06-20-2015, 07:11 PM
Quite bit an overdose, opening two threads about the same lens. Next will be "Sigma 24-35/2 available - pricing not like Samyang" or something like that… 
Ah well, he was the OP on both of them. No wonder.
Rainer, I usually tend to agree about cropping instead of getting an 1.5× zoom. But in that case it's not only cropping at infinity but also in very close range (28 cm), so the typical distortions of a 24 mm would remain in a crop whereas the 35 mm would bring things into "normal" proportions. Next to the fact, the Nikkor 24/1.4 is a nice lens but at the corners wide open not super convincing.
Plus, the 35/1.4 and the 24/1.4 together are 1250 gr without and 1400 gr with all caps and hoods. So, for less the price of the 24/1.4 Art I'd get a 35 and 24 one stop slower - for people starting fresh with full frame, not owning one of those primes, this Sigma Art wide angle zoom is a full stop faster than the "normal" 24-70/2.8 and (in NIkon case) with a 85/1.8 still cheaper than the "real" Nikkor 24-70/2.8.
I've seen one "comparison picture" but for no given source. If that picture would be no fake, the zoom at 24 is better than the fast prime. I'm looking forward to x-mas 2016. Not expecting to see it long time before
Ah well, he was the OP on both of them. No wonder.Rainer, I usually tend to agree about cropping instead of getting an 1.5× zoom. But in that case it's not only cropping at infinity but also in very close range (28 cm), so the typical distortions of a 24 mm would remain in a crop whereas the 35 mm would bring things into "normal" proportions. Next to the fact, the Nikkor 24/1.4 is a nice lens but at the corners wide open not super convincing.
Plus, the 35/1.4 and the 24/1.4 together are 1250 gr without and 1400 gr with all caps and hoods. So, for less the price of the 24/1.4 Art I'd get a 35 and 24 one stop slower - for people starting fresh with full frame, not owning one of those primes, this Sigma Art wide angle zoom is a full stop faster than the "normal" 24-70/2.8 and (in NIkon case) with a 85/1.8 still cheaper than the "real" Nikkor 24-70/2.8.
I've seen one "comparison picture" but for no given source. If that picture would be no fake, the zoom at 24 is better than the fast prime. I'm looking forward to x-mas 2016. Not expecting to see it long time before