COMPLETE PACKAGE - Includes a petal lens hood, padded case, and essential caps for ultimate protection and convenience.
SILENT PERFORMANCE - Enjoy fast and near-silent HSM autofocus, perfect for capturing candid moments without disruption.
VERSATILE PRIME LENS - With a fixed 50mm focal length, this lens is ideal for portraits, landscapes, and everything in between.
PRECISION ENGINEERING - Experience superior peripheral brightness with advanced lens coatings that minimize flare and ghosting.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY - Capture stunning images with a large F1.4 aperture that enhances low-light performance.
The Sigma 311101 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon is a high-performance prime lens designed for photographers seeking exceptional image quality. With a large aperture of F1.4, it excels in low-light conditions while providing stunning peripheral brightness. The lens features advanced multi-layer coatings to reduce flare and ghosting, ensuring clarity in every shot. Weighing just 815 grams, it’s lightweight and easy to carry, making it a perfect companion for both professional and amateur photographers.
Specifications
Package Dimensions L x W x H
18 x 12.6 x 12 centimetres
Package Weight
1.16 Kilograms
Product Dimensions L x W x H
10 x 8.5 x 8.5 centimetres
Item Weight
815 Grams
Brand
Sigma
Camera Lens
50 mm
Colour
black
Has image stabilisation
No
Included components
50mm f/1.4 DG HSM | A, Petal Lens Hood, Fitted Padded Case, Front and Rear Caps, Instruction Manual
Lens Fixed Focal Length
50 Millimetres
Max Focal Length
50 Millimetres
Min Focal Length
50 Millimetres
Model year
2014
Plug profile
Canon EF
Objective Lens Diameter
77 Millimetres
Part number
311954
Zoom Type
prime lens, no zoom
Lens Design
Prime
Photo Filter Mount Type
42 UK
Focus type
AF/MF
Style
Single
Photo Filter Thread Size
77 Millimetres
Guaranteed software updates until
unknown
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Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art Series or Sigma 50mm f1.4? It'll be going on full frame Canon 5D M III.
Why should I buy this and not Nikkor 50mm 1.4? Please help me understand the reason.
How does the Sony mount version fare? Should I get the Zeiss branded one (not the Otus) instead?
So is this the "art" version or not? legal disclaimer states otherwise
Reviews
4.4
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A**R
My go to prime!!!
Already owning and having great results from the Sigma 50mm F/1.4 EX Lens I decided to upgrade to the newer Art version.I will not go into the technicalities of this lens as if you are looking at it you will already know your stuff. Instead I will just look at my opinions and my experience for comparisons.Instantly I am impressed with the results, seemingly gone is the AF issues of the old lens, instantly focusing on the desired subject in all but the dimmest of lighting with a dark subject, this sending the lens on a chase looking for its mark. I have used this so far for around about 500 exposures in a variety of settings and the majority of these shots were extremely sharp with a very pleasing bokeh. The ones not quite perfect were more often than not down to user error and therefore the lens cannot be blamed.I use this lens paired with a Canon 5d mark iii and it does just what I want. It has been used so far mainly for portraits of my children and family gatherings and also at my sisters stables for capturing horses and dogs. Whilst at the stables I have used it in fast burst mode whilst my sister rides in the outdoor arena and had some fantastic results were the older version seemd to lack.In short this lens is my go to prime and I have since sold the older version. The bokeh is soft and pleasing, the AF now seemingly fixed and images nice and sharp, the lens nice and quick. If you are looking for a extremely good prime I would suggest spending the extra for this and you will have no regrets. I have also used the Canon F/1.4 and also F/1.2 and in my opinion this leaves them behind in terms of results, especially now with the fixed AF system.
B**B
I've always struggled with which is the best 50mm lens is on a Canon fit
I've always struggled with which is the best 50mm lens is on a Canon fit. Its an obvious lens to own if you are going down the prime route but there are so many options with vastly different prices out there that deciding which represents best value is very hard.This lens is a massive step up in quality from Canon's own 1.8 lens (aka niffty fifty) but inevitably is also much heavier and larger. Sigma has historically be plagued with both unreliable autofocus and quality control issues however in the last couple of years, since their Global Vision approach of banding lenses (Contemporary, Art and Sport) they seem to have gotten significantly better.The version I have received is very sharp, good at autofocusing in at a good speed. I believe it can be further updated using their docking station (available separately) but I've only gone as far as fine tuning it with microadjustments which were less than all of my Canon L series lenses.I've not owned the Canon 50L and so cannot make a direct comparison between the two, it is a little faster but also a lot more expensive. I know some semi-pro photographers are hoping Sigma will upgrade this lens to make it closer to the latest Art series lenses which are easily riveling Canon L but for me as a serious hobbyist this was the right balance of price -v- quality and I'd highly recommend it.
