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The most overrated lens of all time, Sigma's 30mm f/1.4
On 2013-03-08 17:16:39 -0800, RichA said:
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. The Nikkor 35mm D f/2.0 is a surprisingly great performer, and is my Nikon APC-S "Normal" lens. Somewhat dated but it works, and the price is right. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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The most overrated lens of all time, Sigma's 30mm f/1.4
On 09/03/2013 04:00, Savageduck wrote:
[] The Nikkor 35mm D f/2.0 is a surprisingly great performer, and is my Nikon APC-S "Normal" lens. Somewhat dated but it works, and the price is right. ... and I have the 35 mm f/1.8 DX, which I find a delightful little lens: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/nikon_35_1p8g_n15 Compact, one third the weight of the Sigma, and one quarter of the price. May not be quite as good as the Sigma but it suits my needs. -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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