Combining a comfortable wide-angle design with an ultra-fast maximum aperture, the 16mm f/1.4 DC DN is part of Sigma's Contemporary series of lenses and designed for use with Canon EF-M-mount mirrorless cameras. Characterized by its bright f/1.4 maximum aperture, this lens is adept at working in low-light conditions and also affords increased control over depth of field for selective focus control. The optical design makes use of several low dispersion and aspherical elements, which control color fringing and various aberrations in order to provide high sharpness and clarity throughout the aperture range. Individual elements also feature a super multilayered coating to suppress flare and ghosting for greater contrast and color fidelity when working in strong lighting conditions. Benefitting the optical assets, this lens also sports a stepping AF motor for quick, quiet, and smooth focusing performance that suits both still photography as well as video applications.
- APS-C | f/1.4 to f/16
- 25.6mm (Full-Frame Equivalent)
- Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
- Stepping Motor AF System
Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Overview
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Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Reviews
Made for APS-C but works great on FULL FRAME, too.
Shooting northern lights video on Sony a7S, a7S2 for several years now, using the Sigma 16mm 1.4 in fullframe mode, sure has some vignetting but not a problem , I can deal with it, plus nightsky and vignetting is really no problem... and when you shoot video you already crop top and bottom for 16:9 aspect ratio, and can edit more e.g. letterbox 1:2.35 or 1:1 ratio for Instagram, whatever, do it ! Use aps-c lens on fullframe as a cheap affordable creative solution. You can choose to shoot in crop mode if you prefer, or shoot in fullframe mode with a little bit of vignetting you can handle. and then I tried the RF version, on my RP, R6, R8, R5C . What a beauty ! In all Canon fullframe cases the firmware of the camera recognizes that this Sigma lens is designed for aps-c body so it FORCES the 1.6 crop. Result : you loose lots of MP... but chill, bro ! You still have more than enough for most uses, especially webpublishing, nobody needs 20 or 30MP for webpublishing... video FHD 1080p is, well, do the math : 1080x1920 ? only needs 2.1MP.. 4K only needs 8.4 MP ... LARGEST image you can share on Facebook is 2048 x 2048 pixels, you do the math... oh but wait, there's more . So I bought the Sigma RF 10-18mm 2.8 at B&H as soon as it was available, shipped to Iceland as I was shooting northern lights again, and use it on R6 and R8 and sure enough it crops to 1.6 and I can't do the other aspect ratios. No big deal, I know this was coming. More annoying is that loose highspeed slowmotion video on R6 and R8 when cropped to 1.6, cannot have both. HOWEVER on my R5 it only limits slowmo video in 4K, can still do in FHD ... and BIG SURPRISE : On my R5C the Sigma lens only gets cropped 1.6 when in PHOTO mode, not in VIDEO !!! Because it is a different cinema program... and so I can actually shoot video in Full at 10-18mm ... there is not much vignetting at 10mm in fullframe and if you zoom in just a tad it goes away, also if you shoot video with the digital video stabilisation turned on as it crops slightly inside. and what about the Sigma RF 16mm 1.4 ? I tested it for a month ( given by Sigma in Switzerland ) and shot northern lights videos with it on my R6 which of course automatically forced the 1.6 crop so it is not so wide... however it is still f/1.4 fast and the autofocus in low light worked amazingly, shooting the nightsky with northern lights in autofocus, tack sharp, no hunting. image shared here is a video still from my youtube video
Great Price. It Delivers.
I have been an M43 user for over twenty years. I was looking for a wide angle Prime lens that can capture photos in low lighting scenarios especially in the evening and at night during wedding receptions. I found it with the Sigma 16 mm 1.4. I would have considered the OM 17 mm 1.2 but the price is 2.5x higher than the Sigma. This Sigma Lens is a very good fit with my OM 1 Mark 1 Camera. The image quality is very good. I have many OM lenses (12-40 mm 2.8, 40-150 mm 2.8, 75 1.8, 45 mm 1.2). This is my only non OM lens but it delivers.