According to BHphoto (Click here) the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens for the Sony A-mount will ship from April 30th. previously we expected the lens to ship in March 🙁
Amazon listed four Sony US deals on their deals page (Click here).
According to BHphoto (Click here) the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens for the Sony A-mount will ship from April 30th. previously we expected the lens to ship in March 🙁
Amazon listed four Sony US deals on their deals page (Click here).
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The best 35mm Sony will ever get unless Zeiss steps up to the plate and deliver one (even if f2)
Shame.
I agree. complete zeiss prime set with 35 1.4 and dont forget a-mount.
I don’t see any problem with my 35G, it delivers unique Minolta beautiful color and Bokeh, also magical 3D effect, my clients LOVE the photos it produced. Sharpness is not EVERYTHING here!
It’s doing pretty well against the Canikon competition too (if you discount the fanboy reviews). If I didn’t have the 30/1.4, I’d be very tempted…
DxO lens mark says that it’s the best 35mm on a market from these lenses they tested matching the performance of Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1,4. As far as I find it hard to believe – one thing is sure: When it hits stores we can stop complaining about Sony’s 35 f/1.4 with optical design having it’s roots in 1987.
Ok… perhaps we shouldn’t stop complaining, but… at least now there’s a option. 😉
One thing has to be said though: besides CA and very poor sharpness: Sony can render really beautiful image under good conditions if someone isn’t pixel-peeper 🙂
yeah…..but the Sony 35mm f1.4 cost 50%. Why pay more for a softer lens.
I’ve had mine preordered at official Sigma retailer Superdigitalcity.com (they even sweetened the deal by knocking off $50 for me), and enquired Friday about this news. They contacted Sigma in Japan for clarification and will be getting back to me within the next few days, hopefully. We have a goal of getting the lens before the B&H date, and if we find out anything new, I’ll report it on this forum.
Amazed – At the few, the so incredibly FEW
Lens options on the SONY Platform
Vs – Nikon or even Canon Platforms
Heartbreaking SONY Killed off all the great Minolta Glass
SONY options are all so over priced
The Examples of SONY overpricing are brutal
How many stabilized primes canikon have ?
e II must say? I don’t understand what you are writing???
e II must say? I don’t understand what you are writing???
So few?
There’s over 100 AF lenses being sold for A-mount.
I doubt many people have over 10% of this.
And you complain that there’s a few lenses sold? ugh…
Compare that to mirrorless systems. Which one of them have over 100 native mount AF lenses? As far as I’m aware – not even a single one.
And yet people praise the choice of native lenses there, yet somehow whine here. o_O
Oh, and that count doesn’t include any Minolta lenses (which are also native AF) or Samyang or smaller manufacturers… or older lenses from ’80s and ’90s. So there’s actually way over that number in total.
Nothing you have said disputes the fact in the OP comment. In comparison to Nikon or Canon the choice is poor, this is an irrefutable fact.
The OP didn’t say anything about mirror-less, you are merely attempting a straw-man.
Yea, well, even if there would be 1 000 lenses available and there would be a competitor with 10 000 lenses – surely someone would whine beyond reason.
That said – I agree there are missing lenses in a line-up. Even: Quite a lot of them. (easily can write down 20 lenses we should had yesterday from Sony) But the situation isn’t nearly as “horrible” as some try to paint it.
full-frame lenses for US market listed at B&H
Nikon 60
Canon 54
Sony 23
many of the Sony are Minolta re-brands
But, I do agree that its not the number its the quality
I’m happy with three primes under 85mm, 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 and good micro
I like Nikon’s fast 14-24 and 70-200 and Zeiss 100/2 micro and Sigma’s new 35 and Nikon’s great and cheap 85/1.8
So I agree that most don’t need more than six good lenses.
Steve, that’s being as picky as it gets 😉 Full frame – US – one reseller? UH?
And well, sure some of the lenses are re-brands. Just like some from these 60 Nikon lenses are older than 2006 (Sony-rebranding year). I don’t see anything wrong with these. 🙂
Oh, and as for: “I’m going hold off judgment on Sony’s recent A-Mount lenses till I see the reviews” – how about holding off with judgment at least till trying it out for a moment?
Oh, BTW: hasn’t B&H retired from re-selling A-mount glass at some point? Or limited it? I recall there was some whining about major reseller in US getting rid of A-mount gear at some point.
great news! planning to buy it ASAP
shame on Sony that they released a Zeiss 35mm for E-Mount and even RX1 and forgot to release the A-Mount version…
+1000; Sony should have released a 35mm lens with the a99. I bought the a99 and would have bought a Sony G or Sony Zeiss 35 f/2 or 35 f/1.4 along with it, especially with SSM and weather sealing.
Everyone’s pro glass is getting more and more costly each year.
I’m going hold off judgment on Sony’s recent A-Mount lenses till I see the reviews.
Awesome, shame it wasn’t released in the UK earlier at the Focus on Imaging event, now the choice between this and the 50 mm ZA
I’m still more curious about the docking setup on these new Sigma Art lenses. It’s an interesting concept for sure, but I’d love to know if people will be adding the dock onto their purchase. Does it do more than just micro adjust, and is that redundant to being able to do it in-camera?
“I’d love to know if people will be adding the dock onto their purchase”
– No they don’t. You need to buy it separately, but it’s quite cheap.
“Does it do more than just micro adjust”
– Yes. Basically: you can control AF behavior to some degree.
“is that redundant to being able to do it in-camera?”
– No. AF micro-adjustment doesn’t solve all the problems (keep in mind though that Sigma lenses behave really well on A-mount. It’s by far worse on F and EOS mounts where they got loads of issues with focusing – dock will be a great help for them)
great thanks for the info!
Dock will probably be of most use for people who do not have cameras with AF micro adjustment, which is the vast majority of DSLR owners.
If you do have MAF I can’t see the dock being as attractive, though the thought of adjusting AF speed is interesting to me.
Dock will also be useful if lenses share an id…
Yeah, that’s very true, my Sig 50/1.4 and Sig 70-200/2.8 share the same lens ID. Luckily neither need severe MAF correction on my A900(+2 works great for both).
Sony A mount? I thought they discontinued that already…
Michael Sinnott told me himself “Late April”
I just preordered it @ Adorama, they threw in a some albeit cheap filters for it and a cleaning kit and lens cap, etc, for “free”.
This lens was suppose to be released in December. I had to cancel my preorder. I would have had to pay off my bill me later account before the lens was ever released. I cannot wait to get it but I will believe it when I see it. I just hope they do not decide to can the release.
Ditto, I had this pre-ordered hoping to get it by xmas and canceled when I realized that wasn’t going to happen. Starting to get worried that it will never come in A mount. =(
come one everyone. Sigma is making a fantastic 50-150mm f2.8 lens for about $1,000. This lens is perfect for most of us that want decent reach on a fast lens without going out and paying $2,000 for the Sony G 70-200mm f2.8 . This lens is super sharp and unfortunately is not made for an A-mount.
Please contact Sigma and ask them to build it for the A-mount.