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 p.38 #8 · Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN first impressions | |
MikeEvangelist wrote:
Beautiful lens. I'm blown away by its performance wide open.
First shot, in the front yard. Normally I'd expect to see massive fringing of the branches against the sky, but it's minimal with this lens. And the focus plane looks to be pretty flat too.
Here's a full size version if anyone's curious
NOTE - that's not smearing at the top of the trees - it was just windy.
Thanks a lot for this image, that is for me the best way to know beforehand what to expect from lens (better then reviews or charts). And wow especially on the bottom of the trees: super sharp, my 24-70mm GM doens't even come close (Sigma 24-70mm DG DN super tempting now).
And @ this thread, was gonna wait long time to buy this Sigma, cause it's quite expensive (1529 euro with the rare drop to 1417 euro). Of course black friday happens. -10%.
My favorite shop matched the price, and who am I to resist this Sigma lens? I own 14-24mm nikon, wanted the DSLR Sigma, but while better, i was not convinced (especially for 1400 euro), but this E-mount lens, has me convinced fully. Plus i love UWA, and while the GM is great, no copy has even sharpness so far on flickr or cameralabs at F8 and 35mm (rest is very sharp) but that kills the purpose of lens imo: combining 16-24mm, with a bit more tight framing 35mm. So this sigma is jsut better imo (if it performans like FM's copy), plus cheaper. So 1371 euro including taxes Sigma 14-24mm DG DN, here i come.
Also got the 55mm Sony Zeiss, while some ppl here prefer the 50mm F1.4 (someday i will get it), the zeiss just seems to usefull (small, always with you on travel), sharp wide open, more then decent rendering and correction of CA and rest. Not perfect, but Sharp corners at infinity in both corners at F1.8 are something that convince me a lot, and at cameralabs this lens does it. It also seems to have low copy variation, all image i see so far are very sharp. 650 euro (very fair i think compared to old 999 euro). The used copy's go for same or only slightly lower.
Now i'm debating 24-105mm F4, 24-70mm GM (wich I own now), and Sigma 24-70mm. At the moment, my corner sharpness at F8, 24mm, is a hit and miss with the gmaster, i will do more tests to see if rolling shutter, IBIS or something else is affecting sharpness, that 24mm is very important for me.
But hopefully not to much slowed down by Black friday, i can't wait for my Sigma 14-24mm art.
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