Build is impressive, as is that front element.
Did the virtues of quality and results carry over to the 14mm f/1.8? Let’s take a look.
The other innovative part of the global vision initiative was Sigma’s willingness to try different aperture and focal length combinations that fell outside of industry norms - for example, using f/1.8 and f/2 apertures in zoom lenses - in addition to wide apertures in prime lenses that we hadn’t seen before - like this lens. To date, the highest scoring lens in the entire DxO mark database is still the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art lens. By nearly all accounts, the Global Vision reinvention was a smash success! Gone were the majority of the quality control issues, results from lens to lens improved across the company’s line of lenses. The initiative focused the company on quality lenses at value prices. Sigma reinvented itself as a high quality producer of third-party lenses when they introduced their “Global Vision” initiative. Prior to 2013, Sigma as a company produced relatively inexpensive lenses that were plagued with quality control issues. When Sigma introduced their Art line of lenses back in 2013 with the 35mm f/1.4 Art, they changed the way the industry would view third-party lens manufacturers. It’s become a workhorse and a staple in my arsenal of lenses - let’s get to it!
Sigma client 1.8 series#
If you’re in search of a wide-angle lens - be it for architecture, weddings or creative portraits - one of the single best options in the entire photography space is the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Art series lens.