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Brand | Sigma |
Focal Length Description | 50 mm |
Lens Type | Standard |
Compatible Mountings | Nikon F (FX) |
Camera Lens Description | 50 millimetres |
About this item
- 50mm focal length, Lens not zoomable
- 75mm equivalent focal length on APS-C cameras, 80mm equivalent focal length on Canon APS-C cameras
- F1.4 maximum aperture; F16 minimum
- Ring-type ultrasonic-type AF motor with full-time manual focusing
- 77mm filters. 77mm filters. 0.4m/15.7" minimum focus. Please use a USB dock for calibrating the focus
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Quality of material | 4.7 | — | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Picture quality | 4.5 | — | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Image stabilization | 4.1 | — | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Auto focus | 4.1 | — | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Durability | 4.8 | — | 4.8 | — | 3.6 | — |
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lens type | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard | Zoom |
compatible mountings | Nikon F (FX) | Nikon F (FX) | Canon EF | Nikon (DX),Nikon (FX),Nikon F,Nikon F(DX), Nikon DX | Nikon F | Nikon F |
lens design | Prime | — | Prime | Prime | Zoom | Prime |
focus type | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Ring-type ultrasonic | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus |
minimum focal length | 50 millimeters | 50 millimeters | 50 millimeters | — | 18 millimeters | — |
max focal length | 50 millimeters | 50 millimeters | 50 millimeters | — | 250 millimeters | — |
From the manufacturer
Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon Cameras
Redesigned, Reengineered, Revitalized
The staple Sigma 50mm 1.4 DG HSM has been redesigned and re-engineered to set a new standard for the Art line. With a large 1.4 aperture, the Sigma 50mm 1.4 prime lens is a pro level performer for shooting everything including portrait photography, landscape photography, studio photography and street photography. A Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) ensures quiet, smooth and accurate auto-focusing and paired with Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass and Super Multi-Layer coating, the 50mm 1.4 is a high performance lens for the modern DSLR sensors. 13 elements in 8 groups allow for unsurpassed performance even at wide apertures and close-up photography is easily managed with a minimum focusing distance of 40cm. The Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens is the new exceptional standard, standard prime.
Dimensions (Diameter x Length): 85.4 x 99.9mm / 3.4 x 3.9 inches.
Weight: 815 grams / 28.7 ounces.
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Sigma has developed special software (SIGMA Optimization Pro) that can update the lens firmware and adjust parameters such as focus.
About Sigma
Since 1961, and with the recent introduction of Sigma Global Vision, we have worked toward one single, simple goal: To hold ourselves to the highest standard of design and manufacturing of imaging products. Photography is all we do. And it’s all we’ve done. So you can rest assured that it’s something we know extensively and care deeply about. You have a vision. We’ve made it our mission.
- Completely redesigned and reengineered.
- Exceptional Image Quality.
- Incredible focal point sharpness when wide open.
- Pairs well with Pro-Level DSLR’s.
- MTF A1-tested.
- Front & rear lens caps and lens hood (LH830-02) is included.
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Product Dimensions | 3.94 x 3.35 x 3.35 inches |
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Item Weight | 1.8 pounds |
ASIN | B00ICJWP6S |
Item model number | 311955 |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #532 in SLR Camera Lenses |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 11, 2014 |
Manufacturer | Sigma Corporation of America |
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SIGMA 50MM LENS NIKON F1.4 ART DG HSM LENS
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Customers like the quality, sharpness, and value of the camera lens. They mention that it's a sturdy, sturdy lens that produces incredibly sharp images. Some are happy with the lens, and image quality. That said, opinions are mixed on performance and focus.
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Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it's incredibly sharp, and beyond any lens they have ever used. The lens has beautiful color and sharp edges, and it takes laser-sharp photos. It is well-built and is a great lens for Travel.
