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Sigma 30mm F1.4 any news?

Postby shutterbug on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:21 pm

Hi all,

Any scoop on the sigma 30mm f1.4? Is it available yet? How much?

Would be a great fast normal lens for dslr.
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:23 pm

Xmas 2005, Santa will have a full load of truck :wink:
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Postby shutterbug on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:28 pm

I will be waiting :lol:

Hopefully there will be some good reviews before I hang my socks up :D
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Postby Mal on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:33 pm

Any idea how much $$$ Santa would be looking at?
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:36 pm

Mal wrote:Any idea how much $$$ Santa would be looking at?


Sorry, I have no ideas at this stage.
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Postby dooda on Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:43 am

THis would make the perfect range for lowlight indoors ambient light photography. I find the 50mm a little bit long when you want to include more than one person, or even more than their face.
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Postby birddog114 on Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:52 am

dooda wrote:THis would make the perfect range for lowlight indoors ambient light photography. I find the 50mm a little bit long when you want to include more than one person, or even more than their face.


dooda,
Go for the Nikkor AF-D 35/f.2, it's cheaper, perhaps few dollar more than the 50/1.4 or same price.
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Postby dooda on Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:03 am

Thanks for that Birdie. I'll check it out.

(One day I'm going on a trip to Sydney, I'm going to save my money and buy a bunch of stuff from you down there.)

Hey, are you getting some more Epson p2000's in stock?
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Postby kipper on Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:20 am

Yep I find the same thing dooda. A 30MM / 35MM with F/1.4 or F/2.0 will provide the equivalent of about 50MM after the crop factor. With my 50MM F/1.4, I always find it hard to have more than 1-2 people in the shot. Unless you're standing 4-5M away :) Which is sometimes impossible when you're say at a family party indoors trying to take a photo of everyone.
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