Hoping Sigma can make a 35L alternative

[skitron]

It's problem of that Samyang is not losing AF, it's about losing AE. Manual focus? Fine, manual focus + manual metering? That's way too much hassle for me.

It's not so bad. Just put the camera in "A" and set lens aperture where ever you want and leave body aperture setting on f1.4. The body will then adjust shutter as needed so all you have to mess with is focus.

The caveat I found is that as you stop down on the lens, the body metering tends to overexpose no matter what mode its in. By f11 it over exposes about a stop and a half best I can tell. But I tend to shoot mainly f1.4 thru f5.6 and its manageable in that range.

 

[haring]

I would love to have the Sigma 35mm as well! The Canon is just too expensive! My 24-70 covers the 35mm range though...