My Sigma 18-35 turned up an hour ago - so far I'm very, very happy with it
I miss the look of my A7ii images, but as I've decided to keep photography as a hobby (apart from my own work) having near £10k in gear was a bit silly. Can honestly say that the images I took today were as good as I'd have gotten from the Sony.
Focus has been sharp and fast at f1.8 in the multiple shots I've taken so far of my favourite model (the dog). Taken around 100 shots in a badly lit room, almost all have perfect focus. Also colours and contrast look great.
I did a quick video test as well, again at f1.8 in a dark hallway with a lot of plain white bits. No hunting at all, always perfectly in focus.
Using it manually, it's a dream with focus peaking on. Rings are so smooth it's easy to both nail a shot or pull focus smoothly in video.
Early days, but if this lens continues to work as well as it has so far then I may as well weld it onto my M5
In fact that might be a good idea as have a feeling that once the Missus tries it on her camera I might not see it again....
Looking forward to really putting it through it's paces, hopefully tomorrow.