Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art Price leaked

[ScottyP]

Sure the Zeiss is nice. If it is even sturdier than the Sigma, that is fine, but what is the point of added toughness (beyond a certain point) in a lens that is so expensive most people baby it, and will never, ever subject it to abuse? It isn't even weather sealed anyway.

I imagine that if most Otus owners got a cosmetic scratch on the barrel they would be sick to their stomachs even if the functionality was unimpaired due to the aforementioned toughness. If you could make a lens out of the same stuff Wolverine's claws are made, and charged $50,000 for it would one sell the Otus and pick one up because it is indestructible?

 

[jdramirez]

Sure the Zeiss is nice. If it is even sturdier than the Sigma, that is fine, but what is the point of added toughness (beyond a certain point) in a lens that is so expensive most people baby it, and will never, ever subject it to abuse? It isn't even weather sealed anyway.

I imagine that if most Otus owners got a cosmetic scratch on the barrel they would be sick to their stomachs even if the functionality was unimpaired due to the aforementioned toughness. If you could make a lens out of the same stuff Wolverine's claws are made, and charged $50,000 for it would one sell the Otus and pick one up because it is indestructible?

adamantium. the word you are looking for is adamantium.

 

[slclick]

After consulting the Cosmos, I have come up with the price of $1299.00. If I am wrong, well that's what get for asking a bunch of hipster doffus'.

 

[jdramirez]

After consulting the Cosmos, I have come up with the price of $1299.00. If I am wrong, well that's what get for asking a bunch of hipster doffus'.

1300... probably, but if you wait for a sale I'm thinking $1100.