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News Sigma 35/1.2 MkII & Sigma 135/1.4
- Thread starter dirk
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Certainly a very impressive trio of lenses they've released today. Sigma really are the lens company that dares to make what others only dream of.
Of course, these two will be well beyond my budget but I'm sure they'll be fantastic.
Of course, these two will be well beyond my budget but I'm sure they'll be fantastic.
Considering that the 35mm F1.2 Art is my all time favourite lens, there is no chance I'd pass up on it's successor. I know, the Viltrox F1.2 LAB is also a very impressive lens, but they haven't announced it for L mount yet and ultimately, I have some positive feelings towards Sigma (being reasonably priced and high quality while still continuing to manufacture in Japan) and I just wanna support them.
The 135 F1.4 also looks like a top class lens but since one of my main subjects, my wife, wasn't too happy with the rendering on the 105 F1.4 - she said it renders her body proportions unflatteringly - I ended up selling that lens and I don't think 30 mm more tele is gonna help to convince my wife.
The 135 F1.4 also looks like a top class lens but since one of my main subjects, my wife, wasn't too happy with the rendering on the 105 F1.4 - she said it renders her body proportions unflatteringly - I ended up selling that lens and I don't think 30 mm more tele is gonna help to convince my wife.
Wives are never happy with the portraits their husbands shoot of them - wrong lens, wrong place, technique: there will always be something wrong
GeorgeHudetz
Well-Known Member
Oooh, I really want the 35. But, I’m taking delivery of a Rivian on Friday. Gulp. Need to watch my spending for a while...
Travis Butler
Well-Known Member
Heh. Let us know how you like it; my sister lives in Bloomington, where they make them, so she’s got a certain favorite son support for them.
20240609-SDIM0756 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The launch of the new Sigma 135/1.4 made me curious. All Reviewers rave about it and show really nice photos. I never really shot seriously with a 135mm lens. But this new 135/1.4 is out of my reach.
Therefore I researched several videos about the old Sigma 135/1.8 DG HSM from 2017. According to these reviews, the new F1.4 version might be better if you enlarge in photoshop and zoom in a lot, but only at the borders of the image. Bokeh is almost the same.
So, I decided to try out the old 135/1.8 DG HSM.
There are now really bargains out there second hand for almost half of its list price (I payed 650€) and 1/3rd of the price of the new F1.4.
I hope to get mine this week-end or early next week and will post then some images made with the S1Rii.
Therefore I researched several videos about the old Sigma 135/1.8 DG HSM from 2017. According to these reviews, the new F1.4 version might be better if you enlarge in photoshop and zoom in a lot, but only at the borders of the image. Bokeh is almost the same.
So, I decided to try out the old 135/1.8 DG HSM.
There are now really bargains out there second hand for almost half of its list price (I payed 650€) and 1/3rd of the price of the new F1.4.
I hope to get mine this week-end or early next week and will post then some images made with the S1Rii.
The Rigger
LMF-Patron Gold
I know "beauty is in the eye..." and all, but this just screams "Edsel" to me.
CharlesH
LMF-Patron Gold
I was all set to take a run at Rivian a couple years back; they had some test routes/tracks set up at my airport and some nearby roads, and I had signed up. But we had a stormy week with torrential rains and it washed out everything, so they had to cancel the event. Over time my GAS has faded.
The Rigger
LMF-Patron Gold
I'm an off-roader. Recently switched over from Subaru to Jeep, thanks to a tornado dropping a tree on my Outback this past May, crushing it... Where we go trail-romping around here, there's a guy with an R1 who we're constantly having to winch out or rope out from whatever shenanigans he's gotten himself into. I'll willingly stipulate that oftentimes it's the driver that comes up short and not the vehicle, but in my admittedly-brief experience getting "seat-time" in this guy's Rivian, I am frankly not impressed with it's capabilities, especially when the company tries selling it as an "any-road vehicle." For a truck that costs roughly three times what my house cost me, I would expect more.I was all set to take a run at Rivian a couple years back; they had some test routes/tracks set up at my airport and some nearby roads, and I had signed up. But we had a stormy week with torrential rains and it washed out everything, so they had to cancel the event. Over time my GAS has faded.
But that's just me. And I've been accused of being "unrealistic" before...