Sigma DG DN Art 1.2/50

[Ivar B]

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Interesting lens will be presented in about 2 weeks - I expect this will be a top class lens like other Art lenses. 

[Dr. G]

I'm a 50 guy, so I may need to pick this up.  I have the 50mm Summilux-SL, but I'd much rather travel with something smaller.

In terms of Sigma lenses being top class, I just picked up the revised 20mm ART f/1.4 DG DN and I am dumfounded by the image quality of this lens.  I'm still considering the 21 APO, but it's only because the APO shows pretty much no volume/volumetric distortion at the sides of the image - but I don't know if that's worth an extra $4500 or so.  

[Ivar B]

9 minutes ago, Dr. G said:

I'm a 50 guy, so I may need to pick this up.  I have the 50mm Summilux-SL, but I'd much rather travel with something smaller.

In terms of Sigma lenses being top class, I just picked up the revised 20mm ART f/1.4 DG DN and I am dumfounded by the image quality of this lens.  I'm still considering the 21 APO, but it's only because the APO shows pretty much no volume/volumetric distortion at the sides of the image - but I don't know if that's worth an extra $4500 or so.  

The 5 % extra quality is possibly not worth USD 4500 for 95 % of the users - but I have heard from a loca user that the APO 21 is truly stunning.

[JohnSantaF4]

The new lens has been released. B&H accepting pre-orders now. Great news.

[Dr. G]

The question is... can this replace my very large and heavy 50mm Summilux-SL?

[Olaf_ZG]

1 hour ago, Dr. G said:

The question is... can this replace my very large and heavy 50mm Summilux-SL?

No

[JohnSantaF4]

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Sigma seems to think so.