Hey everyone Sigma has introduced some incredible new lenses this year and
today we're going to go over one of the latest introductions into the art series
lineup it's not yet released but we're going to take a look at the 40
millimeter f1.4 art so stay tuned for our first look
So today we're gonna take a first look at Sigma's 40 millimeter f1.4
art it's not currently shipping yet but it will be available soon and I want to
thank Sigma for sending us this lens to try out now this lens was introduced
back in early September during Photokina along with four other global vision
series lenses like the 60 to 600 millimeter lens that I have over here
now this lens already started chipping we have an excellent video on our
YouTube channel I'll drop the links down in the
description box below for the video as well as the links to purchase this an
exclusive bundle from Digital Goja now without further ado let's get into the
first look of the 40 millimeter f1.4 art. Now Sigma already offers a fast
35 millimeter f1.4 and 50 f1.4 in their art series lineup so I wasn't
really expecting to see them introduce a 40 millimeter lens but I can't say I'm
surprised Sigma has always been raising the bar in terms of optical performance
and lens design now in fact this lens was designed with the rigorous standards
of a cine lens so that means you're gonna get excellent optical performance
out of this now the 40 millimeter focal length to most cinematographers are
gonna say that this is the true normal focal length lens for the 35 millimeter
format but I'd like to get to know what you think about that is the 40
millimeter or 50 the true normal for the full frame 35 millimeter format leave
your comments in the comment section below. This lens will first be available
in the Sigma SA Canon EF and Nikon f-mount and later on be introduced for
the Sony full-frame email system you can also use this on your crop sensor camera
as well where you'll get an equivalent field of view of a 60 millimeter focal
length so the first thing that I noticed about this lens is this one it's build
quality it's it follows the art series design so it's it feels really nice but
it's heavy this whole lens weighs about 2.64
pounds which is a pound more than the 35 and 50 millimeter 1.4 art series lens
but it houses 16 elements in 12 groups and it also features a 9
around a diaphragm now all those elements are there to make sure it
resolves all that resolution for your high megapixel cameras from either
Nikon Canon or Sony like the D850 5DSR and the Sony a7r 3 the lens features the
hypersonic motor that Sigma offers in all the Art Series lenses but it has an
updated autofocus algorithm so that it's fast its accurate what I've noticed when
shooting with the 1dx even in the video mode it's probably one of the quietest
Art Series lenses that's available for a DSLR camera. In addition to its excellent
autofocus system it also has full time manual focus override but there is a
switch that you can go to full manual focus now the focus ring what I really
like is that it's a large focus ring it's well dampened so you know you can
make very precise and critical adjustments to your focus and it's also
compatible with the Sigma USB dock to update the lens firmware as well as
customize the AF to your camera. It has a minimum focusing distance of fifteen
point seven inches which allows you to get really close and what I really like
about this lens is that there's minimal distortion and again that goes into its
rigorous standards that Sigma holds for this lens as I mentioned comparing it
against like some of their cine lenses that are out there. Its built quality is
excellent as I mentioned goes by all the Art Series lenses it's fully weather
shield has a brass bayonet mount with a weather seal so it's not going to allow
in any dust or dirt into the camera you also have coatings on the front and rear
of the elements this is going to aid in cleaning the lens itself all in all this
is an incredible lens it is big it you got to make sure be prepared to be
carrying around a lens like this but I think optical performance definitely
goes over any type of size so if you're looking for a top-notch normal focal
length lens whether you're not you shooting 4k video or are you shooting
high resolution stills take a look at the 40
millimeter f1.4art from Sigma if you liked this video and it helped
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keep on shooting I'll catch you in the next video