It's so hard to resist this lens. I got to try it out last week and really enjoyed it. I actually feel there wasn't a huge difference compared to a 35mm prime and you can even get a pretty shallow DOF wide open with this lens too.
It's not cheap so not an easy decision to make. I know if a 35mm f/1.8 gets released I would be tempted but this lens may be a better option haha.
Been too overloaded with work for several months now to have many chances to use this lens, but I like the rendering and pop on these few quick ones from a recent visit to a local hindi restaurant, so I'll post them here :
Just arrived today! Ran some test shots. I seemed to have put my focus point on the inside of the near eye instead of the iris. Still consider it a keeper though.
Just arrived today! Ran some test shots. I seemed to have put my focus point on the inside of the near eye instead of the iris. Still consider it a keeper though.
Photosbydlee wrote:
Eye AF doesn't work at that distance?
Great shot either way
I was using flexible spot focus since I was shooting my kids' profiles as they watched their iPad. I got lucky when my daughter turned my way and didn't think of switching to eyeAF in that instant.
For anyone who may be interested. As an owner of the Sigma 24mm F1.4 ART e-mount lens, I spent the last few weeks feeling excited about the Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM due to its slightly smaller size, lighter weight and better video autofocus. More importantly, the images on this thread have been absolutely gorgeous and were tempting me to look buying the lens but I always wanted to know the image quality compares with the Sigma. It has been painfully difficult trying to find anyone who has reviewed the two side by side.
I spotted a reader at phillipreeve.net who mentioned he had reviewed both lenses and said that the Sigma was sharper around the centre than the Sony (wide open) and the Sony was sharper around the corners. He also said that the Sigma has better LoCA correction, less vignetting and chose to keep the Sigma over the Sony.
Then a few days ago, I managed to find a copy of the Sony 24mm GM at a photography shop in London and took along my Sigma 24mm so I could make like for like comparisons for my own satisfaction as I was genuinely 99% set on getting the Sony lens. My observations matched that of the reader's at phillipreeve.net - that the Sigma is definitely significantly and noticeably sharper in the centre and the Sony was sharper in the corners (wide open). I also noticed the Sigma's bokeh balls were round and the Sony's were shaped like a cat's eyes. So I found myself in a real dilemma at first - do I want sharper corners or sharper centres? In the end I decided to keep my Sigma because I rationalised with myself saying that we all look towards the centre of frame far more than we do at corners of photos, so that is more important to me.
londonblueboy wrote:
For anyone who may be interested. As an owner of the Sigma 24mm F1.4 ART e-mount lens, I spent the last few weeks feeling excited about the Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM due to its slightly smaller size, lighter weight and better video autofocus. More importantly, the images on this thread have been absolutely gorgeous and were tempting me to look buying the lens but I always wanted to know the image quality compares with the Sigma. It has been painfully difficult trying to find anyone who has reviewed the two side by side.
I spotted a reader at phillipreeve.net who mentioned he had reviewed both lenses and said that the Sigma was sharper around the centre than the Sony (wide open) and the Sony was sharper around the corners. He also said that the Sigma has better LoCA correction, less vignetting and chose to keep the Sigma over the Sony.
Then a few days ago, I managed to find a copy of the Sony 24mm GM at a photography shop in London and took along my Sigma 24mm so I could make like for like comparisons for my own satisfaction as I was genuinely 99% set on getting the Sony lens. My observations matched that of the reader's at phillipreeve.net - that the Sigma is definitely significantly and noticeably sharper in the centre and the Sony was sharper in the corners (wide open). I also noticed the Sigma's bokeh balls were round and the Sony's were shaped like a cat's eyes. So I found myself in a real dilemma at first - do I want sharper corners or sharper centres? In the end I decided to keep my Sigma because I rationalised with myself saying that we all look towards the centre of frame far more than we do at corners of photos, so that is more important to me....Show more →
Interesting. I've been considering switching to the sigma because I don't know if I like the 24mm focal length that much, so it would make sense for me to have a cheaper 24mm lens. Do you have any pics to show what you're claiming?
chinoamigo wrote:
Interesting. I've been considering switching to the sigma because I don't know if I like the 24mm focal length that much, so it would make sense for me to have a cheaper 24mm lens. Do you have any pics to show what you're claiming?
I do. I will try and post a couple in a few minutes.
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