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Which looks better? 35mm shoot out.

Started Jan 2, 2014 | Discussions thread
Sebastian1x Regular Member • Posts: 309
Re: Please look again (updated, renamed, and downloadable)...

Thanks for uploading; I looked through all of them several times ...really a lovely series of images. From what I could see you managed to nail focus very well on more or less all the images. For me the quality and look & feel are very similar so it would come down if Sigma’s “in focus hit rate” and consistency is as good as Canon’s.

I have the 35L since many years and it is a great lens but if was buying now I would certainly consider the Sigma, my only real concern would be its AF performance. Canon’s present lens-pricing really opens a lot of possibilities for 3’d party lenses ….. In Sweden the 35L (design year 1998) is 60% more expensive than Sigma’s new 35/1.4, it is not reasonable. Furthermore the 35L AF-design is not up to date, even if it works well most of the time my feelings are that for example the new 24-70/2.8 II is on another level.

Sebastian

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