Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Zoom Lens?

8 years 11 months ago #437500 by Roger Lang
f/1.8 on a zoom?  This is very tempting.  What get's me is why aren't more zooms f/1.8?  


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8 years 11 months ago #437501 by Roger Lang


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8 years 11 months ago #437646 by garyrhook
Did you read how wide that thing is? 3.1". That's huge.  And it's only that big because it's a very short focal length. We don't see f/1.8 on longer lenses because they would have to be extremely wide.

I'd just be happy if Nikon made a f/2.8 version of the 24-120. Never gonna happen, but I can dream of a fast walkaround lens, right?


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8 years 11 months ago #437647 by Screamin Scott
Gary, just get the F4 version & up your ISO...

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8 years 11 months ago #437648 by garyrhook
Nope, that doesn't compensate for the DoF limitation. And as you should know by know, I'm all about shallow DoF...


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8 years 11 months ago #437649 by Screamin Scott
Then have more separation between your subject & the background.... Or use a faster ,prime lens...

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8 years 11 months ago #437705 by garyrhook

Screamin Scott wrote: Then have more separation between your subject & the background.... Or use a faster ,prime lens...


Well, yes, I get that, but a prime isn't a zoom, and one can't always control placement. Nor would a prime suffice for all possible focal lengths in that desired range. I.e. you often can only back up so far...

So I just carry my 2 f/2.8 lenses with me and deal with swapping them out.


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8 years 11 months ago #437723 by JaneK
Do any of you have experience with these Sigma lenses?  Any downsides to them?  I share the price temptation. 


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8 years 11 months ago #437913 by Ryan Obryan
Killer lens, no budget for me :(


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8 years 11 months ago #437916 by tganiats
JaneK wrote

Do any of you have experience with these Sigma lenses?

Not sure if you mean the Sigma zoom or the new Sigma in general.  I got the 35mm Sigma Art f/1.4.    Very happy.  Very.


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8 years 11 months ago #438018 by Andrew AG
If you are asking if Sigma makes good glass, yes they are one of the better off brand lens manufactures IMO


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8 years 10 months ago #443905 by h_bonanni
The main reason there are not more of these, is the price.:woohoo:


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8 years 9 months ago #445385 by J Hemingway

h_bonanni wrote: The main reason there are not more of these, is the price.:woohoo:



And demand


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