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Sigma 35mm f/1.4 - Fourth Times a Charm? Also Sigma Q&A

Started May 16, 2014 | Discussions thread
Enshong Regular Member • Posts: 170
In Denial
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Oh man.. I didn't know I was in denial. Just checked my Lightroom library again and my recently shot wedding. Oh my god.. So many front-focused shots wasting a lot of precious moments for my client. I feel horrible! I was blind!! Why Sigma?! WHY?!

Anyway, of course the Canon 35L can get these too but I made it with a few bucks saved. Maybe some people are just HAPPY with the lens instead of being in denial?

I was using Nikon at the start of my photographic journey up until I had a D800 and then I got this Sigma 35mm Art. Guess what? This lens caused me to switch to Canon. This Sigma was too sharp at 1.4 that it made me really really notice the left AF problem of the D800 which I didn't see using other Nikkor 1.4 (50mm, 85mm) lenses, then the subsequent horrible Nikon disservice. When I switched to Canon, the first lenses I got was this Sigma 35mm Art and a Canon 135mm f/2L (love this boner lens).

I am not denying that there might be some people having focus problems with this lens too. It's almost impossible not to happen as Sigma only reverse-engineers the AF algorithm. That's the risk for third-party gear. It's up the person to decide if the risk is worth it for him. Personally, I had to micro-adjust my lens too with the Sigma Dock. Am I unhappy it didn't work out of the box? Not really as the end result was great for me.

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