Name: Sigma 19mm f2.8
Brand: Sigma

What do reviewers say about the Sigma 19mm f2.8?

As of October 2026, among the 20 reviews we compiled, mount compatibility drew the most discussion: 65 claims from 18 of them, which we read as 22% positive, 66% neutral, 12% negative.

Synthesized from 20 reviewer sources for Sigma 19mm f2.8. Optical performance draws the most discussion: 24 positive, 12 neutral, and 12 negative across 48 sentiment markers. The most criticism lands on AF for video: 19% positive, 35% neutral, 46% negative across 37 claims. Opinion is split on AF for stills (10 positive, 8 neutral, 7 negative claims). AF performance splits by use case: stills sentiment runs net positive (10/8/7 across 25), while video sentiment runs net negative (7/13/17 across 37).

What are the Sigma 19mm f2.8 specifications?

Focal Length Mm19 mm

Max Aperturef/2.8

specs: designation

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Optical Performance

24 pos · 12 neu · 12 neg

“I wish there were some full size samples to evaluate sharpness of the lens.” — Admiringlight Blog

Build Quality

9 pos · 4 neu · 1 neg

“I don't know whether it's weather sealed, but I've had a conversation with Sigma before about their lenses.” — Watch The Time (GRVOTV)

Mount Compatibility

14 pos · 43 neu · 8 neg

“Reply Review: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN Art (Sony E-Mount) – Admiring Light November 3, 2014 […] was added to the.” — Admiringlight Blog

Price & Value

8 pos · 8 neu · 3 neg

“I know a lot of people complain about the high price of lenses in the Sony E-mount line.” — LOLOHO Extra

Weight & Portability

2 pos · 6 neu · 1 neg

“micro 430 camera the lumix gf1 with a 90 millimeter lens on the front of it you see the size difference well that size difference also sort of correlates to weight difference as well and this with the trio lenses gets quite heavy to carry around this probably weighs less than the lens that's on the…” — Chris Baitson

More detail — 10 additional axes

Distortion

1 pos · 2 neu · 1 neg

“easily fixable in editing once again this lens only costs 130 lb so it is to be expected I'd recommend shooting raw with this lens as there is some fairly Hefty Barrel Distortion and vignetting but once again you can fix this in post as both Lightroom and Photoshop both have the lens profile there…” — Jack Crofts

Vignetting

0 pos · 1 neu · 2 neg

“down to F4 or f5.6 for some really fantastic picture quality let's see now about Distortion and vignetting it's good news here there's a little Barrel Distortion visible but even at f2.8 vignetting is nothing bad however even as you stop down the lens's aperture to F4 or f5.6 I found that the…” — Christopher Frost

Chromatic Aberration

2 pos · 0 neu · 1 neg

“you'd expect it to be quite sharp and yes you can see very sharp around the leaves high contrast area there's actually minimal color fringing I mean there's a little bit of color fringing nothing dramatic of course when you're watching this on youtube you know gets in go to Tech cetera and the…” — Michael Crawford (Lens On A Box)

Coma

1 pos · 2 neu · 1 neg

Bokeh

7 pos · 2 neu · 4 neg

“It's really not close enough to utilize that f2.8 and create beautiful portraits with blurry bokeh.” — Arthur R

Color Rendition

2 pos · 1 neu · 0 neg

“steal of a price for the quality that it provides like I said before the colors are great there's no weird color cast they're very natural very much like what you see with your normal actual natural eye normal actual okay chill with the adjective so you put all that together you're probably asking…” — Brian MacDuff

Filter Thread

1 pos · 5 neu · 0 neg

Dimensions

7 pos · 11 neu · 2 neg

Handling

6 pos · 3 neu · 4 neg

“they are pretty good they do feel very nice in the hand they have great build quality I really recommend them so far but I've only had these I'm making this video maybe a couple of not even an hours into getting this these lenses but we'll see how they fa um once again my name is Chris Gambit I'm” — Chris Gampat

AF Noise

6 pos · 1 neu · 4 neg

Which reviews is this based on? (20)

Every claim above traces to these original reviews. We don't write opinions — we synthesize theirs.

📹 Pro Reviews (20)

Review: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN Art (Sony E-Mount) -
Review: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN -
Sigma 19mm F2.8 DN A MFT mount review: Modest price, modest performance? - DXOMARK
Sigma 19mm F/2.8 Lens for Sony E-Mount Arthur R
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 Lens REVIEW: Watch THIS Before You BUY! 🎥 Brian MacDuff
I Try Micro Four Thirds For The First Time | Lumix GF1 & Sigma 19mm f/2.8 Chris Baitson
The Phoblographer Sigma 19 and 30mm f2.8 review hands on video Chris Gampat
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN lens review with samples Christopher Frost
UNBOXING REVIEW | SIGMA 19mm F2.8 DN Prime Lens for Micro Four Thirds Cameras | Silver Digital Goja
UNBOXING REVIEW | SIGMA 19mm F2.8 DN Wide Angle Prime Lens For MICRO FOUR THIRDS Cameras Digital Goja
Sigma 19mm 2.8 Art Lens (Review By Jack Crofts) Jack Crofts
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN Lens Review - The Best Affordable Wide Angle Lens for E-mount? Lensvid
Sigma 19mm f2.8 DN / ART Review (Sony E-Mount & Micro 4/3) LOLOHO Extra
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 MFT - First Look Matt Madd Vantures
SIgma 19mm Art Lens Review. Michael Crawford (Lens On A Box)
Sigma 19mm f2.8 for M 4/3 Real world review Raychristofer
SIGMA 19mm F2.8 - Still Good Today? Robin Wong
Sigma 19mm Sony E-Mount Lens Review Shaan M
Sigma 19mm F2.8 DN Final Review + samples with Sony A6500 4K The Hybrid Shooter
Sigma 19mm Micro Four Thirds Lens Review Watch The Time (GRVOTV)

Sigma 19mm f2.8