[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by Wil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just to sidetrack a little, do any of you guys have any experience with the Sigma 30mm/50mm 1.4F? I'm quite interested in the pair.

No experience but the 50mm f1.4 seems to be very well liked:
-= Archive Sigma 50 1.4 Images - Canon Digital Photography Forums


It is a big hunk of glass.

 

[Wil]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif No experience but the 50mm f1.4 seems to be very well liked: -= Archive Sigma 50 1.4 Images - Canon Digital Photography Forums It is a big hunk of glass.

Its priced very nicely as well

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by Wil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Its priced very nicely as well

Yeah dude. I wanted to order the Sigma 100-300mm this week but I just got my big credit card bill and I really need to knock that one down.

Drool at this though:

 

[Wil]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah dude. I wanted to order the Sigma 100-300mm this week but I just got my big credit card bill and I really need to knock that one down. Drool at this though:

*shakes fist*

back at you!

lol. Im considering the 30mm 1.4 now since i don't really need the 50mm for portrait shots. argh decisions!

Btw, which sigma lens is that?

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by Wil /img/forum/go_quote.gif *shakes fist* back at you! lol. Im considering the 30mm 1.4 now since i don't really need the 50mm for portrait shots. argh decisions! Btw, which sigma lens is that?

That is not my camera. It is the Sigma 50mm f1.4 though. Seems to have some issues with lateral CA. The 30mm would be a good choice for a cropped camera from what I have read.

 

[Wil]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is not my camera. It is the Sigma 50mm f1.4 though. Seems to have some issues with lateral CA. The 30mm would be a good choice for a cropped camera from what I have read.

Opps. lol.

Like you said, it is indeed a big chunk of glass.

 

[Wil]

Sigma Lenses for Digital SLR Cameras - photo.net
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nteresting snippet on the 30mm 1.4

 

[roastpuff]

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Originally Posted by GTRacer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Street is about being in the moment as much as your subject is, feeling the tone of the scene and capturing it with your camera. A telephoto lens simply isolates you from what makes street photography so enjoyable.

Possibly. It also allows you to reach out and touch someone. I'm wanting a 30mm for street photography, but my wallet is already feeling the pinch.

 

[Wil]

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Originally Posted by roastpuff /img/forum/go_quote.gif Possibly. It also allows you to reach out and touch someone. I'm wanting a 30mm for street photography, but my wallet is already feeling the pinch.

Sigma 30mm 1.4

 

[roastpuff]

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Originally Posted by Wil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sigma 30mm 1.4

That one.

I'm waiting till I stop by Hong Kong on my way home to Vancouver from Singapore - roughly 350USD there, and I'm sure I can bargain down further.

Just got a 100mm USM f2 to go with my 200mm f2.8L, so I'm feeling the hit. I might move to a all-prime set-up (barring my 17-50 Tamron) instead of the Sigma 50-150 I was thinking about...

EDIT: Wil, you coming to the ClubSnap Canon Coffee meet on Friday?

 

[Wil]

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Originally Posted by roastpuff /img/forum/go_quote.gif That one. I'm waiting till I stop by Hong Kong on my way home to Vancouver from Singapore - roughly 350USD there, and I'm sure I can bargain down further. Just got a 100mm USM f2 to go with my 200mm f2.8L, so I'm feeling the hit. I might move to a all-prime set-up (barring my 17-50 Tamron) instead of the Sigma 50-150 I was thinking about... EDIT: Wil, you coming to the ClubSnap Canon Coffee meet on Friday?

Didn't know there was a meet on friday! ( well, technically i don't even know of the meet since i haven't been to one before! )

Could you PM me the exact details? Thanks a bunch!

 

[essasin]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is not my camera. It is the Sigma 50mm f1.4 though. Seems to have some issues with lateral CA. The 30mm would be a good choice for a cropped camera from what I have read.

Def need to go down to a 30 since I'm assuming you are on a 1.6xcrop? The 50mm will feel too long.

 

[essasin]

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Originally Posted by roastpuff /img/forum/go_quote.gif Possibly. It also allows you to reach out and touch someone. I'm wanting a 30mm for street photography, but my wallet is already feeling the pinch.

The best walkaround glass for me has been the 24-105 f/4L IS. I love primes but sometimes you just don't have enough time to "manually zoom" with the primes and miss the shot.

 

[M0T0XGUY]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif No experience but the 50mm f1.4 seems to be very well liked: -= Archive Sigma 50 1.4 Images - Canon Digital Photography Forums It is a big hunk of glass.

For what it's worth a lot of those shots are softer than I'd like them to be. I realize that we're talking about an f/1.4 lens here but I haven't really seen a convincing shot from Sigma's large aperture series in awhile. I'd still love for someone to buy it and try it on these forums so we'd get some better samples.

 

[Towert7]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif No experience but the 50mm f1.4 seems to be very well liked: -= Archive Sigma 50 1.4 Images - Canon Digital Photography Forums It is a big hunk of glass.

The image quality looks pretty bad form the pictures I saw over at that canon forum on the sigma 50mm F/1.4, and the CA is just pathetic. It's what I've come to expect from sigma.

Same website, taking a look at the Canon 50mm F/1.4, and the pictures from that seem a fair bit better. Canon 50mm F/1.2 looks even better, though it has a lot of CA as well.

The Sigma 50mm F/1.4 goes for 500$us. The Canon 50mm F/1.4, 325$us.
Am I missing something? Why does the sigma command such a price premium over the canon?