A**R
Tack sharp and great low light performer
Make no mistake, this is a great lens! It is well built, good looking and gives better than expected results. Its low-light performance is excellent, auto-focus quick, and image quality is worth twice the price. Images are very sharp at the centre and acceptably sharp at the edges, there is minimal chromatic aberration and distortion and the colour rendition is excellent. It is heavy and has occasionally missed focus at f1.4, but then it is very tricky to nail focus at this aperture. This is well worth the money. Buy one!
L**L
Satisfyingly Solid Lens With High Performance to Match.
I had read a lot of stellar reviews about this lens and after my Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 was dropped by an assistant a few months ago I could never quite trust its focus, so I took the plunge with this one.I have shot a bit of video footage with it and recently took it on its first stills mission which was a test shoot in London on a beautiful fall day. You can see the results of that shoot here including a few notes on exposure etc...https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.736828319706288.1073741847.333578280031296&type=1Overall I'm very pleased with this lens. The build quality is excellent. It feels solid and precise. The autofocus is silent and very fast and when I could confirm that I'd grabbed the focus spot I was aiming for it was pin-sharp. When reviewing my photos it seems I missed my mark a few times, but this could be a fault of the 5D MKIII's focus system and not always being able define a small enough area in a photo for focus (the focus boxes I use in the viewfinder often focus on a small branch, or something near the subject if they're far away in the frame). The bokeh is superb. Really creamy out of focus highlights. The flare was hard to produce given the superb coatings Sigma have used to supress it, but when I was able to get flare with low sun it was a really nice effect which resolved beautifully in a reddish hue at the top of the frame (you will see this photo in the link provided above). If I moved the lens slightly I was able to get a more emerald hue. Lovely stuff for arty lifestyle, or editorial fashion photos.The only reason I'm not giving the lens 5 stars is because I find the manual focus ring a tad too sensitive. I'd like a longer throw on it for the video work I do as when focusing manually, you only need to move the ring 0.5mm in order to throw everything out of focus at f/1.4. I know this was meant for stills photography, but would be nice to have a little more play in the manual focus even for stills.One more thing... The lens came with a really well-constructed hood and a great, soft case.
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The flare was hard to produce given the superb coatings Sigma have used to supress it, but when I was able to get flare with low sun it was a really nice effect which resolved beautifully in a reddish hue at the top of the frame (you will see this photo in the link provided above). If I moved the lens slightly I was able to get a more emerald hue. Lovely stuff for arty lifestyle, or editorial fashion photos.The only reason I'm not giving the lens 5 stars is because I find the manual focus ring a tad too sensitive. I'd like a longer throw on it for the video work I do as when focusing manually, you only need to move the ring 0.5mm in order to throw everything out of focus at f/1.4. I know this was meant for stills photography, but would be nice to have a little more play in the manual focus even for stills.One more thing... 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Please help me understand the reason.","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The sigma is superior in distortion control, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and sharpness or iq...although both lenses show very little distortion or vignetting, the Nikon 50mm does have quite a bit more vignetting, especially on a full frame body. Chromatic aberration at large apatures is difficult to control and isn't well controlled on the Nikon. The Sigma really exceeds at its ability to control chromatic aberration. And lastly the lenses sharpness is more important as you increase a cameras megapixel... For example, if you have a 24 megapixel sensor and the sharpness of the lens can only resolve 14 megapixels, you will have in essence a 14 megapixel camera because if you enlarge or crop beyond 14 megapixel you will start noticing blurred pixels, as opposed to a lens that can resolve 20 megapixels. I think especially for cameras with very high megapixel count ie. D800 (the camera body I own) with a 36 megapixel sensor the sigma really shines. I have owned both lenses and have used the Nikon 50mm 1.4 on a d7000, d7100, and my current d800 and I liked the results...but the images I have captured with the sigma 50mm art and d800 combo are blowing me away... With all that said, I don't think you can go wrong with either."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How does the Sony mount version fare? Should I get the Zeiss branded one (not the Otus) instead?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I do own a mirrorless Sony aps-c cam with e mount and a zeiss 32mm to match it. There are several Zeiss E and A mounts for Sony now, Otus included. I could not afford Otus and it is not practical IMO. Btw, I am extremely satisfied with the Zeiss Touit 32mm for my Sony. Sigma 50mm art is also a great lens, the sharpest I have. It depends on your style as a photographer. My budget is always the deciding factor when I crave for a lens."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"So is this the \"art\" version or not? legal disclaimer states otherwise","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Mine was the art version. I had to buy it new. Originally I bought used from a seller called Michigan Camera on Amazon and it is NOT the ART series so beware if this seller. They will sell you a lens for 700.00 that retails for 200.00"}}]}]}