Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art

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Essai du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art sur Canon EOS 5DS R par Mark Goldstein pour Photography Blog :

Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art Review | Photography Blog (7 pages)

The 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art is a surprising, but very welcome, addition to Sigma's ever growing Art range of premium lenses, offering a faster aperture of f/2.8 at the expense of 2mm in focal length when compared to the very similar Sigma 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art lens, whilst being cheaper than it's slightly older sibling (at least in the US anyway) and additionally offering much better weather-sealing. Nearest rivals include the 10-year-old Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED, Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM and the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, and the Tamron SP 15-30mm f2.8 Di VC USD.

Image quality is excellent. Chromatic aberrations are very well controlled, bokeh is surprisingly good despite the ultra-wide-angle nature of the lens, barrel distortion is impressively well controlled, and the Super Multi-Layer coating successfully prevents contrast loss attributable to flare. The only real optical issues are some obvious vignetting and a slight lack of sharpness when shooting wide-open at f/2.8 throughout the zoom range.

As with all the other recent Art lenses that we've tested, the Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art's build quality is once again reassuringly excellent, although it's also one of the heaviest wide-angle zooms that we've ever tested. Auto-focusing is quiet and quick, with the ability to manually override it and focus manually if required proving a nice touch, and the focusing ring is thankfully a lot wider than the slim one on the Sigma 12-24mm F4 lens.

Overall, the Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art concedes a couple of mm in wide-angle focal length to its 12-24mm sibling, but gains a faster f/2.8 aperture, better weather-sealing, wider focus ring, less barrel distortion, and, somewhat surprisingly, a lower price-tag, making it worthy of our highest Essential! accolade.

[Birdie06]

Introuvable dans le commerce pour le moment et Sigma est totalement incapable de fournir une date de livraison !

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Enfin 1ères livraisons, j'ai reçu le mien.Tests sur mire parfait, reste à voir sur le terrain...

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Essai du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art sur Canon EOS 5D Mark III et EOS 50D par Maciej Latałło pour LensTip.com :

Sigma A 14-24 mm f/2.8 DG HSM review - LensTip.com

Points forts :

- construction solide
- excellent qualité d'image au centre
- bonne qualité d'image sur les bords du format APS-C
- qualité d'image correcte sur les bords du format 24x36
- pas de problème d'aberration chromatique longitudinale
- aberration chromatique latérale imperceptible
- pas de problème de distorsion en APS-C
- correction raisonnable de la coma
- astigmatisme négligeable
- faible vignetage en APS-C
- autofocus silencieux et précis
- bonne performance en contre-jour.

Points faibles :

- aberration sphérique un peu trop élevée
- énorme vignetage en 24x36.

The Sigma company have got us used to the fact that a purchase of any of the Art line lenses means a reliable investment with a guarantee of above-average optics and superior build quality – for a price often lower than in the case of the rivals. Here their task was especially difficult because in the same market segment you can find the excellent Nikkor AF-S 14–24 mm f/2.8G ED and also one of the best Tamron lenses available currently on the market, the Tamron 15–30 mm f/2.8 Di VC USD. What's more, the Tamron launch happened several years ago so its price has managed to settle down on a very reasonable level of $1200. That's why the task of the Sigma, which entered the market with the $1300 price tag, is more difficult. The Sigma offers you a bit wider angle of view than the Tamron but its maximum focal length is shorter and it doesn't have any optical stabilization. It remains optically better, especially on the edges of the sensor near the maximum relative aperture, and its lateral chromatic aberration correction is superior but the difference remains slight; in such a situation for many customers the price still might remain the sole decisive factor. Let's face it, the Tamron is in a more favourable position. As long as the price of the Sigma doesn't decrease a bit, the Tamron might sell better.

The summary of this test should be very optimistic. High quality competition – there's nothing better from the customers' point of view.

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Premiers essais...
https://flic.kr/s/aHskwewzZ6
Normalement, ça marche

[Mistral75]

Annoncés et mis en ligne le 3 avril dernier, Adobe Camera RAW 10.3 et Lightroom Classic 7.3 incorporent des profils de correction pour le Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en montures Canon EF, Nikon F et Sigma SA.

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Bonjour,

J'ai la chance d'avoir reçu mon exemplaire lors du Festival nature Ain d'Hauteville-Lompnes qui vient de ce finir...4-5-6 mai 2018
Merci a Damien représentant SIGMA et le magasin studio Herwey de Bourg en Bresse pour la livraison sur votre stand...

Il est fabuleux et très bien construit...

Photo prise lors de la remise des prix du concours photos

Brut de capteur aucune retouche en jpg
14 mm 1/200 s à f/4,5 iso 3200 Nikon D4


Bonne journée...

