This lens is wildly underrated! I’m so surprised I don’t hear more about it. I find the lack of distortion at the widest focal length really impressive.
I love this lens. Paired it with the new 24-70mm. Had Sigma lenses on all my Canon gear. Now I shoot only Sony, so the E-mounts lenses from Sigma are a superb quality and prices.
Absolutely love the lens - so very useful. And the sharpness! You could cut yourself on the pics they are so sharp. Yes, the ability to fit a filter on the front of the lens would be wonderful but it's so good that one feels a little off complaining about it. Less frustrating for me is the distortion as we shoot mainly nature and scenery where getting things straight and parallel is less critical. All in all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Used to own the Nikon 14-24mm but sold it again after very little usage. But after using it I realized that what I was actually looking for was, as you also mentioned, a tilt shift. If you're willing to lose quality by stretching or compressing images in Adobe programs you might save a few hundred buying a fish-eye and using lens correction (which, if you really like straight lines) you still need to do on anything under ~20mm on the 14-24... (At least that's my experience with Nikons DSLR version)
Hey Ted! The reviews have been great on this lens (yours included) and I've been hearing it's one of the best lenses out now currently for astrophotography too due to the very minimal coma. I just bought an S1 and sold all my old gear off so I'm lens shopping. The thing that I'm noticing with these new DN lenses is that they seem to render images that have more character and 3D pop than the DSLR ART lenses did. Those lenses were incredibly sharp but I was never a big fan of the "look" they produced because it just seemed to be kinda flat and dull overall. The new 35mm 1.2 is absolutely incredible. It renders images that imo are reminiscent of medium format. Definitely give that one a look too if you haven't yet.
I’d be interested to know how filters work on this lens. That’s probably the only thing that’s holding me back on this lens. Everything else looks great
You'd have to adopt a different filter system because of the shape of the lens, but I heard about these stc clip filters that go in front of your cameras sensor that would work with this lens
I'd argue that the company to release a native e-mount T/S would be Venus Optics Laowa. They specialize in ultra wide angle lenses with close to no distortion. They already have a 10-18mm FF lens for Sony, and the Magic Shift Converter that acts as a teleconverter and shift lens adapter.
Thank you for sharing. It's not a lens for me but I love how wide it gets! I can see myself wanting a lens like this in the future though. Thanks for making this video!
normally i would agree with you about filters but with today's software, you can do just about anything post process to an image that filters used to do. the only one i would want would be a clear filter to protect the element but i guess that is why the hood is automatically attached. if you want filters then you would have to get the sigma art primes starting at 24 mm. the 14 1.8 also cannot take a filter. the images are top notch though.
As always your review is honest and to the point.thank you for that. I have a personal question, I have Sony 24-70 f2.8 master G2 and I am intending to buy either Sony 12-14mm or Sigma 14-24 but money is very tight. Which one do you recommend?
I got this lens and compared against my old Tamron 15-30mm for a while on Sony A7 III, and I found the Tamron to be a little better. I sold the Sigma afterwards.
Due to the fact my income from photography is quite low, and ROI is something to consider.. for ultra wide i think a rokinon 18 2.8 might be a better option, especially when deals are on. Thank you for the overview of the sigma.
Laowa have a 15mm shift lens coming out for E-mount soon! It’s looking a little bulbous, so hopefully it’s not a fisheye...which wouldn’t make a lot of sense for a shift lens.
Can you elaborate why rear filters are not great? They are small, lightweight, cheap and there is no issue with vignetting due to the thickness of the filter. The downsides I can see is that changing filters means removing the lens and no polarizer filter option (although at that wide an angle the CPL doesn't work well anyway)
Laowa is rumored to be coming out with a 15mm f/4.5 W-Dreamer shift lens for mirrorless system cameras in the near future. And there has been available for a couple of years the costly Cambo ACTUS system that can handle tilt / shift.
Great break down, especially the curvature part. I really want them to redo all the older ART prime lenses in DN style like this one. (Also, I love this intro song. Do you know the name? I’ve found a version of it but without the cool sax.)
DN actually stands for Digital Neo not Designed Native For Mirrorless...I know it's really dumb lol I MUCH prefer your definition. That's what it should be.
Thank you so much for this review : how does it compare to the older HSM version ? I am looking for a wide angle zoom for my Quattro system and these new DG DN lenses don’t work on it
I have the great good fortune to be able to travel to European Cities. Barcelona, Budapest, Zagreb and more. My kit is two Canon 80Ds. One with a Tamron 10 to 24 and one with a Sigma 24 to 70. A great combination for architecture. If you are careful in framing, even the 10 will not give me noticeable. For filters and keystoning, I relie on Photo Shop. . I have a long established work flow that helps me keep editing and equipment costs down to a minimum.
