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85mm 1.4 L IS preview

Started Oct 31, 2017 | Discussions thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,582
Canon vs Sigma
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ikolbyi wrote:

If you are a hobbyist on a budget is the new Canon 85mm f/1.8 $400 price premium worth it over the Sigma 85,, f/1.8 Art lens?

This is the question I am trying to answer.

Presumably you mean f/1.4 in both cases. Canon has an 85/1.8 but it's not the lens being discussed in this thread.

Advantages of the Canon lens include:

IS (that alone will be worth the premium to many)

Lighter by 180 g

Somewhat smaller

77 mm filter size - as I already have 77 mm filters this will offset some of the cost in my case

Much less likely to have problems with future bodies.

May hold its value better i.e. less depreciation.

Advantages of the Sigma include:

Lower cost initially (but see above re depreciation and filters)

Maybe a slight edge in IQ, but I don't go as far as the prophets of doom in this thread. The new Canon looks pretty good to me.

Mount can be converted to Nikon when you jump ship...

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