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Shootout: Sigma 24/1.4 Art vs Canon 24/1.4L II, 24/2.8 IS, 11-12/4L (Bench, Canon 5DM3)
See also the review of the Canon 24mm f/1.4L II and Canon 24/2.8 IS and Canon 11-24mm f/4L.
Here we compare the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art to three excellent Canon lenses.
The demands of making an f/1.4 lens are considerably higher than an f/2.8 prime or even an f/4 zoom. Thus an f/1.4 lens that outperforms those primes is superb. But we also have Canon’s own 24mm f/1.4L II prime lens for a head to head.
A top notch performer would establish its dominance regardless of lens speed:
- Flatness of field (field curvature), e.g., placing sharpness where desired.
- Corner to corner sharpness.
- Freedom from veiling haze.
- Distortion and vignetting.
- Correction for color aberrations.
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Diglloyd DAP is DSLR-oriented, but also contains workflow and other topics. Much of the focus is on Canon and Nikon but also Pentax and Pentax medium format.
Special emphasis is placed on lens evaluation, focusing on Canon and Nikon and Sigma lenses, but with a few others like Rokinon/Samyang.
- Make better images by learning how to get the best results right away.
- Save money by choosing the right lens for your needs the first time, particularly some of the new Sigma Art lenses vs Nikon and Canon.
- Workflow discusses image organization, raw conversion and post processing. Many examples show processing parameters for direct insight into how the image was converted.
- Jaw-dropping image quality found nowhere else utilizing Retina-grade images up to full camera resolution, plus large crops [past 2 years or so].
- Real world examples with insights found nowhere else. Make sharper images just by understanding lens behavior you won’t read about elsewhere.
- Aperture series from wide open through stopped down, showing the full range of lens performance and bokeh.
- Optical quality analysis of field curvature, focus shift, sharpness, flare, distortion, and performance in the field.
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