Another Sigma ART Lens Coming in 2015? [CR1]

[dlee13]

I've been looking to get Sigma Art 85mm or 135mm for a long time. But after reading about inconsistent focus and yellowish tint of Sigma Art lenses, I'm not sure I'd buy one :-\

I never use a y lens except L. 50A was my first non L lens. I have it for a year and never saw any issue. It can kick my 50L any day, all day. So please unless you do not have first hand experience, keep all your 'paper review conclusion' in closet. What to hear a bitter truth? Sigma art is wayyy better than 50L. My 50L has focus shifting and soft image problem. A d my 50art only has vignetting problem at 1.4. See this quarter's financial result of canon and sigma. You will get a clue there too.

Just because you had no issues doesn't mean others haven't. Just on this forum alone, there's some users who went through more than 4 copies of the 50A before they got a working one. Both brands are susceptible to qualify control issues so don't tell him not to make "paper review conclusion" when you're doing the exact same thing.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Just on this forum alone, there's some users who went through more than 4 copies of the 50A before they got a working one.

But compare that to the number of people who have purchased the lens and have had no issues with focusing.

The point is that simply repeating what other people have posted does not help anyone. That is what was meant by the term "paper review".

 

[kenny]

Just because you had no issues doesn't mean others haven't. Just on this forum alone, there's some users who went through more than 4 copies of the 50A before they got a working one. Both brands are susceptible to qualify control issues so don't tell him not to make "paper review conclusion" when you're doing the exact same thing.

Lens Rentals analysis of lens variation would suggest that's an inaccurate statement.

http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2015/07/variation-measurement-for-50mm-slr-lenses

 

[Mdshirajum]

Just because you had no issues doesn't mean others haven't. Just on this forum alone, there's some users who went through more than 4 copies of the 50A before they got a working one. Both brands are susceptible to qualify control issues so don't tell him not to make "paper review conclusion" when you're doing the exact same thing.

NO! I am not quoting any paper review. I own 50art and I talked from my own experience. I am a member of very active photographer's association and about 70% of them own 50art. I love talking about gears and know that not too many experiences af inconsistency (While 100% of 50L suffers from focus shifting cause that's a design flaw). Unlike the other person who bashed sigma for af inconsistency base on paper review and not personal experience.

be canon fanboy as much as you can, the fact is: canon's 50 and 35 lens sell is doomed since art came. that much indicate something.

 

[ecka]

85/1.4 DG ART
135/1.8 DG ART
35-70/2 DG ART
50-100/1.8 DC ART
12-24/4 DG ART
Tilt-Shift ART
150/2.8 ART DG Macro
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Could be anything.

 

[Luds34]

Compared to the other Art lenses released, which people consider to be reasonably priced, an 85mm would likely be fairly expensive, but still cheaper than the 85 L II, of course.

Just basing this off the current 85mm "non-Art" retailing at just under $1000.

My understanding is that their existing 85/1.4 is higher-quality than their other now-updated non-Art lenses, so it wouldn't surprise me if they updated it with their new design language, Dock compatibility, and maybe just tweaked the AF system with whatever they've learned since designing it originally.

+1

I think that is a very good guess. Love or hate it, the Sigma dock, allowing users to update firmware is a "nice to have" feature to maintain future compatibility with Canon bodies. Once one is dropping $900 for a 3rd party lens, I'd think having that extra feature is well worth it.

 

[Perio]

I've been looking to get Sigma Art 85mm or 135mm for a long time. But after reading about inconsistent focus and yellowish tint of Sigma Art lenses, I'm not sure I'd buy one :-\

I never use a y lens except L. 50A was my first non L lens. I have it for a year and never saw any issue. It can kick my 50L any day, all day. So please unless you do not have first hand experience, keep all your 'paper review conclusion' in closet. What to hear a bitter truth? Sigma art is wayyy better than 50L. My 50L has focus shifting and soft image problem. A d my 50art only has vignetting problem at 1.4. See this quarter's financial result of canon and sigma. You will get a clue there too.

I have 85 1.2, 70-200 2.8ii and 200 2.0L. I don't care about bitter truth that Sigma 50 is better than 50L (don't forger that Sigma doesn't go to f1.2, so better is subjective, right?). Nevertheless, I appreciate your comment and suggest you search all other forum threads and ask other forum users to keep their "paper review conclusions" just because they don't have first-hand experience. If you let me borrow your Sigma Art lenses for free, I'd be happy to make first-hand conclusion later.

 

[Perio]

I've been looking to get Sigma Art 85mm or 135mm for a long time. But after reading about inconsistent focus and yellowish tint of Sigma Art lenses, I'm not sure I'd buy one :-\

Yeah, I also hear the tea leaves migrate out of their bokeh balls.

I've had a Sigma 35A for two years(?) now and have NEVER had any focus problem on a FF body. After trying it on a crop frame, the results were so bad I don't believe it's usable that way. But on FF, it's as perfect as any Canon L.

As for a "yellowish tint," I've never seen a word about that -- and I've never seen evidence of it with my lens nor any images I've seen from others using the A line lenses. And if these lenses are so troublesome, why have you been looking forward to getting one for so long?

Well, not everyone has luxury to visit photography websites every day and spend time reading every forum/review. I was just reading about the way how different sensors deliver the skin tones, and there were some users who commented on the yellow tint of the Sigma lenses and inconsistent focus they have.

The idea behind the websites like CR is to deliver the news and share our opinions about the gear. Why do you guys take these things so personally? If some people are not comfortable with some gear, it doesn't make your choice wrong. Not everybody has time/money to rent every lens they're interested in and get hands-on experience.