lens has a fixed petal lens shade that allows the lens cap to slide/push over it and creating a nice tight fit. The lens cap is in two parts for reasons someone else will have to explain. The lens has a maximium f4.5 - f5.6 aperture, a little slow but of no importance for most users of a lens this wide and for 99% of the uses it will be put to. I have taken about 2,000 pictures with my 8 - 16mm and think it is probably slightly better in all aspects than the 10 - 20mm lens, but read the guys who put this lens through lab tests, my tests are in the field and based on what my eyes can see rather than what instruments can measure. It is a harder lens to use than the Sigma 10 - 20mm. Tilting just slightly will cause verticuls to tilt (thank you Photoshop). I have noticed the blue flare less with this lens than the 10 - 20mm. I think it may be there but spread over a bigger area and less strong and maybe less common. Some flare is to be expected with all super wides. Curviture at the frame edges seems about the same as the 10 - 20mm - which I consider good - again for a super wide. So which is the better choice. That is a difficult question to answer - it depends. The 8 - 16mm is about $200 more - but is noticable wider. It you need to squeese every inch from a picture then the 8 - 16 is your choice. If price is a concern or landscape is your interest I am sure the 10 - 20 would suffice. However if money is no object then get the 8 - 16mm and then go out and learn to use it. Believe me there is a learning process. Update Dec 2012 After more than 150,000 pics with this lens (yes the D300 burnt out its mirror and shutter once again - about $400 if you're wondering) I really do like this lens more than ever. I use it for interiors and set it now to manual, at f11 with the focus set at the start of the infinity mark. Saves the lens "hunting" on room interiors - just speeds things up and with HDR don't want different focal points. Everything seems to be in focus from a foot to infinity at those settings but not the setting Sigma suggested to me over the phone. Flare is quite well managed outside with the sun directly in the picture, or if it is just outside the frame I then hold my hand a foot or two above the lens. Of course you can't use a filter to protect the bulbus front element but I have never damaged a lens in 35 years of pro or semi pro photography and never used a filter just for protection. They do increase the chances of flare. I DO always replace the lens cap after use and avoid cleaning as much as possible - other than a blower. I still keep my 10 - 20mm Sigma with a 10X ND filter attached to allow for slow 3 minute exposures - can't do that with the 8 - 16. Now just ordered the Sigma 4.5mm fisheye to add to the Nikkor 10.5 fisheye. As you might guess I'm hooked on "wide". ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2010 by Chris Newman
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