The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making

Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by geerlingguy on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:08PM (#39925786)

I will say, for many years I wouldn't even consider a 3rd party lens for any system. But now I have a few for my Sony, and I had a couple Sigmas for my Nikon before I sold it off and switched completely to Sony.

Their Art line trades a little off in terms of weight for quality, but costs sometimes 50% of what the first-party brand does.

For more exotic lenses (f/1.2 or f/1.4) this is a huge price difference, and the AF is not quite perfect for some situations, but quite close in performance.

I don't think twice about testing out a Sigma nowadays. Tamron and other 3rd parties haven't been as consistent, but some of their lenses are gems too.

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Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by atoav on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:26AM (#39927528)

Curiously I have a Canon 50mm f/1.2L USM at work and a old Zeiss f/1.4 Planar T* — a Contax lwnse with a cheap EF adapter — and the old Zeiss lens knocked the new lense out of the park on anything. Pictures looked just better on it period.

The old lense has no AF, but I rarely use AF anyways.

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Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by PaulHoule on Thursday April 04, 2024 @07:32AM (#39928995)

I am a fan of this lens

https://7artisans.store/products/50mm-f1-05

and it’s APS-C counterpart. Personally I have had times I was walking around with a 50mm and not being able to frame anything up but between the extreme bokeh and ability to laugh at low light conditions I have so much fun. for certain kinds of pics the manual focus is fun and easy and with the aperture wide open nobody is going to mistake your pics for smartphone snaps.

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Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by atoav on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:49PM (#39934337)

I wondered about these too, thanks for the reminder.

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Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by PaulHoule on Thursday April 04, 2024 @07:25AM (#39928938)

I had a Canon body circa 2010 and the reports then were that Sigma lenses were hit and miss but I have one now for my Sony and it is great.

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Re:The 50mm F/1.2 Art Proves Sigma Has Mastered Lens Making by drcongo on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:59PM (#39933009)

I have a Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens that's maybe 20 years old, and it's just stunning.

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