SIGMA introduced the SIGMA 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art lens. That is the world’s widest F1.4 single focal size lens*, born from our engineers’ ardour for capturing the widest, brightest, highest-resolution, and most charming starry sky pictures potential.
Designed particularly for astrophotography, the 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Artwork lens is a full-frame, extremely wide-angle prime designed completely for mirrorless digicam techniques, and is offered in Sony E-mount and Leica L-Mount.
This lens presents a full set of options designed for astrophotography together with a detachable tripod socket, MFL swap (Handbook Focus Lock perform), lens heater retainer, rear filter holder, and a specially-designed entrance cap together with a NEW locking mechanism and NEW filter storage slots. All this, plus thorough aberration correction make this probably the most effective lens ever made for astrophotography. Its ultra-wide 14mm angle of view that captures huge starry skies and vibrant F1.4 aperture that minimizes publicity time are preferrred specs for astrophotography. Extremely sharp from nook to nook with splash and dust-resistant building, this lens retains the identical excessive efficiency and high quality requirements discovered throughout the SIGMA F1.4 Artwork lens lineup.
The astrophotography-focused characteristic set and whole optical efficiency make this a superb lens for high-end structure, actual property, and panorama pictures as nicely.
The lens will retail for $1,599 via licensed US retailers and might be out there in late June 2023
Extremely wide-angle 14mm with a most aperture of F1.4
This world-first efficiency was achieved by making use of the most effective of SIGMA’s optical applied sciences, from the design to the lens manufacturing course of. 19 parts in 15 teams, together with 1 SLD glass factor, 3 FLD glass parts, and 4 aspherical lens parts, make up an expensive lens configuration. This permits for superior aberration correction and a excessive diploma of precision within the lens building. This permits each superior aberration correction and F1.4 brightness. Specifically, sagittal coma flare, which distorts the form of stars, has been fastidiously corrected, and even on the widest aperture, the lens delivers excessive picture reproducibility proper to the periphery of the picture. Ghosting and flare are additionally completely addressed via each optical design and coatings. This permits for clear, crisp capturing of starry sky and night time scenes. Optimized for starscapes requiring extraordinarily excessive efficiency, this lens delivers pictures that exceed expectations in any scene, together with landscapes, structure snapshots, portraits, and indoor pictures.
Plentiful features and equipment to assist starscape pictures
The 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Artwork is provided with a wealth of options to assist starscape pictures. This absolutely backs up the enjoyable of starscape pictures.
Features a removable tripod mount suitable with Arca-Swiss kind. The 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Artwork could be mounted on a tripod in a extra secure situation, as it’s heavier on the entrance facet. The form is designed to stop interference even when utilizing the lens heater.
- MFL (Handbook Focus Lock) Change
A swap to lock the guide focus at a desired place. Prevents focus shift attributable to unintentional operation of the main focus ring. That is helpful for very long time publicity pictures, and many others., the place the main focus is mounted.
Steps across the entrance and lens heater retainers stop the lens heater* from protruding into the entrance of the lens and inflicting vignetting on the periphery of the display.
* A belt-shaped heater that’s wrapped across the lens to stop condensation from forming contained in the lens when the temperature drops.
A rear filter holder is supplied as commonplace gear on the lens mount for attaching a sheet-type rear filter. A lock mechanism can be supplied to stop the filter from falling out.
- Particular entrance cap with locking mechanism and filter slots
Features a cover-type entrance cap with locking mechanism. It additionally has a newly developed filter slot that may maintain two rear filters relying on the appliance. The cap is specifically designed for the 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Artwork to guard the sheet filters from scratches and dust whereas guaranteeing that they don’t seem to be mistakenly taken out or forgotten.
Signature Artwork line options and excessive construct high quality
Along with features particularly designed for capturing starscapes, the lens is provided with varied features to help in capturing, together with an AFL button to which any perform could be assigned and an aperture ring. The physique is mud and splash resistant, and the frontmost floor of the lens is coated with a water- and stain-repellent coating, so you possibly can shoot open air in harsh environments with peace of thoughts. The HLA (Excessive-response Linear Actuator) allows high-speed, quiet, and extremely correct autofocusing.
As a way to preserve efficiency whereas supporting a lens with a big aperture, the lens has a sturdy inner construction and makes use of light-weight supplies similar to polycarbonate TSC (Thermally Steady Composite), which has a thermal shrinkage fee equal to that of aluminum, and magnesium in acceptable areas to cut back weight whereas guaranteeing robustness. The lens physique is constructed with the excessive construct high quality of the Artwork line specs, permitting the consumer to totally benefit from the distinctive efficiency of the lens in any atmosphere, together with capturing starscapes.
Sigma 14mm Further Options
- Lens building: 19 parts in 15 teams (3 FLD,1 SLD, and 4 aspherical parts)
- Interior focus system
- Suitable with high-speed autofocus
- HLA (Excessive-response Linear Actuator)
- Suitable with Lens Aberration Correction
- Perform out there on supported cameras solely. Accessible corrections and auto correction performance could differ relying on the digicam mannequin.
- On cameras the place lens aberration correction is managed with ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ within the digicam menu, please set all aberration correction features to ‘ON’ (AUTO).
- Helps DMF and AF+MF
- Suitable with AF help (Sony E-mount solely)
- Tremendous Multi-Layer Coating
- Water and Oil Repellent Coating (entrance factor)
- Aperture ring
- Aperture ring click on swap
- Aperture ring lock swap
- AFL button
- MFL swap
- Rear Filter Holder (suitable with GUIDE PLATE GP-11)
- Lens Heater Retainer
- Focus Mode Change
- Help for switching between linear and non-linear focus ring settings (for L-Mount solely)
- Mud and Splash Resistant Construction
- TRIPOD SOCKET TS-141 equipped
- Particular entrance cap with locking mechanism and filter slot: COVER LENS CAP LC1014-01 (NEW)
- Suitable with SIGMA USB DOCK UD-11 (bought individually / for L-Mount solely)
- Designed to reduce flare and ghosting
- Each single lens undergoes SIGMA’s proprietary MTF measuring system
- 11-blade rounded diaphragm
- Excessive-precision, sturdy brass bayonet mount
- “Made in Japan” craftsmanship
