Sadly, good but not great:
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/07/sigma-24-70mm-f2-8-dg-os-hsm-art-sharpness-tests/
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https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/07/sigma-24-70mm-f2-8-dg-os-hsm-art-sharpness-tests/
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Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep the priced down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Edit: a slightly grayish new Canon is under $1600! https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=canon%2024-70%202.8%20ii&_dcat=3323&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=1000&_trksid=p2045573.m1684, it makes decision even harder...
privatebydesign said:Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Edit: a slightly grayish new Canon is under $1600! https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=canon%2024-70%202.8%20ii&_dcat=3323&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=1000&_trksid=p2045573.m1684, it makes decision even harder...
CPW had genuine USA ones for $1,599 yesterday.
SecureGSM said:If the new Tamron 24-70 G2 will be what I expect from it to be : improved, glitch free, fluent image stabilisation, improved sharpness away from centre and refined bokeh quality, then this Sigma offering will have a very difficult time impressing event shooters. Very high chances that Tamron will deliver a very strong performing 24-70 workhorse this time round. That said, my 24-70 / 70-200 combo is Canon II L glass. I come to realization that shooting an event with mix of glass from 2 different vendors results in vastly non-uniform colours in the output files.
Put simple : it looks awkward when colours are unmatched from one image to enother. It can be fixed, but not always to my absolute satisfaction.
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:If the new Tamron 24-70 G2 will be what I expect from it to be : improved, glitch free, fluent image stabilisation, improved sharpness away from centre and refined bokeh quality, then this Sigma offering will have a very difficult time impressing event shooters. Very high chances that Tamron will deliver a very strong performing 24-70 workhorse this time round. That said, my 24-70 / 70-200 combo is Canon II L glass. I come to realization that shooting an event with mix of glass from 2 different vendors results in vastly non-uniform colours in the output files.
Put simple : it looks awkward when colours are unmatched from one image to enother. It can be fixed, but not always to my absolute satisfaction.
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Do you think they can improve sharpness using better coatings?
SecureGSM said:If 70-200 G2 is anything we can go by, then we can expect improved sharpness away from center, better IS, etc.
I do not have a crystal ball at my disposal nor I am keen to make any unsubstantiated claims, but there is a reasonable chance for new Tamron 24-70 G2 lens to be a substantially better performer than the original.
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:If the new Tamron 24-70 G2 will be what I expect from it to be : improved, glitch free, fluent image stabilisation, improved sharpness away from centre and refined bokeh quality, then this Sigma offering will have a very difficult time impressing event shooters. Very high chances that Tamron will deliver a very strong performing 24-70 workhorse this time round. That said, my 24-70 / 70-200 combo is Canon II L glass. I come to realization that shooting an event with mix of glass from 2 different vendors results in vastly non-uniform colours in the output files.
Put simple : it looks awkward when colours are unmatched from one image to enother. It can be fixed, but not always to my absolute satisfaction.
Jopa said:SecureGSM said:Stabilised (small and light) zooms is not Sigma's area of expertise.
CA levels of this lens are truly revolting. They should not really release a lens with Art designation with such a mediocre (not to use a stronger wording) qualities. Well, it happens.
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep thepricedsize and weight down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.
This makes my quest for the best 24-70/2.8 slightly easier. Now Canon's sharpness vs Tamron's IS?
Do you think they can improve sharpness using better coatings?
Mt Spokane Photography said:He says the left the "F" off the front of ART.
Its pretty hard to do a great 24-70 lens and also keep the priced down. Canon spent a lot of time and money coming up with their existing one.