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This lens looks perfect! Too bad it isn't available for m4/3rds. I guess I have to stick to the 75mm/1.8 and the 45mm/1.8 Zuiko for portraiture...(not a real problem by the way)
Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM review
The Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art is a fast 'normal' lens designed for full frame SLRs, and one of the most hotly-anticipated lenses of 2014. Sigma shook up the moribund 'fast 50' sector back in March 2008 when it announced the 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM, which we considered to be 'Highly Recommended' for its impressive optics, especially at larger apertures. This marked the start of string of excellent fast primes from the Japanese lens maker, including last year's stellar 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art (another winner of our top award).
The latest 50mm is unusually large and expensive for its type; indeed its $950 / £850 / €1000 price tag suggests Sigma is aiming at users who might otherwise choose the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm F1.4G, Canon EF 50mm F1.2L USM, or Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM. It bears a distinct family resemblance to the company's 35mm F1.4, but if anything is slightly larger, with a 100mm / 4" long barrel and 77mm filter thread. Its complex optical formula of 13 elements in 8 groups isn't based on a conventional double-Gauss design, like most 50mm primes are, but instead is of the retrofocal type.
This set of characteristics, along with Sigma's recent track record of making impressive optics, means that the 50mm F1.4 Art has inevitably invited comparison to the astounding Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 - quite possibly the sharpest lens we've yet seen. However, given that lens's $4000 price tag, it seems a little optimistic to expect quite the same qualities. But the Sigma offers autofocus via a ring-type ultrasonic motor (with full-time manual override), which means it wins out on practicality. The new lens's premium price point also means that it doesn't directly replace the older model, which we understand will continue to be sold for some time yet.
Headline features
- 50mm focal length
- Fast F1.4 maximum aperture
- Ring-type ultrasonic autofocus motor with full-time manual override
- Internal focus design
- Will be available in Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony Alpha, and Sigma SA mounts
Angle of view
The pictures below illustrate the 50mm F1.4 Art's angle of view on full frame and APS-C, taken from our standard position. As is Sigma's way, the lens is just slightly 'wide' for a 50mm prime (its measured focal length is 48mm), bringing it closer to a classic 'normal' view on full frame. On APS-C cameras it behaves like a short telephoto lens.
|Full frame
|1.6x APS-C (~80mm equivalent)
Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art specifications
|Date introduced
|January 2014
|Maximum format size
|35mm full frame
|Focal length
| 35mm equivalent focal length
| • 75mm (1.5x APS-C / DX)
• 80mm (1.6x Canon APS-C)
|Diagonal Angle of view
| • 47º (full frame)
• 31º (APS-C)
|Maximum aperture
|Minimum aperture
|Lens Construction
| • 13 elements / 8 groups
• 3 SLD glass elements
• 1 aspherical element
|Number of diaphragm blades
|9, rounded
|Minimum focus
|Maximum magnification
|AF motor type
| • Ring-type Hypersonic Motor
• Full-time manual focus
|Focus method
|Image stabilization
|Filter thread
| • 77mm
• Does not rotate on focus
|Supplied accessories*
| Front and rear caps
Petal-type Hood
Soft lens case
|815 g (28.7 oz)
| 85 mm diameter x 100 mm length
(3.4 x 3.9 in)
|Lens Mount
|Canon EF, Nikon F, Sigma SA, Sony Alpha
* Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area
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Why would you want it for m43? The lens is made for FF and it'd be a waste of glass to use it on that sensor size. You'd be better off with the Panasonic Nocticron 42.5mm 1.2 lens or the 25mm 1.4 lens if you wanted the 50mm FOV.
Though it'd be nice if Sigma made fast glass for mirrorless.
That's what I mean...." it would be nice if Sigma made fast glas for mirrorles" ....high quality fast glass.
The 25 1.4 is really good or you can get the 25 0.95, 25 1.8. In any case, I don't think it makes sense for them to enter that focal length anymore.
like those above said i don't see an weakness in m43 within these focal lengths. many overlapping options at various price points.
most of them are also very high regarded.
I think sigma should make a m43 lens though.
what about an 12-50 f2.8-4 for 400$:D that would make my day!
Thank god we have Sigma providing completion to the big boys. I have the 35mm Art, and I love it. Great to have a company who appear to be on the photographers side.
Andy Westlake / Admin,
In page 1 you mentioned the weight is 665 g but on second page it's 815g. Which one is correct? Thanks
815g is correct. I've corrected page 1, sorry for the confusion. (I've corrected the other error in that spec table, too.)
815g seriously? How can Sony pull the same performance out of the 280g FE 55 1.8?
Year I know it's half a stop slower, but damn impressive for the small weight. And the Zeiss bokeh is much better...
The FE 55mm F1.8 benefits from two things: 1) the short back focus of the E mount, and 2) being 2/3 stop slower. This means that it needs to use much less glass (it's a 7 element / 5 group design vs the Sigma's 13 element / 8 group), so can be substantially lighter.
A better Sony comparison would be with the [Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm F1.4 SSM](http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/lenses/sony_50_1p4_za_ssm), which also has to fit on SLRs, and weighs 518g for an 8 element / 5 group design.
But it's not really 2/3 stops slower. Your review states T1.7 vs T1.8.
Your bokeh test is useless - background well separated from the foreground or closeups. The problems usually are in the transition area. Some lenses, like the S35 are particularly bad there.
You could have included this shot: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/photos/2897503/f1-4_01img_5736?inalbum=sigma-50mm-f1-4-dg-hsm-art-canon-preview-samples
in the bokeh section, and compared it to the Nikon and the Canon.
I have the feeling that you know more than you say but you do not want to be more critical. You mention AF problems with cheap bodies and off center AF points and then dismiss it - who really used that lens on cheap bodies? How about off center focusing with the 5D3 and the D800?
Yeah, the hokey could be better. Well, at least the lens is sharp even wide open.
