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>I have Sigma 35-135 and 75-300 lenses(4-5.6 on both). Now I would like
>to get a fixed focal length lense for more speed and sharpness (when I >am shooting something that does not move away). Can anyone recommend >me a good lense? I was thinking of 35 or 50 mm. Should I get 1.4 or >1.7 (about twice the difference in price)? I have minolta 400si. >Should I get Minolta lense or some other brand?
>Also, it seems as if I am getting "soft focus" on my lense. Is this
>something to do with lense or the way the camera focuses? What if I
>don't want soft focus? Get better lense/camera?
Are you listening, M Tai? (To a user's comments on Sigma lenses, not quoted magazine "tests"...;-) Sorry, I couldn't resist! ;-)
The Minolta lens in either speed should be fine, and given the high quality and much lower price of the slightly slower one, I would get
it. If it proves very noticeably sharper than your Sigma zooms (which would eliminate camera/technique as sources of problems), I would get rid of the Sigmas, and replace them with Minolta lenses (non-zooms,
if possible).