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Lens Poll.

Started May 17, 2017 | Polls thread
OP Great Bustard Forum Pro • Posts: 45,641
Re: Lens Poll.
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J A C S wrote:

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.

The only way for this to happen is to take an f/1.4 lens and artificially restrict it to f/2.

I think I have to disagree with you on this.  I should start a thread on that in the PST forum.

But then the weight will be the same.

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