Name: Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary
Brand: Sigma
SKU: 6365b33ffa62347e09f87044
Rating: 3.3 (45 reviews)

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Compatible with Sony E mount cameras perfect for nature & event photography large f/1.4 aperture for superb lowlight performance compact size makes it very portable fully accommodates fast Hybrid AF stepping motor for smooth AF during video shooting dust- and splash-proof design 16 elements in 13 groups 9.8-Inch minimum focusing distance.Bright prime functionality to experience photography at its best

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The Hybrid Shooter

 Nice detail is that there are grooves on the bottom part of the lens to provide more grip while you are mounting the lens on the camera, because the area where you can grip the lens while mounting it is pretty short, there is no switch to turn the autofocus on and off, you can do that in the camera, but it is not image stabilized. On Sony cameras it provides full functionality, so the autofocus works in every mode, including face detection, eye autofocus does work, face tracking works as well and so does the clear image zoom which works with every lens on Sony a6500. And now let's take a look at the performance, instead of the paper tests I will test it in real world using our testing landscape and the central sharpness is very good right from f1.4

 So first of all what is it? Well it is wide angle lens with 24mm full frame equivalent focal length and very wide f1.4 aperture, that means that it lets in a lot of light and it can blur the background even at that wide 16mm focal length. It is made mostly of metal, the rear part of this lens is fully metal up to the rubberized focusing ring, the build quality of this lens is top notch, it feels incredibly solid, it feels like a premium product, matte black surface finishing is very nice and it will probably be quite durable, it has some heft to it, it is actually pretty small considering that it is wide angle lens with such wide aperture, because there has to be a lot of glass to concentrate all of that light onto the sensor. The length of this lens is 92

4 center sharpness is very good and stop down it is razor sharp from corner to corner, it is also very suitable for landscape shooting, autofocus with this lens on a6000 series cameras is excellent in both stills and video and this lens also provides full functionality as if it was Sony lens. For me this lens also changes usability of Sony aps-c cameras, where the lens selection is generally perceived as a weakness of the system and now there is finally a specialized wide angle wide aperture lens available for the system, until now only Fujifilm had 16mm f1.4 lens for aps-c and it costs more than twice as much as sigma 16mm f1.4, not even Canon and Nikon make one, there is a Leica 12mm f1

 Overall the build quality is excellent, there is nothing that I could complain about, lens hood is also supplied and the quality of the lens hood is also very good like on other Sigma lenses that I've tested, there is also 67mm filter thread for mounting filters. In terms of handling and controls, there is just the focusing ring, it is extremely smooth, it takes up half of the length of the lens, the amount of resistance and the travel of the ring are in my opinion perfect, so this lens is very suitable for manual focusing and in Sony a6500 it also shows the focusing distance scale on the display, focus peaking and focus magnification are available as well. Nice detail is that there are grooves on the bottom part of the lens to provide more grip while you are mounting the lens on the camera, because the area where you can grip the lens while mounting it is pretty short, there is no switch to turn the autofocus on and off, you can do that in the camera, but it is not image stabilized. On Sony cameras it provides full functionality, so the autofocus works in every mode, including face detection, eye autofocus does work, face tracking works as well and so does the clear image zoom which works with every lens on Sony a6500

Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Review ft. Sony A6500 - Very Impressive Wide Angle Lens for E-mount

Nice lens but no hood

 Howdy again everyone, and today we're looking at another Insigma series of bright aperture lenses for APS-C mirrorless cameras, and this one looks a little exciting, the 16mm f1.4 DC-DNC for contemporary. It's for Sony's E-mount cameras, and Micro Four Thirds with their smaller sensors, and it costs about £380 in the UK, or $400, making it potentially good value for money, if it's any good. I'd like to thank Sigma UK for loaning me a review copy of this lens for testing, although as usual, this is a totally independent review

4C can really fly. Its distortion is rather strong, and the bokeh could be a little smoother, but its value for money, build quality, high contrast, and close focus distance are all brilliant, and aside from anything else, it's a fantastically useful lens. Those dramatically wide images combined with the bright maximum aperture makes it just so enjoyable to use. It's been a while since I've given any lens this particular accolade, but especially considering its very good value for money, it has to come highly recommended

