Sigma's new Wide Angle Low Light Lens

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Sigma's new Wide Angle Low Light Lens

Sigma has announced addition to its Art series of Lenses in the form of 20mm f1.4 DG HSM lens. The Sigma Art series is highly popular among photographers and filmmakers due to its quality and affordability.

The Sigma 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art lens comprises 15 elements in 11 groups. It has two “F” Low Dispersion (FLD) elements, five Special Low Dispersion elements and two aspherical elements to contain chromatic and spherical aberrations to a minimum. This lens also has a Super Multi-Layer coating to reduce ghosting, flare and surface reflections and would be good for against the light scenarios.

The 20mm lens is meant for 35mm full frame format and comes in different mounts. When paired with a full frame camera like a Canon 5DIII, 5DS or 1DC etc, one can shoot landscape, Architecture, interiors of buildings etc. And people can also use it at its widest aperture of f1.4 for extreme low light and creative filming and still photographic applications.

This lens has a HSM designation indicating the presence of a Hyper Sonic Motor which helps in fast and silent autofocusing. This lens also allows full-time manual focus override so that when one fine-tune the focus by rotating the focus ring. The closest focusing distance is 10.9 inch.

The lens has a nine-blade diaphragm and it gives a nice rounded bokeh. The lens comes with a fixed petal shaped lens hood for reducing lens flare.

The Sigma 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art lens construction is good. Its lens barrel is made of Thermally Stable Composite material which doesn’t expand or contract in high or low temperatures. The lens mount is made of brass so that it is durable and provides mounting accuracy.

The aperture range is from f1.4 to f16.
The lens is 3.57 inches wide and 5.11 inches long.
The weight of the lens is 950gms.

Availability: The Sigma 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art lens will be available in mid of December.

Price: $899 usd.

Buy: You can buy this lens at B&H http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Si...DFF/d10-v1-t12