Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art DG HSM Lens for Canon

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This lens is amazing. Seriously! I bought it for my business, but also kinda for our Disney World trip ;) It takes some amazing photos! Only thing is, the corners get REALLY dark and the little lens hood doesnt stay on very well. Picture quality is awesome though!

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Time and time again, Im just blown away by the images this lens produces. The colors are right where I want them to be, theres detail where the focus mark is that I can dig down into, and the AF is fast and silent. Im incredibly happy with this lens, and love what Sigma is doing lately in the lens market. I bought this lens to help me out with a few events where I wanted that classic 35mm look. Fortunately, the agility of the AF mechanism of this lens (coupled with the brains of the 5D3) means that I can stick the focus on a particular persons face, and using AI Servo, I can track that spot even if the person moves or I quickly recompose. The lens itself has a really good feel to it, and the manual focusing ring has just the right amount of resistance to it, where you dont feel like youre just slinging plastic around. The lens hood locks on with a very tight connection, and so far I havent seen any sort of glitches or lock-ups that one might worry about with a third-party lens. Well see how this handles down the line, and if Ill need to purchase the USB dock. I cant think of a single reason to drop the extra $400 on the Canon 35L over this. Ive used both, and would prefer this one even if it werent cheaper. Really hoping they make a sweep of the entire commonly-used primes line, because itd be nice to get a similarly-appointed 85mm without spending first-party prices.

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I bought this pre-owned, but the description said it was basically like new. Got it in the mail before I left on my trip and yes! Pretty much brand new! Plastic wrappings were still on it and not a scratch! It works wonderfully with my 5DMIII and works tack sharp like everyone else has said it was (compared to my experience with the Sigma version for Nikon which didnt end well and caused me to just want to get rid of all of my Nikon gear). Just need to use it for 2+ years to see if it will stay sharp for that long, as I saw some reviews saying they start getting soft photos after a while. Crossing my fingers and hoping that wont be the case!

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Just got my Sigma 35 1.4 this week. Like a lot of people on here I read some of the professional reviews and thought to myself there is no way that the Sigma 35 1.4 was sharper then the Canon 35 1.4 L. I was looking for a Lens in the 35 prime size to add to my wedding photography arsenal. I have used the 35L many times. Great little lens. Even better once stopped down to 2.8. I am absolutely blown away by how sharp this Sigma 35 is wide open! Just as the professional lens review websites have stated. Tack sharp at 1.4. Only slight improvement at 2.0. Build quality is excellent! Focusing, although the canon L is slightly faster, is quick and absolutely silent and precise. CA is very well controlled. If I have any complaint, as stated in other reviews similar to the Canon 1.4 the vignetting is obvious at 1.4, much less at 2.0 and gone by 2.8. I still cannot believe how sharp this lens is at 1.4! Cant wait to see what Sigma comes out with next

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I don’t normally leave reviews but i just wanted to help out any fellow photographers. I got this lens and loved it! Takes great pictures and was super happy but then just a few months later it wasn’t working right. Hadn’t ever been dropped or anything. I take extremely good care of my gear. I took it into a trusted camera repair shop and they said the motor was completely blown. I was so sad. Just a few months after i bought it. I contacted the seller and they said since it was past a certain time of purchase they couldn’t help which was also very frustrating. If you’re wanting to invest in a good lens buy it from sigma, NOT amazon. Maybe it was just this lens but I wouldn’t trust these sellers. You just don’t know if they are are selling trustworthy lenses or if they will go out within a few months. Also, another reason to buy from sigma is that way if something does happen weird and faulty sigma can help. Just trying to help you out before you buy this lens.

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Before I took the plunge and bought this lens, I was a total Canon snob. I didnt think that there was anything superior to a canon lens. Before purchasing this, my favorite lenses were the Canon 135mm f/2L and the 50mm f/1.2L. I love how creamy and beautiful the depth of field was on both lenses when shooting wide open. And, to me, both were very sharp. But, after receiving the Sigma 35mm and doing some micro adjustments, I realized that this lens FAR surpasses any Canon lens I own. It is SHARP. Holy crap its sharp. Ive used a lot of different lenses and this lens produces the sharpest and most visually pleasing portraits. I tend to shoot at f/2 for portraits with this lens, but even when I open it up more, its still super sharp. If youre on the line about buying a Sigma over a Canon, dont be. Definitely buy this lens right now. From now on, I will be looking at Sigma ART lenses before I even think about buying another L series lens. Super happy with this purchase.

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I have only just started taking my camera off automatic and experimenting with lenses when I had children. So this is an amateur review. I have been looking for a great portrait lens to capture my forever moving children, and this is it. I own several canon lenses now, and this is my first Sigma. Its by far the most superior lens I have in my collection. I honestly didnt know that a lens could take such a crisp photo. The colors are vivid, the bokeh is beautiful, the focus is fast, smooth and accurate. It performs very well indoors. What I feel this lens has done is taken my photography to another level. I absolutely love the photos it produces. Just as well, people have been asking me left and right to take their holiday photos and newborn photos since I started using this lens. I highly recommend it.

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My favorite lens by far! It has not come off of my camera in months. I use it for family photos, my childrens photos and even my blog. Its fantastic! The 1.4 is incredible and such a perfect blur, yet it also focuses very sharply, I am impressed. Feel free to message me on my photography page for any questions! Im happy to help.

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I bought this lens 3 years ago. It quickly became my absolute favorite lens. The sharpness is divine and the bokah is gorgeous. One of the first photos I ever took with this lens was so sharp and beautifully detailed that I could zoom in and see a perfect reflection in the kids eyes. Now 3 years later I started having some front focusing issues. I calibrated the lens to my camera (it took about 30 minutes to get it perfect) and have had no issues since. Sigma really knocked it out of the park with this lens and because I have loved it so much I have invested more in the Art lenses. You wont regret buying this lens!

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Sigma Art lenses are all top-notch lenses, and the 35mm is no exception. It is comfortably wide on a full frame camera, and provides a good normal field of view on my APS-C cameras as well. It focuses quickly and quietly, even though it is a 3rd party lens. This lens is constructed beautifully, and is a pleasure to use. My only complaint is that theyre it is a bit on the large and heavy side, and that, combined with the fact that it isnt weathersealed, makes this more of a studio lens. That being said, theyre solidly built, and I would only hesitate to use this lens in rainy or severely dusty conditions. Any concerns about weight or weathersealing are quickly forgotten when I see the images that this lens produces. Of course they are sharp and contrasty, and the colors are rich and warm. When wide open on a full frame camera, this lens produces very lovely bokeh, so works very well for a wide portrait lens. With landscapes its razor sharp and distortion is minimal. All of it means this is one of my favorite lenses.

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