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Canon 35mm F2 IS USM or Sigma 35mm 1.4 for street photography?

Started Aug 16, 2013 | Questions thread
Karl R. Josker
Karl R. Josker Contributing Member • Posts: 944
Re: My Sigma 35 1.4 just went back to store

I've got the new Canon 35 f2 and although initially puzzled by it, I now absolutely love it. In the beginning, using a 6D, I simply shot in P on center focus, and was disappointed in the results, always out of focus. Then I read something here about using multi-points, I tried it, and it was a different lens, producing great results. Bottom line, it was my error.

On to Sigma. In over 43 years of photography, I have owned about two dozen Sigmas, and I have been disappointed in every one of them. From finishes flaking off to continually breaking aperture stop down springs, I finally gave up on Sigma. The new ones may be, and hopefully are, better.

 Karl R. Josker's gear list:Karl R. Josker's gear list
Canon EOS 6D Canon EF 35mm F1.4L USM Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L USM Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM +3 more
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