Nikon F6 w/ Sigma 50mm ART lens

[Huss]

Nikon F6, Sigma Art 50 1.4, Fuji C200.

I love Fuji C200 and especially love that many regard it with disdain as a throw away film. Keeps it cheap for me!

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Focus is quick, handling is fine as the F6 is a big, fat camera. I had used the Sigma dock to calibrate the lens to my D850, but this knocked the focus off on the F6. It misses at mid distance.
So looks like I will have to reset the lens, and use the in camera AF fine tune settings on the D850 to calibrate it for that camera so that the lens will focus fine (hopefully) on the F6.

From my initial usage it seems this lens is overkill for film use. I'll see how this plays out.

 

[choiliefan]

Are you able to manually focus such a lens?

 

[locutus]

From my initial usage it seems this lens is overkill for film use. I'll see how this plays out.

Might be amusing to try the Sigma on Adox CMS20 and see how large you can print

 

[ic-racer]

Thanks for sharing your experience with that lens.
I don't have that one, but I do have have the Zeiss 50 1.4, Zeiss 55 Macro and Nikkor 50 1.8

I found this web site that lets one compare some other lenses to the Sigma. The Sigma is quite an amazing lens by comparison.

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[Scott Micciche]

I have this exact setup but I found manual focus is the only solution. Sigma just doesn't get it right 100% with my D810, D800 and the F6.

 

[Huss]

The Sigma art lens focuses w no issues on my D850. I ran another roll of film through my F6 w the Sigma and about 50% of the pics were out of focus. Much worse than before. I then tested the camera with a Nikon 50 1.8g af lens and could see in the vf that the camera was messing up the focus. When it said it was in focus, I had to manually turn the focus ring by quite a bit to actually bring it into focus. It's doing this with any lens I use, af or manual. With manual lenses, the focus confirmation dot is way off.
So it is a camera issue, not a lens issue. I made sure the focus screen is correctly seated and I blew out the af sensors. No change. It goes to Nikon service in LA on Monday for them to fix it. Then I can get back to it, as the pics that were in focus showed the crazy potential of this lens.

 

[Scott Micciche]

I recently used the Sigma 50mmArt lens with Ferrania's P30 Alpha film. Developed in Rodinal semi-stand 60 minutes with inversions at 15, 30 and 45m marks. Nikon F6 | Sigma 50mm Art

I have a full size version here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thekurgan/27232158109/in/album-72157667363512069/

 

[Huss]

Nikon F6, Sigma 50 Art, Fuji C200

 

[LarsAC]

Colors nicely match in those car shots. Well done!

Lars

 

[Huss]

Thanks Lars.