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Canon 35 f1.4 or f2 walk around Asia night time

Started Mar 30, 2015 | Discussions thread
Dan_168 Forum Pro • Posts: 11,055
Re: Canon 35 f1.4 or f2 walk around Asia night time

EOSSpeedLite wrote:

Please forget the Canon and consider the Sigma 35mm 1.4. Newer design, sharper images, better image quality, better value.

Your claims is completely false.

I have never found a wide angle prime sharper than the 35L. The sigma you mentioned is too soft, not razor sharp. None of the 8 copies I tried came close to the 35L.

My experience is quite opposite, I have never have a fast 35mm that is softer than my 35L when shooting wide open, I am a prime lens user for the most part, but i only bought and sold 35L twice, not 8 times, so my experience on this one is very limited, LOL. and as soon as the Sigma 35 Art came out I grabbed one right away thinking I can't possibly have any softer 35mm lens, right? and I was right, it was SHARP! it even auto focuses fine on all 3 of my Canon bodies, now I have one for my Canon and one for my Nikon platform, works great on the D800E and just shot that on the D4s last week and no issue at all, sold the 35 F1.4G right away as well. May even sell the Zeiss 35 F1.4 because I use it less and less after I got the Sigma.

Here is a handheld snap shot at F1.4, 1/15 shutter speed, consider the hand shake effect after few beers with 1/15 shutter speed on a 36MP sensor, maybe I have low standard, I will just call it a sharp lens.

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