50 1.2 L, A few days later.

[Keith B]

First of all, very nice shots! I just love the blur in the dog-photo, really smooth...[img]/emoticons/emotion-13.gif[/img] Those colors are also very nice and vivid[img]/emoticons/emotion-21.gif[/img]

Thanks Jan!

A good friend of mine(more serious photographer than me) always complains I look too technical at a shot. Anyway I guess there's nothing wrong with wanting to get the most out of the potential you get. But yea, sometimes I must admit that I'm also a bit too tight with the "better images by science" .... it's in my nature [img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]

I tend to be hypocritical at times. I always preach character and this and that but then I find myself pixel peeping and getting critical of smallest flaw. I'm glad I tried this lens because it has the combination of sharpness and buttery smoothness that makes quite giddy. I giggled like a school girl when I saw the arms of the sunglasses had almost completely fallen off into the background.

After calibrated +4 for front-focussing [img]/emoticons/emotion-14.gif[/img][img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]

Well I mean how once it is dialed it, some report that it will randomly back focus.

It's indeed extreme! I just looked at the lens-specs from Bryan and although the Sigma has a shorter MFD the magnification is lower [img]/emoticons/emotion-40.gif[/img]I feel cheated now...

Don't feel cheated I've seen your shots from the Sig. They are great. They were pushing close to buying the Sig. I have more money than brains (side note I'm broke as hell) so I went with the Canon. I'll be honest, I wanted to dislike this lens so I could return it and buy the Sig for that much less. But I'm hooked now.

[Sheiky]

Thanks Keith, and I'm pretty sure that I would have made the same decision that you made if I were in your shoes. Why would you trade in a lens you <s>like</s>love for a lens that has potential, but no guarantee to be a better lens?


Looking forward to see more soon and honestly it makes me want to do a forced 50mm f1.4-day sometime soon []