Looks quite nice, though as usual I have complaint about the distance and dof scales on modern Nikon primes. The minimum focus distance is good. The price also looks reasonable.
Can't wait for the review of this lens.
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DoF scales are useless on modern AF lenses. The angle of the scales is too narrow to make a wide enough stepping and to show more than just f/16. And at the end of the day, DoF is something very subjective. Used in the "old days" to create a tolerance for focussing in terms like "sharp from 1.5…8 m" and leading to lazy focussing because DoF will do the trick. That was the false expectation of most of us. Of course, it worked in those small print sizes or on the slide shows because few people looked at it in 100% magnification (which only showed better the structure of the silver grains). DoF is more about the relation of FoV when the picture was taken and size of paper after it is printed.
It was right and wrong at the same time. Max sharpness is not extended with smaller aperture and decreases after f/8. I don't need a scale which is a rough approach. On second thought: I don't need it because I don't trust it.
The lens, however, does look very nice in terms of specifications but I don't think I'll give up 24/1.4 for it. That range is already over-covered on my "lens shelf". Anyway, I look forward to reviews of it, but please, Markus, don't feel pushed - there are loads of new glass coming out for photokina...
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Until today, I thought a triplet is a lens with just three elements (as the old Novoflex rapid focus tele lenses were). One learns a bit each day...
Actually I don't understand why Sigma doesn't announce more of those rumoured lenses right now. Maybe those are only rumours? Or they make a big event out of it right on Photokina? Somehow I expected more from them. But then, they released quite a quantity during the last two years, are a small company, deliver to various lens mounts and struggle a bit with their own cameras and software. All of those cameras are nice, beautifully designed but I'm afraid, too expensive and too exotic with no support from the big players on RAW conversion. That's what I say as owner of two DP merills...
As for this Nikon lens, I'm also looking forward to the test. Let's see what it has to deliver!