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Lens Poll.

Started May 17, 2017 | Polls thread
Dan_168 Forum Pro • Posts: 11,055
Re: Lens Poll.
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Great Bustard wrote:

Let's say Sigma or Canon were to put out a new set of "slow" primes that, stop-for-stop, were every bit as good as the best out there, if not better, have IS, and were a lot smaller and lighter. Would you buy they at the same price point?

For example, consider the following examples:

  • A 35 / 2 IS that was every bit as good as the 35 / 1.4L II stop-for-stop, if not better, had 5 stop IS, and not much larger than the current 35 / 2 IS.
  • A 50 / 2 IS that was every bit as good as the Sigma 50 / 1.4A, stop-for-stop, if not better, had 5 stop IS, and halfway between the Canon 50 / 1.4 and Sigma 50 / 1.4A in size/weight.
  • An 85 / 2 IS that was every bit as good as the Sigma 85 / 1.4A, stop-for-stop, if not better, had 5 stop IS, and halfway between the 85 / 1.8 and 85 / 1.4A in size/weight.

I have absolutely ZERO interest in slow prime, I buy prime mainly for it's large maximum aperture. size and weight has no impact on my lens purchase selection at all,  IS adds very little to almost no value to me due to the way I shoot, I already have in-body-stabilization in my Sony A7R II but i have it off most of the time. my IS is normally off on my 70-200 F2.8 IS II too.

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