[Mistral75]

L'installation du porte-filtre arrière FHR-11, conçu à l'origine pour le Sigma 14 mm f/1,8 DG HSM | Art, est désormais possible sur le Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en monture Canon :

https://www.sigma-global.com/en/news/2018/05/11/1667/

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Essai du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art sur Nikon D850 par Jean-Marie Sépulchre (JMS sur ce forum) pour Le Monde de la Photo :

Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM ART [BONUS MDLP N°106] - Le Monde de la Photo (7 pages)

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Bonjour a vous ,

Premier essais avec un D850.

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Mise à jour en version 1.01 du logiciel embarqué du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en monture Canon :

Firmware update for SIGMA interchangeable lenses for Canon | Sigma Global Vision

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• It has corrected the phenomenon whereby the continuous shooting speed decreases in certain combinations with some cameras.

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Bonjour ,

Nikon D850+Sigma 14-24.

Je le trouve efficace,réactif et pas si lourd.

[sebdeniro]

Une autre pour le meeting de Nancy.

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Essai du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art sur Canon EOS 5DS R par Klaus Schroiff pour Optical Limits :

Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM ART - Review / Test Report

Commentaire introductif de Klaus sur le forum : "Quite nice except at 24mm"

Qualité optique (50 Mpixels) : 2,5/5
Qualité optique (21 Mpixels) : 3,5/5
Qualité mécanique : 4,5/5
Rapport performances / prix : 4/5

The Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM ART maintains the overall characteristic of the Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM ART while providing an extra stop in speed and having a slightly narrower zoom range. The sweet spot - or to be precise: range - is in the low to mid-sections which is a good thing. After all, you aren't buying such a lens for its 24mm setting but for going wide, REALLY wide. The 14mm setting doesn't show any significant weaknesses in resolution. It's usable straight from f/2.8 and impressive at medium apertures. That being said, you have to live with heavy vignetting at f/2.8 and the light-falloff doesn't really disappear when stopping down. The corner quality suffers a bit at 16/20mm f/2.8 but otherwise, the quality remains very high for such a lens. That can't be said of the 24mm setting though. At least on high-resolution sensors, you will have to live with soft corners between f/2.8 and f/5.6. However, the resolution recovers at f/8 and f/11. Image distortions are surprisingly low for such a lens and substantially better than on the 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM ART. Flare is always a big topic among ultra-wide lenses because there's usually always some bright thingy (e.g. the sun) in our scene. Lenses with bulb-like front-elements - such as this Sigma - especially vulnerable because stray light can enter the optical path more easily than on conventional lenses. And yes, the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM ART has its share of issues here. Are they any worse than on similar lenses (from an established player)? Probably not. Truth is that you can force any lens to produce ugly flare effects. If you want to have less flare, you'd have to go for the Canon EF 16-35m f/2.8 USM L III or f/4 USM L IS but these are obviously not quite as wide.

The build quality of the Sigma lens is superb. At least subjectively, it doesn't differ from Canon L class quality. The materials are top notch, everything is tightly assembled and Sigma implemented weather-sealing as well. To be honest, we are big fans of what Sigma is doing here lately. Sigma HSM AF is both fast and near silent. Some may miss the inclusion of an image stabilizer but it is already difficult to maintain a consistent production quality without one. An image stabilizer has always a negative impact on the centering accuracy and such ultra-wide lenses are notoriously tricky in this respect.

In the grand scheme of things, Sigma has produced a winner albeit it isn't flawless. However, to be fair - the presence of flaws is hardly surprising in this specific lens class. The bigger question mark may be whether you are bold enough to carry such a brick. At more than 1.1kg, it's not for the weak. While we surely congratulate Sigma for releasing high-quality lenses into the market, we aren't sure that super-sizing everything for gaining quality is always desirable. It's good for getting fairly high ratings but it reduces the fun factor to some degree - and for most of us, fun is what all this is about.

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Mise à jour en version 1.01 du logiciel embarqué du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en monture Sigma SA :

Firmware update for SIGMA's interchangeable lenses for SIGMA SA mount | Sigma Global Vision

• It has improved the AF performance when used in combination with the SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-21 SA-L.

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• Mise à jour en version 1.02 du logiciel embarqué du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en monture Canon EF :
  
  Firmware update for SIGMA Global Vision lenses in Canon EF mount | Sigma Global Vision
  
  

  
  
  • It has optimized the exposure during viewfinder shooting when used in combination with the EOS 90D and the EOS-1D X Mark III.

• Mise à jour en version 1.01 du logiciel embarqué du Sigma 14-24 mm f/2,8 DG HSM | Art en monture Nikon F :
  
  Firmware update for SIGMA Global Vision lenses in Nikon F mount | Sigma Global Vision
  
  

  
  
  • It has improved the start-up time after the Nikon D6 power is turned on.
  • It has fixed an issue where the autofocus did not work when used on a Nikon D6.