"...Sharpness was incredible... not that sharpness is really the only criteria for lens choice, but it's certainly something you have to consider, along..." Read more
"...Compared with the Canon f/1.2, the Sigma is sharper, no doubt...." Read more
"...The Sigma improves on all of these things, a tremendous amount. Super sharp, even at f/1.4. I have never used a sharper lens. It's crazy...." Read more
"...Better contrast, better color, and sharper than the Canon L. Here's what seemed a little odd to me: In my test, I stopped down to F/8, and while it..." Read more
Customers like the image quality of the lens. They say it has stunning image quality, incredible bokeh, fantastic depth of field control, and gives crisp and clean images. The F1.4 aperture yields beautiful boken, and the autofocus is as fast as you'd expect. Customers also mention that the images have better contrast, better color, and sharper than the Canon L. Overall, customers are satisfied with the performance, resolution, and clarity of the product.
"...Focus speed (single-point)Zero distortionExcellent contrastExcellent color transmissionProfessional build quality..." Read more
"...and color rendering is just that unique, and the Sigma excels at producing a clean image, not necessarily emulating its competitors...." Read more
"...Better contrast, better color, and sharper than the Canon L. Here's what seemed a little odd to me: In my test, I stopped down to F/8, and while it..." Read more
"...1.8 pounds, in return for consistently outstanding performance, resolution and sharpness. I also have too kits, one for list weight travel...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the lens. They say it is a great lens, perfect prime lens, and an optically fantastic lens. Customers also mention that it is razor-sharp and a good value for the price.
"...This lens - after AF tuning - is absolutely amazing. I have to say that while I've spent more for a lens, I've never spent my money better...." Read more
"...The Canon is good. Not great, but good. Sharp. Fast. Terrible at f/1.4. Ok at f/1.6. Starts to get good at f/2.0...." Read more
"perfect prime lens." Read more
"...days now, and from a technical/objective standpoint, it's an optically fantastic lens and a great value compared to its direct competition...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the camera lens. They mention that the build is second to none, it's sturdy, and gives a very painterly quality to the bokeh. The low-light ability is really impressive, and the construction will take years of use. Overall, customers are happy with the lens' performance and find it to be a pure pleasure to use.
"...I received the product, I was very impressed with the weight, the build quality, the smooth manual focus with just the right amount of resistance to..." Read more
"...This particular lens right away has a really great feel to it. The focusing ring turns smoothly, with just the right amount of damping...." Read more
"...In summary, this lens is pure pleasure to use, flexible in purpose, affordable and reliable. Test it out for yourself." Read more
"...Even at f1.4 there is almost no loss of edge quality with only a slight decrease in contrast which itself is easily fixed in post assuming you can..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the lens. They mention that it is worth the price, and is the best valued 50mm on the market. Customers also say that the lens is of professional quality at a mid-range price.
"...All in all, this is a tremendous value, and if you're shooting outdoor senior portraits, you could probably go quite far with nothing but a high-..." Read more
"...In summary, this lens is pure pleasure to use, flexible in purpose, affordable and reliable. Test it out for yourself." Read more
".../objective standpoint, it's an optically fantastic lens and a great value compared to its direct competition...." Read more
"...The Nifty Fifty is an awesome value lens, especially if shot @ f/2.8+. But this is in a completely different category than the Sigma...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the focus of the camera lens. Some mention that the focus is very fast and accurate, while others say that it missed focus, pictures were not sharp, and the autofocus doesn't entirely seem to lock onto their target. The focusing ring turns smoothly, with just the right amount of damping.
"...I was very impressed with the weight, the build quality, the smooth manual focus with just the right amount of resistance to make it easy to be..." Read more
"...It's noisy when focusing, and the minimum focus distance isn't great.The Sigma improves on all of these things, a tremendous amount...." Read more
"...The focusing ring turns smoothly, with just the right amount of damping...." Read more
"...: 9-3-14 This lens is still my favorite 50, but the back focusing has become a slight concern...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the lens. Some mention it performs very well for all those demands and excels when coupled, while others say that it still doesn't work correctly, and the overall performance is worse than any of their other lenses. They also mention that it is not magic and simply isn't a reliable lens.
"...Now the sharpness is outstanding and consistent at all ranges - no anomalies - and I'm 100% happy with my lens. :)..." Read more
"...The Canon is good. Not great, but good. Sharp. Fast. Terrible at f/1.4. Ok at f/1.6. Starts to get good at f/2.0...." Read more
"...This lens performs very well for all those demands and excels when coupled with high resolution sensors and careful use...." Read more
"Preforms wonderfully on my canon R6" Read more
Customers are not happy with the weight of the lens. They say it's really heavy and feels heavy on the hand or neck when they carry it for a long time.
