I have the Sigma 50 f/1.8 (former Canon 50 f/1.8 owner), and it is so damn sexy. I love the bokeh and sharpness, never had any issues with focus. Brilliant piece of glass.

Bruce Sawle wrote:

I have been trying to decide between the 50 1.2 or Sigma 1.4 and after reading this forum and looking at the price dereference between the l and sigy I went with eh Sigy 1.4. $9000.00 dollar difference is just to much. Anyone have any experience with this lens on a 1ds MK III.


I agree. This is really too much.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

whitetail wrote:
I have the Sigma 50 f/1.8 (former Canon 50 f/1.8 owner), and it is so damn sexy. I love the bokeh and sharpness, never had any issues with focus. Brilliant piece of glass.

You mean Sigma 50 f/1.4, right?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

WilliamG wrote:
Thanks very much for this! Gosh I miss Israeli Fanta... Haven't been to Israel in FAR too long.


You don't have FANTA in the US! What's up with that! No wonder you're in recession.

Gordon

isn't fanta german?

fanta is made by coca cola company

kahren wrote:
fanta is made by coca cola company

It's known to contain the most sugar of any soft drink - the equivalent of liquid fruit loops and singularly the most disgusting drink I've tasted (well actually sarsaparilla is worse).

Pixel Perfect wrote:
kahren wrote:
fanta is made by coca cola company

It's known to contain the most sugar of any soft drink - the equivalent of liquid fruit loops and singularly the most disgusting drink I've tasted (well actually sarsaparilla is worse).

Never tasted sarsaparilla but the Fanta is my most loved soft drink. The Sprite is a distant second and Coca Cola is something I really don't like. Maybe it tastes like sarsaparilla.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

abam wrote:
isn't fanta german?

IIRC Fanta is a German Ersatz product, either bottled during the war by the Coca Cola company in Germany or taken over by Coca Cola after the war. But the main thing, it being an Ersatz softdrink, doesn't bode well

Ruy

Lance Couture wrote:
Is there such a thing then as a reliable, sharp, accurate focus 50 mm AF prime?

Seems like the 50L is out due to AF issues. Same for the 50 1.4. The 50 1.8 I can't stand the bokeh on it with a bit of a busy background, and the Sigma suffers from AF issues.

What else is there?

Many swear by the Canon 50mm f/2.5 macro, but it is not very fast focusing and its only f/2.5.

Yakim Peled wrote:
CA wide open.

You should probably be looking at in-focus details for CA; lenses that are well corrected for different wavelengths of light at the in-focus areas may show different behaviour in the out of focus areas, I would think.

50L

Lance Couture wrote:
Vivek wrote:
Lance, not to rain on your parade, but the AF on that Canon 50/1.4 is too flaky for a real product. Don't be surprised if it quits on you at the worst possible time.

That said, I wish the Sigmalux was priced like the Canon 1.4. I would've bought it in a heartbeat.

-- V

Is there such a thing then as a reliable, sharp, accurate focus 50 mm AF prime?

Seems like the 50L is out due to AF issues. Same for the 50 1.4. The 50 1.8 I can't stand the bokeh on it with a bit of a busy background, and the Sigma suffers from AF issues.

What else is there?

I've got something very close that meets all these demands. Problems: It's not fast, it's not 50mm and it's not FF compatible. If you can live with these limitations then the 60/2.8 EF-S is one hell of a lens.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Tom Abbott wrote:
50L

Never used it but from what I read it's not perfect as well and for its price I'd expect it to be.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

walter23 wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
CA wide open.

You should probably be looking at in-focus details for CA; lenses that are well corrected for different wavelengths of light at the in-focus areas may show different behaviour in the out of focus areas, I would think.


Too late for that I'm afraid.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

After reading this, I'm seriously thinking about ordering a Sigma 50/1.4 to compare to my 50/1.2L. If the Sigma's AF is as good as my 50L's (which is great, thanks), then I'll deal with the slightly slower aperture. The Sigma's bokeh looks as good or better than the 50L, and sharpness, too.

What to do, what to do...

If you do that, I'd be most interested to hear how they compare.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

I think this sort of begs the question..what is good bokeh?

nathanlake wrote:
I think this sort of begs the question..what is good bokeh?

Good bokeh to me is having a lens that eliminates the competitive roughness of the background, giving you a smooth and interesting result. When you're stuck with the crappiest, most annoying and visually competitive background and can't change your position between you, the subject, and the background.

I don't know if that makes any sense, but maybe someone can catch my drift. In other words, it separates the subject from the background and makes the subject stand out, without having anything competing for attention in the frame.

At least that's what I think of when I think of shooting at a low aperture. In my opinion, when you can eliminate the background factor almost completely, and most of the time turn it into something favorable that benefits the quality of the photograph, that's a great advantage to have. You get more light, too. That's the added bonus.

I have my L glass, and I have two sigma lenses that I use. I never had a problem with my sigma 15-30mm, I love that thing to death. Sharp, no CA, and pretty good with flare too. Now I'm looking at a nice prime, and for a while I couldn't decide between the Canon or the Sigma 50mm 1.4's. But this thread helped me out. I always wondered why the Sigma costs more than the Canon, but now I know. I have confidence in buying Sigma for Canon bodies, and this thread reassures me that I'm buying a solid product.

This is a great thread, I've read every post/reply and found them all to be good, constructive posts that I can learn something from. Thanks everyone!

nathanlake wrote:
I think this sort of begs the question..what is good bokeh?

Whatever you consider it to be. I've seen people say on a picture that it has a good bokeh while I did not think so at all. Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder.....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.