Doesn’t Rokinon/Samyang have a tilt-shift for mirrorless? But, it’s not very sharp from what I’ve seen though. It would be nice to have a native and affordable tilt-shift option that’s still good quality.
Two of the areas that I would find this lens a good fit for would be astrophotography and landscape photography. I currently have the Tokina Firin 20mm f/2 that I use for astro (Milky Way) and the Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 that I use for ultra wide angle landscape. If it meets my needs, it may allow me to replace two lenses in my bag with a single lens. Here are my questions: Has anybody used this lens for Milky Way photography and would it be suitable? I know it is wide and relatively fast, but I am more worried about things like coma when shot at f/2.8 (which is VERY good on my Tokina Firin at f/2.8); and For landscape photography, how are the sunstars with this lens?
Great lens ..I have the DSLR version for Nikon D850 which is sold for the Z7 and I have the 14-30 for that ..I sadly will be trading my Sigma Art to go towards the 70-200 f2.8 S
I’m a little concerned with my 12-24 2.8 purchase. I can’t tell if it works with Sony AF-C. Does anyone know if it does? I want to make sure my purchase didn’t come defective. Thanks
I would like to purchase this lens but I would have to purchase a filter system for my long exposure landscape photography adding another $500 to the price. Does anybody know about a similar lens that does not require a filter system kit?
Sky Makai yeah, this is double that and no filter compatibility makes me yawn a bit. MTF charts are great, but clients aren’t really interested in looking at charts like we are after all.
So how about a comparison between the Panasonic 16-35 for L mount? I know they aren't the same focal length or aperture but......for those of us trying to decide between the Panny and the Sigma. Maybe image sample comparisons?
Yes, optically, it has been bettered, by Tamron, by Sigma, by Sony, etc. But also, having owned it for a time, I hated the plasticky zoom action, something which is well documented. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine lens, just not deserving of such high esteem anymore.
This thing is a beast, hands down best wide angle Sony E mount lens right now
Even better that the 16-55 G?
@@3rebornxd That's an APS-C lens.
What about the 12-24 GM? Despite the price haha
@@L3ViTAT3wider and marginally better because of it, but it wasn't out at the time of this one
This lens is wildly underrated! I’m so surprised I don’t hear more about it. I find the lack of distortion at the widest focal length really impressive.
It's kinda weird to hear someone say "L-mount alliance" without the "Jared Polin voice effect bonanza" now.
I know right! Echoed it in my head Jared Polin style.
@@reddawn87 Yeah, same here. Didn't sound right in a normal voice😂
I love this lens. Paired it with the new 24-70mm. Had Sigma lenses on all my Canon gear. Now I shoot only Sony, so the E-mounts lenses from Sigma are a superb quality and prices.
Besides your knowledge and passion, I really admire your speech fluency. I wish my Greek was as good. You are inspiring. Thanks for your work.
Three years on, I'm still one of those hoping for Sigma to make some Shift lenses...
Try Laowa shift lenses ;)
Absolutely love the lens - so very useful. And the sharpness! You could cut yourself on the pics they are so sharp. Yes, the ability to fit a filter on the front of the lens would be wonderful but it's so good that one feels a little off complaining about it. Less frustrating for me is the distortion as we shoot mainly nature and scenery where getting things straight and parallel is less critical. All in all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Used to own the Nikon 14-24mm but sold it again after very little usage. But after using it I realized that what I was actually looking for was, as you also mentioned, a tilt shift. If you're willing to lose quality by stretching or compressing images in Adobe programs you might save a few hundred buying a fish-eye and using lens correction (which, if you really like straight lines) you still need to do on anything under ~20mm on the 14-24... (At least that's my experience with Nikons DSLR version)
Great review thanks for clarifying the difference between the mirrorless and dslr versions
I have one on the way. Can't wait to do some architecture shots.
Hey Ted! The reviews have been great on this lens (yours included) and I've been hearing it's one of the best lenses out now currently for astrophotography too due to the very minimal coma. I just bought an S1 and sold all my old gear off so I'm lens shopping. The thing that I'm noticing with these new DN lenses is that they seem to render images that have more character and 3D pop than the DSLR ART lenses did. Those lenses were incredibly sharp but I was never a big fan of the "look" they produced because it just seemed to be kinda flat and dull overall. The new 35mm 1.2 is absolutely incredible. It renders images that imo are reminiscent of medium format. Definitely give that one a look too if you haven't yet.
