07-26-2016, 02:49 PM
2.200 $... stiff call for cash.
Also, how will this lens compete with Nikon's 105/2.8 Micro Nikkor with VR which is good enough for 2 f-stops and has also a nice (enough) bokeh? I'm a bit suspicious when it comes to short fast tele from Nikon. The 85/1.4 G is pricey and wide open of limited use. The 58/1.4, if I'd count it as short sort of tele good for bokeh, but otherwise... Okay, I can see some use for a very good 105/1.4, but there's still this little itch of indirect AF in a DSLR, while Sony's 85/1.4 is simply spot on and much better wide open than the old Nikkor.
I really wonder what Sigma will unleash to photokina.
Also, how will this lens compete with Nikon's 105/2.8 Micro Nikkor with VR which is good enough for 2 f-stops and has also a nice (enough) bokeh? I'm a bit suspicious when it comes to short fast tele from Nikon. The 85/1.4 G is pricey and wide open of limited use. The 58/1.4, if I'd count it as short sort of tele good for bokeh, but otherwise... Okay, I can see some use for a very good 105/1.4, but there's still this little itch of indirect AF in a DSLR, while Sony's 85/1.4 is simply spot on and much better wide open than the old Nikkor.
I really wonder what Sigma will unleash to photokina.