Sigma - 56 mm-F/1.4 (C) AF DC DN lens, Fuji X-MOUNT mount mount

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At the point of writing this Sigma 56mm review, I’ve used it for some travel photography in Bridgnorth and at Blists Hill Victorian Town, a wedding, the National Memorial Arboretum and for taking some pictures of our cats for this review. So, how does it perform as a travel photographer’s lens? Read on to learn more about the Sigma 56mm f1.4 for Fujifilm! EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. The optical path is based on ten elements arranged in six groups. Two aspherical lenses are featured in the line-up, along with a single SLD (Special Low Dispersion) element. Unlike in the sibling 16mm Contemporary lens, there are no FLD (‘Fluorite’ Low Dispersion) elements. Even so, the design aims for optimum sharpness and contrast along with minimal chromatic aberrations and distortion. Three of Sigma’s contemporary prime lenses were announced as becoming available for the Nikon Z mount in April 2023, following on from options available for Fujifilm, Canon, Leica L and Micro Four Thirds. Amy Davies spent some time with each of the new lenses to find out how well they paired with Nikon Z.

It can be tempting to go for a third-party lens because it’s cheaper. But sometimes, it’s not always the better bet. A good friend of mine recently bought the Tokina 56mm for Fujifilm. He loves it, and that’s fine. It’s super affordable and he’s getting great photos with it shooting comedy shows in NYC. He brought it with him the last time we met up. I set it to continuous autofocus, and the lens couldn’t focus at all. It only worked in single autofocus. There’s also no full weather sealing, which is fine for him. But in the long run, he might see differently. Ronkonkoma, NY – February 21, 2021 – SIGMA Corporation of America, the US subsidiary of SIGMA Corporation (CEO: Kazuto Yamaki. Headquarters: Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of interchangeable lenses for Fujifilm X Mount mirrorless cameras. This addition allows users to enjoy high-performance, high-quality SIGMA lenses in native mount on their X Mount system. Face detection also works quite well with the lens. Eyes are always sharp, and with this lens mounted, the camera doesn’t have any issues finding a face even in poor lighting conditions, which is sometimes important to me, since I shoot a lot of boudoir in darker environments sometimes. The Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN lens for Fujifilm X-mount is constructed of nine elements in seven groups, including two aspherical elements. It features a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, offers a minimum focusing distance of 30cm (11.8"), has an aperture range of F1.4 through F16 and uses a 52mm front filter thread.Control algorithms including AF drive and communication speed optimisation have been developed specifically for X-Mount interchangeable lenses. In addition to supporting high-speed AF, the lens also supports AF-C (Continuous AF) and in-camera aberration correction (supported cameras only). The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN lens for Fujifilm X-mount is constructed of 16 elements in 13 groups, including two FLD elements, two super low-dispersion (SLD) elements and two aspherical elements. It features a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, offers a minimum focusing distance of 25cm (9.8"), has an aperture range of F1.4 through F16 and uses a 67mm front filter thread. PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. The other noticeable thing is the missing aperture ring. Fujifilm X Series cameras are known for their classic look and feel, and something I now really like about the Fujifilm lenses is the aperture rings. I rarely shoot in any mode other than aperture priority and almost always at the widest possible aperture. Naturally, it’s not all about sharpness. When using a wide aperture to gain a tight depth of field, the bokeh, or quality of defocused areas, can be equally important. The Sigma excels here again, with a wonderfully soft bokeh and a nicely smooth transition between focused and defocused areas. An added bonus is that there’s extremely little axial chromatic aberration, even when shooting wide-open. In this respect, it performs rather better than the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Contemporary lens.

The X-mount version of the lens measures 72.2mm (2.8”) in diameter, 92.6mm (3.6”) long and weighs 405g (14.3oz). 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C The Sigma 56mm f1.4 lens is ideal for portrait, street and travel photography. Its fast aperture allows for excellent low-light performance and gorgeous shallow depth of field, leading to beautiful bokeh. The lens also has a high-quality optical design that helps to minimize distortion and chromatic aberration, making it well-suited for detailed and high-quality images. Is it worth getting the Sigma 56mm f1.4 for Fujifilm?

So, with a very decent build quality, how does the lens perform? Instead of dedicating the lens to portraits, which it would be perfect for with a 35mm full frame equivalent of 84mm, I simply used the lens as an everyday carry lens for the time I had it. Peter Coco includes some portraiture images in his review of the lens, which can be found here. The images of this lens are too sharp, lower in contrast, with little micro-contrast and low in vibrancy and saturation. Both colours and contrast do improve when stopping down to f2 or f2.8, but were never good enough to satisfy my wants. To me, the colours that a lens produces are incredibly important to me and I’m stunned every time I use my Fujifilm 23mm f2 lens on how much contrast that lens has and how punchy and lovely the colours are. Some of the new Voigtlander lenses also have amazing colour that I am just lusting over. They regularly make me consider adopting the Sony system as well, just so I can use that lovely Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 for instance or the unusual 50mm f3.5 or the 65mm f2! They’re such creamy and unique lenses! We use Imatest SFR (spatial frequency response) charts and analysis software to plot lens resolution at the centre of the image frame, corners and mid-point distances, across the range of aperture settings and, with zoom lenses, at four different focal lengths. The tests also measure distortion and color fringing (chromatic aberration). I’ve been holding off on publishing this article. carefully wording it. Sigma, a little while ago, announced their new Contemporary lenses for the Fujifilm X series of cameras. Is it an exciting thing? Yes, because the Fujifilm X-series desperately needed the support in some way. Is it worth getting these lenses? Not really, and we’d know because we’ve reviewed each of these lenses.