Sigma Art 14mm 1.4 DG DN für L-Mount

Editor's Choice – The first 14mm f/1.4 ultra-fast mirrorless lens excels with its brilliant performance.

The Sigma 14mm f1.4 is not just the fastest non-fisheye 14 to date, but delivers excellent performance wide-open, across the frame and near to far. Point it at distant stars and you’ll enjoy pin-sharp images right into the corners even at f1.4, which means it’s also ideal for big landscape and architectural views. Approach the minimum focusing distance and you’ll enjoy some nice shallow depth of field effects, while closing the aperture down delivers sharp diffraction spikes. On top of this you’re getting a substantial weather-sealed lens with a tripod foot and a bunch of considerate features for astrophotographers. On the downside it’s a hefty lens, weighing over a kilogram and the focus breathing reveals some interesting distortions. It’s mostly unchallenged in the L-mount, but Sony owners should compare it to the 14 1.8 G Master at much the same price. In my tests the Sigma matched its optical quality, plus it’s two thirds of a stop faster and has those considerate features for astro photographers. But the Sony lens is less than half the weight, making it more flexible handheld or mounted on a modest gimbal or a small star tracker. But exacting astrophotographers will be happy to accommodate the Sigma’s heft for its larger aperture, useful tripod mount and those extra astro features.