As featured in MPB’s recently announced Hall of Fame , the ‘game changing’ Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art is one of the best used lenses you can buy. Here we take a look at the particular strengths (and a few weaknesses) of the lens, and share some invaluable insights from owners. Two years after the release of the Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, the Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art arrived. This highly anticipated prime received a lot of interest when word got round that Sigma wasn’t out to compete against Canon or Nikon prime lenses of the same focal length, but the Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 – a lens that’s as close to optical perfection as it gets. Significantly cheaper than Zeiss’s offering, the Sigma is in the same league in terms of optical quality and offers autofocus whereas its close rival is manual focus only. […]
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