Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art Gets Reviewed

[Viggo]

". does anyone actually care about the corner resolution at f1.4? "

Well, yeah.. The whole point for me considering the Sigma over another 50 L, is the ability to compose off center and preferably all the way out in the corners with nice resolution and ideally, same IQ as the center.

 

[scott_m]

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art $996 in Australia

Slightly OT (but not much I think!) I have been checking the DCW website pretty much every day and this morning I saw that they have a listing for the 50 Art in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts for AUD996. I have absolutely no connection to them, I just thought that a legit pricepoint would be of interest (and of course as a heads-up to any Downunder CR folks)

How can they lose? This is going to be a huge hit, perhaps even more than the 35 Art...

Scott

 

[wickidwombat]

Re: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art $996 in Australia

Slightly OT (but not much I think!) I have been checking the DCW website pretty much every day and this morning I saw that they have a listing for the 50 Art in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts for AUD996. I have absolutely no connection to them, I just thought that a legit pricepoint would be of interest (and of course as a heads-up to any Downunder CR folks)

How can they lose? This is going to be a huge hit, perhaps even more than the 35 Art...

Scott

thats awesome considering DCW are usually 10-15% more expensive than can be had elsewhere

 

[soldrinero]

The people at Imaging Resource who did the review have posted a Flickr set with real-life photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/97470426@N06/13719437215/in/set-72157643654332185/. They used the 50mm Art on a 1Ds Mk III. I'm no bokeh expert, but the out-of-focus highlights look fantastic to me. Anyone want to weigh in on these?

 

[jdramirez]

The people at Imaging Resource who did the review have posted a Flickr set with real-life photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/97470426@N06/13719437215/in/set-72157643654332185/. They used the 50mm Art on a 1Ds Mk III. I'm no bokeh expert, but the out-of-focus highlights look fantastic to me. Anyone want to weigh in on these?

I thought the pictures of the musicians were pretty boring. But the lens does look sharp and in the helmet and bike photos... the lens looks like a winner.

 

[mackguyver]

The people at Imaging Resource who did the review have posted a Flickr set with real-life photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/97470426@N06/13719437215/in/set-72157643654332185/. They used the 50mm Art on a 1Ds Mk III. I'm no bokeh expert, but the out-of-focus highlights look fantastic to me. Anyone want to weigh in on these?

I thought the pictures of the musicians were pretty boring. But the lens does look sharp and in the helmet and bike photos... the lens looks like a winner.

Crap, now I'm going to have to buy this lens . The contrast and bokeh look very good. I did think of another GAS reason to buy the lens, though, it will make an awesome pano lens since it has no distortion and it razor sharp!

Edit: I downloaded them and at 100% there is some ringing and onion skinning, but nothing too bad. The LoCA looks better than the 50L, but it's got nothing on the Otus. I'll be curious to look at the photos on my calibrated monitor when I get home and compare them with my 50L shots.

 

[Policar]

". does anyone actually care about the corner resolution at f1.4? "

Well, yeah.. The whole point for me considering the Sigma over another 50 L, is the ability to compose off center and preferably all the way out in the corners with nice resolution and ideally, same IQ as the center.

Fair enough.

 

[lintoni]

Via sigma-rumors.com

In Japan, Canon mount available 25th April. - ¥127 000, plus tax. Approx $1250 or €900 or £750.

 

[jdramirez]

on the B&H Facebook page someone said that Adorama had the lens for 899 and i got really excited but I really don't know that I will believe any of that

 

[lintoni]

on the B&H Facebook page someone said that Adorama had the lens for 899 and i got really excited but I really don't know that I will believe any of that

American pricing looks good, but it's got a UK price tag of £850 (approx $1400)

 

[jdramirez]

on the B&H Facebook page someone said that Adorama had the lens for 899 and i got really excited but I really don't know that I will believe any of that

American pricing looks good, but it's got a UK price tag of £850 (approx $1400)

949 per the email I got this morning. So that is a steal.

 

[cayenne]

I'm about to put my 50L on Ebay.... and it has nothing to do with this new 50mm Art.

I took my kids to Flower Field in Carlsbad yesterday. I carried A7r + FE 55mm. With Eye-focus feature in A7r, compose the shot is so easy. At wide open, I couldn't miss a shot. However, the Bokeh is not smooth as my 50L.

Bottom line is, I'm willing to trade that bokeh for light weight

What's your asking price on the 50L?

 

[PhilippP74]

Didn't check if the link has already been posted. If so sorry for the double post:

Another review of the sigma 50 1.4 art at fstoppers: http://fstoppers.com/sigma-50mm-art-review

 

[Dylan777]

I'm about to put my 50L on Ebay.... and it has nothing to do with this new 50mm Art.

I took my kids to Flower Field in Carlsbad yesterday. I carried A7r + FE 55mm. With Eye-focus feature in A7r, compose the shot is so easy. At wide open, I couldn't miss a shot. However, the Bokeh is not smooth as my 50L.

Bottom line is, I'm willing to trade that bokeh for light weight

What's your asking price on the 50L?

Asking price is $1599 ;D....just kidding. I'm not in the hurry to sell my 50L, maybe not at all.

Current market only has few f1.2 lenses with AF. If the new Sigma is REALLY that good, then I don't mind adding a 3rd 50mm lens to my bag. At this moment, I strongly believe I have enough weapons to fight most challenging photography battles - from super sharp to smooth Bokeh etc...

 

[jdramirez]

Didn't check if the link has already been posted. If so sorry for the double post:

Another review of the sigma 50 1.4 art at fstoppers: http://fstoppers.com/sigma-50mm-art-review

My take away from that is it is as good as billed and the bokeh is on last with the 50L... which is a concern for me.

 

[IvanH]

More comparison images: http://lcap.tistory.com/

 

[Jeffrey]

Sigma sure has come a long way and might soon own the lower/mid price range for certain lenses. Three cheers for them. I will be surprised if their newest lens comes anywhere close to the Zeiss Otus in real world shooting in that my experience with the Otus has been unbelievably great.

 

[wickidwombat]

B&H sent an email yesterday saying it can be pre-ordered for $949

 

[Eldar]

I have also a half years experience with Otus and I think it is premature to comment the Sigma lens qualties, all I think is that Otus is unsurpassed at F 1,4.

I must admit that, having looked at the available images I could find, including the http://lcap.tistory.com image examples, I believe the Sigma is a top notch lens. Sharpness, CA, distortion and bokeh looks very good. Color is still an open issue to me, since I do not know what kind of post processing they have been through, but it does not look bad.

Like you, I still doubt it will match the Otus, but it will have the advantage of AF. So I just made the decision and preordered the Sigma, but I will definitely keep my Otus.

 

[candyman]

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I must admit that, having looked at the available images I could find, including the http://lcap.tistory.com image examples, I believe the Sigma is a top notch lens. Sharpness, CA, distortion and bokeh looks very good. Color is still an open issue to me, since I do not know what kind of post processing they have been through, but it does not look bad.

Like you, I still doubt it will match the Otus, but it will have the advantage of AF. So I just made the decision and preordered the Sigma, but I will definitely keep my Otus.

Looking at the images and comparison at http://lcap.tistory.com there is no doubt that the Sigma outperforms the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4. Is there such a detailed comparison somewhere between the Sigma and the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2? or the Zeis Otus 55mm f/1.4?