Nikon and Sony have higher-resolution sensors (36MP). I think that's more appropriate for testing this type of lens than a 22MP Canon, which it basically outresolves. There are quite a few lenses that do really well at 24MP FF, but this SIgma is one of the few that seems to be ready for 36MP FF and beyond.
Incidentally, undercorrected SA is the standard way to get nice bokeh; it's good to see Sigma getting nice bokeh without the SA most fast 50s deliberately have....
Have you not been reading the threads? The Nikon version was not available when they did the test report. They will look at that one when it becomes available on a D800e.
If the product isn't yet available even as a pre-release to the press, what's the rush to review it? There are lots of worthy bits of equipment that are on the market for 6+ months before DPReview takes a first look. If DPReview didn't want to wait, they could simply have added a quick test of the Canon-mount lens on a Sony A7R (which is a combo plenty of people will care about).
Why on earth would they want to do that. How many people are going to buy an adapted Sigma 50mm f1.4 instead of a Sony 55mm f1.8 to put onto a A7r. More people will buy this lens to use on a Canon full frame than a Sony A7r. The difference in user base size is huge. Lots of people will buy this lens to use on Canon cameras so it was only fair to review it on a Canon camera.
DPReview basically says they can't tell how good the lens is using current Canons because it's sensor limited -- it probably will not be on future Canons, or on a Sony A7R right now. It would be a better test even if nobody would use it on an A7R.
The Sony native lens may well be better than this Sigma. Your argument is essentially that there are enough Canon users suffering Canon's inferior optics so that testing this lens just for them is top priority. That is not an argument I've heard a Canon user give before.... ;-)
What are you going on about. The lens came out first for Canon. There are lots of Canon users. Sigma know this. DPR know this. Therefore it gets tested on a Canon camera. It's that simple.
DPR have said they will test it on a Nikon D800E when it becomes available. If your in to DXO reviews and think they are the best thing in the world, you will know the sensor tested higher than the A7r so it makes to test it on the D800E with it's native mount. On the A7r you would have to use an adaptor which could effect the optical quality slightly compared to the D800E where no adaptor will be involved. The Nikon D800E also does not use compressed Raw files.
But you want it tested on a camera hardly anyone is likely to use with the lens as a first priority before it gets tested on native mount cameras it was designed for. Really?
Hmmm you imply that a 36MP is better to test than a 22MP. The 36MP is better if you need a bigger picture. Resolution of a 22MP camera can beat a 36MP. You are talking as if all 36MP are even used??? I have to be a bit brutal here - Wake up ! The 36MP is tech hype, its not fully used and only sampled. Algorithms pick and choose what data is used. Resolution is tied to the IQ of the glass, and characteristics of the sensor & camera peformance.
In short test on either a 22MP or 36MP, it makes no difference to evaluate the IQ of the glass.
The Otus is not for you. Even understanding it is not for you.
But it is for him:
Gotta say I like how Sigma is turning the corner for the better. It's refreshing to see a company change for the better when so many turn for the worse ;).
I just bought the new 18-250mm DC HSM and love it, didn't think I'd say that about a Sigma lens again in my life.
There's always one person who will say the sample pictures look soft. I'm waiting for that person to post.
It is almost half price of the Nikon 58mm f1.4 and a lot cheaper than the Carl Zeiss 50mm.
It's a pro, not a con for its price.
This lens is not in the same class of the Nikon 50mm f1.4, it is a much more superior lens.
Really? Who would have thought...
Except the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 is about 725usd.
You mean the 55mm Otus, I'd guess.
There's also a Zeiss Macro 50mm f/2.0, but not twice the price of this Sigma.
"We've already published lab test data showing that its optically excellent"
It's, as in 'it is', not its.
Hiring proofreader? I'm in Seattle.
Thanks for pointing that out, I've corrected it. (No need to hire a proofreader when you're so keen to offer your services for free...)
Sigma has done it again. A magnificent lens, it seems to be. The proclamation by the reviewer reminded me of the same proclamation by Popular Photography & Imaging about the tiny and feather-weight (albeit much darker) Voigtlander Heliar 50/3.5.
I am surprised that more people aren't talking about the pics. To me they look great. I used to shoot a lot with a 50 mm and never got the kind of image quality that I've seen in the samples. For my taste, it looks like a winner.
I really don't know what to admire more. Someone who - one hundred years ago - achieved roughly similar performance with four lenses in three groups at F/2.8 or a corporation which - a century later - achieves marginally better performance corner to corner with the aid of cad/cam and thirteen lenses in four groups at a whopping 800g and a thousand dollars.
So? even if you are correct about the "roughly similar performance" can you really compare a f1.4 lens with a f2.8 lens?
BTW canon 18-55 is better then 24-105 at f8 as well accroding to DRTV :-)
Which lens are you talking about?
@ Henderson May , if he has to be correct, that would mean that in last 100 years there was no-one whom it occurred that that design is the best we could do so far. All this development so far basically just did not happen.
The Tessar.
Good job by Sigma.
Aside from the size and weight, there is very little fault to find in this lens.
If you like, you can pay 4 times more for the Otus. With that additional money, you also get a bigger lens, more weight, more vignetting, more distortion, and less contrast. Hmmn, something is not right.
50mm is a focal length that most professional photographers seldom use. Regardless of its optical merits, it is just not something I would ever consider buying especially at the price point at which it is being introduced.
Depends on which professional photographer you're asking.
That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Exactly, 50mm is neither here nor there. Anyway, it's a great lens but I would prefer the lighter 58mm F1.4 Nikon.
I'm looking forward to a future 85mm 1.4 ART. 50mm is a focal a rarely use. I love the 35mm ART but I will just stick with my manual focus Nikkor AI-S 50mm 1.4
hmmm, I hate to say it but the bokeh isn't good enough. It's really not smooth at all, despite the review's claim that it's good enough. Even closed down (which usually deals with bokeh issues).