"...The only knock is how big and heavy this is for a 50mm f/1.4. It's about twice as big as the canon, and over twice as heavy...." Read more
"Facts:- It's expensive for a 50mm 1.4.- It is heavy for a 50mm 1.4- It is huge for a 50mm 1.4-..." Read more
"...Weight and size. Big as some 24-70’s?..." Read more
"...The weight was both impressive and at the same time, a little annoying - but there's a lot of glass in this lens, and for a 50mm, it's HUGE...." Read more
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When I received the product, I was very impressed with the weight, the build quality, the smooth manual focus with just the right amount of resistance to make it easy to be precise. The weight was both impressive and at the same time, a little annoying - but there's a lot of glass in this lens, and for a 50mm, it's HUGE. One thing that I knew about in advance (but didn't care for) was that the mounting ring isn't sealed. On the other hand, the mount is steel, so it's going to be much more durable than those plastic mounts we see on some lenses.
Of course, just like you would expect, I popped it on my D750 and took it out for a spin. Also like you would expect, I started shooting at F/1.4 - of course!
The images were... ok. No-where near as sharp as my images from my Nikon DX F/1.8 35mm... or my Tokina DX F/4 12-28mm... or my Tamron F/2.8 70-200mm. Nor was it as sharp (at the long end) as my Nikon kit DX 55-200mm.
While I found this disturbing, I started shooting at smaller F-stops... 6.3, 8, 9, etc. As you would expect, the quality improved quite a bit.
At the time, I figured I was facing an auto-focus fine tuning issue... and I was right. I'd gone through some similar issues with my Nikon kit lens, as well as my Tokina 100mm macro lens (when using it as a telephoto).
However... now I was faced with an interesting problem. Sigma sells a USB dock (about $59), but I usually used the on-camera auto-focus fine tuning settings to fix issues. The (free) software that uses the dock allows you to make auto-focus fine-tuning changes at - on a prime lens - four different distances.
I decided to use my Google-Fu to see if this was a worthwhile investment or not... and I came to the conclusion that it was after reading tons of reviews and forum commentary. Given the cost of the lens, I figured it was a minor investment if it really gave me what I was looking for.
So I bought the dock, and rather than using my traditional auto-focus tuning chart, I decided to just take shots at the different ranges at F/1.4 (to make focus issues VERY apparent) and adjust accordingly. This took me about an hour...
It was the best $59 and 60 minute investment I've ever made. :)
Once I'd tuned the lens based on my pictures, I took it out for a real-world spin... and it was EXACTLY as good as I'd read it to be. :)
Sharpness was incredible... not that sharpness is really the only criteria for lens choice, but it's certainly something you have to consider, along with bokeh, focus speed, focus accuracy, F-stop range and so forth. (All of which this lens handles wonderfully well!)
Summing it up... once you fine-tune this lens, it lives up to it's hype 100%. :) Having said that... if you're not up for doing AF fine-tuning yourself, you can buy one and have Sigma do it for you. You'll just have to ship it back to them to get it done. (If there's a local authorized Sigma dealer near you, they might do it for you... or not.)
Just so we're clear, not ALL the writings I found about this lens required AF fine-tuning. Some were perfect right out of the box, so your mileage may vary.
Having said that... if you haven't learned to use your camera's AF fine-tuning (pretty much all DSLR makers have this in their cameras), then you really, really, REALLY should learn how. Chances are you'll find that some of your lenses aren't performing quite as well as they could. :)
So, some general pro's and cons:
Pros
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Sharpness
Bokeh
Focus accuracy (single-point)
Focus speed (single-point)
Zero distortion
Excellent contrast
Excellent color transmission
Professional build quality
Wonderful manual focus ring
Amazing picture quality overall
Very nice carrying case
Excellent lens cap, doesn't pop off, etc.
Cons
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Weight
Lack of dock seal
Need to purchase USB dock (perhaps)
Storage dock-cap on lens is a bit loose (can use a Nikon cap instead.)
