Hmmm gorgeous. I want one but that Capture NX 2 scares me alittle. I never heard that before. Why can't a lens just be perfect and not have one thing wrong with it. UGH
Some image CAN be open. I managed to open, for example, an image of plain blue sky with no clouds.
I don't understand why this the case but more "complex" images won't load. Period.
I tried hundred of images and about 2 out of ten are "openable".
What causes the problem I don't know but I became frustrated with the lens so I return it.
Bare in mind that Sigma does their lenses by "reverse engineering" inner workings of Nikon lenses etc. so something
"little" may be cause incompatibility only in certain cases. (like white balance info or something in more busy images)
Anyway, Nikon has it own new 50mm f/1.4 lens even cheaper. I guess I get this one then...
Chris Langer wrote:
Hmmm gorgeous. I want one but that Capture NX 2 scares me alittle. I never heard that before. Why can't a lens just be perfect and not have one thing wrong with it. UGH
Chris
the lens is perfect, its NX2 that has the flaw :-)
I've had NO problems with anything dealing with my siggy 1.4... it's an awesome lens... very thing dof on 1.4,,, but what the heck.. nx2 no problem. this is a fantastic lens.... just see what R. Francois has shown... and it should be a done deal!
I have never had any image from my sigma 50mm that wouldn't open in NX2. I'm not saying that there is no problem, but maybe there's another reason for the problems?
For the record: i've tried sigma 50mm files from my D300 and D80 on a laptop with windows XP and on a desktop PC running vista.
Gregg B. wrote:
I just returned my Sigma 50mm f/1.4. It doesn't work with Nikon's NX 2. Pictures taken in a raw format can't be open with the program. I talked to Nikon and Sigma guys about it. A tech support rep from Sigma asked me to send the lens in for a firmware upgrade. (he said he checked with Japan and apparently this is a known issue etc.)
I received the lens a couple of days ago with new firmware; it didn't work. The lens has still problems and causes the Nikon's Capture NX 2 to freeze. (when software tries to open and load the picture....)
It looks like the lens stores some metadata that the Capture NX program doesn't understand and it freezes.
Jpegs and Tiffs don't experience this problem. If you take pictures in these two formats, you won't have any problems.
It seems others have had similar problems as you. I have read that the fix is to turn off vignette control (in the "shooting menu"). I believe default is "normal."
BenV wrote:
the siggy is the best 50mm I've used so far, I was happy with the AF and sharpness quality. Mind you, I've only used a handful of 50's.
When mounted on a Canon body the lens has some well documented problems. So from the feedback I'm seeing, it does great on the Nikon bodies? No backfocus from 10' and beyond?
Shasta wrote:
How does this lens compare to the new Nikkor 50mm G? The Sigma in Canada is $175 more.
That's the million dollar question isn't it! Hopefully we'll see some comparison/reviews here in the next month. I can tell you the boke character of the two lenses is very different, it would be very nice to see a direct comparison of them at 1.4
I'm slightly aprehensive of buying a Sigma, but it's very tempting.
seems the only AF 50 to beat the siggy is the 50L, and then only slightly......Tests I've seen/read bet the new nikon and the sigma still give nod to the sigma. The only comment I've seen otherwise was about the size of the siggy.....which makes no difference at all to me. I actually like it being a bit larger....
bb
I actually like the size of the 50 Sigma. I think it will balance nicely with my camera. I am excited to try it out. I hope I get a good lens and Capture NX2 isnt a problem! I can't wait to use it at f/1.4!
Brad Barr wrote:
seems the only AF 50 to beat the siggy is the 50L, and then only slightly......Tests I've seen/read bet the new nikon and the sigma still give nod to the sigma. The only comment I've seen otherwise was about the size of the siggy.....which makes no difference at all to me. I actually like it being a bit larger....
bb
I'll take the Sigma 50 over the 50L anyday. The AF is better and its 1/3rd the price. i'd give that up to go from f/1.2 to f/1.4
Shasta wrote:
How does this lens compare to the new Nikkor 50mm G? The Sigma in Canada is $175 more.
There hasn't been a direct comparison, but based on the optical designs the Sigma should be superior at wide apertures (which the Diglloyd review bears out, the Sigma messentially matches the 50/1.2L at f1.4), it's extremely doubtful that Nikon can match the performance of an Aspherical design with a non-Aspherical design.
That said, if you don't shoot near-wide open primarily, the Nikkor's going to be the better choice since it's cheaper, much smaller and lighter and performance is going to be excellent by any standard at f2.8 and smaller, it's only at the widest apertures that the exotic designs have an advantage.
Seems counter-intuitive to me for someone to buy the f/1.4 version of a lens, for 3x the price of even the f/1.8 version of same, only to shoot it mostly from f/2.8 down. Wide-open performance is what I care about the most on a lens like this.
mawz wrote:
There hasn't been a direct comparison, but based on the optical designs the Sigma should be superior at wide apertures (which the Diglloyd review bears out, the Sigma messentially matches the 50/1.2L at f1.4), it's extremely doubtful that Nikon can match the performance of an Aspherical design with a non-Aspherical design.
+1
It would certainly be nice for Nikon to come out with competition for the 50L (that didn't focus shift when stopping down )
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