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Photog on a budget: Canon 35/2 IS vs Sigma 35/1.4 ART

Started Apr 30, 2016 | Questions thread
Spotted Cow Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Re: Photog on a budget: Canon 35/2 IS vs Sigma 35/1.4 ART

arty H wrote:

AF is very fast and accurate on the Canon 35F2 IS, and the lens is sharp. It is very useful on full frame, and also on crop.

It is probably my most used lens. You need to ask yourself just how often you will want to be able to shoot at F1.4-F1.8, and if it matters to you. Depth of field is pretty shallow at those apertures, and this can be good or bad, depending on what you are shooting.

I have found that I have been able to get shots at very slow shutter speeds with the Canon, as it has really great IS. The lens is also light and compact compared with the Sigma. If there were a Canon 35F1.4 the same size and weight as the 35F2, I would be tempted by it. As it stands, I can't see replacing the Canon 35F2IS with the Sigma 35. This is a great focal length, and I have 3 - 35s. I keep them around. I have the older Canon 35F2 as a backup, and the Tokina 35F2.8 macro lens for crop.

If you must have F1.4, consider the Canon 35F1.4, version 1. However, I would hesitate to put an F1.4 non-CAnon lens on a camera without microadjust, and I have no idea whether the Sigma dock will work properly with all Canon bodies.

Yes, it will because the dock is adjusting the lens and not the body. The dock works with all the new Global Vision Series lens by Sigma.

You can't go wrong with the Canon 35F2 IS, unless you must have F1.4. For most of my needs, the Canon 35F2IS is great.

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