9/11/2023 0 Comments Sigma 30mm 1.4 sony sample imagesIn a comparison to Sony’s 35mm f1.8 OSS, this lens is obviously sharper than the now aging 35mm alternative. Once you mount it onto an APS-C body, you’ll be even more amazed. Indeed, even with the cropped mode on the Sony a7 this lens is impressively sharp. The best sharpness from this lens comes out when it’s slightly stopped down and a flash’s output is added to the scene. And considering that I’m pretty lax usually about purple fringing, just keep it in mind. Usually that isn’t such a big problem but sometimes it can be for me. My only major complaint is that this lens tends to fringe more often than that. Combine this with great bokeh and you’ve got yourself quite the lens with a normal field of view. For the most part, that’s the case here but the skin tones still remain very good overall. Sigma’s colors are always known to be very saturated. In fact, it nailed some of the fastest street movements I’ve captured in NYC.įor that reason alone, this lens deserves loads of praise. In good lighting though, there were no issues at all. Granted, they always chose an area, but not always the area that I specifically asked them to focus on. In lower lit situations, the lens and Sony a7 didn’t seem to talk so well to one another. Controlling the focusing type is done through the camera. Sigma’s lenses are as simple as slapping them onto the camera, pointing, shooting and being inspired by your photos. It continued to function in a light drizzle here in NYC and feels like the exterior is made of metal. Though the lens doesn’t have any sort of weather sealing, it’s still pretty solid. For what it’s worth though, I’d always attach the hood to protect the front of the lens. With the lens hood attached, the package gets a bit larger. When putting the lens hood on, it will make things all the more cramped just a tad. If you’re looking to put a filter on the lens, be sure to get a 52mm size. You’ve also got the giant focusing ring around it that is rubberized to give the user quite a bit of grip. Despite this moniker, the lens feels as if it’s made from a carbon/metal composite of some sort. It’s clearly marked by a C when you look at it from above. The Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN is a pretty small lens and is part of the company’s Contemporary line of lenses in the Global Vision program. Why test an APS-C lens with a full frame body? It occurred to me that because of the automatic cropping, this happens more often than I originally believed. The Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN was tested with the Sony a7 and a Godox Thinklite TT685S TTL. More purple fringing than expected for a Sigma lens.An overall great option for Sony APS-C E mount and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera owners.Fast and accurate focusing in good light.But maybe Sigma is making their contemporary lenses render a bit less saturation vs the Art series–at least that’s what the 30mm makes me believe. With an f1.4 aperture, nine aperture blades and fast focusing motors inside, it surely seems like it would be. So when the company announced their 30mm f1.4 DC DN, I was really curious as to why it wasn’t under the Art series. Sigma has been putting out loads of awesome lenses over the past years–even their Contemporary glass seems to be right up there with their Art and Sports lenses.
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