Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Field Notes: Comparison with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

I spent nearly a month with the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM , but it only took a single outing with it to realize that I preferred it to the lens that spends the most time on my Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. It wasn’t any one big thing though, instead it’s the small things, all added up, that made the Sigma’s images look just a bit better than the Canon’s. Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM at f/2.8 (click for larger size) Field Notes A few details about the Sigma 50mm f/

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Sigma introduces the DP1s, an improved version of the original DP1 compact DSLR camera. The DP1s features a 14 Megapixel FOVEON X3 direct image sensor and enhanced performance when shooting backlight subjects. It is now possible to allocate the QS (Quick Set) function, which has been adopted by the DP2 and SD14 DSLR, to the digital zoom buttons of the DP1s. Dedicated accessories available for the DP1s include the VIEW FINDER VF-11, HOOD ADAPTER HA-11 and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG. [ sig

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Field Notes: Introduction

Initially, the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM seems like a puzzling addition to Sigma’s lens lineup. On the one hand every manufacturer has at least one lens like it in their respective libraries, and second, the Sigma f/1.4 EX DG HSM doesn’t check in cheaper than the competitors (at least amongst the f/1.4 variants). Still for lens collectors, in particular fans of the “normal” or “standard” length, the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM is a welcome addition, in the respect that it seems to embrace the ph

Opteka EF 600 DG Super EO TTL II Speed Blitz Flash for Canon EOS Digital SLR Camera

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Pros:Very well built; Comes with a hood; Has a metal lens mount; Is as big as a baseball bat when fully extended making most non-DSLR users drool(DSLR users shrug it off as just another 70-300), Takes a GREAT Macro at the 200-300mm range with a VERY shallow DOF if you ...

Equal among firsts for high resolution

11th February 2009, 01:26 am Here is an article which is mainly a test review of the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM for Sony Alpha, and also Nikon, fit (both were tested). It also deals with the Alpha 900 and D3X, the two 24 megapixel full frame cameras used to test the lenses and two comparison 50mm f1.4s.Alamy must be able to predict the future. One of the recent changes they made was to allow searches for images over 70MB size. Neatly, both the Sony Alpha 900 and Nikon D3X just fall at the last