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The Sigma rumors

i was hoping it would at least be a 135 or 150mm.
desperately trying to get rid of my 70-200!
 
Thought I'd share a frame from the Sigma 20 1.4 ART. This was shot at 1.4, 500 ISO, on Weapon 6K. Its very sharp, minus a tiny bit of motion blur, I think I was at 1/48th. but it could have been 1/40th.
 
real nice!
i was thinking, i wish sigma or canon would make their lens iris controllable as their zooms, with manual and automatic control.
 
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jordan levy said:
real nice!
i was thinking, i wish sigma or canon would make their lens iris controllable as their zooms, with manual and automatic control.
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and declicked... the way Zeiss targeted this with a turn of a key is superbe.
 
jordan levy said:
wait, which zeiss? ef?
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No, sadly not ef. And I have no clue why every lens manufacturer believes that de-clicking a lens only makes sense for manual lenses. If we could electronically control iris and choose the size of the steps all the way down to full fluid control, this would be awesome! But probably it's just more difficult for these...

With the Zeiss Loxia (built for Sony α7) and the Milvus ZF.2 (Nikon mount) you can declick the lens by turning a screw with a small screwdriver like tool.

zeiss loxia

zeiss milvus features

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oh yes, thanks patrick, wish canon would get on that train.
anyway, i want to get an extender for the new sigma 50-100mm coming out, does sigma make one, or should i use a canon brand one? anyone have any first hand experience to what is available or better?
 
Interesting thread.
 
Well, now we only need a Tokina 11-16mm 2,8 equivalent from Sigma and I'm perfectly happy.
 
Brandon Kelly said:
Yes, but f2 please.
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Would love to see that, but I don't really believe they would be able to do that, for a sensible price and size anyway.

But I would be willing to pay quite a bit for this kind of lens, if it can really keep up with the optical quality of the other Art lenses.
 
The new tokina 14-20 f2 is sharper then both the other wides they have from reviews so far. Thing is I like the image and build on the arts.
 
Brandon Kelly said:
The new tokina 14-20 f2 is sharper then both the other wides they have from reviews so far. Thing is I like the image and build on the arts.
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This is the first time I hear about this lens. Looks very interesting especially for my, hopefully soon to arrive, Raven.

Maybe we'll see something new at NAB.
 
85 is due this October. Detailed announcement expected in June/July.
I have now switched over to Sigma completely (from Canon L-series).
Raven is going to be well taken care of with the 18-35 + 50-100 (both f/1.8 and incredibly sharp - even wide open).
I have just tested the 24 against the Canon - will post results soon...

We should also expect the cine versions later this year - not quite sure yet which month thou...

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