SIGMA has mass-produced the 35mm F1 lens since January 2013.4 DG HSM for digital SLR cameras. The lens is featured in the new top-of-the-line “Art” product line. This is the first fast lens F1.4 with a fixed focal length of 35 mm, a wide angle of view and special lenses. The optical design is based on SIGMA’s best practices and the latest technology in the field.
35mm F1 lens.4 DG HSM is SIGMA’s fourth F1 lens.4. Its predecessors, the 35mm F1.4 DG lens from 2005, are. SIGMA 30mm F1 Lens.4 EX DC HSM and the subsequent SIGMA 50 mm F1.4 EX DG HSM and SIGMA 85 mm F1.4 EX DG HSM.
In December 2012, SIGMA introduced its new vision of breaking down its product range into three product lines: “Art”, “Sport” and “Contemporary. 35mm F1 Lens.4 epitomizes, to the full, the vision of the “Art” line. It is designed primarily to meet the expectations of users who value creative, impressive results above compactness and versatility.
Ideal for both studio photography and evening scenes and indoor handheld portraits. Many enthusiastic photographers will definitely adopt this 35mm lens as their standard lens, especially since it is equivalent to the familiar 50mm lens on an APS-C sized sensor.
The company has achieved a performance that unleashes the full power of today’s digital cameras. Aspherical lenses, low dispersion glass SLD and fluorite-like glass FLD elements, multi-coated coatings, floating inner focus – all this ensures perfectly clear and sharp images without aberrations and glare, as well as sharp and high-contrast images even in backlit conditions.
In the description of the 35mm F1 lens.4 DG HSM stands out because of its unique “fluorite-like” low dispersion glass FLD , which has optical characteristics nearly equivalent to fluorite. Its aspherical lens corrects astigmatism and curvature of image field. The result is optimum high resolution throughout the entire image.
Beautiful blur of out-of-focus subjects due to coma correction uneven blurring of the point light source in the periphery of the image and an almost perfectly circular lobe diaphragm. Excellent brightness and eye-catching bokeh effect for wide-angle photography.
Mechanically, the design is in keeping with the overall level of the product: ultrasonic AF, manual focus ring correction, hardened brass mount, heat-stabilized composite materials, rubberized elements for fixing the complete hood.
Users appreciate SIGMA’s newly developed “USB Dock. The lens firmware SIGMA Optimization Pro can be updated using special software SIGMA Optimization Pro to adjust various lens parameters, such as focus compensation. No fuss is spared for the general public, as all lenses are subjected to the MTF “A1” quality control system specially developed by Sigma before being offered for sale.
35mm F1 Lens.4 Available for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, Pentax and Canon mounts.
The entire production of SIGMA, down to the smallest details, takes place in a complete production system, completely located in Japan. This lens is a brilliant representative of extra-class products made exclusively in Japan quality “made in Japan” .
What are the key features and improvements of the Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM?
Can you please provide more information about the new 35 mm F1.4 DG HSM lens launched by SIGMA for digital SLR cameras? What are the key features, and how does it compare to other lenses in terms of performance and pricing?