Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM A Canon review: A Prime Example of Lens Design

By Ben Boswell - Sunday, December 16, 2012

Lens Review
Introduction | Measurement | Comparisons | Conclusion

One of the sharpest lenses, mounted on Canon, ever measured by DxOMark website

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The Sigma 35mm F1.4 scored 17 P-MPix for sharpness and an overall DxOMark score of 30.3 putting it at the top of both of these rankings for a 35mm lens. Taken individually, among the 35mm lenses available for Canon virtually all measures, show the Sigma as the equal or better of the group, its score positions it as one of the sharpest lenses tested by DxOMark on Canon mount.

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Added by kharnak |  March 19

Newer Canon camera bodies for measurement?

I'm actually very interested to know why the canon lens tests are still based on 1ds Mk 3 or 5D mark II, both of which are quite old models, while Nikon has already started using D800.

Or is DxO expecting very close performance between 5D mk 3 and these models?

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Added by Emilie_DxOMark |  March 20

Re: Newer Canon camera bodies for measurement?

Hello,

Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.

Your question is very relevant: we are about to review 90 lenses mounted on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the results are amazing...

Stay tuned !

The DxOMark team

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