With a four-thirds body, there are not really all that many options options to choose from if you want a normal prime. A fast aperture on a telephoto makes for an awesome portrait lens, but for my needs I chose to go with a normal perspective prime. Obviously when you go to a prime, you give up the luxury of having multiple focal lengths at your disposal, so you must really choose carefully which focal length will most suit your needs.
#Sigma 30mm 1.4 canon review pro#
Even the fastest zoom lenses are never faster than F2.8 (aside from the two very impressive and very expensive Pro level zooms from Olympus that are F2.0) and such, the best bet for dim rooms and night shots is a real quick prime lens. There is really no beating a prime lens for low light photography. The price, one of these can be had for under $400 USD on eBay. It doesn't look/feel like a toy lens like kit lenses often do, or for instance Canon's 50mm F1.8.Ĭomes with a decent lens hood and carry case. The build quality I'd say is above average.
#Sigma 30mm 1.4 canon review manual#
With the HSM comes the advantage of manual focus override at any time, although a switch for Manual or Autofocus is also provided if you want to quickly turn off the Autofocus. The HSM motor is indeed quick to focus when the lens has enough light and actually finds focus right away. Wide enough for most social events, and makes for surprisingly good portraits when needed. The 60mm equivalent is actually quite flexible. Wide open you will see some softness, as to be expected with an aperture like this (and for the price) but it really sharpens up as you stop it down and will produce very crisp shots after F5 through about F11. The image quality is very good all things considered. Wide open you will be able to shoot with shutter speeds 4 times faster than even the quick zoom lenses with their 2.8 apertures. First and foremost, the headline feature of this lens is the exceptionally fast 1.4 aperture.
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