Dubious Drewski
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If any of you guys don't listen to TWIP (This Week In Photography), you should be. So much of what I know about photography came form this show.
Anyway, in show number 52, they have a guest come on and discuss the Sigma 50mm 1.4. They start talking about it 34 minutes into it. This guest kind of rambles and you can tell he's not used to speaking to an audience, but these are the points he makes:
The Sigma is huge. Very huge and heavy. But it was required to have the lens work so well wide open. This lens was specifically designed to be used at f1.4, unlike most other 50mm lenses, which work best a few stops down from there. The sigma also has nearly zero chromatic aberration or vignetting problems wide open. It's also sharper.
But again, it's heavy, big and more expensive than any other 50mm lens out there. (Well, except for the upcoming Pentax DA* 55mm 1.4 at $800. I'm drooling already)
Anyway, in show number 52, they have a guest come on and discuss the Sigma 50mm 1.4. They start talking about it 34 minutes into it. This guest kind of rambles and you can tell he's not used to speaking to an audience, but these are the points he makes:
The Sigma is huge. Very huge and heavy. But it was required to have the lens work so well wide open. This lens was specifically designed to be used at f1.4, unlike most other 50mm lenses, which work best a few stops down from there. The sigma also has nearly zero chromatic aberration or vignetting problems wide open. It's also sharper.
But again, it's heavy, big and more expensive than any other 50mm lens out there. (Well, except for the upcoming Pentax DA* 55mm 1.4 at $800. I'm drooling already)