Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM (Thread 3)

This lens is great for Gymnastics.

scobols wrote in post #18315826
This lens is great for Gymnastics.

Scott

In almost any indoor athletic gym / hockey arena / horrible lighting setup, the 135F2 is the best lens there is period - it will be interesting to see if the Sigma 135F1.8 can surpass it in these situations.

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18315876
In almost any indoor athletic gym / hockey arena / horrible lighting setup, the 135F2 is the best lens there is period - it will be interesting to see if the Sigma 135F1.8 can surpass it in these situations.

I'm also curious to see how the Sigma compares.

I agree, for the price, the 135 is the best. I do love my 200 f/2 but in this instance it was just too long.

Scott

Sigma won't as they will still have focus issues........until they crack canons code - they will always have issues.

Brules wrote in post #18316271
Sigma won't as they will still have focus issues........until they crack canons code - they will always have issues.

I've had 3 Sigma lenses. Used to own the 70-200 OS. Still have the 12-24 II & 15mm FE. I've never had a focus issue with any of them on: 6D, 80D, 1DIV. Also used the 70-200 on 60D/7D/5Dc. Surprise! Never had a focus issue there, either.

Lucky one I guess.....if you follow their threads they are hit and miss all over. I had one that was nothing but problems.

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Water drop!!

Brules wrote in post #18316285
Lucky one I guess.....if you follow their threads they are hit and miss all over. I had one that was nothing but problems.

At least you have the option to use the dock with the new lenses.

dexy101 wrote in post #18318987
At least you have the option to use the dock with the new lenses.

Brules wrote in post #18316285
Lucky one I guess.....if you follow their threads they are hit and miss all over. I had one that was nothing but problems.

Unfortunately for Sigma, the dissatisfied customers are far more vocal than the satisfied ones, which leads to the popular belief fed by internet forum wisdom that only a minority of their distributed products actually deliver. Does that sound like a sustainable business plan? Yet Sigma remains profitable. Hmm.

The two Art lenses I have owned delivered on AF. One was spot-on out of the box, while the other one needed some work with the dock.

My Sigma lens experience is as follows:

1) Bought the highly thought of 18-35 F1.8 crop lens (did this for my C100 with Dual Pixel Autofocus for low light situations. ALso had a 7D2 at the time so I fancied it as a fast indoor lens. The lens was fantastic on the C100 for video (but with no IS so it couldn't be handheld - I so wish they would bring out an IS version - so I ended up using it only very sporadically). For pictures, it just was so unpredictable - missed 40% of the time. I sold it when I unloaded my 7D2 and got only 50% of what I paid for it - so I do not agree that Sigma lenses hold their value better than Tamron lenses - and my local camera store in Toronto, where I am a very good customer, quoted me what they buyback Sigma lenses for and it isn't good.

2) When I purchased two 5DSRs, I did a major, major, major lens overhaul of all my lenses and ended up buying the Sigma 24-105 F4 OS and trading in 1/2 my other lenses (all my Canon Primes). I can confidently say, as I have tried basically every EF mount lens, there is no better lens, consistently better, on a 5DSR, than the Sigma 24-105 F4 OS - it has never, in 1000s of shots, missed a single shot on the 5DSR - even with outrageously low shutter speeds - just to see if I could do it sometimes. I understand this is an F4 lens, and thus can't be widely used by event Pros, but I am praying, seriously praying, that the upcoming Sigma 24-70 F2.8 OS (and I think the OS is the key here), can deliver the way the 24-105 does.

I have never heard of anything but problems with consistent focus with Sigma Primes - and this is from photogs that I know personally who shoot weddings - and for the most part, all eventually ditched them because the consistency ended up driving them crazy; and the local buyback prices, at least here in Toronto, would confirm that. Yes Sigma makes sharp lenses, and I think for enthusiasts they are a great choice, especially for cameras like the Sony on sensor phase detect A7Rii where you never miss focus (unless the object is moving quickly towards you), but outside of the Sigma zoom 24-105 F4 OS, I wouldn't buy any of them for high volume paid work.

Great car portrait lens.

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