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I have their 14 and it's a great lens; the fact that it cost me $650 instead of $2200 makes it all the sweeter. Also I can't agree with wim - not sure any blanket statements about any of the manufacturers are warranted; let's not forget that Canon had made quite a load of outright tripe (like all those endless 28-80 and 90-300 type zooms) in the 90s as well but we don't judge them for that. I feel that every manufacturer has upped the ante since the 90s and early 00s. Who would've thought that Sigma would be releasing a state of the art modern 50 and 85?
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I am happy for you that you like the Sigma 14 so much.
My remark wasn't a blanket statement, it was purely referring to my own experiences, and YMMV. So far I have not yet encountered a Sigma that worked straight out of the box as it should, generally because of AF problems, with the exception of one: the 12-24 EX (the FF one). However, that had such bad corners and so much CA, I didn't keep it either.
Sigma are certainly upping the ante, and in itself the 50 F/1.4 is quite a good lens, but again, the ones I got all had AF problems (apart from some focus shift). I haven't tried the 85 yet.
To be very honest, I am well served by what I have currently, and I haven't seen anything recently that took my fancy, apart from some lenses I can't afford, and which I would use only sparingly anyway <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Kind regards, Wim
I have their 14 and it's a great lens; the fact that it cost me $650 instead of $2200 makes it all the sweeter. Also I can't agree with wim - not sure any blanket statements about any of the manufacturers are warranted; let's not forget that Canon had made quite a load of outright tripe (like all those endless 28-80 and 90-300 type zooms) in the 90s as well but we don't judge them for that. I feel that every manufacturer has upped the ante since the 90s and early 00s. Who would've thought that Sigma would be releasing a state of the art modern 50 and 85?
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I am happy for you that you like the Sigma 14 so much.
My remark wasn't a blanket statement, it was purely referring to my own experiences, and YMMV. So far I have not yet encountered a Sigma that worked straight out of the box as it should, generally because of AF problems, with the exception of one: the 12-24 EX (the FF one). However, that had such bad corners and so much CA, I didn't keep it either.
Sigma are certainly upping the ante, and in itself the 50 F/1.4 is quite a good lens, but again, the ones I got all had AF problems (apart from some focus shift). I haven't tried the 85 yet.
To be very honest, I am well served by what I have currently, and I haven't seen anything recently that took my fancy, apart from some lenses I can't afford, and which I would use only sparingly anyway <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....