Pros
- Failed to identify them, return lens
Cons
- An unpleasant aftertaste from the very first purchase of Sigma products
Sigma 16Mm Contemporary Lens Sony Review
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Very good
Rating
4.4
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Details
| Brand | Sigma |
|---|---|
| Lens Type | Wide Angle |
| Compatible Mountings | Sony E |
| Camera Lens Description | 16 millimetres |
| Maximum Focal Length | 16 Millimeters |
Description of Sigma 16Mm Contemporary Lens Sony
Compatible with Sony E mount cameras. Perfect for nature & event photography. Large f/1.4 aperture for superb lowlight performance. Compact size makes it very portable. Fully accommodates Fast Hybrid AF.
Pros
- - aperture - sharpness - smooth running of the ring - comfortable grip
Cons
- - tracking focus noise in video -no stabilizer
Pros
- I compared it with my Sony SEL35, 35mm. , F / 1.8 and 10 close to backlight, Sonya didn’ the Sigma, due to the shorter focal length, the center is sharp on almost all apertures, but on open ones, I bought a Sony A6500 in one attempt; from 1/15 it is real, and from 1/20 it is reliable.
Cons
- In the characteristics I read about dust and moisture protection, but in the guarantee they write that dampness, dust, to 11, the difference in depth of field is not visible, but I liked the frame less at its limiting F16: I shot at iso 100, and it seemed that at larger values I doubt that with his FR, 35mm. , F/1.8 in appearance and size, but I don' either without a stub I got a clear frame at 1/25s, then blurry at 1/50 although in the camera, on the recommendation of the glass manufacturer, I set it to "Auto" given the minus using a flash, camera with the A6500 like the fact that 2 I snapped 4000 frames - it didn’ a guarantee of 2 years, in a coupon 1
Pros
- Always Popular
Cons
- Compatibility
Pros
- Best
Cons
- Not all fit
Pros
- it seems that everything is so far
Cons
- boring packaging
Pros
- Very impressive quality
Cons
- Traded in
Pros
- Trial for one year
Cons
- Only available in white
Pros
- Fast! Cutting! Wide angle (perfect for shooting indoors, I haven't tried landscapes yet). Excellent build quality! "Made in Japan" was written for a reason!
Cons
- Visually, for a small Sony A6000 looks a bit too big. But with these small cameras, almost any lens will look like a disproportionate giant. Like the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, stabilization is still lacking.
Pros
- 1) Crazy sharp and technical picture. F1.4 working all over the field even at infinity. From F2 sharpness rings, from F2.8 it rings in the corners. Very good for astroscape On this lens, closing the hole more than 5.6 makes sense only to increase the depth of field, after 5.6 sharpness and resolution do not increase. 2) There is no chromaticity from F2 at all and it is very low at 1.4 3) Record light transmission of the optical design - I have not seen a lens with F1.4 lighter than this. It gathers more light even than, for example, Zenitar 50\1.2, a little bit lighter than Kamlan 50\F1.1, and more than THREE STOPS lighter than Samyang 35\1.4, which is just darker! I compared it on three different cameras at equal settings, in terms of exposure on screens at ISO 100. It is clear that the focal length is different and the comparison is not entirely fair, but Sigma at 1.4 at ISO 100 gives a correctly exposed image of the test scene, but Samyang 35 \ 1.4 for to obtain equal brightness of the same scene, on the same camera, it requires setting it to 1.4 ISO 800 at the same shutter speed ! 4) High-quality, pleasant, tightly knit assembly. Minimalistic high-end design. 5) Comfortable, wide, smoothest focus ring - ideal for video 6) Focuses very close from the front lens - almost point-blank - allows you to make a very interesting wide-angle macro - with background blur in the trash
Cons
- 1) Rough, hard technical rendering - I really don't like the picture of this glass, there is no picture as such - it gives an interesting blur only at 1.4. Even Sony E 16-50 OSS (whale) produces a more plastic texture 2) Terribly - it fills up the geometry, verticals along the edges, and it is very difficult to straighten it out - even with Sony 16-50 blockages are easier to straighten. From such a terrible story, my eyes twitch 3) INSANE autofocus work! In particular, on the a5000 camera - when focusing on the horizon, it's just a wild back focus with a run somewhere beyond infinity on the magnifying glass scale. Sometimes there is a front focus anywhere but not in the center. The same problem is described on the forum - on a hole 1.6-1.7, 2.5 AF generally ceases to cling in all modes. In any does not want to focus exactly in the center. If it suddenly hooks on the horizon by 1.4, then everything will be abrupt, if you set 2-2.8-4 without changing the camera position, there will be a 100% micro run in the center, therefore the entire left or right edge will fall out of the depth of field with a terrible comatose soap. If you accurately hit with a magnifying glass manually in the center on the horizon on the horizon, then on all apertures there will be a razor-sharp frame from edge to edge! Moreover, a paradoxically delusional situation: on the old NEX 3N it focuses perfectly and constantly monitors in AF-S mode. On a5000 tracking focus only works on video, slow and inaccurate 4) Strong motor noise on the video (different nature of noise in AF-S and AF-C - most buyers of this glass are videographers. But for the pros this is not a problem - they use an external recorder 5) Price in the store 6) Mechanical vulnerability - the reliability of the motor and electronics is also questionable. Attention - I strongly advise against using this glass and in general all similar Sigmas for a long time at sub-zero temperatures! In the cold -5, the motor is already starting to freeze during manual focusing - it stops moving the lenses smoothly - how it can end at a lower temperature and subsequent warming up is better to think in advance
