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Review on Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art DG HSM Lens for πŸ“· Nikon - Black - 3.7 x 3.03 x 3.03 (Model 340306) by Anson Wang ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The perfect purchase for me, exactly what I was looking for!

Bought a Sigma Art 35mm f/1.4 lens in September 2022. The lens pleased with the simply excellent quality of the optics - the picture is quite working and sharp starting from an open aperture, even on the capricious 24MP Nikon D7200 crop. Nice drawing - the transition from the zone of sharpness to blur looks quite good, spherochromatism (color bokeh) is minimal, less than that of the native fifty dollars AF-S f / 1.4G. Sharpness is better than the AF-S 50mm f/1.4G, especially wide open. The bokeh is also quite decent for a 35mm, but you have to understand that the nature of the background blur on a wide-angle lens will never be as soft and creamy as on a telephoto, even at 85mm. Sigma Art 35mm works for me on two cameras - D750 and D7200, I don’t experience any problems with autofocus, it focuses more stable and faster than fifty dollars Nikon AF-S f / 1.4G. There is only one problem with this lens - there is an incomprehensible scatter in the operation of specimens. The display sample focused reasonably well on the full-frame D750, but missed the mark completely on the D7200. They brought another one from the warehouse - it worked perfectly on both cameras. So when buying, you should be careful. I can’t imagine why this can happen, because. the workmanship of the lens is at the highest level - it is tightly knocked down, there is no backlash, it is heavy, smooth, made in Japan. The highest sharpness across the entire field of the frame again speaks of high-quality assembly and adjustment at the factory.

img 1 attached to Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art DG HSM Lens for πŸ“· Nikon - Black - 3.7 x 3.03 x 3.03 (Model 340306) review by Anson Wang ᠌
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Pros
  • Excellent optical quality, sharpness, pattern, well made - Japanese assembly - heavy!
Cons
  • Unclear situation with unstable autofocus of some instances. Heavy :)

Comments (5)

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March 01, 2023
a fresh lens firmware has already been released, which I easily ated via usb dock
November 16, 2022
Pros: 1.4 is working, the focus is quite accurate on the very first instance, if not even accurate - there is a usb dock ^_* . Cons below: the price tag of course, everything else is super
November 16, 2022
Has some pros Sharpness over the entire field of the frame, especially in the center, color reproduction, aperture. Auto-focus accuracy. Focusing speed. Its cons: Well, very rarely auto-focus smears, out of 100 frames 4-19, but nothing is perfect)
October 30, 2022
Pros below: Sharpness like a razor! The second sigma in my life and the second time in awe. Has some cons Is it the weight, but personally, on the contrary, I am a supporter of weighty Cameras))
October 26, 2022
I don’t know why they swear at the hood, but it holds tight, it doesn’t play.