gwilliams6 wrote:
This is the first Sigma ART macro lens, so they made it the sharpest, with most clarity they have ever made to earn that ART badge. It is stunning.
In a rare case, their lead advertising line is actually truthful, I have tested and seen it. (From Adorama Camera) : "Stunning resolution and clarity for a breathtaking visual experience a razor-sharp macro lens joins the Art line .The long-awaited first macro lens in the Art line "
I still think that I will wait for Sigma Art to come out, most of the macro I do is reversed lens anyway, although I do find your images to be quite impressive.
One thing that many people don't realized about macro lenses is that the quality of the out of focus area is affected by the focal length of the lens, I really like the 150mm focal length for that reason as well as the longer working distance.
Below is one of my reversed lens shots of a Magnolia Green Jumping spider, if you have never seen one you can't really appreciate just how small these suckers are, I can't see its face with my naked eye, just a little tiny dot of orange in the middle of a tiny green spider.