Oct 182016
 
Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art

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The long awaited Sigma 85mm 1.4 Art is almost here. The lens accepts 86mm filters, and bigger and heavier than the competition. It comes after the very popular, high performance Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art or the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art lenses.

Why is this lens is so awaited ? Because it is the classical short telephoto portrait focal length, when we can create very nice creamy background blur. Most professional photographers are portrait or wedding photographer, and this lens is one of their workhorse lenses (the others can be a 24-70 or 70-200mm). Before this lens Sigma released the also very interesting Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 Art lens which can be also very interesting for portrait photographers.

Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art official name

The official name of the lens is Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG HSM Art

DG – Digital
HSM – Hypersonic focusing motor
Art – the new line of Sigma lenses, usually with bright aperture

Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art specification

Mounts: Sigma, Canon, Nikon
Filter size: 86mm
Weight: Not specified, seems this a weak point, I guess around 0.8kg or little more. The Nikon is 591g, the Canon 85mm 1.2 II is 1025g for reference.
Lens elements: 14 elements in 12 groups
Max magnification: 1:8,5
Min. focusing distance: 85cm / 33″
Dimensions: 94.7mmx126.2mm / 3.7in. x 5.0in.
Price: 1199 USD
Updated Af system with 3x torque
Stellar optical performance
USB dock, MC11 compatible

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What’s new here

The Sigma Art line lenses has great build quality, with high unique optical performance usually, as we seen this in several such lenses in the past. The optical design as you can see below is quite complex, with many lens elements. It is designed and tested for the new, high megapixel cameras.

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