I’d be interested to know how filters work on this lens. That’s probably the only thing that’s holding me back on this lens. Everything else looks great
You'd have to adopt a different filter system because of the shape of the lens, but I heard about these stc clip filters that go in front of your cameras sensor that would work with this lens
Nice review. I like your showing the actual pictures you took with the lens.
Sigma 14-24 mm or Sony 16-35 GM? Anyone can help me?
Great vid as always man!
I'd argue that the company to release a native e-mount T/S would be Venus Optics Laowa. They specialize in ultra wide angle lenses with close to no distortion. They already have a 10-18mm FF lens for Sony, and the Magic Shift Converter that acts as a teleconverter and shift lens adapter.
This lens is the best wide angle zoom I've used since Tamron 15-30mm. Super sharp, relatively low field curvature, and low distortion.
First off, I love your classes over photography. Amazing. Check this lens out. Macro, shift
1) Dig the intro!
2) Didn't want to save this for Lensdays?
Thank you for sharing. It's not a lens for me but I love how wide it gets! I can see myself wanting a lens like this in the future though. Thanks for making this video!
normally i would agree with you about filters but with today's software, you can do just about anything post process to an image that filters used to do. the only one i would want would be a clear filter to protect the element but i guess that is why the hood is automatically attached. if you want filters then you would have to get the sigma art primes starting at 24 mm. the 14 1.8 also cannot take a filter. the images are top notch though.
the keto life ND?
@@jakeyod supposedly behind the lens.
As always your review is honest and to the point.thank you for that. I have a personal question, I have Sony 24-70 f2.8 master G2 and I am intending to buy either Sony 12-14mm or Sigma 14-24 but money is very tight. Which one do you recommend?
which do you think it will be better to invest to, the 14mm 1.8 Art or the 14-24mm 2.8 ? Thanks in advance.
Do you still recommend this in late 2023?
I got this lens and compared against my old Tamron 15-30mm for a while on Sony A7 III, and I found the Tamron to be a little better. I sold the Sigma afterwards.
Due to the fact my income from photography is quite low, and ROI is something to consider.. for ultra wide i think a rokinon 18 2.8 might be a better option, especially when deals are on.
Thank you for the overview of the sigma.
Everyone: Here's the new Sigma 24-70 review
Ted: Here's Sigma 14-24 review
Laowa have a 15mm shift lens coming out for E-mount soon! It’s looking a little bulbous, so hopefully it’s not a fisheye...which wouldn’t make a lot of sense for a shift lens.
Hoc Est Pseudonym Just f/4.5 I think. Presumably it’s designed for architecture/real estate.
The video description instructs you to explain field curvature and I’m glad to see you did ;)
Rokinon builds a manual focus 24mm f3.5 TS native. I use it all the time and is pretty good for architecture shoots and some portraits.
My favorite lens I own!
No issues with the new canon rf adapter and filter drop in 😉👍
Agree with the tilt lens comment. They will corner the market given that there are no other options....
Can you elaborate why rear filters are not great? They are small, lightweight, cheap and there is no issue with vignetting due to the thickness of the filter. The downsides I can see is that changing filters means removing the lens and no polarizer filter option (although at that wide an angle the CPL doesn't work well anyway)
Oh thanks 🙏
Laowa is rumored to be coming out with a 15mm f/4.5 W-Dreamer shift lens for mirrorless system cameras in the near future. And there has been available for a couple of years the costly Cambo ACTUS system that can handle tilt / shift.
Will you also review the sigma 24-70 2.8 for Sony? Thanks bro
I'm hoping you get your hands on a sigma fp. I'd like to see what you think about it!
Hi can you please compare this to the Sigma 14mm F1.8 for Sony Emount ?
Hello, thanks for the video, what would you recommend as a replacement to this lens?
Someone needs to take that "find edges" filter from photoshop and put it into a monitor. That would be amazing for focus pulling.
Sony already did this, it's called focus peaking
Great break down, especially the curvature part. I really want them to redo all the older ART prime lenses in DN style like this one. (Also, I love this intro song. Do you know the name? I’ve found a version of it but without the cool sax.)
DN actually stands for Digital Neo not Designed Native For Mirrorless...I know it's really dumb lol I MUCH prefer your definition. That's what it should be.
This lens or the Sony 16-55 G?
