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Hi
I have a sigma 18-125 and it performs realatively well.
Howeve I have a major complaint - the zoom barrel slips in and out really easily. For example if the camera is around my neck the lense will slip out to 125mm within miliseconds.
Can anyone tell me if this is the deal with this particular lense or is it just my one. If so, can this be recitified??? (is it a professional job or one done by me???)
Jules
This phenomina is called " Zoom Creep ".
To some extent a relativley new lens should not be affected that much.
However budget lens do tend to suffer this problem.
If you feel it is excessive, You could try contacting Sigma by phone, they may offer a fix for that particular model, And it might even be free (except postage)
Worth a try though, If you want to rid yourself of the problem the only answer is to buy expensive lens.
You'll find it has a lock button on the side to stop it doing this. Rather a nifty idea if you ask me.
I have recently bought the sigma 18-200mm and it has a lock on it. So I`m assuming it`s sigma thing! and to combat it the easy option is to put a lock on it, rather than re-design the mechanism in the barrel, because I have a simlar Tamron lens and that doesn`t suffer with that problem.
Chris
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