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Wex have it on pre-order for £1,199. The same as the Nikkor. I'm going to wait to see some reviews before committing either way.
I assume it'll come down in price later!
Wex have it on pre-order for £1,199. The same as the Nikkor. I'm going to wait to see some reviews before committing either way.
That's an ABSOLUTELY mental price. I'd go for the Nikkor everyday at the same money.
The art lenses (unless you baby them) look tatty after a month of use. Have hideous af issues in my experience too
The likes of the 35 represent great value compared to the Nikkor equivalent, but this 85 looks like a total rip off lol
F/1.4 said:That's an ABSOLUTELY mental price. I'd go for the Nikkor everyday at the same money.
Reading this thread it seems sigma af problems on Nikon are much more common than canon maybe the reverse engineering isn't as good on one side?
I have 2 art lenses - AF is great and look far from tatty.
Spot on. The material on the barrel marks with the tiniest of knocks, bumps etcIn terms of the art lenses looking tatty after not long use based on the ones I have had I would agree with that. There is a big difference using equipment every day and using it occasionally on your day of work etc. The art lenses finish doesn't stand up to much use if you are using them as a professional every day tool, Tamrons stuff is the same to be fair. That's one of the advantages of using the Nikon or Canon equivalent.
Not that it really matters too me as I only care about the images and am not worried what a lens looks like after a couple of months use. I really baby my equipment and my 35a looks a bit tatty compared to say my Nikon 24-70 which looks as new both get the same amount of use but the siggy has a few rub marks in the barrel etc. The 24-70 is about 5-6 years old the Siggy prob around 2-3. The 24-70 was bought used I am prob the third owner the Siggy was bought new.
Spot on. The material on the barrel marks with the tiniest of knocks, bumps etc
Doesn't bother me either too but it's nice to have a lens that doesn't mark as much haha
Lol at home people get defensive over a lens wtf like
Not a prime, but I had a 24-35mm f2 ART lens delivered yesterday along with a Nikon 24-120mm f4.(the Sigma design and operation seemed excellent).........The Sigma was un-useable wide open but got razor sharp by f4, I had similar issues with a 24-105mm ART lens I bought a couple of months ago. No matter what I tried with the dock or camera MFA I couldn't get it right wide open. Will be on it's way back on Monday morning. The Nikon 24-120mm seems smack on from wide open and all focus lengths and seems better than the old one I had a couple of years ago on the D750.
I've owned a Sigma 105mm Macro and that was excellent along with the 150-600mm Contemporary lens I have now. Sigma seem a little bit hit and miss for me.
Nikon 20mm and 35mm 1.8G lenses on there way now, would have loved the Sigma to have worked for the convenience.
That's an ABSOLUTELY mental price. I'd go for the Nikkor everyday at the same money.
The art lenses (unless you baby them) look tatty after a month of use. Have hideous af issues in my experience too
The likes of the 35 represent great value compared to the Nikkor equivalent, but this 85 looks like a total rip off lol
Ordered ages ago but finally my 85 is out for delivery today, along with both 24-35 and a 50mm for swmbo. I've had the original 85mm Sigma since 2008, love the lens its just all over the place in terms of AF reliability past F2.
I already have the 35 and 50 A, both of which needed a fair bit of AF tuning with Focal, but once done are super sharp with great AF, maybe I'm just lucky but I'm suprised to read of the problems others are having on here with the Art lenses.
It wasn't something planned in advance but I've ended up shooting with nothing but Sigma lenses now on my Nikon bodies, just hope the 85 is as good as the 35, 50 and 120-300,
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the 85mm. The 24-35 too for that matter.
Which camera is this on? My D750 did not get on well with the old Sigma 85mm f1.4. It ideally needed more than +20 for the centre points, but this threw out the outer AF pointsIt's here, finally. Only had chance for a quick play, beautifully made lens that is VERY sharp but required a lot of AF fine tuning, +18, +19, something in that region. The most I've had before is +15 on the 50mm Art, I'll run it through Focal when I hare a spare 30 mins and also see what it needs on my other camera bodies. I've got the Sigma dock but only used it for firmware updates, might take a look on there regarding the adjustment if it is similar across my other cameras.
Which camera is this on? My D750 did not get on well with the old Sigma 85mm f1.4. It ideally needed more than +20 for the centre points, but this threw out the outer AF points
Which camera is this on? My D750 did not get on well with the old Sigma 85mm f1.4. It ideally needed more than +20 for the centre points, but this threw out the outer AF points
Odd that it's camera specific. That being said I had a nightmare with my D750 after it going in for recalls. After several failed attempts to correct my AF they finally gave me a replacement and AF is much approved. For example my 70-200mm needs no fine tune now whereas it needed around +12-15 on the old one. I've not tried my new D750 with an fast Sigmas though.Very in-scientific quick test, but I'm normally pretty close to what Focal recommends AF Fine tune wise, its not the lens its the camera body.
D810 #1 & 2, both very sharp with no adjustment
D750 #1 +19
D750 #2 +10
Odd that it's camera specific. That being said I had a nightmare with my D750 after it going in for recalls. After several failed attempts to correct my AF they finally gave me a replacement and AF is much approved. For example my 70-200mm needs no fine tune now whereas it needed around +12-15 on the old one. I've not tried my new D750 with an fast Sigmas though.
The dock will tune that right up.
Size comparisons are what we want.
Go on then, the triplets, 85, 50 and 35.
I think the clue is in the sample pics taken with it that psenior posted (sorry couldn't resist ) It does look huge yeah from the pics psenior posted after your postThe 85mm Art is available now isn't it? I saw it at the Winter Show at Cambrian Photography in Colwyn Bay last Saturday. Have to say it was bl##dy massive though!
Kinda reminds me of this...