Holger wrote:
Just got mine. In a first test against the Batis and Sony:
-The 85 DN Art is the quickest in focussing (and super quiet). Clear improvement to my GM,
-It clearly is the sharpest wide open (sharper at f1.4 than the Batis at f1.8 (I have a great copy) and clearly sharper than the GM). Didn't expect such a clear and noticable improvement.
-Sharpness is much higher and held much further towards the edges, too
-Extreme corner is sharper for the GM (which I don't care about)
-CAs are extremely low, much better behaviour than GM and clearly better than Batis
-Flare behaviour is different. The Sigma produces larger but smoother/weaker flares, the GM strong ugly green reflections.
Is a winner for us. Either the Batis or GM has to go. Must check my Sony pro service rules, first.
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That would match my experience as well, I'm mostly struck by how clean and sharp the image is produced by this Sigma (I never used the GM though).
However, I don't agree on AF, though I only have the Samyang to compare now, but I remember Sony 1.8 being faster.
Did you try focusing on points far away from each other? Sigma is very fast when the focus distance change is minimal, but noticeably slower when it has to go a longer distance in my experience...
Sep 11, 2020 at 10:50 AM
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