On 3/9/2013 4:21 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 3/9/2013 2:33 PM, nick c wrote:
On 3/9/2013 7:34 AM, PeterN wrote:
On 3/9/2013 10:20 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:16:39 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
: I had that lens. At the same time, I had the Nikon 35mm f/2.0 and
: the Pentax 35mm f/2.0. To say the Nikon and Pentax killed it in
image
: quality would be kind. Even at f/8.0, even centrally, where they
: should have all given similar performance, the Nikon and Pentax were
: head and tails better. At f/1.4, the edges of the Sigma were so bad
: as to be unusable. This was due in-part to Sigma's weird, "sacrifice
: the edges" design philosophy. The argument might be "it allows
you to
: isolate the subject better!" Really? Done any portraits with 30mm
: lenses lately? Maybe distorted flowers... The only thing that Sigma
: could claim about the 30mm was that it was better (at the time) than
: Nikon's 35mm f/1.4 which had an ancient design by then. Today, if
you
: can't afford Nikon's current 35mm f/1.4, you would be far better off
: getting the Samyang (or any variant company's) manual 35mm f/1.4. at
: roughly the same price-point as Sigma's current 30mm.

Maybe you got a bad copy. My Canon-mount version of that lens doesn't
seem to
have all those bad properties.

That said, I hardly ever use the lens. I bought it for a camera whose
high-ISO
performance was vastly inferior to that of the cameras I own today.
So an
f/1.4 lens seemed to make a lot more sense then than it does now. But
compared
to the prices of today's lenses, I didn't pay a lot for it, so I don't
lose
any sleep.

Bob


I used to really like my Nikkor 50mm f1.4. It worked well on my D200. I
g0t a lot of use from it in my film days, so it doesn't owe me anything.
Now, it just sits in my closet.


During the transition from film to digital I've kept my 50mm f1.4 Nikkor
lens. It's as good a lens now as it was back I was with film. Used with
one of my DX cameras, it becomes a decent 75mm group portrait lens. In
the bright light of the day, when used with various Neutral Density
filters (to allow use of more open f-stops) it's a good lens t use for
beach/desert scenes.


I have been getting a lot of CA with digital that I never got with film.


Has that been just with the 50mm f1.4 lens? It seems like we have been
dealing with chromatic aberration for quite some time when going digital.