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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 366960" data-attributes="member: 13090">I had two copies of that lens and both of them had focus issues so bad they were returned within a couple days of receipt. That being said, I really wanted to like the lens. The Sigma 30mm felt a lot heavier and sturdier than the&nbsp; Nikon &quot;G&quot; lenses and both copies I tried had very smooth, well damped manual focus rings. Everything about them about felt better than the Nikon version. I loved the 30mm focal length and I wish to this day one of those lenses had worked out for me. I'm convinced I just got bad copies but it turns out I wasn't the only complaining about about the focus issue I would later discover (see the reviews on Amazon for example (my story is there as well)). Long story short, I wound up with a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 instead. I love it, but it's not the same as that 30mm was; it's also a lot more expensive. As much as I love my current Sigma 35mm f/1.4, the 30mm really hit some kind of &quot;sweet spot&quot; that makes me want to give it just one more shot.I reviewed the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 <a href="http://nikonites.com/general-lenses/24491-reviewing-sigma-35mm-f-1-4-dg-hsm.html" target="_blank">in this thread</a> if you care to read it.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 366960, member: 13090"] I had two copies of that lens and both of them had focus issues so bad they were returned within a couple days of receipt. That being said, I really wanted to like the lens. The Sigma 30mm felt a lot heavier and sturdier than the Nikon "G" lenses and both copies I tried had very smooth, well damped manual focus rings. Everything about them about felt better than the Nikon version. I loved the 30mm focal length and I wish to this day one of those lenses had worked out for me. I'm convinced I just got bad copies but it turns out I wasn't the only complaining about about the focus issue I would later discover (see the reviews on Amazon for example (my story is there as well)). Long story short, I wound up with a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 instead. I love it, but it's not the same as that 30mm was; it's also a lot more expensive. As much as I love my current Sigma 35mm f/1.4, the 30mm really hit some kind of "sweet spot" that makes me want to give it just one more shot. I reviewed the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 [url=http://nikonites.com/general-lenses/24491-reviewing-sigma-35mm-f-1-4-dg-hsm.html]in this thread[/url] if you care to read it. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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