Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

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p.1 #1 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

I have been playing with the thought of buying this lens. My experience with Sigma has not been good but I kept my sigma 150 macro as the IQ was great and almost always use MF.
Please reply if you had to get multiple copies or had af issues. Ive searched the web and forums but wanted to get a different feel.

Nov 30, 2008 at 07:31 PM

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p.1 #2 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

You didn't make a choice for 'wish I could buy it but if I can't trust the AF...'

Nov 30, 2008 at 07:58 PM

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p.1 #3 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Thanks for this poll, I just been thinking about asking same

Nov 30, 2008 at 09:54 PM

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p.1 #4 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

I love it, with the caveat that autofocus performance is not as good as
with the Canon 50/1.4 but it's still workable and optically it's great.
I may send it to Sigma sometime to see if they can tweak the AF performance,
as I'm reading that many users of new copies are getting great AF.
Perhaps Sigma has a real fix now.

Anyone interested in great f/1.4 performance should consider this lens.

Nov 30, 2008 at 10:02 PM

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p.1 #5 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Thinking about selling my Canon 1.4 for this Sigma but yeah, the supposed Auto Focus issues are keeping me at bay.

Nov 30, 2008 at 10:29 PM

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p.1 #6 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Buy from a place that carries new stock and give it a try.
Make sure the return policies allow easy returns, in case it's a dud.

Nov 30, 2008 at 10:31 PM

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p.1 #7 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Beni wrote:
You didn't make a choice for 'wish I could buy it but if I can't trust the AF...'

That would defeat the purpose of the poll. Its how I feel but If enough people had positive results I might risk it.

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:05 AM

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p.1 #8 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Awesome lens, I use it on my Nikon tho

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #9 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Great lens, better than the Canon 1.4, however, a tad behind the Canon 1.2. It is great for the money.

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:40 AM

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p.1 #10 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

The Sigma has worked flawlessly for me. I like it better, even, than my 35L.

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:51 PM

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p.1 #11 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

The Sigma 50mm F1.4 has been fantastic on my 5D & 30D cameras. I have not seen focus issues.

Dec 01, 2008 at 04:37 PM

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p.1 #12 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

Are there datecodes on Sigmas? I might try one out at a local shop but I don't expect they've sold many and likely have older stock on the shelf.

Dec 01, 2008 at 05:57 PM

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p.1 #13 · Sigma 50 f1.4 Canon owners poll

My copy - overly soft and glowy, focussing good at short range, useless (ie +/- 2ft) at 10ft or more. Performance worse than Canon 50/1.4 in all regards. Returned it.

Dec 01, 2008 at 06:21 PM

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