Thank you so much for this review : how does it compare to the older HSM version ? I am looking for a wide angle zoom for my Quattro system and these new DG DN lenses don’t work on it
Great lens works perfect with Nisi S5 filter system
Love your channel....not intended as a criticism but I miss the artist series and focus on technique and the art of photography
I have the great good fortune to be able to travel to European Cities. Barcelona, Budapest, Zagreb and more. My kit is two Canon 80Ds. One with a Tamron 10 to 24 and one with a Sigma 24 to 70. A great combination for architecture. If you are careful in framing, even the 10 will not give me noticeable. For filters and keystoning, I relie on Photo Shop. . I have a long established work flow that helps me keep editing and equipment costs down to a minimum.
Doesn’t Rokinon/Samyang have a tilt-shift for mirrorless? But, it’s not very sharp from what I’ve seen though. It would be nice to have a native and affordable tilt-shift option that’s still good quality.
Two of the areas that I would find this lens a good fit for would be astrophotography and landscape photography. I currently have the Tokina Firin 20mm f/2 that I use for astro (Milky Way) and the Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 that I use for ultra wide angle landscape. If it meets my needs, it may allow me to replace two lenses in my bag with a single lens.
Here are my questions:
Has anybody used this lens for Milky Way photography and would it be suitable? I know it is wide and relatively fast, but I am more worried about things like coma when shot at f/2.8 (which is VERY good on my Tokina Firin at f/2.8); and
For landscape photography, how are the sunstars with this lens?
Now if we can start getting these lens for the Nikon Z mount.....
Great review. Pretty sure Wine Country Camera has a filter adapter for this lens.
Great lens ..I have the DSLR version for Nikon D850 which is sold for the Z7 and I have the 14-30 for that ..I sadly will be trading my Sigma Art to go towards the 70-200 f2.8 S
I wish Z-mount was more open
What is a good DSLR for a reasonable price that you can control shutter speed
Having no filter thread is a huge nono for me
Any comments on the Haida Rear Lens ND Filter kit for this lens?
would love to see some vlogging test with this lens
I’m a little concerned with my 12-24 2.8 purchase. I can’t tell if it works with Sony AF-C. Does anyone know if it does? I want to make sure my purchase didn’t come defective. Thanks
No issue putting on 150mm NISI filters, so don't get your point.
Waiting for the new fast GM prime from Sony...coming in a few months
Which focal length is that gonna be?
@@thscful Sony is working on a wide angel lens. My guess is it will be something like 16/18 f1.8 GM
How is it for astrophotography?
Design Challenge No. 1 applies to all zoom lenses.
Sigma on to Nikon Z!
Now!
Amazing lens!!
what about the polarizing filter ?
I would like to purchase this lens but I would have to purchase a filter system for my long exposure landscape photography adding another $500 to the price. Does anybody know about a similar lens that does not require a filter system kit?
Got it and I love it!
Tilt shift won’t work with af, so there really isn’t a huge incentive to shoot native vs adapted is there?
Awesome review
What about coma with this lens? Non-existent?
Oh very interesting! Been looking at the Tamron.. This guy might bump it.
Same. I'd like to hear which people would suggest more.
Laowa Makes a tiltshift 12mm
I want it, but I’m not sure if I’m ready to get rid of my Tamron 17-28. It’s so light!
Sky Makai yeah, this is double that and no filter compatibility makes me yawn a bit. MTF charts are great, but clients aren’t really interested in looking at charts like we are after all.
@@LUITESLIFE No, stuck with my Tamron. I did order the Sony 12-24 f/4 though.
Do you see any sort of vignetting?
Yes but correctable in post.
So how about a comparison between the Panasonic 16-35 for L mount? I know they aren't the same focal length or aperture but......for those of us trying to decide between the Panny and the Sigma. Maybe image sample comparisons?
not even Wednesday!
you are amazing
Good video sweet looking lens! The Venus Laowa 15mm 1:1 macro has a tilt shift mechanism. Ask and you shall receive! 🙂
DN = Digital Neo
super
The Nikon 14-24mm is overrated IMO.
gurudeclan how so? (Genuinely curious)
It was good in the early 2000s but have been optically surpassed by newer lenses. Of course newer lenses will be better than the old ones.
Yes, optically, it has been bettered, by Tamron, by Sigma, by Sony, etc. But also, having owned it for a time, I hated the plasticky zoom action, something which is well documented. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine lens, just not deserving of such high esteem anymore.
DONT USE FILTERS!!!!!!
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