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Sigma 35mm f1.4

Sigma 35mm f1.4

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Synthesized from 15 reviewer sources · Analysis as of Sep 2, 2026 (today)

What do reviewers say about the Sigma 35mm f1.4?

As of September 2026, among the 15 reviews we compiled, optical performance drew the most discussion: 72 claims from 13 of them, which we read as 58% positive, 11% neutral, 31% negative.

Synthesized from 15 reviewer sources for Sigma 35mm f1.4. Optical performance draws the most discussion: 42 positive, 8 neutral, and 22 negative across 72 sentiment markers. The most criticism lands on chromatic aberration: 22% positive, 33% neutral, 45% negative across 18 claims. Opinion is split on AF for video (19 positive, 9 neutral, 11 negative claims).

What are the Sigma 35mm f1.4 specifications?

Focal Length Mm35 mm
Max Aperturef/1.4

specs: designation

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Optical Performance
42 pos · 8 neu · 22 neg
“Stopping down to f2 or f2.8 reels in some more brightness which shows off that amazing razor sharpness even more.” — Christopher Frost
Build Quality
4 pos · 5 neu · 2 neg
“Like other art lenses, the build quality is excellent and sealed from dust and moisture throughout including a rubber grommet at the mount.” — Gordon Laing
Mount Compatibility
18 pos · 25 neu · 9 neg
“Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S II EISA Wildlife Lens OM System M.ZUIKO ED 50-200mm f2.8 IS PRO EISA Travel Zoom Lens Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary EISA Macro Lens Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS EISA Portrait Lens Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art EISA Photo/Video Lens Canon RF 20-50mm F4L…” — Nikon Rumors
Price & Value
10 pos · 5 neu · 4 neg
“And on top of that, this lens is just over $1,000 in cost which is not bad.” — PetaPixel
Weight & Portability
7 pos · 3 neu · 2 neg
“overall the lens itself is 75 and a half millimeters in diameter 111 and a half millimeters in length and it weighs in at 640 grams or 22.6 ounces there's a 67 millimeter front filter thread overall we have a nicely built lens here that feels professional grade so in many ways this is a familiar…” — Dustin Abbott

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Distortion
4 pos · 5 neu · 0 neg
“Distortion is also very similar.” — Gerald Undone
Vignetting
6 pos · 11 neu · 5 neg
“However, if you want to sort of fix all these problems that we talked about-- that means the detail at close focusing, the vignetting, the longitudinal chromatic aberration-- all of these things pretty much go away at f/2.8.” — Gerald Undone
Chromatic Aberration
4 pos · 6 neu · 8 neg
“fringing in front of and behind the point of focus if you look closely at this picture you can spot a little purple fringing in front of the point of focus and a little green fringing behind if you stop The Lens down to f2.8 it largely goes away but again even at f1.4 this is a comparatively good…” — Christopher Frost
Coma
8 pos · 2 neu · 2 neg
Bokeh
16 pos · 8 neu · 7 neg
“i think this lens is quite sharp wide open and stomping it down only makes it even better now let's talk about bouquet on this lens the first thing i do like is that bokeh is very round even when you stop down the aperture and it's very clean you know we didn't see any onion rings or anything like” — DPReview TV
Color Rendition
4 pos · 1 neu · 3 neg
Filter Thread
2 pos · 5 neu · 1 neg
“ratio that's almost identical to the Canon and nickon the front filter thread is 67 mil so if you're buying filters from scratch that'll save you a little bit the cannon is 72 of course this has FX and DX coverage and this one has a t value of 1.5 for Canon but surprisingly 1.6 and even 1.7…” — Matt Granger
Dimensions
4 pos · 9 neu · 0 neg
Handling
8 pos · 2 neu · 1 neg
“i'm not going to say it's good at handling it but it's not terrible also this lens doesn't have image stabilization oh if they had put image stabilization in this lens i gladly would have shelled out another 200 or so for it 35 millimeters is wide enough that it's not a super shaky lens but it does…” — Josh Winiarski
AF Noise
6 pos · 3 neu · 2 neg
“signifies whereas the new lens uses a stepping motor the stepping motor they've added to the new 35 millimeter is ridiculously quiet when it comes to af noise i mean not that the old one was particularly noisy but you can definitely hear some motor noise being picked up by the camera's built-in…” — Tom Calton

Which reviews is this based on? (15)

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

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