Best low light lens for 700D

Shanetp wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

Shanetp wrote:

Corbula wrote:

aequalis wrote:

The last post of the TO made me think, that 35 mm on APS-C is too tight. Therefore I guess, 30 mm won't be that much better. The 18-35 mm on the other hand, is a good sugestion, although it lacks image stabilisation.

That was my feeling yes, but I'm actually considering it at the moment with the options I have for lenses. There is a lot of good photographs at 35mm I just feel that with my current 18-55 I'm usually trying to get more in so usually closer to 18mm.

I'm considering a 35mm though, I guess it will just require a little more effort and stepping further back and things to get the composition I want. The Canon seems to suffer from a lack of sharpness though.

If I didn't need imagine stabilisation I would have already gotten the Sigma f/1.4 but without IS on the lens or the body I have a feeling most of my photographs will be blurry.

I have a 200D and my current travel and walkabout lens is a Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art. It's a fantastic lens and to be honest I have had no issue with it's lack of stabilisation. The 18-35mm equates to about 28-56mm so would appear to be suitable for your intended use. No long ago there was no stabilisation, I would suggest if you have any concerns you should practice your stance, there's a number of good articles on how to stand and brace your arms to provide a good platform.

There are always the doom-sayers when Sigma lens are mentioned, I own 2 and have never had any issues. I have the Sigma Dock but have never had to use it for any AF microadjustment.

I have owned a few Sigma lenses and while they work well most times they do have a propensity to not work well at other times due to incompatibility issues with camera firmware. A dock does not fix these issues. So the people you refer to are not doomsayers but people who have real world experience with Sigma lenses. I have had them myself.

If you read your statement above.....

From the dictionary: Doomsayer - a person who predicts disaster.

A lot of people experienced AF inconsistency problems with Sigma lenses. The dock does not fix AF inconsistency issues with OVF AF. This has nothing to do with prediction.

Suggesting the dock will solve these problems, that would be prediction.

I believe that the dock is a great tool for AF micro adjustments and firmware updates. This year there have been a number of of firmware updates for the lenses that I own. Sigma's information pertaining to some of these updates alludes to remedying some incompatibility issues with particular cameras so how can you say that "the dock does not fix these issues".

The reviews on this lens have all been very positive.

Cheers - Shane

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