Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG DN Art Review

The Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG DN Art lens is a well-built, weather-sealed lens with a good autofocus capability. It has minimal flare, chromatic aberration and background harshness at wide apertures. The lens is sharp, produces smooth transitions, and is a good option for Sony and L-Mount users.

The lens is compact and lightweight, making it easy to carry around. The autofocus is quick, silent, and reliable, even for close-up objects. The 11-bladed diaphragm gives smooth transitions and nice round specular highlights.

It feels like the other art DG DN lenses and includes a full design with a 72 filter thread, push button release hood, and a customizable aperture ring. The autofocus is quick, silent, and reliable, even for close-up objects.

The Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG DN Art lens is a well-built, weather-sealed lens with a good autofocus capability. It feels like the other art DG DN lenses and includes a full design with a 72 filter thread, push button release hood, and a customizable aperture ring. The lens is compact and lightweight, making it easy to carry around. The autofocus is quick, silent, and reliable, even for close-up objects. The lens handles flare well, with minimal ghosting and loss even when shooting towards the sun. However, the lens exhibits noticeable breathing as the field of view changes when focusing from near to far. It also has minor longitudinal chromatic aberration, resulting in minimal color shift in the out-of-focus background. The 11-bladed diaphragm gives smooth transitions and nice round specular highlights. The lens is exceptionally sharp, even at wide-open apertures, making it a good option for Sony and L-Mount users.

The lens is exceptionally sharp, even at wide-open apertures, making it a good option for Sony and L-Mount users.