 It's for Sony's E-mount cameras, and Micro Four Thirds with their smaller sensors, and it costs about £380 in the UK, or $400, making it potentially good value for money, if it's any good. I'd like to thank Sigma UK for loaning me a review copy of this lens for testing, although as usual, this is a totally independent review. On Micro Four Thirds cameras, it'll be the full-frame equivalent of a 32mm lens with a depth of field of f2.8

8, they're almost perfect. The corners stay this sharp down to f8. Overall, those results speak for themselves here, really. The image quality of this lens is simply brilliant

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN 'C' lens review with samples

  This lens is SHARP ACROSS the FRAME.  I don't own the Batis 25 f/2, but was thinking about buying it for video work. Not anymore, with my purchase of this lens.  I own the Sony 10-18, and will continue to use that for video on a V2 Crane gimbal for ultra-wide angles

  I gave the lens 4 stars for two reasons: There seems to be an issue with dust in the front lens element. I returned one copy due to this issue but was undeterred in my commitment to owning the lens. The second factor in deducting a point is the negligible sound of the focus system. Were it not for the dust and the negligible sound of the focus system, this lens would truly be superb

The Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E Mount is the best apsc lens I have ever mounted on my A6500--even better than my Sony Zeiss 24mm f/1.8, which cost over twice as much money.  The Sigma lens is sharper than the Sony Zeiss 24mm f/1

 But will definitely use this lens for all other video work on that gimbal, if I don't need the ultra-wide angle.  The Sigma 16mm is not completely silent, but almost. I would say the sound is negligible.  The build quality of the lens is excellent

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 Number one, to this point there aren't any APS-C bodies that I've ever used including the Sony a6500 that I'm doing the review on that I find does as well at higher ISO's as equivalent full frame bodies. And so a lot of pluses there, it behaves very nicely for, with all of the different protocols with the Sony body, Eye AF works well and it does provide good video servo AF and face tracking and video. I have found in a few, you know, more challenging maybe backlit situations that focus will waver a little bit, but at the same time, I haven't yet seen anything on my Sony systems that corresponds as well to what Canon's DP AF does on the Canon side. And so part of that is also due to the nature that Sony's face tracking for video AF isn't top notch or at least not as good as what Canon's is

 It's a reasonably priced lens and you know, particularly when you consider some of the cost of some of the either Sony branded lenses or the Zeiss Tuit series, this lens has a very attractive price tag of around $449 in the US market and while that is the most expensive of any of Sigma's offerings for mirrorless, it's in the big scheme of things, that's a reasonably priced lens, particularly when you consider what it is, a wide aperture, very wide aperture and wide angle lens. And so I don't know that there is any wide angle lens that has more going for it on Sony's E-mount APS-C than what this lens does. And so it's easy for me to give it a recommendation, in fact I gave it the highest recommendation I can. I bought it for myself, I eliminated the Sigma 19mm f2

 But I think I understand the logic behind that, that this lens is somewhat of a hybrid of optical technology and then as well as some electronic technology in terms of delivering the end product. But of course I think what matters for most of us is going to be that end product and thanks to the fact that Sony does allow for third party profiles to be embedded in its cameras it means that as a result whether you're shooting JPEGs or if you're bringing the RAW file into a RAW converter like an Adobe product for example, I find that already the profile is there along with the RAW file, you don't have to wait for Adobe to add that, it's already embedded there in the RAW file and so it's easy to apply that and thus get the end result. And so in some ways you have to do more work to see an uncorrected result than you do to see the corrected result. And so if you didn't tune in before for our image quality segment I would encourage you to take a look at that here where I break that kind of image quality and the end result down in more detail

 Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today to give you my final review of the new Sigma 16mm f1.4, this is a DC DN lens. It is for mirrorless systems including Sony E-mount where I'm reviewing it today and also Micro Four Thirds. Now this lens bears Sigma's contemporary mark and the explanation that I've been receiving for this that while it looks like an art lens in terms of the build and design and of course the fact that it's a very large maximum aperture lens, is that the contemporary designation comes from the fact that the end product of the image quality, and that includes things like distortion and chromatic aberration and other aspects vignette like that, that the end product is not all the internal correction of the lens elements and the optical formula but it relies in part on the embedded profile either in a Sony or a Micro Four Thirds body to kind of complete the picture

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary | Final Review | 4K

 So I guess I just got unlucky and got a bad one. I do already have the other two lenses of the "sigma trio" for Sony APS-C cameras (the 30mm and the 56mm) and I am extremely pleased with them, so I am confident that when I do get my hands on a good copy of this 16mm lens, I will be happy. Hopefully this seller will remember to double check the outgoing shipments!

