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Pros & Cons
Pros
This lens is pure pleasure to use, flexible in purpose, affordable and reliable. The the build quality is pleasantly bulky and sturdy feeling. The second photo is 100% 3:1 enlarged center of the photo.
This is the sharpest lens i have ever used in my life, hands down. It is also remarkably sharp. It’s a stellar lens, thesharpest i’ve ever owned.
The only downfall to it is how zoomed in all my pictures feel. It's on a cropped sensor obviously, but i don't have much need to be so close to my subjects that it makes a difference. If you want distortion then it is the answer, not a problem.
Lense is a bit heavy, but you forget about it while shooting. In the nikon space this is much better than the nikkor f/18. Check out the benchmark tests for the very top lenses at dxomark.
Cons
The sigma lens is a complete disaster - i have no idea when it will be in focus. With or without any micro-adjustments (i have never needed for any of my other lenses) - it is almost never in focus wide open. Lens is noticeably slower than it's canon ... Read More
G the simga is the clear loser. It has zero character, no contrast, no life. Avoid this seller.
Highlights
Quality
You cant beat the quality for the price
This lens has made the quality of my photos and videos much better
The canon professional editing is not compatible with the lens
The quality of video this takes is beautiful as well
Price
It’s amazing and for the price you can’t beat it
Shipping
Auto focus is fast and without drama and quiet enough for video production
It got here so fast in the mail i couldn’t believe it
Competitiveness
5 and on both sides of it offer the very best range for sharpness but frankly this lens outperforms the competition at virtuall... Read More
We have some highend nikon lenses 85mm 1
Too many fast lenses are not useable until you stop them down including nikon’s 50mm 1
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- This product had a total of 1,474 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 14 2022.
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The canon professional editing is not compatible with the lens
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Therefore there is no software available to update when using the editor
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The only downfall to it is how zoomed in all my pictures feel
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I also took a picture outside in harsh light and i had to raise my aperture because the image was blown out
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If you are working in manual mode it definitely will make you work for that money shot but it’s worth it
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Check out the benchmark tests for the very top lenses at dxomark
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But the evidence is overwhelming for art series lenses
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Every lens has its own individual look in rendering the world whether that is inside your studio or in the field sometimes literally in the field
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