screwdriver wrote:
wonder how muhc more will the price go down after a while - the sigma 85 1.4 has msrp of $1400 and selling at $900 , this one has a msrp of $899
thats exactly why I'm not preordering, if I just be patient I could save a few hundred
I don't think there is much chance of this lens being anything but, I hesitate to say the best. It has all of the bells and whistles including available software to calibrate it the way you want it. The F type elements are said to equal flourite. It looks like an all out attempt to be the best. I never thought much about a Sigma holy trinity. Odds are a 24 is next. Anyway, we'll see when it gets here.
geniousc wrote:
I don't think there is much chance of this lens being anything but, I hesitate to say the best. It has all of the bells and whistles including available software to calibrate it the way you want it. The F type elements are said to equal flourite. It looks like an all out attempt to be the best. I never thought much about a Sigma holy trinity. Odds are a 24 is next. Anyway, we'll see when it gets here.
gene
Well Sigma has been saying lately "they are tired of being seen as lesser company" and that they want to really step up. IMO they sure are doing it. First the 50, then 85, now a 35. Not to mention the stellar 150 macro. Soon most of my lenses will be Sigma.
All I need now is a 24 and I'm in heaven. Oh and a 135 would be nice. And a 200 f/2. You know what, just copy all of Nikon's primes and make them Sigma,
Will be interesting to see how it compares to the Samyang, which is significantly sharper than the Nikon 35G in the corners from f/1.4 up to just before f/2.8. AF would be nice but I wouldn't be willing to compromise wide-open performance to get it.
