Excellent tool for three quarter and full length studio shooting, and most work,this is the lens of first choice for day to day shooting both inside and outside. The quality when attached to a full frame FX body is quite unbelievably good,It has been said that this lens is bulky however to achieve...

Compliments D800; Durable; First Choice Lens; Great Picture Quality; Stunning Picture Quality; Stunning Quality; Well made

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a good 50mm for canon

My biggest disappointment is very inconsistent AF performance - same picture taken twice from the same position - one is in perfect focus, second is completely soft. Huge vignetting at f/1.4. My first and last attempt buying third party lens. Nothing compare to Canon 50 f/1.2.

nice looking

very inconsistent AF performance

Sigma turned more than a few heads when it hinted its 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art ($949) lens was poised to perform in the same league as the Zeiss Otus 55/1,4. Sigma's older 50mm F1.4 EX DC HSM was a good lens, but it lagged behind the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G ($462.85 at Amazon) in sharpness, especially at the edges of the frame. Now that we've gotten our hands on a production sample and put it through its paces, it's clear that the new lens is a huge step forward from the older Sigma optic. It outperforms the Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G at wider apertures, and while it's not an example of pure optical perfection like the Zeiss Otus, it's not that far off and it's a quarter of the price. Like its wider sibling, the Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art ($679.95 at Amazon) , it earns high marks and our Editors' Choice award. Design Make no mistake, the 50mm F1.4 ($948.99 at Amazon) is on the large side for a standard-angle prime lens. It measures 3.9 by 3.4 inches (HD), weighs 1.9 pounds, and uses b...

The Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM doesn't quite achieve the optical perfection of the $4,000 Zeiss Otus, but it gets close at a quarter of the price.

Incredibly sharp; Minimal distortion; 15.7-inch close focus; Available for several camera systems

Big; Depth of field scale isn't that useful; No optical stabilization; A little pricey; Dim corners at wide apertures

I got my D3200 camera a few years ago and it was an incredible leap from the point and shoot cameras I had been using. With young kids, I wanted to be able to get some good photos and especially needed to be able to do so without flash.

50mm is the focal length most used by doyens like Ansel Adams . This lens justifies it's position for being among the sharpest 50mm ever produced. It's sheer poetry to play with this piece of art. Just wished Sigma started developing weather sealing to it's Art armoury.

The Sigma ART 50mm f1.4 is without a doubt the best standard lens with autofocus for Canon or Nikon bodies. You'd expect it to out-perform the cheaper Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM and Nikkor 50mm f1.4G lenses considering it's roughly twice the price, but the big surprise is how it also delivers better...

Very good to excellent performance across a high-resolution full-frame sensor even wide open; Fast and reliable auto-focus; Minimal light fall-off for an f1.4 lens; Solid build quality; Lower price than professional f1.4 lenses; Chance to fine-tune using optional USB dock; Chance to swap mounts (at...

Higher price than basic 50mm f1.4 lenses; Large and heavy; Not weather-sealed; Some field-curvature makes stopping down mandatory for high-quality shots of flat (or distant) subjects; Outlining sometimes makes the background Bokeh a bit nervous; Greater Longitudinal Chromatic Aberrations than top...

If you shoot a lot at wide apertures (1.4 to 2.8) no 50 can beat it. I\'m still amazed when I chimp my images. As an old Leica-M shooter, I have a style that relies on lenses in the 28mm to 75mm range. My basic lens is the 18-35 Art, and this 50 is my \"long\" lens.

Unbelievably sharp, even wide open; Great colour; Good (not great) bokeh; Very well made, like all Art series lenses; Balances well on a D7100 with grip

Can\'t use the outer focus points on Nikon D7100; Heavier than a Nikon 50/1.4; The temptation to use wide apertures close up will test your focus discipline

Had two bad copies so far, both inconsistent focusing especially at apertures from F1.4 to F2.8. Using a high quality, sturdy tripod, taking photos of the exact same thing will result in front focus in one, back focus in the next, and maybe one (or two if I'm really lucky) sharp one out of 5...

Another fantastic performer. Sigma has been getting serious for some years now, and each and every Art series lens I have bought I have been most impressed with. Some years ago I told myself that I would never sell this or that genuine Canon L series lens in my extensive collection.