Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Wide-Angle Zoom Lens Sample Images

The Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art is an ultra-wide zoom lens designed for full-frame DSLRs. There’s a similar lens for some mirrorless cameras (with Sony E and Leica L mounts).

It’s possible to use this lens on cropped-sensor APS-C DSLRs, but you’ll lose a significant chunk of the wide-angle perspective (on an APS-C sensor camera, it will become equivalent to what a 21-36mm lens would be on a 35mm/full-frame camera). There are versions of this lens for Nikon F, Canon EF, and Sigma SA mounts.

The version I’ve been using is the Nikon F-mount version, and I’ve been shooting with it on a Nikon D850 body. Nikon also has its own 14-24mm ƒ/2.8 lens for DSLRs, a lens that I’ve covered in some detail before.

This lens is both fast (with a maximum aperture of ƒ/2.8 throughout the zoom range) and, zoomed out, falls in the ultra-wide category. To combat the usual heavy lens distortion that you get from such a wide perspective, it has three aspherical elements to keep lines straight.

Overall, I’ve found this lens to be great fun to shoot with. While I also like the Nikon 14-24mm, I prefer the size of the Sigma lens for shooting. And I have no complaints performance-wise. I’ve found it to be sharp, have fast-enough focusing, few of the traditional optical flaws (vignetting, chromatic aberration, barrel distortion, or prone to flaring). Overall, I’ve found it to be a high-performance, portable, and versatile ultra-wide lens that works well in the type of available-light walking-around photography I’ve been using it in.

Sample Images Taken with the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Lens

Here are some photos I’ve taken with this lens. I’ve been using the Nikon F-mount version on a Nikon D850.

These were all originally shot in RAW and have been lightly processed in Lightroom. But I’ve not applied any of the usual optical corrections to these, and haven’t run the images through anything like PureRAW.

I’ve tried to include a variety of zoom ranges and apertures, including some with similar scenes but taken at different focal lengths and apertures.

You can click on each image to open a full-size version for a closer look.

Optical Correction Tools

I deliberately haven’t applied extensive corrections to these images. And the general rule of thumb in photography is that it’s better to get the shot right at the time of capture rather than trying to fix it after. That’s a great aspiration, but it’s not always possible to do if you’re bumping up against limitations or flaws in gear, conditions, or technique.

But it’s worth mentioning that there are some excellent tools available to help address common issues with lenses, such as distortion, chromatic aberration, and lens vignetting when editing the images. All-round image processing apps like Lightroom Classic and Capture One have solid tools built in already that often cater to specific lens profiles (or you can make your own).

Some more specialized tools can take it even further. DxO, in particular, sets the gold standard. Their software is built on the foundation of their incredibly deep archive of data from their extensive lab testing of the optical performance of lenses and cameras. But there are some other excellent specialized tools available. These are well worth a look (and have free trials):

• DxO Pure RAW (for a suite of automatic RAW file corrections enhancement)
• DxO ViewPoint (correcting for distortion and geometry)
• Topaz Labs Sharpen AI (in addition to standard unsharp tools, includes focus correction and shake reduction)

What’s in the Box?

It comes with:

• Lens
• Lens caps
• Padded semi-rigid case
  

Things Worth Knowing

This lens isn’t compatible with screw-on lens filters because of the protruding front glass element.

The lens hood is attached and non-removable.

The maximum aperture of ƒ/2.8 is constant throughout the zoom range.

I’ve previously posted some practical examples of the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art’s zoom range.

Price & Availability

The Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art ultra-wide-angle zoom lens has an MSRP of $1599 (but you can often find it at a street price significantly lower than that).

It’s available with Canon EF, Nikon F, and Sigma SA mounts. (There’s a slightly different version–the 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN | A–for Sony E and Leica L mounts.)

Check the current price and availability at:

• B&H Photo
• Amazon

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