Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens Review

Want to get photographers' attention? Put "f/1.4" in the model name of your lens. Pair that extreme wide aperture with a highly useful 24mm focal length, arguably best-available 24mm image quality and an attractive, highly functional design and you have a lens destined for success.

Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM

The Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM is another very fast, tack-sharp prime lens in Sigma's excellentt Art series. It exhibits low chromatic aberrations and very little barrel distortion while being able to focus as closeas 25cm.

Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM A Review

This lens is the latest addition to Sigma's 'Art' line of lenses that promise excellent optical quality and increased creative options thanks to a fast f/1.4 maximum aperture. Being one of Sigma's top of the range lenses, it sports a hypersonic focusing motor, brass lens mount and build quality...

Excellent sharpness; Very low CA; Low distortion; Well built; Fast focusing; Keenly priced

No weather sealing; Falloff at maximum aperture (although typical for the type of lens

A perfectly adequate and very versatile lens at a very reasonable price. It will produce images suitable for all but the biggest enlargements, or most demanding uses. For anyone with a very high-res sensor that is looking for ultimate image quality a better choice is the new 18-35 from Sigma ...

Sharp enough and with sufficient resolution for most purposes Optical stabilisation Useful focal length range Macro capability Very high image quality across the frame is attainable at moderate FLs when stopped down Pretty well put together from high quality materials

Corner sharpness significantly different from edge; Needs to be stopped down to make full use of the image sensor; Significant CA (purple and green fringing) at wider focal lengths; Not weather-sealed