good morning! so early I have googling about Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM macro (A mount) and find out it price rm3600 from shashinki. anyone alpha user got use this lens?

I am funding for a mid tele portrait lens and same time if have macro 1:1 capability. But at this price tag of 3600, seem i can work on alternative solution as well. below is my thought, what do you think?

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Price: 3600
Mid Telephoto: 105mm (FF)
Macro: 1:1 MFD 1 feet
AF: AF + HSM -fast and near silence
IS/OS: Is a waste feature for alpha since we have SSS (unsure if shoot macro need to use this OS rather than SSS - do not have any macro shoot experience)
Build: Weather sealed, fairly light and fairly solid
Performance: 8 macro lenses review from techradar, ranked at 2nd after Zeiss Planar, consider the best among canikon, sony macro lenses

Alternative purchase
Samyang 85 1.4
Price 1200
Mid Telephoto: 85mm (FF) - good for APS-C
Macro: N/A
AF: MF
IS/OS: N/A
Build: people its build solid and heavy
Performance: someone say its IQ second to Zeiss 85 1.4G just without AF

Sony 100 2.8 macro
Price 2300
Mid Telephoto: 100mm (FF)
Macro: 1:1
AF: common AF
IS/OS: N/A
Build: not thing special
Performance: according to techradar, inconsistent sharpness at centrem, etc

actually what i mean is with 3600, actually i can purchase 1 samyang (specifically for portrait) and 1 sony macro lens. yeah, you gota point there, shooting macro in MF

I wish to play macro, then also wish to play portrait that can get this bokeh, color, sharpness

curi photo from cjlai


tamron sp90 hmm... go to check ib youtube see combine with a77 performance

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 23 2012, 02:12 PM

hmm... watch the tamron sp90, little confuse when i saw the lens can extract - retract which is different to those prime lens i ever used. So, if i was use sp90 in portrait, will that thing zoom-in-out? or when how it/camera will know it suppose to zoom-in-out...



This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 24 2012, 09:43 PM

ohh, like that one . if tamron re-batch this superior lens, how nice if put in hsm, +500 i also okay i real over flickr, someone shared if use in indoor low light, it will hunt abit. hmm... park in my list 1st

someone asked for me, no need ask further

show me show me i would like to see how well the portrait shot in color, bokeh rendition as well as sharpness

i just quote tamron SP90 A mount is rm1400, what price you guy purchased previously?

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Added on June 25, 2012, 8:30 pmi think is it sharp lens for alpha dslr in the most macro lens, even techradar stated same thing. however, for color and bokeh rendition, unsure how close it compare to creamy bokeh and colorrrr on 85 1.4 either from samyang or zeiss/minolta.

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Added on June 25, 2012, 8:33 pmpunchy color 铿锵 - i not understand what is mean vivid, dull?

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 25 2012, 08:33 PM

Guys,
please don't because me my noob question on tamron SP90 made you guys relationship tension, i feel guilty you know

is common we do have own taste own opinion about something, that is the reason we are all aboard here on the platform horizon to

share something. there is always not about who true or who false, everything have 2 sided look. whoever feel his words abit 'challenge' one might know what to do next

least and not last, jimlim007 here apologies to you!

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Added on June 25, 2012, 8:55 pmdun scare me! that color is original shot from sp90 or edited?

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 25 2012, 08:55 PM

thanks for further explained!

i love this one color and bokeh rendition, guess what lens of it

lol wrong answer

if is SP90, i all in alr, no need wait (unsure if sp90 can do this as well) wrong answer

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Added on June 26, 2012, 12:13 amthis creamy bokeh n color does not look like kit lens produce wrong answer

haha i go sleep le

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 26 2012, 12:13 AM

Only love constant aperture lens minimum f2.8 or less zoom lens for me will be waste since i do not shot sport and birds

now doing decision on macro/portrait lens

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Added on June 26, 2012, 1:09 pmhehe, me different taste, noise not nice! prefer clean shot with stars and aurora background

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Added on June 26, 2012, 1:10 pmget one

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 26 2012, 01:10 PM

arhh... you reminded me that did not go convocation n saved up ~2k expenses and dump into orange77qv

hehe, you go travelling ma


So far, not really have see sample of portrait photo from SP90, managed to finds some which is worked with 5d2. at the same time, someone offering 85 1.4 samyang, wow! decision decision....







source: http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/tamr...treet-portraits

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Jun 26 2012, 07:52 PM

hmmm... this month cant get sp90 alr, just calculated cash balance, 2k left need to cover 200 electricity bill, car roadtax/insurance 400, lens 1400, left 0 for July foods and fuel haiz... see you guy next month

hmmm, samurai appeared in oil palm field is kinda rare may consider better background to match her

how much they paid to you for these photo?

guys, what is the different Futuromic and w/o Futuromic? i am been quot rm1400 yet to verify with the seller does it futuromic or non futuromic version. if it is non version then better direct order from shanshinki.


Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Telephoto Autofocus Lens (Sony Alpha / KM) (Futuromic) RM1,690.00

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Telephoto Autofocus Lens (Sony Alpha) (Import) RM1,285.00

okay, already confirm with seller, 1400 futuromic, 2 yrs warranty, friday deal godbless me

cannot help you, i only have wired remote shutter release

my pocket squeez till zero, july have to rely on ang pao to tahan 1st