Maybe it's good enough for closer pics, but we have here the usual bokeh-clueless pics from dpreview. Easy bokeh backgrounds (flowers and vegetation) with just a couple of pics that demonstrate the rough bokeh. They need to get themselves someone long versed in bokeh analysis. .....Like me!!! :)
Get that lens in to a bike shop, dpreview.
Anyway, I actually feel a bit sad. I was totally over excited at the review. ...until I saw the pics (and some pics on the blogs mentioned in the comments).
Same thing here. It's definitely sharper than the old version at the expense of bokeh smoothness.
You don't hate to say it, and it's not hard to see for someone who looks for it. That's the sad part.
Size-wise, it's a dang blunderbuss! Kind of negates its low-light, f1.4 shooting abilities if camera shake adds blur due to its size/length, no?
Unless you're very weak, the weight should negate camera-shake, in theory.
I love the idea of weight due to excessively fine correction and the best glass. And I love dense cameras also. But I can imagine the two together may not be so practical for 16 hours of wedding photography.
Weight alone doesn't negate hand-held camera shake. On a tripod, of course. It is LONG, 100mm/4 inches. Add the body size too and hand-holding steadily at low shutter speeds is dicey for sure.
It is actually easier to hold a heavier item steady than a lighter one when you need to point it at something. Just ask any professional shooter. Lighter weight is better when you need to move something you are pointing, like when panning.
It's not just weight but length of the lens too. Even a little movement is multiplied by its longer length.
Now we need Sigma to build some wide-angle lenses to the same standard. Zeiss need some competition for the 21mm 2.8.
Fantastic piece of glass! I have already 35/f1,4 Art and after this good review will wait for 85/1,4 Art with lot of enthusiasm. Sigma has changed the game.
In Slovakia is this lens for 750€ = £610, this price is extrem low compared to Zeiss Otus, Canon 50/1,2L, Nikon 58/1,4 or Sony 55/1,8
this sigma 50mm art lens is only 870usd in Vietnam, full support form brand, not black market ;)
The fact we even compare Sigma to Zeiss now shows how far Sigma have come!!Well done Sigma,
Loving these Art series lenses. Awesome work Sigma, seeing rumours of the 24mm and 85mm on the horizon. What a collection that will be. Hope they release a limited edition box set. Awesome!
Oh no, please no limited editions ever!
Maybe a rosewood grip would make those lenses even more desirable...
I'm more looking forward to a lighter and more fall proof polyvinyl carbonate version at 2/3 the price. :)
Agree. Original equipment manufacturers, Canon, Nikon etc should be challenged to match or improve on Sigma's lead to benefit us all.
Weather seal would make it prefect. Hay this lens is made in Japan? Canon and Nikon better wake up. Simga will be their lens maker. This lens for real world use has few piers.
This may or may not be the sharpest 50mm lens but here's the killer: It doesn't matter because 99.9% viewers of the pix taken with it won't even notice and you could have just bought a 50mm 1.8 instead.
Rather than posting this half-heartedly in a reply... If people are interested I put together some thoughts about this lens mounted on a D800E on my blog: http://wp.me/p2wMAg-Bf
thank you for the review. BTW, nice site, i bookmarked it.
@Coliban, thank you and glad you liked the website
Thanks, excellent commentary. I used to take street candids around there back in my film SLR days. I like your shots.
The three dimensionality on the pic of the Millenium Bridge is remarkable. I don't think I've seen anything like that.
I commend Sigma for completely changing their design philosophy. Once known as one of the worse lens manufactures only a few years ago (to the point where Lens Rentals quit carrying their lenses due to so much mechanical failure) they now are producing some of the best lenses around. Only time will tell how durable they are, but hopefully they will prove to be as good mechanically as they are optically.
I agree and plan to buy my first Sigma lenses in almost 20 years. My first Sigma zoom lens purchased in the early 1990's fell apart: the lens elements fell out into my hand because they were held in place by double-sided metallic sticky tape!!! This fiasco was also noted in several websites at the time, most notably IIRC, it also happened to the founder of photo.net.
Zeiss Macro 50mm f2 is systematically forgotten on the web..
(makes me crazy lol. Same with the Sigma 70 makro)
I don't care about the macro.
If You can accept its absence of AF,
and will use f2 until f11 really full-frame without missing wider aperture,
then this lens is the only one (next to Otus and indeed the Art 50) worth mentioning. (Alll the other 50mm are a shame -except Leitz and the Sony's 7's 50 - including the TS-E 45, canon 50mm f 1.2, ...)
The problem with using the Makro planar for general photography is the long focus throw and extension of the lens. Get past that and it produces lovely pictures. For most manual focus uses though I prefer the Nikkor F1.2 AiS 50mm. It's lower contrast which can result in washed out landscapes in bright sun, but on people or close subjects its great from about F2 onwards.
I'm also surprised that the Zeiss 50mm f2 is mentioned so rarely. It is the lens I use most. But "the only one (next to Otus and indeed the Art 50) worth mentioning"... Without sources, I take that as just your own opinion. And do you limit the statement to Canon? And only 50mm?
Go Sigma!
My one concern about this lens is too many people are complaining about AF issues. Is it possible to test it on as many Canon bodies as possible and report what you see? (Canon bodies as you have a Canon version.)
As someone else said, it doesn't matter how sharp it is if it misses focus...
E.g. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-50mm-f-1.4-DG-HSM-Art-Lens.aspx
"The bottom line is that, the longer I focus tested this lens, the less sure I was about its focus accuracy.
... (a bit removed as I was over the character limit for a post) ...
What I learned from the many hours (actually extended into days) spent shooting and analyzing thousands of images is that the 50 Art lens' AF cannot be completely counted on. Sometimes, most images are properly focused and when my shots counted, this lens delivered. But sometimes, more images are out of focus than I am comfortable with."
