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So I took my Sigma 85 1.4 out for the day and try to anything I could to foul the focus. Unlike Round 1 that had golden Hour light today I shot in may different conditions, from indoor Television lit rooms, foggy overcast morning, bright mid day sun, to dark shadowed woods with severe back lighting, I pretty much covered all the conditions. I also left the camera in continuous mode to judge the tracking ability of this lens in all conditions. I am happy to report that this lens is easily the best Fast Prime I have owned when it comes to continuous focus mode. This obviously does not include the super teles, as these are Nikon's best when it comes to tracking. One of my main requirements in a lens camera body combination is there ability to track in continuous mode as this is my bread an butter when shooting children, sports, and families. This lens just seems to lock on an not let go no jitter in the focus like the 85D. Technique and camera body also play a roll in this so bear with me if i make the the Sigma out to be the greatest thing since Micro Brewed Beer.
1. The first set were all shot inside with minimal light and a bit off off camera for fill.
F1.4
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/5154847373_d65e19339c_o.jpg
F1.6
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/5155456326_3299a40ec9_o.jpg
2. This shot was lit by nothing but the TV and had back lit window light. shot at ISO 1600 at f1.4 1/60th
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1178/5155354395_54159174e7_o.jpg
At F1.4 fluorescent and natural window light
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/5154856361_85c030df2d_o.jpg
3. This set is to demonstrate the infinity focus accuracy at 1.4. I have to say I am impressed with this sharp from a distance of 40 yards.
Original
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/5154849825_f35615db12_o.jpg
Almost 100% crop
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/5155826402_ac704a7677_o.jpg
4. The next three photos is a demonstration of tracking a fast moving person. The lens is not nearly as good a the 70-200 or any of the big lenses but my keeper rate was about 70% with one or two of this being just slightly miss hits. But lets not forget these were shot at Ff1.8
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/5154851205_4c52378e3f_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/5155444693_0a79ef58fb_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1119/5155459812_9b3d324c9e_o.jpg
One at F1.4 66% crop
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/5155219565_5b1ee87eff_o.jpg
5. Here is one at f1.4 to demonstrate the ability to knock out a busy background
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5155461348_67d0a91e39_o.jpg
6. The next two are a comparison between F1.8 and F4. I think there is no question the f4 is razor sharp, but F 1.8 is not to shabby.
f1.8
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/5155463250_705c752143_o.jpg
f4
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1097/5155463886_bfc744f226_o.jpg
7. Finally lets look at some back lit scenes and see how the lens handles flare and low contrast situations. All of these are shot from 1.4 to f2
f1.6
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/5155466944_d19edc33d5_o.jpg
f1.4
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5155855282_4746b5025f_o.jpg
f2.0
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/5155247725_c90071ba80_o.jpg
F1.4 and moving
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/5154859389_247963b795_o.jpg
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