perfectionist007
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I'm going to get for sure.
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Will you be getting the 105mm f1.4 lens?
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SigmaChrome
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What sort of work would you put it to?
I'm very tempted as well but there's the question of what subjects would benefit the most from a super-fast, super-heavy 157.5mm equivalence lens. I don't do enough portrait work these days to justify it.
perfectionist007
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Portraits. I shoot a lot of my friends anime cosplay and would love to use this for them. Note I love large heavy lens so hand holding would be no problem for me.
I don't think so. I's so big and expensive that I doubt I would take it with me. Maybe some day, if I win the lottery, I would add it to a stable of Art lenses, but I think I'll end up with two or three other Art lenses and a Sport lens first. I don't have ANY of those big Art lenses yet, and I don't plan to get one any time soon. I wouldn't mind getting that 85mm f1.4 Art for portraits though.
mike earussi
Veteran Member
When I can afford either a pack mule or Sherpa I'll consider it. In the mean time I'll focus on saving up for the 135 f1.8.
No. My problem is not a lack of lenses but a lack of time and opportunities for taking good pictures. This problem is not going to get away by buying every new lens Sigma is going to throw on the market. I already have the 105mm f2.8 Macro prime (an older model but still an excellent lens) and buying a new one for the two extra f stops is not really going to change much. I don't think I really missed many good photos by being limited to f2.8 at that focal length. And also the 105mm is covered by two of my zoom lenses as well.
Regards
Max
Regards
Max
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adegroot
Senior Member
NO.
Reasons:
Don't need fast glass for my kind of stopped down shooting.
too old for this kind of weight
I regret that Sigma is not making slightly slower and thus lighter lenses with also excellent image quality. Their "C" line is that somewhat, but those lenses could be better. And no primes there.
Why prime lenses have to get faster and fatter all the time? When a prime (or zoom for that matter) lens is 2.8 it's already a lot lighter and still receives plenty of light in daylight outdoor shooting.
Reasons:
Don't need fast glass for my kind of stopped down shooting.
too old for this kind of weight
I regret that Sigma is not making slightly slower and thus lighter lenses with also excellent image quality. Their "C" line is that somewhat, but those lenses could be better. And no primes there.
Why prime lenses have to get faster and fatter all the time? When a prime (or zoom for that matter) lens is 2.8 it's already a lot lighter and still receives plenty of light in daylight outdoor shooting.
Hello!
Personally I do like available-light-photography which usually requires fast lenses. But typically this kind of photography comes with a requirement for small and lightweight equipment. The existing range of f2.8 lenses has so far been a good compromise between portability and performance in my eyes.
Regards
Max
Maybe to cover-up for deficiencies in the low-light performance of the sensor ;-) ?
Personally I do like available-light-photography which usually requires fast lenses. But typically this kind of photography comes with a requirement for small and lightweight equipment. The existing range of f2.8 lenses has so far been a good compromise between portability and performance in my eyes.
AFAIK there are two "C" primes, the 16mm and the 30mm, both f1.4. I have one of the latter for my SD1 Merrill and as you wrote, the quality is so-and-so especially at f1.4. If I had a smaller and lighter 30mm f2.8 lens which remains sharp all the way then I would use it more often I guess.
Regards
Max
mike earussi
Veteran Member
Fast apertures are "sexy" right now. I too (and many others here) would like to see Sigma come out with a series of very high quality slower fixed landscape lenses, say f2.8 that peak at f5.6, and maybe they will. But some newer players seem to be filling that niche with manual focus lenses in the $350-$600 price range, and Sigma may feel there's no room for them in that segment, and of course if it's in Pentax K mount it will also fit a SA mount.
I remember when a good "normal" (50mm) 135 format film camera lens was f/1.8 and a really fancy one was f/1.2 ...
No idea why. :-( "sensor size" ??
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Well stated- I agree
richard stone
Senior Member
I think we can be reasonably sure it is a superb lens. And buying one makes sense if it can be put to good use. Recent high-end sensors are going to work best with newer high res lenses. And why not get the best?
Personally, I don't have any use for lens like that, but I think Sigma is looking at aspirational lenses and being seen as making some the very best lenses on the market. Think Zeiss, but better, and more practical (AF...). Sigma has to get well past the image and perception that it makes "bargain" lenses. It is, I think, a good plan.
Raising "cost" as an issue is missing the point: If you can't afford it then you must not need it, or have a meaningful use for it. The same goes for weight and size: If you don't want or need it...then you clearly won't be buying one. The issue here is only whether it works as advertised. And I'm betting it does.
If I had a wish it would be for an f2 or 2.8 - 85 or 105 lens with good OS. I think with the sdQ that would be a good combination, and I hope not too big.
Buttons252
Senior Member
got my 105mm for $400 and love this lens to bits. I have no doubt the 105mm F1.4 is amazing though.
Joris1632
Senior Member
Agree 100%. The f1.4 is 3x heavier and 3x more expensive, is it 3x as good?
With lenses, tiny increases in performance have always meant big increases in cost/price. Worth it? Well,...
Cheers.
Joris1632
Senior Member
You must be rich, ;-) I see you have an sdQ, that kinda negates the DOF advantage of f1.4 so isn't $1000+ more than the 105mm f2.8 Macro a bit much to pay for a (possible) tiny increase in sharpness and no OS or macro capability?
If you really need it go ahead, also if you really want it, do it! ..........
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