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Update 8/17/2015
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This lens - after AF tuning - is absolutely amazing. I have to say that while I've spent more for a lens, I've never spent my money better.
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Final Update 9/5/2015
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A word about the auto-focus fine-tuning on this lens. First - doing auto-focus tuning at F/1.4 is very, very difficult at close ranges. Finding the focus (forward or back) can be very challenging - it gets easier at more distance (5 feet and up), but at 16 and 28 inches... seeing where the actual focus is can be tough no matter what chart you use. Stick with it, though - and read below, because there's some very important information specific to Sigma Art lenses that you'll need. :)
I had bought (via Amazon) a Datacolor SpyderLensCal SLC100, thinking it was time for me to finally move off my old free paper-printed focusing chart.
This focusing aid (the SypderLensCal) was and is good for LONG- DISTANCE auto-focus fine tuning. Do NOT use it for ranges of less than 3 feet - all my lenses on both my cameras (D750 and D7100) had a lot of trouble focusing on the target... something I found out later on after spending much time being frustrated by my tuning efforts on this 50mm Sigma Art.
Setting aside target problems, I had used the Sigma manual to do tuning for each of the ranges on the lens... while I was initially very pleased with the result, I found inconsistencies over time. After spending many hours re-doing and re-re-doing the settings on the lens with WILDLY varying settings according to each fine-tuning session, I finally called Sigma and asked them what (if anything) I was doing wrong.
I had followed their online PDF documentation to the letter - testing and adjusting focus on the closest setting first, followed by the next closest, etc.
Turns out their documentation left out one tiny detail, which the tech support guy provided within a minute of our discussion.
You have to reset all the settings to the default of ZERO before moving on to the NEXT RANGE. If you leave the closer range (or ranges) in place, it will skew the results of your front/back focus issue. Worse, (as I found out) if the numbers are big enough, you don't really get a change in the adjustments of later settings - I had some of them up to +20 (the max) at one point!
Once I changed out the target and followed the proper procedure, I got some fantastic results. The adjustments on my lens copy were small: +1 at 16 inches, 0 at 28 inches, +6 at 60 inches, and +7 at Infinity. (All with a zero auto-focus fine-tuning on my camera settings.)
(Although I used a chart to set up infinity, I ended up increasing it from +6 to +7 when I did my real-world tests. My chart testing was inside, and even though I was beyond the 11 feet indicated by the lens, truly distant objects required a little more refining.)
Now the sharpness is outstanding and consistent at all ranges - no anomalies - and I'm 100% happy with my lens. :)
As stated, this is the last update... hope this helps!
This particular lens right away has a really great feel to it. The focusing ring turns smoothly, with just the right amount of damping. The polycarbonate body has a subtle sheen to it, but does not feel slippery or sprayed-on. It's incredibly easy to engage, and while it does have a bit of weight to it, it's pretty much what you should expect when dealing with premium-quality lenses. It's heavy because it's full of glass. If weight is a concern, just buy the Canon 50mm f/1.4.
Compared with the Canon f/1.2, the Sigma is sharper, no doubt. Especially once you start stopping down the aperture, the fidelity I was able to pick out on clothing details and in eyes blew me away. The Canon 50mm f/1.2 has the important distinction, however, of having *that* look. You're not going to get the look of that particular lens without using that particular lens. The focus falloff and color rendering is just that unique, and the Sigma excels at producing a clean image, not necessarily emulating its competitors. I used both, and ended up with the Sigma.
AF speed isn't mind-bendingly quick. In a dark environment, you still get to sit there and watch it hunt around a bit, but it's not going to hold up a session. If you're in the type of setting where the AF is having trouble, you're probably using a flash... and if you're using a flash, it hopefully has an AF-assist beam on it. That type of magic definitely helps a lot here. My lens required no adjustments to calibrate it to my camera. I found the same to be true with the 35mm f/1.4, which is an amazing event and landscape lens.
All in all, this is a tremendous value, and if you're shooting outdoor senior portraits, you could probably go quite far with nothing but a high-quality 50mm. It simply beats the pants off of anything else out there right now, and I'm looking forward to future ART releases.