Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art DG HSM Lens for Canon

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Thee sharpest lens I have ever used. I read reveiws of how it compares fo canon L glass and on my canon 80D I can confirm that this is a sharp and fast lens. More detail than my 100mm canon macro lens

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So this is my first professional lens I have purchased. I did a lot of research when getting this lens, and I am not disappointed. The sigma 35mm art lens is a amazing prime lens. Since I have a Canon 80D Camera(Which is a APS-C) The lens is more of a 56mm lens, but that is what I was going for. I’ve been meaning to replace my canon 50mm F/1.8 lens for a while now and this lens is it.Your can take amazing portraits with this lens, with the subject coming in very sharp and smooth. If your getting this lens, your probably going to be using the f/1.4. For low light situations, which is what I use it for. You won’t make a mistake buying this lens. I think everyone should have this lens for the camera bag.

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I was so excited for this lens because i saw such amazing reviews and I researched a lot before purchasing it, but it was legit nothing like what i expected. My high hopes for this lens went down the drain and maybe it’s because i had a bad lens. The lens looked brand new but the lens had some weird issue whenever I was in certain lighting it would over bright it or lessen the brightness. Even when i changed my IOS it still did the same thing, if my ios was low it would make the image lower and if my ios was high it would brighten it even more. Also the vignetting in the photos was nice for some photos but eventually it just got very irritating and started ruining my images, even when i went to photoshop & lightroom to fix the vignetting it was just impossible to fix it. Anyways if you want to purchase this lens, purchase with caution and if you love the a lot of vignetting then by all means this is good for you. I returned it because it seemed like i wasted 700+ dollars on a lens which wasn’t even worth it.

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Worst lens. Buy a Canon version. With this lens you never know if youre going to get an in focus lens or not in focus and mine was totally out of focus. Even using the thing that helps adjust it didnt work, its just not sharp. Total waste of money. I love the 35 but get it in a Canon or Nikon version.

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Gray market lens! Just got off the photo with Sigma Art customer service. Auto focus wouldnt work. So frustrating!

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After reading all the reviews I wanted to get this lens. I wanted a lens that was fast, both to isolate the subject but mostly for low light. I also wanted a lens that was good for video and would focus well for moving subjects. The lens does a good job, dont get me wrong. It is sharp and it is optically fast. However the deal breaker for me was its inability to reliably focus in low light and its terrible results focusing in video mode. I have a Canon T3i, so perhaps it is the communication from the older body to the lens that resulted in the poor performance. In low light (like candle light) the focus was less than 50/50. Granted this is a torture test of any focusing system, but it performed no better than the kit lens even though it is a full 3 stops faster and the exposure times were shorter everything else being equal. In normal light it focuses much more quiet than any other lens I have, but the speed isnt any better. I did a number of shots using my 10 year old Tamron 18-270 zoom and the Sigma 35mm 1.4. To my disappointment I could barely tell the difference in terms of sharpness. The 35mm was a tiny bit sharper, but not enough to justify $800. It was the video focus that was horrible. Tracking a moving subject the focus would drift and have a very hard time getting back. The kit lens and my 10 year old Tamron performed much better. So why shell out $800 when the $80 kit lens does better? As far as image quality, the Sigma 35mm was slightly better of course, but when it is out of focus for much of the time that doesnt really matter. Based on all the reviews my results may be due to the older camera body, but that is what I have and I had no plans to change anytime soon.

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All the great reviews on this lens is true. This has been permanently attached to my Canon 70D since I bought it last month. I do want to make people aware of a compatibility issue with Canon 70D. When I use the center AF point between F1.4 ~ F2.8, pictures are almost always out of focus. If I change the AF point to the one right above (or right below) the center point, pictures are tack sharp. Many Canon 70D users have reported similar problem with various fast lenses. I just took my camera into a Canon service center. They will check the camera, but they wouldnt take my Sigma lens in to check the combination. I will update this review once I get it back from them. This only happens in viewfinder mode. Live view (using LCD) shooting has no such problem. No knock on this lens as Im giving 5 stars to this fabulous lens. Just want people who are considering the Sigma 35mm+Canon 70D combination to be aware of this "minor" annoying compatibility issue. I said "minor" because at F1.4, I almost never use the center AF point anyway. Focusing with center point then recomposing at F1.4 mostly will throw the pictures out of focus (at least with my skill level). When used wide open, I shoot mostly my kids indoor and focus on one of their eyes, and that is almost never at the center of the viewfinder anyway.

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I really wanted this lens to work for me. I’ve been pining over it and took a chance on buying it. But unfortunately it doesn’t do the job. Auto focus is really bad; about 3/4 of my shots were out of focus which made me really not confident during a client shoot. When this lens hits, it hits hard and the shot is so sharp. But this only happens 25% of the time. I was weary of spending the extra money on the Canon 35mm, but I’m going to have to. This lens is a lot cheaper for a reason - it just isn’t reliable. In addition to the bad auto focus, the Sigma also completely blows out highlights. I found myself having to significantly underexpose in order to achieve a normal looking sky. And the light flares it catches aren’t nearly as beautiful as what a Canon would catch. Really hate to leave this bad review, but I hope it helps someone who is deciding between the Sigma 35mm vs the Canon 35mm. My advice: spend the extra money on the Canon!

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First of all, buy this lens. You will be so glad that you did... and I already have some pretty solid lenses at my disposal (Canon 50/1.4, Siggy 85/1.4, Canon 100/2.8is, Canon 70-200/2.8isii), but this one is easily my (current) favorite. I love the look of 35mm lens on FF (5d3). I have a young daughter and she is starting to move a lot and quickly... it really helps to have some sort of reference (landscape, surroundings) in the pictures, and it gives them a much better look and feel to just the close up, tightly-shot ones I would normally take of her with my other lenses. This lens is incredibly sharp, and it focuses extremely fast on my Canon 5d3. The bokeh is very creamy and dreamy, and I actually like the look of it by comparison to the bokeh from my Canon lenses. As for Nikon, I have a friend who shoots with a Nikon D600 and he sold his Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G in favor of this lens because he could sell his Nikkor for more than this Sigma cost, AND he actually preferred the look of this Sigma lens. He said it was all around sharper and the pictures he took with it were just more appealing to him. The only negative that I can think of is that $900 is a lot of money, but I couldnt take a star away for it because it EASILY performs like a $900 lens (or even a lens that should be $1500). By comparison to my Sigma 85mm f/1.4, this lens seems a little more refined and perhaps a hair better quality (the 35 mostly looks newer and sleeker), but I would say the 35 is also a hair sharper and faster to focus... but the 85 is still king for portraits. :)

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When this thing gets it right, its SO good. Buttttt, it misses focus a lot on wide shots. Ive had it calibrated multiple times and have just come to the conclusion after working with it for more than a year that this lens is a gamble. Every shot is a gamble. Its pretty good for my main use, but if I want a shot from farther away from my subjects to include landscape.... Id put money on it this lens will miss focus.

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