Today, SIGMA has officially added three new lenses to their already impressive lineup of full-frame primes and zooms: The A (as in ART) line of lenses now sports a new prime lens, the SIGMA 35mm F1.2 DG DN and a new zoom lens, the SIGMA 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN. Under their C (as in contemporary) line, SIGMA released the new 45mm F2.8 DG DN prime. These three new lenses by SIGMA come in two flavors: Sony E-mount and L-mount for playing nicely with cameras of the freshly formed L-Mount Alliance (SIGMA, Panasonic and Leica). SIGMA 35mm F1.2 DG DN (ART) This lens is a top-end performer in terms of light sensitivity and that’s why it’s basically a huge piece of glass. As it seems, SIGMA has created a no-compromise lens here and in order to give you that fast F1.2 aperture in tandem with autofocus capabilities (!) plus high-end image quality the resulting lens is.. big. The lens comes with an aperture ring on the lens itself which can be set to automatic, or, more importantly for indie filmmakers, to manual mode. And to answer your question: Yes, the aperture ring can be de-clicked for smoothly adjusting the iris (11-blade rounded diaphragm) while filming. Same goes for the focus ring: In AF mode a large HSM (HyperSonicMotor) will quickly adjust focus for you while you can pull focus manually by switching to fly-by-wire mode. Within all these lenses names you’ll note DG (Digital) and DN (Digital Neo). DG is used...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 11 July, 2019