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Sigma 85 f/1.4 EX DG Available Soon

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Canon Rumors:
Ronkonkoma, NY, Oct. 14, 2010 – Sigma Corporation of America (www.sigmaphoto.com), a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, is pleased to announce that the company’s 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM lens is now available for purchase in the United States for the MSRP of $1,400 and the estimated street price of $899.
This large aperture, medium telephoto lens is optimized for use with full-frame, DSLR cameras and is especially ideal for portrait and low light photography. When used on digital cameras with an APS-C size image sensor, it effectively becomes a 127.5mm F1.4 lens.
“This lens is an excellent addition to our prime lens line-up and is a great performer for a variety of photographers. For the sports or photojournalist photographer, the Hyper Sonic Motor will keep up with fast-paced action sequences; the 1.4 maximum aperture provides the ability to work at high shutter speeds under low existing light conditions,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, general manager of Sigma Corporation of America. “That same high-speed aperture is great for a portrait photographer who is looking to isolate details in their subject, with a pleasant, out-of-focus background. One-touch, full-time manual focus is perfect for the critical, professional photographer.”
The 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM also contains one Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass element and a glass mold element to offer excellent correction for all types of aberrations and to ensure superior optical performance. This lens is equipped with a rear focus system that minimizes fluctuation of aberration caused by focusing.
The Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghost, even in backlight photography. The lens has a round, nine-blade diaphragm, which creates an attractive blur to the out-of-focus images, and comes with a petal-type hood to block out extraneous light. For digital cameras with an APS-C size image sensor, Sigma provides a dedicated hood adapter to expand the length of the lens hood and to block out extraneous light more effectively.
CR’s Take

I’m a big fan of the Sigma 50 f/1.4. I cannot wait to try the 85 out, this is definitely a lens and focal length I will review.
Preorder

$899 @ B&H Photo

$899 @ Adorama


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kubelik:
the big question for the canon version of this lens is, can it justify being priced over the 85 f/1.8?  I'm interested in seeing them pitted against one another

Jamesy:
If the Sigma 85 1.4 is anything like the Sigma 50 1.4, then we are in for a treat. It will be interesting to see the street price up here in Canada. The 50 1.4 carries a ten year warranty through Gentec in Canada.

Grummbeerbauer:
I currently have the Canon 85 1.8, which is great value for its price, very sharp even wide open and has a great bokeh. The only downside I can think of is the purple fringing in contrasty scenes can be a bit of frustrating at times. If the new Sigma has no such weaknesses, and if Sigma got its AF algorithms sorted out, it might be an interesting -- and different from the  85 1.2 II also an affordable -- option.
Judging from Sigmas recent offerings, the odds that the new lens will be a decent if not excellent performer are quite good. For example, the 8-16 gets rave reviews everywhere, only the new 70-200 2.8 OS was a bit of a disappointment.

tzalmagor:
I hope Sigma will make a 135mm lens, in hope it will be optically superior to the the Canon 135/f2.8 and cheaper than the Canon 135/2.0L - lost all hope Canon will ever do that.

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