I trust Brian to have an objective opinion BTW.
I don't however trust me to spell Bryan correctly :-(
That's what the USB Dock is for, to fine tune AF to your specific camera body. The tester may not have done this.
I've nothing more really to add than I wrote in the review. I was very confident with the lens's focus accuracy using centre point in the EOS 6D. I wasn't remotely confident it would hit focus perfectly on the 100D. The 70D was somewhere in between. Off-centre AF points seemed less reliable than centre AF points, which tends to be the case with SLRs.
Both of Canon's Live View AF methods, in contrast, were absolutely reliable as always. However the 100D's Hybrid AF isn't really fast enough to be generally useful with non-STM lenses. The 70D's Dual Pixel AF gives decent speed and accuracy, but has other operational flaws.
@mike you see, that kind is the issue. Why would you want to add a USB fine tuning dock, unless it is to release products which go thru less QC? They don't do these decisions out of good will.
Mike - I don't think so, as he says he gets sharp photos a lot of the time, so I can't see it's a fine-tuning issue as if it was wrong in a way fine-tuning could fix it would be wrong more consistently.
Andy - okay, that will do for me as an answer, although 5DmkII/III results would have been great. Oh, except were there any 70D issues that are specific to this lens?
@Lassoni: I'd suggest reading up on what the USB Dock offers before drawing conclusions about 'less QC'. It allows both more detailed AF Fine Tune than any camera, and the ability to update the lens's firmware.
Like it or not, SLR PDAF systems normally require some AF fine tuning to match a fast lens to a camera. This isn't about QC, but about the aggregation of tolerances, and the fact that SLR focus sensors aren't directly measuring correct focus at all - just determining a more-or-less accurate proxy for it. It's also worth considering that while high-end SLRs tend to have quite sophisticated AF tuning built-in, entry-level SLRs don't. This doesn't imply that the cheaper cameras have better QC.
The AF issues I had resulted from differing levels of front focus at different focal lengths. Thankfully with the USB Dock you can adjust focus selectively to address this. In practice that resulted in some shots in focus, some out, some hunting for focus. However, it's now resolved.
No AF system is perfect. Each camera body is unique since there is always a certain amount of tolerance in its construction (see Lens Rental's series of articles if you're not familiar with this topic--http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/07/autofocus-reality-part-1-center-point-single-shot-accuracy).
That's why Sigma's AF Dock is so useful, it enables these variables to be corrected for on a body by body basis. An interesting test would be to compare Canon's 50 f1.4 to Sigma's for AF accuracy after the Sigma has been calibrated using the Dock.
@Dr_Jon: I didn't see any 70D-specific issues, but then again I only shot a couple of hundred images on the 70D.
The variation between reports simply reflects that different reviewers test different copies of the lenses on different camera bodies with different shooting habits. I used two copies of the lens (one in Seattle, another in London), and both were excellent. But a fractionally decentered or tilted lens wouldn't work as well.
With modern high MP cameras, AF tuning is pretty much a must. The USB dock reflects the reality of up-to-date DSLR AF. If high MP DSLR is what you want, then the USB dock is the logical tool. It shouldn't really be considered optional (or a kludge fix).
This isn't an issue for CDAF (ie, mirrorless) since the AF is not subject to tolerances like PDAF. But until CDAF beats PDAF for performance, that's the way it is with such high MP cameras.
Will wait until they test the 50mm Art on the D800E and then make a comparison against the Zeiss Otus 55 and Sony Zeiss 55 FE.
Or just get the lens you like for the system you have and use it.
It's very, very sharp with extremely impressive local/micro contrast on the D800E. It reminds me of something like a Leica summicron or Zeiss planar 50mm.
I posted some thoughts on the Sigma mounted on the D800E on my blog, www.sgoldswoblog.com
What is really desirable is the low light AF performance. Is there any info on that? I Am very tempted replace my nikon 50/1.4G.
so Andy you are concluding it is the best AF 50mm lens currently on the market. Are you saying it is better than Sony Zeiss 55 FE lens for E mount, that is half the weight, and the price is the same? You mention the 55FE but does not talk about it in your conclusion. I know it is comparing F/1.8 to F/1.4 which is half-stop in difference but nevertheless, which one is better? DXO said at the time that 55FE is the best AF lens they have ever tested.
Comparing the results of the FE 55mm f/1.8 and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 is notably better in the corners through f/5.6 or so and can't say about the center since the Canon is too low resolution. Need to see the Sigma tested on the D800E to compare with A7R, but it is clear corners are better on this Sigma than on the FE 55mm (not that they are bad on the FE 55mm).
The best just got better? It is something that happens all the time in this field.
The DXOmark measurements show that Sony FE 55/1.8 is slightly ahead. And even the transmission on both lenses is almost the same, Sony is T/1.8 lens and Sigma is T/1.7 (only 12% brighter). But Sigma is 3 times heavier -- FAIL.
I'd say that the FE 55/1.8 and the Sigma 50/1.4 are so close that it's impossible to call one 'better' than the other. In practice, you choose between them based on which fits your camera; if you own an SLR, the Sigma will fit and the Sony won't. If you own an Alpha 7, you buy the Sony, as it'll fit directly and focus better. Given this I don't really understand why one should be declared the 'winner'; just accept they're both stunning lenses and be happy they're available for photographers to buy. (Unless of course you're more interested in petty point-scoring than actual photography.)
I own both lenses which I use on a D800E and a A7r. Both are very sharp, but the Sigma has exceptional sharpness stopped down, of the sort I've only really seen from rangefinder lenses like the Zeiss Planar 50mm. It's more consistently sharp across the frame at wider apertures too. The Sigma's weaknesses are AF performance (mine needed to be corrected via the USB Dock for front focus) and bokeh at distances greater that 1.5 to 3m, which can be quite busy/nervous. The zeiss has nicer bokeh and is a lot smaller.
