Considering Quattro H concerned about SA lenses

D Cox wrote:

dazzleships wrote:

I guess I misstated my concern: Sigma is making no more SA cameras. I spend $2-3k on SA lenses they will be worth nothing compared to their Nikon, Canon, Sony counterparts in 3-5 years. Like M42, which were all but worthless until mirrorless cameras came out. Sigma wants $200+ to convert SA to another mount. I am not buying into an already obsolete system. I really want an QH but will hold onto my DP Merrills and see where FF Foveon goes.

Lenses are worth the value of the pictures you take with them.

Ummm . . . there are people out there who collect lenses for their collectible value, like people do with stamps, baseball cards, clocks, watches, cars, etc.

I don't see any difference between a Nikon, a Canon or a Sigma lens when used with an adapter on a mirrorless camera.

Neither do I, but I can see how someone might think that there would be less resale value in an SA-mount lens than in a Canon-mount lens . . . and there may indeed be a significant difference in the value of used SA-mount lenses. I've found some pretty spectacular deals on Nikon-mount and Canon-mount lenses though, so I suspect the difference is pretty small.

Here is an example of how the prices are really not significantly different:

Nikon F-mount version ($499): https://www.adorama.com/us%20%20%201075134.html

Sigma SA-mount version ($509): https://www.adorama.com/us%20%20%201034109.html

If you can find a used Sigma SA-mount version of a lens, they are sometimes more expensive, rather than less expensive than Nikon F-mount or Canon-mount versions of the same model of used Sigma lens. Obviously there are not as many different lenses available though, so that is a consideration too. Ultimately you might want to get a used Canon camera and lenses, because Sigma has already stated that they are going to make an adapter to mount Canon lenses on L-mount cameras, similar to the way they have made the MC-11 mount to mount Canon lenses on Sony E-mount cameras (and they make the MC-11 in Sigma SA-mount and Nikon F-mount versions too).