If you had one prime lens to take on your dream photography vacation what
would it be? Now if you're like a lot of photographers I know you're thinking
thirty 35mm and that's what we've got here today
Sigma's 35 millimeter F 1.2 DG DN Art Full frame lens for
Sony mirrorless cameras now when Sigma first came out with the art series
lineup their first lunch was the 35 millimeter F 1.4 and now that
they're coming out with their first 1.2 lens it's also 35 millimeter here's the
kicker though this lens is designed specifically for the full-frame
mirrorless camera systems it comes with the Sony Emount and L mount for Panasonic
and Leica how do you Nikon and Canon DSLR shooters out there feel about being
left out well drop me a line and I'd really like to know what you think so
why is that 35 millimeter focal length so prized by photographers well because
it's such a versatile focal length now I'll give you decently wide view for
landscapes as well as more standard focal lengths for street photography and
travel now I think it's an incredible lens that you can use for environmental
portraits as you can see from some of the sample photos we took and because it
opens to an amazing F 1.2 aperture to let every bit of light in you can shoot
in any lighting situation dusk dawn indoors and at low-light weddings and
events now all that light gathering capability
comes at a price the cost and weight has increased this new lens at 2.5 pounds
is about a pound more than the Sigma F 1.4 version using a better grip with
this gives it a nice counterbalance and I'd say it's optical performance is
worth the effort this lens is incredibly sharp even when shot wide open it showed
very little distortion or color fringing the large F 1.2 aperture is also a plus
when trying to separate your subject dramatically from the background it's 11
blade rounded diaphragm creates an awesome bokeh effect and 17 elements in
12 groups impressive right it's pretty impressive that they managed to keep it
at this size and weight it has a solid feel of the art series lenses it's
especially of the big ones they've recently released the 28 and the 40
millimeter F 1.4 and like those it has the weather sealing you
need to shoot in any environment now it has some unique features it's one of the
first global vision series Sigma lenses to feature a manual aperture ring which
is great and what I really appreciate is that it can be de-clicked with a flick of
the switch right on the barrel of the lens
now all you hybrid shooters who'd like to do both video and photo will love
that who likes aperture clicks while shooting
video nobody like most Art Series lenses it does not have stabilization but
that's okay because most Sony shooters have the five axis image stabilization
built into the camera now when it comes to auto focus the lens is fast and
precise you can think it's large hypersonic motor and of course like most
Art Series lenses that's full time manual focus controlled by simply
rotating the focus ring any time it has a built-in auto focus lock button that
can be assigned additional functions and that feature is coming in a bit we have
to wait for firmware updates from Sigma to be able to customize it now even when
shooting video at wider apertures this lens can nail focus since it works with
Sony's responsive face detect and continuous AF system in the camera and
of course you can use it with Sony's Eye detect in photos and soon with the new
a7r Mark 4 you'll have it in both Stills and video the combo of this lens and the
new 61 megapixel full-frame camera body is gonna be sick having an F 1.2 lens in
your camera bag is great no doubt about it and the fact that it's a 35
millimeter is gonna make a lot of professional photographers happy now
check out the description box below for the price and a listing of all the specs
now do you think Sigma should come out with more 1.2 lenses what should be the
next one? 50 millimeter 85 millimeter or maybe a wider like a 24 millimeter F 1.2
make sure to let me know in the comments section below thanks for
watching and I'll catch you in the next one