Optically, I wouldn't be surprised if the Sigma rates comparably or better than the Otus, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it rates higher than the Zeiss FE. All three are great lenses, but the world moves on.
EXTREMELY well said Andy Westlake! :)
Thanks Andy for your reply. Also sgoldswo your opinion is important because you own a Nikon version of Sigma and 55FE on A7r.
@Absolutic: Sorry if my response came across as a bit harsh - sometimes it's difficult to separate genuine questions from those simply designed to establish some sort of brand superiority. If you're shooting with an A7R, then I accept it's entirely legitimate to ask which of these has better optics, as you could conceivably use either. But personally I'd choose the Sony FE for practicality.
Andy, my respect for you just got bigger!
Actually Andy I shoot several brands of cameras (which I think many people on these boards also do) including Sony, Nikon (sometimes Canon) and Fuji. Sony A7/A7r is often a second camera for many as a mirrorless 'light and small' choice when they don't want to carry their DSLR equipment. In fact many Sony A7 owners own other gear from other mfrs judging from their signatures on this forum and others. The question of whether to pick a 55FE for Sony A7r, or to pick a Sigma 50/1.4 for Nikon/Canon (price being practically the same for the two) is a legitimate one for someone who shoots both DSLRs and mirrorless, and wants the best autofocus 50 possible.
Carl Zeiss to Sigma is Mercedes to Volkswagen. I'd go for the name, Mercedes, if I got the money.
well, your VW is priced 949$ and the Mercedes only 998$
Thanks, Captain Obvious
The car doesn't do the driving.
not yet atleast
I believe the Sony Zeiss FE 55 f1.8 is the best 50mm...
That was a comparison on completely different cameras, though. Compare the Sony FE 55f1.8 on the A7R with the Zeiss Otus on the Nikon D800E (they have the same sensor) and you'll see that the Zeiss out resolves (and has less distortion, etc.) the Sony.
nothing to blush about (specially if you take in account the price tag of the Otus)
You chose D800 instead of D800E for Otus. And used old sigma 50 instead of new 50 art.
You right. there is no test available for the A lens on Nikon mount. There is no real way to compare this 3 lenses. Probably the Sigma and FE Zeiss on the A7R -but DXO won't do that. Anyways, the otus is 3000+ $ and the FE a little less than 1000 $; and the otus doesn't perform 3 times better...
As other reviews already stated, this new 50/1.4 Art Sigma comes very close to the Zeiss Otus, but for only 1/4 of the price. Superb work for Sigma, since the 35/1.8, Sigma is really on fire with their latest Art lens creations - which is a way good thing, competition leads to much better products, the Art 18-35/1.8 is also outstanding in optical quality terms. I expect no less from Sigma with their 24/1.4 when it'll be released this fall, and the 85/1.4 which is rumored for 2015 must be very good then, too.
Go Sigma, go! Hopefully Canikon would improve their upcoming lens iterations, too.
I've got the 30/1.4 Art for my D90/D7000, and being happy with that prime lens.
If sigma is going to start making better lenses than brand names will, will have to risk incompatibility issues in the future as Canon likes to play the incompatibility games as I have already learned first hand.
Sure buy this lens for today, but no guarantees it will work on the 5d mk4 or 5.
I'll stick to Brand name lenses myself, the 50mm 1.8 is light weight, tack sharp and cheap, If I need more light I will bump ISO up marginally - not that I ever use 50mm lenses - just thinking outloud...
Hence USB dock. It already happened with Nikon version of 35mm and FW fixed it. I am not worried at all.
re: the incompatibility games
The Brands (as you refer to them, but I guess Sigma is a brand too?) will find their reputation in tatters if their lenses are seen to rely less on their outright quality and more on "incompatibility" protectionism to earn their keep.
Maybe even (long shot) the EU or similar will weigh in and force the camera brands to publish their interfaces, a bit like Windows (I think?) is obliged to, so that all parties can play in the park.
There is literally no comparison between the canon 50mm 1.8 and this lens except for that they are both 50mm and have similar f-stop numbers. The IQ of this Sigma is magnitudes better than the Canon 1.8. The Canon is great for its price and is light weight but it is not a stellar performer in IQ if you are looking for a higher level of IQ and are willing to pay for it.
Maybe, but this lens will not make a bad photographer good or a good photographer any better. It's only 100% crop pixel-peeping that make these expensive lenses relevant for enthusiasts. For pros, every tiny bit of quality that can be eeked out might give them an edge, so they should consider lenses like this.
There is a big difference between MS Windows and camera Brands. MS wants all the software to run well on Windows. Otherwise they will go out of business. Camera makers only want their lenses and accessories to run well. They simply don't care about third parties. That is why Sigma made revolutionary step towards compatibility with the ability to upgrade FW without sending lens in for re-chipping and in the process gave us ability to adjust focusing at different FLs.
This lens shows a perfect example of design trade-offs in lenses. Want a nice sharp wide open 50mm with large aperture and minimal distortion? It will cost you in size, weight, and price.
The old(er) Sigma 50mm f/1.4 is half the price, but also not as good. I imagine plenty good for most, but if you want max wide open performance this new Sigma looks great.
It will cost you in size, weight, price……& bokeh. Since it's corrected for Spherical Aberration, bokeh will be "ugly" by design. Like all lenses it's a tradeoff, a design choice.
Kudos to Sigma for producing such fine lenses in its "Art" range.
