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Great deal. For those on the fence, this is one of the sharpest lenses I've ever owned, and the rendering is beautiful with extremely fast AF. Build quality is excellent.
Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
Great deal. For those on the fence, this is one of the sharpest lenses I've ever owned, and the rendering is beautiful with extremely fast AF. Build quality is excellent.
Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
I too am looking for EF lenses for my R10 with RF-EF adapter. What I'm surprised about is there used to be great deals on Sigma EF lenses - now no more. Spifically I'm looking for Sigma 27-70 Art lens. Used to be a time they went on sale around $899. No more. Also Sigma 70-200. I don't know if Sigma stopped mfg these lenses since the move to RF - and Canon screwing over Sigma for RF lens supplier.
I see EF lenses on the RF having multiple benefits - one is cost - and the second is actually using an adapter with builtin neutral density filters.
This is the first time I've seen Sigma and EF in the same post. Most deals are for Sigma - Sony. Hopefully there will bee a clearance soon on Sigma EF lenses.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
The pictured lens is EF mount and the size suits that format; they do not show here pictures of the mirrorless versions also on sale, which actually are hilariously oversized due to being cheaply adapted for mirrorless, instead of purpose-built. So, E-mount and L-mount users would be stupid to buy this version; Sigma subsequently released native mirrorless lenses for their ART line, making this obsolete (and worse-performing).
I see fools are already parroting the "not purpose built for mirrorless" line.
Maybe they should actually check what they're talking about. The 28mm f/1.4 Art is one of the sharpest and best performing lenses of all time, DSLR design or not. All the test data (MTF) support this and this lens is used extensively by astrophotographers.
It is a big and heavy lens, so do keep it in mind. But it outperforms nearly any lens that isn't an Otus, even the newer mirrorless ones.
The 40mm f/1.4 Art was also a masterpiece. The 28mm and 40mm were basically Sigma's final new lenses for DSLR and showed off what they could do.
Hopefully Sigma releases something that is on par when they redesign these two for mirrorless.
In the mean time, these lenses will work great on the latest mirrorless Canon and Sony bodies, including the AF. Haven't tested it on Nikon but there is little reason to doubt it
Great deal. For those on the fence, this is one of the sharpest lenses I've ever owned, and the rendering is beautiful with extremely fast AF. Build quality is excellent.
Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
How is the video AF on the R5? Can it track moving subjects? Any weird pulsing or focus breathing for talking head videos?
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Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.
I see EF lenses on the RF having multiple benefits - one is cost - and the second is actually using an adapter with builtin neutral density filters.
This is the first time I've seen Sigma and EF in the same post. Most deals are for Sigma - Sony. Hopefully there will bee a clearance soon on Sigma EF lenses.
I see fools are already parroting the "not purpose built for mirrorless" line.
Maybe they should actually check what they're talking about. The 28mm f/1.4 Art is one of the sharpest and best performing lenses of all time, DSLR design or not. All the test data (MTF) support this and this lens is used extensively by astrophotographers.
It is a big and heavy lens, so do keep it in mind. But it outperforms nearly any lens that isn't an Otus, even the newer mirrorless ones.
The 40mm f/1.4 Art was also a masterpiece. The 28mm and 40mm were basically Sigma's final new lenses for DSLR and showed off what they could do.
Hopefully Sigma releases something that is on par when they redesign these two for mirrorless.
In the mean time, these lenses will work great on the latest mirrorless Canon and Sony bodies, including the AF. Haven't tested it on Nikon but there is little reason to doubt it
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Sigma used to have AF issues with Canon/Nikon dslr bodies, however, they've been nothing short of stellar on my mirrorless Canons (R5, R6, and R7) using the Canon EF to RF adaptor. I'm crossing my fingers for native Sigma RF lenses but for now the current ART lineup works fine.
The only shortcoming of this lens and most ART glass is the weight as these are quite heavy, but for paid work, it's 100% worth it.