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A greatly overlooked portrait lens...

Started Jun 4, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP daddyo Forum Pro • Posts: 12,670
Jacques...

Actually, as I mentioned, my only excuse for buying this lens was the idea that I could would use it for my large indoor group pano. But once I received it, the lens is so small and has such a small front element that it looks like something on a Fisher-Price camera. Below is a photo of me holding this little puppy in my hand for size perspective.

Much like the Oly ZD 35mm macro, I'm amazed that Sigma was able to get f/2.8 speed and optical sharpness out of such a small, lightweight lens.

I too am not a super thin shallow DOF person and find that for 99.9% of my clients they are much more interested in seeing their entire face in focus than just their eyes. In regard to low light, I don't seem to have problems with shooting at f/2.8 at a higher ISO to capture what I need to. The images I posted in this thread were both shot in very low light at ISO 1600 and noise is extremely minimal -- I have no problem shooting at ISO 6400, and I don't encounter situations where I can't use flash and the light levels are just too low -- at least for a 'must have' shot.

BTW, I used my Pany 12-35mm @ 30mm for the group pano, which came out great I'm happy to report.

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