I find spherical aberrations make bokeh worse (bright rings on specular highlights), which is why most f/1.4 lenses look a lot better at f/2 because the spherical aberration has started to clear up. Here is a sample, not bad: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/photos/2897523/?inAlbum=sigma-50mm-f1-4-dg-hsm-art-canon-preview-samples
The bright rings on lenses with uncorrected spherical aberrations appear in objects in the foreground, not in the background. Since we usually care more about the background, then the bokeh is smoother because of the spherical aberrations. Corrected or overcorrected lenses make the background bokeh harsh, like this one:
Not a single shot into the sun? It would be nice to see how lens lens handles flare.
See the shots into the sun in the 'Flare' section of the review.
Oops. Wanna get away?
Low contrast at f/1.4 (not uncommon, though).
Why was the Summilux 50 f/1.4 left out?
They encountered trouble mounting Summilux-M on the 5D3. Wild guess, of course. ;)
Impressive answer. Well played... well played... :)
Pft Summilux-M stands for Macro on Canon of course
Nice review, interesting lens; if Canon update theirs I'm afraid it would be hitting this price point.
IIRC, the upcoming Canon 50mm may have IS. To me, that will be a huge advantage over the Sigma Art and especially the manual focus Otus.
I'm really happy with my reasonably priced, reasonably sized, very sharp, quick focusing Canon EF 35mm f2 IS.
My speculation is that the price at introduction of an EF 50mm f??? IS would be relatively high, but settle down nicely within 6 months. That was the pattern with the 35mm f2 IS.
I prefer my 50 to be cheap, small, light weight and have good enough image quality.
They have a handful of those already.
sounds like my first 3 husbands.
Badda bing, fastlass! It may be an optical triumph but it's still a 50mm lens.
Scored 35 with Canon mount so I'm guessing 43ish on the D800E or a7R adapted to alpha mount...sweet. I just hope the new 24 1.4 is at least as good.
"Large and heavy for a 50mm F1.4 prime"
"Relatively expensive for its class"
Well, they could have made it small and cheap if you were willing to accept optically poor lens. I'm not.
"■Relatively expensive for its class". Really? Which class are you talking about? The little canikons with the same FL and maximum aperture? For me this one has nothing to do with that class. Although I'm not sure if I will buy this Sigma right now, I was afraid that this lens would have a higher price tag. So, in my opinion, the price couldn't be fairer. It's actually a little large and heavy, but still better than the (MF only) Otus in this regard. The only thing that really disappointed me is the lack of weather sealing.
This appears to be a very positive review. At least it seems to me, because "positive" is positively used in every second or so sentence.
Regarding the lens, I'm genuinely positive.
There are six instances of the word 'positive' in the review, and one of the word 'positively'. Sorry about that.
Why sorry?If it is positive,then it is positive.
Yes, but what is a "large, positive focus mode switch". And how does a grip provide "positive handling when changing lenses".
@thinkfat: [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/positive](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/positive)
I wonder if this lens is sharp enough for my web pictures ... :-D
You had better look for Otus or Canon 1.2 :P
I didn't realize that the Canon 1.2 was a sharpness benchmark :))
Oh my bad...Then you don't recommend Canon 1.2 for web photos and selfies,do you?
Shooting on a FF at F8 clearly brings more detail to the overall picture. Just look at that boat!
Unfortunately half of it has disappeared at F11.
Talk about 'sweet spot'!
Congratulations to Sigma for hitting another home run with this latest addition to the Art series.
For me, I cannot justify the price of the Zeiss Otus 55mm/1.4, which has superb optics reportedly matched or even surpassed by the Sigma 50mm/1.4.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy.
Yea! $1000 for a fixed 50mm it's such a bargain! :)
@Miwok - seems like a bargain of the century compared to, say, $1,000 Sony 55/1.8.
Good job, Sigma.
Coudet, I tend to find that those claiming the Sony FE 55/1.8 is overpriced have not actually used it.
I'm not a pro and didn't pretend to be one. I'm perfectly happy with my $120 Sony f1.8
For bargains, how about the Sony 50mm 1,4 ZA at $1500.
Would it not be better to test those kind of lenses on a Nikon D800e rather than a 22mp Canon? More resolution, dynamic range and no diffusor in front of the bayer array?
In principle it's always best to test lenses on higher resolution sensors (note though that DR is pretty much irrelevant). However Sigma has a habit of releasing Canon mount versions of its lenses a month or two before the Nikon version, so naturally they get tested first. We usually add Nikon test data when it becomes available.
Andy Westlake:
Why would better, or worse, DR be nearly irrelevant in lens testing?
I'd rather see a test on Pentax Q.
@HowaboutRAW: The comment I answered was about our originally-published short 'Lab Test Review' of the 50mm F1.4, which was based purely on DxOMark's data. None of the studio tests they conduct on lenses stress the available DR of any current camera.
Andy Westlake:
Okay, it's referring to DXO's methods not the reasons one would indeed look at how well a lens works with the DR available to the camera's sensor.
@HowaboutRAW: Yes, that's correct.
With regards to Sigma releasing Nikon mount versions for testing, I wonder if Sigma are worried that it is not as much as an Otus killer as has been hyped.
The Sony Zeiss FE 55/1.8 is incredibly sharp, and results were off the charts when tested on the A7R. I wonder if the Sigma can even compete with that lens, never mind the Otus.
The Lotus Eater:
Stopped down a bit the SonyZeiss 55 is sharp. But sharpness is not the only quality one looks for in optically excellent lenses.
Also Sony undermines itself by compressing A7r raws. (Of course that applies to any lens mounted.)
@The Otus Eater: Historically Sigma release Nikon mount lenses for testing just as soon as they start shipping them to customers. The Nikon version has just started to go on sale in Japan, so hopefully DxOMark will get one in shortly for testing.
However, I see nothing in the current test data (or indeed the real-world images) to suggest that the Sigma will have any trouble at all keeping up with the FE 55mm F1.8, or indeed the Otus.
Sharpness is of course not the only important quality, but the FE 55 is no slouch in other areas either.
"@The Otus Eater"
I see what you did there.
