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Canon EOS M50 With Sigma Lens Using EF-EOS M Adapter

Started Dec 18, 2018 | Questions

matthewpark • New Member • Posts: 4

Canon EOS M50 With Sigma Lens Using EF-EOS M Adapter

Dec 18, 2018

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

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Jura S • Senior Member • Posts: 1,980

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 18, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Why not Sigma 50-100/1.8A?

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Jura S • Senior Member • Posts: 1,980

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 18, 2018

It's on the BIG side though.

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OP matthewpark • New Member • Posts: 4

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In reply to Jura S • Dec 18, 2018

Jura S wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Why not Sigma 50-100/1.8A?

I saw the review on youtube, from Tony Nortup if I'm not mistaken?

He said it has great optical quality that can match full frame....but seemed to have problem with the focus

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Jura S • Senior Member • Posts: 1,980

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 18, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

I saw the review on youtube, from Tony Nortup if I'm not mistaken?

He said it has great optical quality that can match full frame....but seemed to have problem with the focus

It doesn't. I've tried this lens on 7D, 80D, 6D, eos M and M50.

There's no inconsistency.

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thunder storm • Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 18, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

If you work with models or other people who are posing 85mm will work. It will magnify the background more, and therefor the blur in the background will be more apparent. The 85mm is reported to be a little bit sharper. You will need shorter shutterspeeds to avoid blur caused by camera shake.

If you do "candid portraits" 50mm is more flexible. If you want another angle with the 85mm you have to walk longer so the moment could be gone once you are there. With the 50mm you walk a shorter distance to do this, so you're faster. It is also easier to have enough distance indoors.

For me 85mm is nice in a zoom, but in a prime it is not flexible enough, as all my portraits are non-posed.

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thunder storm • Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139

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thunder storm wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

If you work with models or other people who are posing 85mm will work. It will magnify the background more, and therefor the blur in the background will be more apparent. The 85mm is reported to be a little bit sharper. You will need shorter shutterspeeds to avoid blur caused by camera shake.

If you do "candid portraits" 50mm is more flexible. If you want another angle with the 85mm you have to walk longer so the moment could be gone once you are there. With the 50mm you walk a shorter distance to do this, so you're faster. It is also easier to have enough distance indoors.

For me 85mm is nice in a zoom, but in a prime it is not flexible enough, as all my portraits are non-posed. Having 85mm in a zoom i will end up with a view shots at 85mm though, which are often keepers.

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Jura S • Senior Member • Posts: 1,980

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 19, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

Buy 50/1.8 STM. Just to have a feeling what a prime is. It's a bargain endeavour.

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OP matthewpark • New Member • Posts: 4

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In reply to thunder storm • Dec 19, 2018

thunder storm wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

If you work with models or other people who are posing 85mm will work. It will magnify the background more, and therefor the blur in the background will be more apparent. The 85mm is reported to be a little bit sharper. You will need shorter shutterspeeds to avoid blur caused by camera shake.

If you do "candid portraits" 50mm is more flexible. If you want another angle with the 85mm you have to walk longer so the moment could be gone once you are there. With the 50mm you walk a shorter distance to do this, so you're faster. It is also easier to have enough distance indoors.

For me 85mm is nice in a zoom, but in a prime it is not flexible enough, as all my portraits are non-posed.

Thanks Thunder Storm, I really apreciate your reply

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OP matthewpark • New Member • Posts: 4

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In reply to Jura S • Dec 19, 2018

Jura S wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

I saw the review on youtube, from Tony Nortup if I'm not mistaken?

He said it has great optical quality that can match full frame....but seemed to have problem with the focus

It doesn't. I've tried this lens on 7D, 80D, 6D, eos M and M50.

There's no inconsistency.

That's awesome! I think I'll try to rent lens first before buy it. It's between Sigma 50mm f1.4 or 50-100 f1.8 .

By the way, do you think viltrox speed booster will improve the image quality noticeable?

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thunder storm • Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 19, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

Jura S wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

I saw the review on youtube, from Tony Nortup if I'm not mistaken?

He said it has great optical quality that can match full frame....but seemed to have problem with the focus

It doesn't. I've tried this lens on 7D, 80D, 6D, eos M and M50.

There's no inconsistency.

That's awesome! I think I'll try to rent lens first before buy it. It's between Sigma 50mm f1.4 or 50-100 f1.8 .

It is always good to rent before you buy. I did rent the sigma 50-100mm, and i can confirm with the M50 there are no AF problems. I took a view shots with my 70D, and i am not sure if this works quite as well. I took not enough shots to say more about it.

