It is recommended to have a look at this article first to get an idea how this brightness graph works. You can either correct this in Lightroom or directly in camera.įrom f/1.4 to f/2.0 these are very comparable to the Sony FE 35mm 1.4 ZA, stopped down this Sigma shows about half a stop less vignetting. Wide open there is strong light falloff of roughly 2.9 EV, stopped down to f/2.0 this improves to 1.9 EV, stopped down to f/2.8 it is 1.1 EV and further improves to 0.7 EV at f/8.0. So at the distances I was mostly using this lens the cameras usually resorted back to face-detect mode.įor my type of shooting there is no tangible difference between this Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art and the Sony FE 35mm 1.4 ZA, but depending on your shooting habits you may arrive at a different conclusion. If you primarily want to take pictures of running animals or small children you may come to a different conclusion.Įye-AF also works generally well, but you have to be close to your subject for the camera to actually recognize an eye in the frame (this is true for all wide angle lenses). I have only used the lens for slow moving adults and encountered no problems with the autofocus. The lens is available for quite some time now and so far I haven’t read any reports on these lenses failing, so the construction seems to be quite reliable. The E-mount version also features a rubber gasket on the bayonet. The outer barrel is made of high quality polycarbonate while most of the internal parts are made of metal, as lensrentals has shown in their teardown.
#Sigma 35mm 1.4 manual
I greatly prefer working with the Sigma due to AF/MF switch and linear manual focus though, but I would still prefer a GM lens with an added aperture ring and focus hold button.
As both lenses are big and heavy to begin with I barely noticed this difference in the field. For transport it can be mounted reversed.Ĭompared to the Sony FE 35mm 1.4 ZA this Sigma lens is 8mm longer and 110g heavier. Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art with hood attachedĪ bayonet type lens hood is also part of the package. The lens further features an AF/MF switch but no other button and no aperture ring. To me this is good news, as coupled with the nice resistance of the focus ring this gives a nice manual focus experience, only the rather short focus throw of 90° spoils the game slightly.
Unlike other native AF lenses for E-mount the Sigma lenses (except for the APS-C lenses and the 70mm 2.8 macro) feature a physical distance scale and a direct coupling of focus ring and internal mechanics. You can usually find the Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art on /, B&H or / for about $770/749€ new or used for roughly 100 bucks less (affiliate links) Operation Handling Distance scale on Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art You may also have a look at the official page.
It comes in many different mounts including Sony-E, which is the version reviewed here and has the following specifications: The Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art was the first lens of Sigma’s Global Vision lens lineup and the first lens of the Art series.
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