Sigma Art lenses on film cameras?

I own the Sigma 35/1.4 and have used it on my F100, with great results. It's very sharp and accurate.

There's been a lot of talk about Nikon bodies on this thread. What about Canon bodies?

By the way, I recently bought a 45mm Tamron F/1.8 prime lens for my Canon. This lens has image stabilization. (Tamron calls it "VC".) I haven't tried it on my Canon film cameras yet, but I am pretty happy with it on my Canon digital cameras, even if the reviews on this lens at B&H are rather mediocre. (Some other sites have more favorable reviews.)

Huss said:

Any manual focus Nikon film camera can work with any Nikon AF D series lens. The D series lenses have aperture rings.

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Yep. I own three "D" lenses (70-300 ED, 28-105, and 50/1.8) and one thing I like about them is they all have focusing rings that are narrower than MF rings, but still decently sized with excellent textured rubber grips. The rings are well damped and also have sufficient "throw" so that focusing won't be such a challenge. It's obvious that Nikon designed the "D" lenses with manual focus users in mind.

darkosaric said:

Nikon is doing that on purpose - so you need to buy new bodies to fit new lenses. I would not be surprised if they change the lens mount in couple of years.

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Probably not until they get serious with a mirrorless model -- like a full-frame one with a massive amount of megapixels. Mirrorless with a short registration distance will require an adapter anyway, even if they kept the Nikon mount.

Odot said:

Has anyone tried this out yet? I saw some results on Instagram and because of the image size displayed by the app, i couldnt tell how good it really looked but i did see a significant difference which impressed me.

While we at it, is it even possible to do focus adjustments with the Sigma USB Dock when using it on a film camera? I have a F100 and wanted to get me a 35 or 50mm and the Sigma Art just looked great.

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I own and use both the Sigma 35 ART and an F100. It is my favorite combination. I had bought the dock, but saw no benefit and it sits stored in my storage area.

here is a quick sample from my photostream..

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I'm using a Sigma 24mm F1.4 ART lens occasionally on a Canon 1NRS and it's been pretty sweet. Had a few focusing errors here and there but could be due to lens calibration needing to be adjusted. Could be also that F1.4 on full frame is really hard to focus on.