My 30mm EX DC fell on the pavement from +/- one meter/three feet high, it still works perfectly and it also had no visible damage. Contrary to Sigma's reputation I assume it is a very solidly built lens.
Thank you so much for this comparison. I have the EX lens and was debating to see if I should get the ART, but after seeing in photos the major color differences and details, you've sold me on the ART. Still keeping the EX for other things. Will be using the ART for video.
I have the EX version and only compared them at a camera store but I found the new lens to have more purple fringing than the EX and was a little sharper but only when you’re pixel peeping. The EX also is very sharp in the centre so it became a nice portrait lens for my Nikon 1 V1. Now I use it on my Z5 and look forward using it on the Zfc eventually as a nice fast prime. Thanks for sharing your insights. Regards Gerry
..ваш вывод закономерен: в Art-серии используют больше специальных оптических элементов, по этой причине изображение технически лучше... Но только ли техника решает? ;-))
I would choose the 30mm 1.4 since you are using an APSC - Crop sensor, a 30mm will bring more to the table than the 50mm (it's equivalent to ~85mm on a full-frame - way too close if you shooting indoor or group of 3+ people)
The rule of interchangeability is that you can use full frame lenses on crop sensor cameras, but not the other way around. If you put a crop lens on your 6D you will likely see a lot of vignetting, if not a circle around the frame of the image.
Thanks for the review it is clear art 30mm is much better image quality. I will save to get the better quaility art version. You had me going, I though for a moment you were going to cheap out on the EX. I might even go for the Art 35mm 1.2 because I use the sigma Sd1 camera and it likes plenty of photons hitting that Foveon image sensor.