#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon update
#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon manual
#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon professional

If I were a Canon shooter, I’d have a harder decision to make than a Nikon user would - do I plunk down the extra few hundred for the Canon 35mm f/1.4 L or not? If you are going to own it over five years, your dollar per day of ownership for the Siggy is about 50 cents a day versus nearly 70 cents for the Canon.įor the record it’s almost 90 cents per day for the Nikon.

#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon professional

Personally, I have no complaints and would be more then satisfied with its bokeh quality for professional work. I tried to shoot a lot of pictures wide open so you guys/gals would have a good idea of what to expect. There are those who complain, but there’s always complainers. The jury is still out as to whether or not this is a bokeh monster.

#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon update

To me this feels like an electronics issue, and I suspect easily fixed with a firmware update via the Sigma USB dock (or a brown UPS truck). On the topic of focus, I did experience the same issue reported on message boards describing completely back focused photos when using the outer edge focal points. Essentially, it’s as though the lens ignores the fact you’ve moved the focus point and maintains the idea that it’s still in focus from however it was last used. This was not only a pleasant surprise but an area where a failure would nix any chance this lens had of getting my hard earned dollars. When street shooting with auto focus for quick grabs of people as they passed - both during the day and at night - it was snappy. It’s f/2.2 but also in a high motion situation. For a 35mm it did a fantastic job of finding focus and doing so quickly. This is actually f/2.2 but I was jogging backwards while this dog ran at me.

No rusty zippers, yet there’s just enough hesitation to prevent accidental focus pushing even in the thickest of mosh pits.

#Sigma 35mm 1.4 canon manual

Wonderful for quick pulls on the occasional video or even precise manual focus usage. The weight of the focus control is fantastic. It is however, heavier then both the Nikon and Canon counterparts. With my left hand on the barrel it immediately felt right at home. I wouldn’t call it perfect, but on a D700 and the D3 the weight balance - front element to rear LCD - was nice. I do feel like the barrel can withstand quite a few knocks without showing any indication of the hardships endured, and the plastic body is much better than Sigmas of the past.Ī 35mm f/1.4 can only be so light, and this Sigma is tolerable. You’d think this would be horrible but you would be wrong.

Tackling some of those judgements I’d made: the plastic… Ugh. If you’re planning to plop this lens on your 12-24MP camera now and on the 36-48 megapixel monsters down the road, fear not, you may be better off with this Sigma than a Nikon or Canon equivalent in terms of optical lens quality and how it will hold up on the higher megapixel cameras in the future. This, above all else, is most important if you’re shopping with the future in mind. Some reviewers have gone so far as to call the 35mm “leagues ahead of the Zeiss and Nikon” in sharpness. Sigma’s refreshed lens design (read: Art Series) gives me hope that hiccups of the past may be forgotten. With similar characteristics to the other dogs in the yard, the problem for Sigma gear is you never know if it’s a purebred or a mutt, with no clear indication of what you actually have. They all agree on one thing: despite the price, this is a big boy lens for all intents and purposes. There are a lot of reviews on other sites that pixel-peep this lens to death, comparing sharpness in corners, contrast, bokeh and light falloff.

Sigma tends to do one thing quite well and that’s fast mid-range primes like this 35mm and the popular 50 f/1.4. On the technical side of things, it’s unquestionably sharp.