Sigma Art 50mm Lens in 2022. After many assignments. Thoughts from a professional photographer

Thank you for this review im currently looking to get a better 50mm, and sharpness wide open is what im looking for as i shoot at night alot

Great comprehensive review. Thank you.😊

I sold my Canon f 1:4 50 mm. because it was not in leauge of Sigma Art f 1:4 50 mm.

Lovely video, thanks! I bought my copy of the 50mm f1,4 Art Sigma some 10 years ago, right when it came out..and it was brilliant..except it could not focus properly. It was so inconcosistent with my 5d III that I had to return it. Today, with mirrorless cameras, all lenses come alive like magic and maybe, this Sigma would shine like a star. However, there´s a new star, alebeit, more expensive, and that is the Canon RF 50mm f1,2 L...I shot Fuji for a few years and sold all my Canon gear. However, I came back to Canon and that was mainly to be able to use the RF 50mm f1,2 lens...Now this is the ultimate 50mm! The Sigma is very nice but I´ve seen very bad colour fringing from it that just does not happen with the Canon RF 50mm f1,2...So if anyone wants a "perfect" 50mm lens for Canon, the RF 50mm f1,2 L is it....with the Sigma being a nice budget option.

like your videos, the insides of a working pro in real life ... I would love to hear your thoughts about the new Sigma Art 50mm 1.4

The later sigma lenses are clinical. You have to try the 40.
The 105 1.4 art is the same class as the 40 and the 28

The sharpest lens that I LOVE on my r5 is the 40mm 1.4. Great for reportage style I do for work. Downside it’s a lead brick.

Great review. What stand are you using to shoot in portrait mode at the beginning of your shoot ?

Absolutely love the channel. I have Canon stuff just curious… why canon?

I'm just wondering if the Sigma 50mm f1.4 is better than the Nikon 50 1.8 G. Big price difference

I love my Sigma Art 50mm on my Canon, produces amazing images. I have never had any fogging issues. The issue I have is the autofocus and it’s inconsistency. I have calibrated it several times and it is just inconsistent. I’ve had mine for years and wonder if I just have a bad one or because it was one of the first manufactured. I have read that lots of other people have had focus issues too.

I have the 85mm Art and once calibrated it is absolutely amazing. Focus is reliable and accurate. The is the best lens I own no doubt.

I usually stick to Nikon lenses, but the Sigma Art range is amazing. All of them are as good or better than the Nikon versions IMO.

This review video definitely helps me a lot to decide on buying this lens. I found a pre-owned one in very good condition for the amount of $175. Thank you very much!! 🙏🏻

I had the Canon 50 1.8 and hated it. Noisy and rubbish unless stopped down so what was the point? I got a Sigma 18-35 1.8 and its fantastic. I am now looking into maybe a Tamron 24-70 2.8 to fill the gap to the 70-200 2.8

I saw a French tog Dominik Fusina) on FLICKR using this lens on Nikon D3S & D4S for lovely street portraits. I strongly considered it, but the size & weight have so far put me off as my D3S & D4 are already big & heavy for walking around with. I believe this Sigma Art is not much smaller than my 24-70 f2.8 (which is too much for street shooting.)

Nice review I have the canon 1.4 nifty fifty but I just hate the feel of the focus ring it feels so scratchy and horribly cheap that it just puts me off using it so I’d end up going for the ef 24-105 f4L or the ef16-35 mm 2.8 mk2L
I’ve been watching a few ef 50 mm 1.2 L but there a bit out my budget for a 50mm so thought about the sigma version I use to have the art 18-35 on the 7dmk2 that was gorgeous for crop sensor but px that along with the 7dmk2 for the R6 and got the 16-35 mk2L .
I feel the L glass has spoilt me as I now like the feel of the solid bigger lenses and although I’ve had some nice images with the nifty fifty I don’t use it as much as I should solely with just how it feels and sounds and so ruins the experience and reduces the pleasure of shooting which I feel can’t be good if you have that going off in the back of your mind distracting you from what you should be focusing on hope that kinda makes sense .All the best keep on with the videos 👍👍👍

Hi Roy, Do you need to calibrate it? I've seen Sigma lenses sold with a calibration base.

Great review. I was always a Nikon DSLR guy and went to Fujifilm for the last 5 years, but recently picked up a used cheap 5dMk3. I used to have the sigma art 35mm on my nikon years ago and it was my moneymaker lens for weddings. On the fogging, try to avoid going straight from an AC (cold) environment to outside hot and humid before a shoot. If you can get the lens acclimatized before the shoot that may help so you don't get warm moist air condensing inside on the cold dry elements. Thinking about getting one of these for my 5dmk3. Still a great camera, though it's really weird to go back to a DSLR after using mirrorless.

Should be titles thoughts from a noob photographer

I own and use the following Sigma Art lenses (all of which I use mostly on the R5)
- 14-24mm f/2.8 - Nice ultrawide zoom, a bit of distortion (to be expected) but overall very nice IQ including wide open. Kinda bulbous but not THAT big.
- 50mm f/1.4 - Same as you own. Pretty nice.

Anyway, you said this lens was big. But the next three are all bigger and heavier than the 50mm.
- 28mm f/1.4 - A lens I've only recently been using and have come to enjoy. 28mm is a bit wider than my brain imagines but sometimes that's what you want. I can recommend this lens if you want a 28mm; I don't think there's any better available on the Canon platform.
- 40mm f/1.4 - A very solid lens. 40mm is kind of a bit of an ugly duckling focal length compared to 35mm and 50mm but this lens almost makes you want to make an excuse to use it. This lens is extremely sharp (almost as sharp as the and has no fringing I can notice at 45MP. The chromatic aberration on out-of focus-subjects is extremely slight, noticeably better than on the 50mm. (Yes, I repeated this on my description of the 40mm and 135mm; yes, it applies to both.)
- 135mm f/1.8 - An amazing lens, one of my favorite two lenses ever along with the RF 85mm f/1.2. Great for portraits, of course, and you can get extra-shallow DOF if you desire it; the DOF I believe is actually slightly shallower than the 85mm f/1.2 or 105mm f/1.4 with the same framing.* Can be a bit tight to use indoors. This lens is extremely sharp and has no fringing I can notice at 45MP. The chromatic aberration on out-of focus-subjects is extremely slight, noticeably better than on the 50mm. (Yes, I repeated this on my description of the 40mm and 135mm; yes, it applies to both.) (This lens honestly is a better value than the RF 85mm f/1.2, though.)

* The 105mm f/1.4 is also called the "bokeh master" and by all accounts seems to be a great Sigma lens too, though I would find it redundant with what I already have. The 135mm f/1.8, however, is a bit smaller than the 105mm f/1.4, and this may or may not make it more appealing. It also doesn't have such a weird large (105mm, seriously --- coincidence!) filter thread size.

The 50mm f/1.4 is a great lens, which I still use. But with their later additions to the series, Sigma got really REALLY into the quality. They compromised on the size, however. If you like portability and a small piece of glass, they may not be for you. (Then again, the same could be said of the fast RF 85 and 50 from Canon...) Even with their $1000+ original MSRPs, a lot of these Sigma lenses have seen price drops and most can be found second-hand for even less. But obviously you don't need them all, and carrying them all at once might prove difficult!

Interested in the fogging issue Roy. I shoot angling portraits in all kinds of weather and temperatures and have not had this problem. Absolutely love the Sigma 50mm art, a beast of a lens! 🙌📸