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Debating between Sigma 20mm / 24mm / 35mm Art

Started Mar 14, 2019 | Discussions thread
KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,466
Re: Debating between Sigma 20mm / 24mm / 35mm Art

rmexpress22 wrote:

I'm mainly thinking (writing) out loud, but I'd love opinions or comments for anyone that has chosen between the 20mm and 35mm.

I owned the 24mm ART for a while and liked it - it's not optically perfect but centre performance pretty good at f1/.4 but needs really f/2.8 for truly sharp edges (when needed) - my copy autofocussed accurately on all of my canon bodies most of the time. It did show a little fringing and coma (not the coma-monster the canon 35 f/2 IS is at the edges at f/2) and did not have the "wow" factor wide open quite of the best - but easily beats my current 24-70 f/4 when both at f/4.  Sold it only due to me establishing I did not normally have a need for 24mm f/1.4 after about 18 months. I did like the lens though and would buy one again rather than the canon equiv..

I bought a 35mm ART at one point and optically was quite good - and to be honest struggled with it on AF accuracy, even playing with the sigma dock. Also saw some a little fringing and coma at f/1.4, not horrendous.  But the lens to my surprise did not work for me. Returned it due to AF issues, which the 24mm simply did not have in the same way. Many others love the lens - so maybe I had a bad copy?  The canon 35 f/2 IS AF was perfect in comparison (both tested at f/2).

The 20 does look really interesting - but again I suspect I'd not myself have a use for it. Video perhaps if you can live with the vignetting?

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