Just posted! Sigma 50mm F1.8 EX DG HSM lens review

[Admin]

Just posted! Our new lens review of Sigma's latest baby, the 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. This optic brings the classic 50mm focal length bang up to date, incorporating ultrasonic focusing for all camera mounts, and the use of an aspherical element for reduced aberrations. Serving dual purpose as a 'normal' lens on 35mm full-frame and a short 'portrait' telephoto on APS-C, the fast 50mm is a great complement to the now-ubiquitous slow kit zoom, but does the Sigma offer any compelling advantages over the camera manufacturers' own versions, or is it a case of too little, too late?

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[kmlc]

typo in the title oopsy daisy
looks lurverly

 

[po10c]

Price anyone?

 

[Joe T]

Good for D40/D40x/D60 users....

 

[photon]

£329

". . . but it's important to understand that this lens is currently very much at the start of its product lifecycle, and if the price drops to a level much closer to the other 50mm F1.4s, then it will be quite simply a steal."

"And disappointingly, it apparently won't be made available in Four-Thirds mount, on which it could be the ideal fast portrait prime the system so sorely lacks."

Hope they offer a fast 60mm soon.