Today I came to tell you a little about my photographic equipment. Specifically one of its most important parts, one of my two objectives. I can tell you both that I have fallen in love even more, if possible, with photography. Can you imagine what they are?
Well, one is the incredible 50mm f / 1.4, the one we call the king of the objectives and that has undoubtedly marked a before and after, more than in the way I take photography, in the creative possibilities he has given me.
The other is the Sigma 24mm f / 1.4. After spending many years only with the 50mm (when I was photographing in analogue it was my only lens), I thought it might be worth giving a new lens to my camera, getting out of my comfort zone and feeding my creativity a little. You already know that you have to feed him because if we don't sleep
WHY THE 24MM F / 1.4 OF SIGMA?
I have already advanced it a bit in the introduction, but I will try to develop it a little more. I have told you mainly about its versatility. Personally, I consider that as a fixed optic, 24mm gives me a perfect angle for many situations, because it is between 50mm which is what we consider the most similar to the human eye and a fish eye, which for my taste has too much angle and complicates the compositions in the type of photography I like to do. Its large aperture of diaphragm (f / 1.4) further increases this versatility of which I speak, since it allows me to photograph situations in very low light, conserving more than decent speeds at a reasonably low ISO. (You already know that the secret lies in learning to play with the different parameters of the exposure triangle : aperture of the diaphragm , shutter speed, and ISO ) It is at the same time important to emphasize that without this great opening it is difficult to achieve, with an angular objective, a reduced depth of field (little area focused on the image), which, as you know, gives a lot of play in photography.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Beyond the benefits that I can explain, these are its technical specifications Objective Construction:- Goal construction: 15 elements in 11 groups
- Viewing angle: 84.1º
- Number of diaphragm sheets: 9 sheets
- Minimum opening: f / 16
- Minimum focusing distance: 25cm
- Maximum magnification: 1: 5.3
- Filter size: 77mm diameter
- Dimensions: Diameter 85mm x length 90.2mm
- Weight: 665gr
WEAK POINTS
Not everything will be compliments, it also has improvable aspects- It has no image stabilizer (although with how luminous it is, I have never missed it).
- The approach is somewhat slow for the quality level of the objective.
SIGMA 24MM ALTERNATIVES
If you are looking for something much cheaper and / or less weight, you may be interested in a pancake goal like this one we are talking about here . It is a little less bright but weighs very little and costs a lot less, so it can be an alternative to considerGALLERY
Since this article has a lot of personal recommendation, I have compiled some photos in different situations that I have taken with this objective: indoors, outdoors, landscapes, night, at high speeds, low speeds and different diaphragm openings. I hope they help you get an idea . Here you can explore more thoroughly what this objective is capable of doing in the hands of other photographers of all levels.CONCLUSIONS
If you are interested in a good fixed angle lens, very versatile and with many possibilities in terms of photographic styles (night photography, astrophotography, events, landscapes, documentary, indoors, etc.), if you are looking for a very good quality of image above the comfort of a zoom or a lens with less weight you can add this objective to your wish list, because I do not think you will be disappointed