The Lotus Eater,
Right, and Sony would probably sell more if A7/r/s? raws weren't auto-compressed. And Sony has an A7 shutter noise problem.
Well I haven't personally seen any problems with the RAWs in real world shooting, so I'm not sure how much that alone will be impacting sales.
What A7 shutter noise problem are you referring to? The A7R has apparent issues with shutter shock in certain conditions and circumstances, but the A7 is unaffected as it has electronic first curtain.
The A7 (various) are incredibly loud--like Nikon D3s loud.
The color is not great, even shooting raw with good lenses. This is where less raw compression could help Sony.
They're not really that loud. The A7R has a double shutter sound, which may add to the overall volume, but I find the A7 quite satisfying actually.
Got any links showing this "not great" colour?
It makes the A7r+A7 unusable in many situations.
I have my raws showing the not great color.
I've never been unable to use my A7 - perhaps you photograph libraries?
You'd think the net would be awash with evidence of the poor colour reproduction of the A7(R), but I just can't find it.
The Lotus,
Depends on the situation, live unamplified music in a small space is an obvious place loud shutters are a problem, film and TV sets also.
It's not color reproduction that's the problem, it's a bit more than that.
That would be a problem with many FF cameras on the market.
Perhaps you can elaborate on the "bit more than that".
@HowaboutRAW: If you're working on film or TV sets you should be using a blimp.
Blimps are next to impossible to use with MF lenses.
Note "live music" event.
The Lotus Eater:
There are much quieter full framed bodies, like the Canon 6D, Nikon Df or Nikon D4s. Or a D700.
@HowaboutRAW: Well, if you're hired to to photograph stills for film or TV (as I have been) Then use the right tools for the job. A DSLR camera with a blimp and an AF lens.
Re: "live music" event: I'm professional live music photographer. The Df has one of the quietest shutters of any camera I've ever worked with. I shoot quiet acoustic gigs at the Austin Gibson Guitar Showroom at least 3 times a month. Never a complaint.
Again, the right tools for the job. If you're a pro you know you can't do it all with one camera.
"live music" um, reread what I wrote: I was talking very clearly about the loud shutter on the D3s + A7. I noted the quieter shutters, including the Df's.
Then: Must one use an AF lens of a film set? See the problem?
The A7 and A7r remain too loud for use in many, not all, situations: That's the entirety of the point The Lotus Eater tried to argue with.
Sorry, there pal. I thought the reply about the quieter shutters was from the other dude.
Anyway, continue with your arguing...
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Amsterdam Canals Pizza Cruise.
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OK, I have an opportunity for a CB7. Does anyone think that I will like it dramatically more than my D2? I'm not sure if my Zone VI coldlight will work with it, but if not, I will use it to replace my 23C condensor for 35 and 6x6/6x7.
Do it. yes a CB-7 is dramatically better that any Omega D series. Also for the people worried about the alignment issues of the Beseler 45m series, if you get an MXT it isn't an issue. They are easily aligned. The 45M's before this one I'll agree were a PITA.


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Officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency on Aug. 21 announced a new milestone for the enterprise e-mail program: 500,000 Army accounts have been migrated to the cloud service.
In addition, roughly 20,000 other Defense Department users – including in the Joint Staff, U.S. European Command and within DISA – have also transitioned to enterprise e-mail, according to the agency.
"The DISA-Army partnership has been outstanding. The Army has been a dedicated partner in demonstrating the operational enhancements and efficiencies of DOD enterprise e-mail," Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins Jr., DISA director, said in a DISA release. "Enterprise email lays the foundation for implementation of other enterprise services, and it brings us a step closer to a true Defense enterprise information infrastructure that enables warfighters to connect, identify themselves, discover and share information and collaborate throughout the full spectrum of military operations."
DISA officials have said more than a million Army users will eventually be on the system, with migration of Army accounts expected to wrap up in March 2013.
Enterprise e-mail is expected to save the Army $76 million in fiscal 2013 and $380 million through 2017, according to a report the Army CIO/G-6 submitted to Congress earlier this year. However, that report also revealed that Army officials initially had overstated the program's savings by nearly 25 percent, with earlier estimates in the range of saving $100 million per year.
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The enterprise e-mail program has hit stumbling blocks along the way, including technical glitches that temporarily halted operations and threats from Congress to take away funding. There have also been doubts as to if and when the other DOD services would join; nonetheless, Army and DISA officials have remained confident.
"The end-state for us is a joint information enterprise. We will never deploy the Army as a standalone force ever again. We'll always have our sister services with us; we'll always have coalition partners. We must be able to connect to them, and we've got to train like we fight. You're seeing more of this with the combined posts and stations," Maj. Gen. Steven Smith, director of the Army CIO/G-6 cyber directorate, said in April. "This is the environment. This is the end-state ... but we have a lot of work to do to get to that point."
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lol funny that there "Migration" Numbers are of completely separate accounts that have been created, that do not include users actually email, or calendar data moved over but instead is reported even when they just create a brand new account with nothing in it.
@Hank: That would be nice but I seriously doubt that the US military would want anything to do with shopping out e-mail and applications to Google. Frankly, it skeeves me out that ANY government agency would do this, period.
The Army would have saved many, many millions more (and got far more than just Outlook) if they had instead went with Google Apps for Government. I doubt DISA can beat Google's ~$42 per person-year cost. Maybe the Air Force or Navy can lead the way.
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And if their performance in Saturday night's preseason victory over Arizona was, in fact, a preview of the 2006 season, then Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense still will be worth the price of admission even without co-star Deion Branch, who has yet to report as he holds out for a new contract.
Asked after the game how he thought the situation would play out, leading man Brady said: "I don't know. I didn't think it would go on this long."
Brady had just completed 15 of 20 pass attempts for 149 yards in leading the Patriots to 13 points in two quarters of work. Whoever is out there with him, Brady finds a way to make it work.