I got a defective used one

4 with autofocus is very much non-existent so this is a great addition for the Sony E-mount shooters. Now in terms of its size, it is a bit large especially when you attach the lens hood. It is also a bit front heavy so you may not feel as comfortable with it if you are using it on an A5000 series camera. Although if you are using it on an A3000 or A6000 series camera, you should have enough grip to properly hold it without having to feel too uncomfortable

Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens Review | John Sison

 Very fast, and very accurate. I can't tell a difference between it and my Sony lenses. It's not stabilized, obviously, but between the wide angle and the 6500'a IBIS, camera shake is not something you need to worry about with this combo.  I did a lot of research before buying this and it's my opinion that there is no better wide angle lens for emount

Fantastic 16mm Prime for a6500

8 will do just fine. Overall given the price of this lens it's actually quite surprising and optically I have absolutely no complaints. And that really goes for performance as a whole. There's not a ton of really great APS-C lenses for Sony E-mount cameras and Sigma's done a great job at keeping this thing well priced, a great size, and for what it is a great performer

 The corners however are pretty decent for what this thing is. For an inexpensive wide angle lens it's actually a lot better than I'd expect to see. Stop down for a bit of an improvement and it's going to continue all the way down to about f4 and at f4 in the center incredibly sharp and the corners are very good at this point. Now if we stop down to f5

 It's a great performing fast wide angle prime that will take your photos to the next level above that kit lens. So let's jump in and have a closer look starting of course with the build. Okay so what's in the box and how about the build and features of this lens? All you'll find is a little bit of paperwork and the lens and a lens hood the very basics with this sigma contemporary line of lenses and that's going to be it. The lens itself is a well put together plastic build measuring four and seven eighths inches long with the lens hood installed and only three and five eighths inches long without

 Stop down for a bit of an improvement and it's going to continue all the way down to about f4 and at f4 in the center incredibly sharp and the corners are very good at this point. Now if we stop down to f5.6 this is probably going to be your best image quality all around and f8 is going to look pretty darn good too. Anything after f8 maybe f11 you're going to start to notice some softness come back in those corners a little bit and then pretty extreme at f16 here

The BEST Sony APS-C Lens? Sigma 16mm F1.4 (2021)

7-2.8 as needed to keep everyone reasonably in focus.  On my a7-II , this is a 24MP 16mm lens with a vignette (have to remove the hood to minimize this), or 10MP 24mm in APS-C mode (which are largely indistinguishable from the a6300 24MP shots).  All in all, this lens lives up to its reputation as an unbeatable value everyday performance prime

  On my a7-II , this is a 24MP 16mm lens with a vignette (have to remove the hood to minimize this), or 10MP 24mm in APS-C mode (which are largely indistinguishable from the a6300 24MP shots).  All in all, this lens lives up to its reputation as an unbeatable value everyday performance prime.

 It's outstanding.  With the kit lens, I found myself taking a LOT of shots indoors at 16mm, so getting a fast 16mm prime (24mm equiv) made a lot of sense. Just set your minimum shutter to 100s and don't worry about its lack of OSS if you don't have IBS.  Focusing is fast, it feels good in the hand, the bokeh is lovely, and of course its extremely sharp

This is a fantastic prime lens and generally considered the best value everyday prime for Sony a6000-series cameras.  I had originally bought the 30mm version of this lens and got a bad copy, so it was years before I succumbed to the fabulous reviews and got this for my a6300. It's outstanding.  With the kit lens, I found myself taking a LOT of shots indoors at 16mm, so getting a fast 16mm prime (24mm equiv) made a lot of sense

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Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary

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