As long as you want to shoot it on a M50 i would not hesitate to buy it, as the AF problems reviewers are reporting are DSLR-related problems.

If you rent a lens, make sure it has the latest firmware!!! I have a sigma dock so i updated the lens myself. If you don't, make sure the company you will rent from will have the lens updated for you.

By the way, do you think viltrox speed booster will improve the image quality noticeable?

With these kind of lenses - especially the zoom - i would just spend a view extra bucks and go with the OEM adapter. It would be silly to have lenses without compromises, and an adapter eventually occasionally screwing up your IQ, right?

I have both the Viltrox and the Canon adapter, but not the lenses at hand you want to buy. I am also not sure if i can manage to create all kind of situations that could possibly cause problems.

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tocar • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,533

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 21, 2018

For portraits 85mm would be better. I once read that the eyes can see in 100mm equivalent. But make sure the lens itself is sharp. Renting a lens and buying one can be like night and day as far as sharpness.

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Jura S • Senior Member • Posts: 1,980

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 21, 2018

matthewpark wrote:

Jura S wrote:

matthewpark wrote:

I saw the review on youtube, from Tony Nortup if I'm not mistaken?

He said it has great optical quality that can match full frame....but seemed to have problem with the focus

It doesn't. I've tried this lens on 7D, 80D, 6D, eos M and M50.

There's no inconsistency.

That's awesome! I think I'll try to rent lens first before buy it. It's between Sigma 50mm f1.4 or 50-100 f1.8 .

By the way, do you think viltrox speed booster will improve the image quality noticeable?

It will change the angle of view, DOF and project more light. It will also produce more vignetting and probably decrease corner sharpness.

This one is taken with 6D. It's an approximation of what could be a look on M50 with speedbooster.

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Lost99999 • Regular Member • Posts: 336

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In reply to matthewpark • Dec 21, 2018

Hi Matthew, a lot of advise you got came from the real pro’s.

If this is your first camera - you should first check what you want to photograph?

If you are gonna be taking snaps of your kids playing, perhaps sports, perhaps wildlife, perhaps street photography, landscapes, video, night photography, etc.

each focus area has a range of lenses available, and each lens in a segment has pro’s and con’s.

For the moment i would enjoy shooting .. and take a look in 4 -6 month on what kind of pics you take and what settings you used ( i discoverd i took a lot of landscape always at the 24 mm of my 24-105 mm zook range .. so my next purchase was a more wideangle lens, for landscapes, still compact and not too expensive or bulky. )

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Samseed666 • New Member • Posts: 3

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In reply to Jura S • 7 months ago

Jura S wrote:

It's on the BIG side though.

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Samseed666 • New Member • Posts: 3

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In reply to matthewpark • 7 months ago

That must be something that only works with that lens ?! Currently i brought a Sigma UC Zoom MC AF Lens (70-210MM) and after a little homework im told a EF-EOSR adapter is needed ?! i have FD-EOSM, MD-EOSM, EF-EOS M2 0.71x Speed Booster (Canon 50mm). and NONE OF these seems likely to connect my New Lens to my Camera ! Also this is a vintage lens which im a collecter of ! So when i saw the Pic of the spoken lens i was a bit confused. Wishing the guy luck that needs this ! Beleive me i was looking forward to playing with my new toy ! But as a kid cant open unitl Christmas ?! 😂 😂 😂 Good Luck...

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jackwelch • Senior Member • Posts: 1,087

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In reply to matthewpark • 7 months ago

There's a few I would try:

EF-S 55-250mm

EF 70-300mm IS ii (there's many versions of this so better check which is the sharpest one)

Sigma 150-600mm contemporary

Also if you are into portraits might want to check out the Viltrox Speed booster (I see people keep saying it'll turn your eos M into a full frame.

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Samseed666 • New Member • Posts: 3

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In reply to Samseed666 • 7 months ago

Did some Homework on this and also awaiting a reply ?! 1. This Sigma Lens is a " A" Type 2. While well hidden FOTODIX may have the answer for this. (FOTODIX PRO LENS MOUNT ADAPTER FOR SONY "A" LENS TO CANON EF MOUNT CAMERAS) 3. Prices vary where you get it from ?! Go to FOTODIX Site and cut out all #MiddleMen ! #Theive$.. Never had any problem with any of my vintage lens ?! Yet this stuff about to place me on A Vintage Lens Diet Geez ?! Good Luck All !!!

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