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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras | List Price: $489.00
Discount Price: $409.00
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Brand: Sigma
Binding: Electronics
Features: - 30mm focal length
- 2 low-dispersion glass elements; glass mold aspherical lens element
- 45-degree angle of view
- 15.7-inch minimum focusing distance
Excellent Lens, [Posted on 2008-08-18]
This lens takes very clear images, its extremely fast and offers low-light image taking. I am using this lens exclusively right now because it offers so much flexibility between indoor and outdoor lighting.
Shockingly good [Posted on 2008-08-20]
Far exceeded all of my expectations. And my expectations are very high. I still can not believe the amount of detail and the contrast this lens delivers. I have 1.8 20mm Sigma lens, which I thought was pretty good, as long as I applied some sharpening in post-processing. But this thing blows it out of the water completely.
Mis-focus [Posted on 2008-09-06]
I was 0 for 2 with the Sigma 30mm bought at Amazon. Got the first one, focus was terrible. I mean the only thing I could get in focus on my xti was a shot outside at f/8 and infinity. I tried to focus on my birdfeeder at 30 feet and was really blurry (with plenty of shutter speed). Inside was a little better but completely unacceptable compared to my 50mm f/1.8. Sent it back and got another from Amazon. A little better inside. The focus was not so horrible that I could actually tell that it was front focusing. Things that were in focus were very sharp (only a couple of shots of things I wasn't focusing on). Outside I still couldn't get a clear focus on the bird feeder. Oh well, Amazon was great though. No problems with the refund.
Got my Canon 28mm f/1.8 (at B&H) and all of the tests that I did with the Sigma showed that the focus was right on. Taking pictures of my baby girl was hit or miss just like my nifty fifty, but at least I can take sharp pictures of inanimate objects at close and far ranges. Unfortunately, that was not possible with the Sigma 30s that I had tried (on my Xti).
Nice glass [Posted on 2008-09-18]
Lots of glass, which makes the lens a tad heavy. Depth of field is impressive. I haven't experienced the focusing problems that some other people have described. Overall, this is a great lens for relatively dark and/or indoor lighting. As expected with f/1.4, the bokeh is just gorgeous.
Outstanding lens - if you get a good copy [Posted on 2008-09-20]
I've read a lot of good things and seen a lot of images taken by the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens, so I decided to get one from Amazon. First copy I got was no good. It was out of focus on both my Canon 20D and 350D. So I returned it immediately, and thanks to the good return policy of Amazon, it was no hassle to do so.
I ordered another one. It was fantastic. All I've read and seen about it was true. Now I could take low light pictures without dreading the noise at high ISO with fantastic bokeh to boot and without paying an arm and a leg for the Canon equivalent.
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