[FIRST LOOK] The New Sigma Art 24-70mm F/2.8 DG DN is the BEST LENS BUY for SONY FE
The Sony A6400 is the BEST Camera of the Year, And Here’s Why! (TheEveryDayDad).
Sony A6600 review by Maarten Heilbron (part one and part two).
Gear of the Year 2019 – Richard’s choice: Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN (Dpreview).
Amazing bokeh with the GM 135mm1.8 and beautiful models (Traveljournalist).
Carry Your Camera in Style with these Fashionable Bags (Explora).
24mm GM test at DC.watch.
•A $10 discount on Luminar 4 with its awesome tools. The price will drop to $79 for new customers and to $69 for owners of previous versions. •A $325 discount on the Luminar holiday bag. Includes Luminar 4 + 1-year SmugMug Portfolio Plan ($180) + PDF Expert ($80) + 1-year ViewBug Pro Membership ($139) + 1 free Rocky Nook eBook ($45) + 20 free prints from Parabo Press ($10). The price of the full holiday goodie bag will be $129.
DxO extended the rebates on their software until December 31:
One European store shortly listed the new Tamron 70-180mm FE lens with a price tag of 1,149 Euro. Not sure if this is the legit final price. If this indeed is the price it’s about half of what the 70-200mm GM lens costs!
Sony VGC-4EM Vertical Grip – A7R IV A9 II | John Sison
Getting Started with Lighting for Food Photography (Explora).
Sony Presents its Production Quality Control System (Image Sensor World).
Sigma 24-70mm FE image samples at Fujiablog.
Extreme Aperture: f/0.85 Handevision (Kipon) Ibelux 40mm lens review with samples (Christopher Frost).
Tamron 24mm f/2.8 FE test at DC.watch.
Sony Quietly Acquires Insightness (Image Sensor World).
Opticallimits tested the new Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN lens and they really like the lens a lot:
There are probably two camps of people out there when it comes to the Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary. One camp is surely asking what the fuzz is all about – after all it’s a comparatively slow speed and expensive lens – whereas the other camp is rather enthusiastic about it because the lens combines high product quality in a low-profile package – perfectly aligned to street photography for instance. In terms of optical performance, the results are pretty impressive. The center quality is very sharp at f/2.8 and the outer image field is pretty good, too. Stopped down to medium aperture settings, the center reaches superb levels and the border/corners improve to very good quality. Lateral CAs are quite negligible. However, the native vignetting, as well as image distortion, are relatively high for such a lens but then Sony’s image auto-correction will take care of this. The technical quality of the bokeh is decent albeit not perfect.
The mechanical quality of the lens is nothing short of outstanding and it puts much higher priced offerings to shame. The all-metal construction looks and feels great. And how often do we see a metal lens hood – and this one isn’t just a smooth barrel but a fluted one. The damped(!) focus ring, as well as the addition of an aperture ring, is also something special. If you are nit-picky you may criticize the partial weather-sealing. The AF is fast and silent.
The biggest flaw of the lens doesn’t relate to its characteristic but to its name – it is just no “Contemporary” lens. It is ARTier than some designated ART lenses in Sigma’s lineup for sure (BTW, ART is not about speed only – e.g. the Sigma 30mm f/2.8 DN ART is/was just as fast). So regarding the “love it” or “hate it” group question, yours truly is certainly in the first group – thus highly recommended! Your mileage may vary though.
