

Is it the the wide range or the long reach which is responsible for that?Īnyway, I just find it interesting that '3rd party' manufacturers come up with stuff which the big ones don't.

I'm not sure what makes that lens so big. A constant f2 zoom of about 22-45 shouldn't be bigger than that, I think. The Canon 28-70 f2 is indeed pretty big but still easily managable. The Sigma 24-35 is about the same size and weight, maybe 10% heavier. I mean, a Sigma 18-35 isn't heavy or big by any means if you compare it to really big and heavy lenses. Yea that last thing you said could be great.Īnd I guess size and weight are relative. My hope is for falling prices on S35 cine lenses when everybody moves to fullframe. Only downside for me is the lack of IS and the heavy breathing of the 50-100.
#SIGMA 18 35 SONY MANUAL#
Great IQ, very easy to pull manual focus without a follow focus but also with good working AF (on canon cameras). Look at the cameras canon and sony offer for apsc: nothing there gives hope for a high quality lens such as the sigma 18-35 or canons now very old but still great 17-55 F2.8 IS.īut still the sigma 1.8-zooms are the two lenses i love most. But who other than video shooters would pay a premium price for such a lens? Not the casual hobby photographer that paid 300-600 for a slr/milc and is happy with a kit-zoom. So for fullframe a 22-45 F1.8 would probably be gigantic. I‘m with you, such a lens would be great! But look how big, heavy and expensive the 28-70 F2 and the 24-35 F2 are already. Which should be doable without becoming too large and heavy. I would be all over a sharp zoom with a constant f1.8 aperture in the let's say 22-45mm (full frame) range. Sigma had a 24-35 f2 which was awesome but a little limited in range. But why are we still sticking to f2.8 zooms?Ĭanon has made a brilliant 28-70 f2, but that's about it. And like I said, the lens is great, but could be improved upon with a slightly wider and longer reach.īut, I agree that recently a lot of manufacturers seem to switch to or offer more full frame camera's.
