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Reviews of cameras, lenses, tripods, heads and other accessories written by PablyScarpy

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Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Pros: Sharpness even at F / 1.4, soft and creamy blur, build quality, fast and efficient silent AF, Rubber gasket

Cons: heavy lens not for everyone

Opinion: The first impact with the lens was traumatic, in the sense that pick up a 1.4 and 85 perceive heavier than a 70-200 f / 2.8 L IS USM II leaves you obviously puzzled. Also because the barrel is almost entirely composed of the ring focus and are not very happy in the hold heavy lenses from the ring. Then of course is absent IS and weight especially on FF is felt. To be honest, I did the evening unboxing, I tried the lens and I was not thrilled, I was even considering to replace it with the 85 1.2 L II. Then, I took a few days to try and love blossomed. Yet I've never taken my 5d III. Some pictures and you almost want to say: who cares weight. Sharpest to 1.4, blade at f / 2, soft, exceptional bokeh blur (bokeh love the very spiral old-school that I got in some situations of FF). AF in my fast and precise exemplary, quiet and I had no problem to also engage in low light. The focus ring is fluito be precise, at first glance it may be a bit too hard but the reflection that is huge and practically supports the lens from that, makes me think that maybe it's better this way (not likely to use the FTM inadvertently). In any case, the construction of the lens is superb, the plastics are of excellent quality, the pleasant gumming and the lens has an elegant and professional appearance than that give a feeling of sturdiness. And I do not think it's just the look, I inadvertently broke the huge front element lens, I started to cry like a desperate child and then realize that the sign I saw was going away simply by cleaning with a microfiber cloth (Blessed the proud home of Sigma coating) .rnVignettatura virtually imperceptible even at F / 1.4, as well as the distortion. chromatic aberration, especially green in the TA but controlled and not very annoying and considering the brash and unpleasant chromatic aberration of the Canon 85 1.2 II comes only to be commended for Sigmawork done. I have not had any flare or ghosting problem so far and the contrast decline in backlight is quietly pushed correctable in post. I can not say anything about a coma for now, but I suppose it is well controllato.rnUn added value to me is the construction with inner fire movement barrel and rubber gasket at the base, one thing I immediately hated 85 1.2 usm L II the very fact that it is a tremendous succhiapolvere and for people like me is not only a photographer but a lover of their own equipment, have some little more certainty is important. rnUn little note to Sigma house, despite the minimum focusing distance is better than that of other competitors lenses, given the huge improvements in the optical performance of this lens, it would have been nice to have a 10-15 cm less in order to put to more closely focus; the only thing that I regret when I mount 100 2.8 Macro L is precisely the impossibility of doing close up of the eyes or a look or narrow the vo cutslto, in addition to having a margin in more hair in indoor photographing. rnAltro minor problem is that I would have preferred, with a lens so heavy, a circular lens hood rather than petals and maybe half a centimeter shorter slightly to contain the size (like the one supplied with the new 135 f / 1.8 Art) as sometimes, especially so heavy lenses may be required to place them face down. Anything less would have been nice to also open at f / 1.2.rnAd Anyway, I can only speak highly of this lens, I think Sigma has undoubtedly raised the bar in quality and yield of the lenses of this focal length, until now I did not get the feeling of pleasure in photographing so creatively and beautiful images even just leave the room with any of Canon L series lens in my possession (not that they are many). I hope this can be a stimulus for Canon put in the hands of a new 85 1.2 usm III or eventually even a 105 1.4 (maybe is).

sent on March 11, 2017