Sigma 35mm 1.4 on crop camera

I was looking at photos of this lens and love them, but seems like most people are using it on full frame cameras. I have a T2i. Does this lens perform well on crop cameras like mine or should I hold off until I upgrade to a better camera? It would be mainly for portraits.

It does perform well, but you won't be using the lens to its fullest potential.

Do you see yourself going ff soon? If not, get the Sigma 30 Art instead.

95% of performance of Sigma 35 (only when compared on crop) for half the price.

It's only the logical decision.

Ya know I have never understood this logic. It seems to me that people update their 24mm 1.4's their 24-70 2.8's their 70-200 2.8's, so why do they do it? The 35 is much more then 5% better then the 30, the 35 is the highest rated lens on a 7D on DXO mark, with the new 30 at 12th and the old one at 39th.

Maybe it would be better to say "It's one of many logical decisions."

56mm FOV is too long for me. I wouldn't want any 35mm prime on a cropper.

brian4646 wrote in post #16094723
I was looking at photos of this lens and love them, but seems like most people are using it on full frame cameras. I have a T2i. Does this lens perform well on crop cameras like mine or should I hold off until I upgrade to a better camera? It would be mainly for portraits.

i used mine on my T2i and it was fantastic. Ends up being about 53mm or 56mm (cant remember) with he crop sensor, but it was sharp as a tack. I say go for it. Great lens