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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC 'Art' Review

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The Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC 'Art' lens is a great improvement from its predecessor. It offers impressive image quality, especially in the middle. The build quality is good and it is a pleasure to use. The lens has a very desirable focal length and maximum aperture for its price.

The lens is a great improvement from its predecessor. It offers impressive image quality, especially in the middle. The build quality is good and it is a pleasure to use. The lens has a very desirable focal length and maximum aperture for its price.

Pros
  • Impressive image quality, especially in the middle
  • Good build quality
  • Pleasure to use
  • Desirable focal length and maximum aperture for its price
Cons
  • Chromatic aberration wide open at F 1.4
  • Barrel distortion
  • Vignetting

The lens's build quality is compact and feels nice in the hands. It has a smooth focus ring and fast, silent autofocus.

The Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC 'Art' lens is a great improvement from its predecessor. It offers impressive image quality, especially in the middle. The lens's build quality is compact and feels nice in the hands. It has a smooth focus ring and fast, silent autofocus. The lens does struggle with chromatic aberration wide open at F 1.4, but improves when stopped down. The lens displays a little barrel distortion, but vignetting disappears when stopped down to F/2. Overall, the lens has a very desirable focal length and maximum aperture for its price, making it a very desirable lens for aps-c cameras.

The lens does struggle with chromatic aberration wide open at F 1.4, but improves when stopped down.

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