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Sigma 16mm f/1.4 or just keep the Canon 22mm f/2

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MyM6II Senior Member • Posts: 2,424
Re: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 or just keep the Canon 22mm f/2
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StrugglingforLight wrote:

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ScentedOrange wrote:

Hey everyone, I currently take alot of landscape, but also love to carry my camera around for some street and travel photography. I love my Canon 22mm for its low light performance but I was wondering if it would be worth having the Sigma for the extra bit of light it would let in. Of course alot of photos would be in the daylight, but I don't really want to put the camera away when walking around outside at night. Would it keep my ISO down much lower?

depends

if shooting motion, yes

if shooting stills, the 11-22 with IS is what I would use

the 16 is a big lens - you have a small m200 - many use the 16 on bigger m bodies like the m6II or m50 II

I view the 16 f1.4 as a party lens to photograph kids indoors at f1.4 - sharp in the center at f1.4

outdoors at night, for stills, use the IS on the 11-22

outdoors at night, for motion, the 16 f1.4 would give you 1 stop of light, iso 3200 versus iso 6400, over your 22 f2

Re: 22 f2 vs 11-22 f4-5.6 IS

Your saying the 11-22 would be better than the 22 outdoors at night, for stills? IS would help that much with both at 22mm?

Any chance for people in your photos? or anything that moves?

Yes? Then I would take the 22mm f/2 every night.

If I am shooting outdoors at night or indoors, I always take the 22mm f/2 before the 11-22mm f/4-5.6. It will freeze any movement better and also give me more shallow depth of field (and nicer bokeh).

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