Brady recently stood up for his friend and favorite target, telling SI.com that Branch was the most important player on New England's offense. We'll assume Brady was not including himself in that statement. As long as he's at quarterback, the Patriots could run you and me out there and score points.
Pass-catchers are to New England what running backs are to Denver.
Last year New England tied a league record with 12 players catching touchdowns. Four years ago, 11 Patriots had touchdown catches.
When the Patriots' defense struggled last season because of injuries, it proved that not even Bill Belichick could coach just anybody and win a Super Bowl. Great coaches are nothing without good players. But when you've got the best in the league at the game's most important position, it makes up for a lot of deficiencies on offense. New England doesn't have an offensive line of blue-chippers, but it doesn't matter because Brady gets rid of the ball so quickly. Talk to the Patriots' competitors about whether the dynasty is crumbling and they all say some variation of the same thing: As long as they've got Brady they aren't going away.
He makes all the difference. So honestly, it doesn't make a difference whether Branch shows up today or after 10 games. The Patriots' offense will be pretty good.
Think about the cast of characters New England has had at receiver since Brady became the starter in 2001. Branch, Troy Brown, and the departed Davids (Givens and Patten) all were key players during the Patriots' recent run, but New England also has won games, big games, with -- no disrespect -- scrubs: Fred Coleman. Donald Hayes. J.J. Stokes. Dedric Ward. Kevin Kasper. Tim Dwight. Andre Davis. Rod Rutledge. Jermaine Wiggins (he's gotten a lot better since 2001). Christian Fauria.
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hi all ive been having probs lately with crysis and crysis warhead the screen goes all funny colours.now after i exit the game the pc wont respond for a couple of secs im maybe thinking that it could be the psu which is a thermaltake tough power 850 watt (could this be my problem?
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intel quad core 9450 @ 3gig
2.5 gig of ram crucial ballistix
xfx nforce 780i mobo
bfg geforce 280 gtx oc edtion in the bottom sli slot
xpertvison gefroce 280 gtx in the top sli slot
samsung 400 gig sata
hitachi 400 gig sata..
thermaltake tough power 850 watt psu.
hope this helps you gurus please help .......
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You should have enough power for your computer. But the funny colors/pictures that you are getting is definitely from your video card.
From my experience, I rarely overclock my video card, and at one moment when I overclock too much, I get the funny pictures, sometimes my computer would freeze. So I blame the video card.
If you manually overclock even though your video card is a OC card, try to reduce the clock. If you did not OC at all, try updating your video card drivers as well as installing the latest patch for Crysis.
Re: wot is wrong with my sli
I used to have trouble running anything with SLI and DX10 mode, but since I updated drivers and that latest bios update the problems went away.
Your PSU should have plenty of power to handle those cards. I'm only pulling about 550W from the wall with a pair of 8800GTX cards. You're probably only another 100W above that. How is your case for airflow? You need to have some decent fans in the front of the case to keep not only the GPU's cool, but also the northbridge.
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thanks for the replys pll really appericate it i have 3 noctuas blowing over my cards ive swapped my cards around cos i used to have the bfg oc in the bottom slot its now in the top slot now i dont no how to update my bios (i dont really mess with anything to be honest ). i tried the 180.43 betas and they give me flicker in pure so i dropped back down to the 177.92,s. thanks for teh replys exellent keep them coming i thought itwas apower issue.
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It sounds like everything else is in order. I would definitely back off your OC on the processor, and any other OC's you might have. See if that has anything to do with it. Also before you update your BIOS you always want to make sure that everything is running at stock speeds before you do.
Try changing the settings you're using in game, turn off AA / AF and see if any of that makes a difference. It could be a bug. I definitely think it is GPU related like Technoholic said, but if the easy stuff doesn't fix it then I would probably go for a BIOS update before you have to start messing with GPU clocks. Normally I would do it the other way around, but because I know they fixed several stability issues with the last few updates it might be related to that if your board has an older bios on it.
Updating your bios is actually quite easy. If you goto the link I provided:
Register an account. Then you can just enter the serial number for your motherboard (It's on the side of the box) or manually look for it. Your board should be a MB-N780-ISH9 but I would double check the box if you still have it.
Then it will give you an option to download support files. The Bios is listed under there and is an CD ISO image. (Version P08) You can burn that with most burning software. Leave the disk in the pc and reboot it. It should automatically do everything for you and then have you reboot once it's done.
If the BIOS update doesn't do anything to help either. I would start looking at graphics cards.
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It sounds like you may have a bad video card.The secound BFG card I got a BFG GTX 280 OC was bad when I would get into windows It wouls just show three colors .I sent it back and got a replacement and everthing worked fine after that.
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We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here.
ATI Catalyst 9.10 Beta Windows 7 | Vista (32|64)
ATI Catalyst 9.10 Beta Windows XP (32|64)
NVIDIA - GT300 yields are fine ...
Recently a rumor on the web popped up that NVIDIA's yields on the new GT300 chip are lower than 2%
GT300 is the new high-end DX11 class GPU that will empower their upcoming graphics cards.
To put a leash on the rumor a senior manager from NVIDIA is now saying that
Radeon HD 5850 pictured
Though you guys have been able to see this card in several AIB/AIC announcements, here's a reference photo of the Radeon HD 5850. Same shape, same style, a little smaller. You can read all about this card in our reference review of course.
NVIDIA ForceWare 191.03 released
A new driver has been relased by NVIDIA.
New in Version 191.03
- Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
- Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.03 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
- Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2
- Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled
- Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled
- Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled
- Adds SLI support for Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
- Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
New in Release 190/191 Drivers
- Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814.
- Supports CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.
We have a discussion thread open here.
ForceWare 191.03 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit)
ForceWare 191.03 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit)
ForceWare 191.03 WindowsXP (32-bit)