Lens Comparison: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART vs Canon 50mm f/1.2L (fixed)
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- A comparison of the Canon 50mm f/1.2L and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART series lenses, focusing on which has better resolution and sharpness, bokeh, and overall image quality. For the full review & RAW files, visit: wp.me/p1qGtv-2rY
When I made this video, I attempted to speed up my process by re-using some old video/composite files as templates for this video... which ended up causing a lot of problems with labels. The corrections here were just to some labels that were switched around the 8:20 Mark in the old video. Now the "Sigma" label is on the left, where it belong. Unfortunately, there are still labeling problems... which you'll see around 8:40. When I noticed these, I corrected them with a UA-cam overlay feature that has since been deprecated... so now the original, bad labels are showing again. Sorry.
This video was correctly produced in 1080p native resoution. The original video was accidentally produced as 720p and upscaled to 1080 in the final rendering.
As usual, this video is a comparison and review of two lenses, in this case it's the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART series lens and the Canon 50mm f/1.2L . In the review, I discuss sharpness and resolution, bokeh, and overall image quality.
In summary, the Sigma 50mm ART lens is awesome, with better center and corner resolution than the Canon 50mm f/1.2L, and more reliable focusing, and although the bokeh isn't quite as smooth, it's very clean and attractive.
Here's Quick Index for the Video:
0:47 Focus Noise Comparison
2:03 Resolution and Sharpness Comparison (Seattle)
4:21 Resolution and Sharpness (River)
6:19 Field of View
7:22 Distortion
8:18 Bokeh
10:57 Autofocus
13:02 Vignetting
13:33 Summary
I'd like to thank Mark Ellinger for being cool enough to dim the lights for me in his studio to give me more dramatic lighting!
His website is www.glassquest.com
This was an exceptionally good comparison/review, and I say that having watched all of the major UA-cam photography channels. You even made the resolution and focus analysis technically engaging without a test chart with all those patterns on it. That Sigma ART lens is a winner.
The most comprehensive, straightforward and sensibly conscise video comparison on these two lenses out of the other five vids I've seen. Nice job. Thanks.
The comparisons you do are by far the most helpful/informative side by sides I've seen. No gimmicks, no BS, just informative and very easy to watch/listen to. Thanks mate! Am picking up the Sigma 50mm Art second hand, so help you out by buying through affiliate link so dropped you a few $$ via the support link. Appreciate you work!
Thanks Nathan :-)
bro this is how you do a review. You killed this shit man, appreciate the time you spent on this!
Your review was spectacular. Most camera reviewers read spec sheets and press releases or discuss strengths and weaknesses without concrete real world examples. Your video is extremely professional and well produced and I learned something having watched it. Thanks for taking the time to create valuable and stimulating content. Being a Nikon user, I would like to see you use your abilities to talk about what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of the Sony, Canon, and Nikon systems as well as the mirrorless Olympus and Fujifilm offerings.
ive watched a looot of lens/camera reviews but this was so far the best, in depth, on point review ive ever watched
I'm somewhat new to photography but I've watched a lot of product reviews and comparisons. This should be a textbook example on how to do a short, concise and very informative review. A joy to watch.
Your comparison of image sharpness and quality is very nice and clear. I really appreciate that. Great video.
Matthew, your comparison is flawless!
It is just another perfect review of yours.
Thanks a lot.
Best lens review I have ever watched, technical and evidence based. I usually don't comment on videos but had to let you know.
Cheers,
Thanks for this excellent and detailed review. I like your systematic approach the review, a good pace to the commentary and clear crisp graphics on screen. The only thing I would change would be to see the vignetting examples individually rather than both at once, it's hard to focus on the detail on the two screens. This video is the best lens comparison of these two lenses I have seen. Thanks again!
Seriously the best review I've ever seen. I wish all reviews were this good
This is the best lens reviewer I ever seen! So informative!
Him and Christopher Frost are my favorites.
Thanks buddy. Really detailed comparison. Couldn't wait to see your next 1635IS review.
It seems that I've just watched the best and all-round lens comparison in my life! Thank you, Matthew!
Glad you liked it :-)
Really phenomenal work on this review. Continue on with this format, please.
the reviews you do keeps everything real and authentic to the lenses!
Due to videos like these, you are my go to guy for lens comparisons. Thanks for this!
Thanks, John, glad you find them useful!
thank you for a very informative and precise review of these two lenses!
The best comparison I have ever seen on these two lenses.
This is one of the best lens reviews i've ever seen. I am a Sigma fan. I am now glad to see that Sigma beats Canon with most of the conditions and specs including much less price. I just discovered your channel but i will also watch other reviews in a short while. I can simply say i will recommend this review to all my friends who are insisting Canon is much more better than Sigma. I use sigma 35mm 1.4 art and 35mm is incredible lens for weddings, landscape or Daily Street photography. Once again thanks for this helpful review.
Wow! it's 9 years later and you blow most lens review channels out of the water. This was a breath of fresh air, most lens reviews are just weekend cheer leaders for what ever lens they found on ebay recently that they can write a review about. I swear you could put a trash kit lens from the 2010 in front of them and they would celebrate it and pull buzz words out their ass like film-like and "it has character".
Great comparison video, I own the Sigma and gave my nifty fifty away. Sigma 50 is an amazing lens but is heavy as you pointed out. Thought about changing to a larger 1.2 aperture but this video has convinced me to continue bearing the weight. Sigma garners quite a few compliments on it’s appearance and the magazine quality photos. They can make an everyday pic look like a professional photoshoot product.
This video is amazing!! Great job! You deserve way more subscribers!
Superb. No annoying talking heads or funny mannerisms, hairstyles, T-shirts. No showing off the expensive studio and it equipment, no name-dropping, no poorly disguised allusions to how great and successful you are. No bias to any brand (i.e. no fanboyism!). Just good, useful information, presented in a clear and interesting way. And although the Sigma lens seems to be the winner on most of the things tested we can still decide in favour of the Canon (lighter, weather sealed) when what we want most is a beautifully blurred background and maximum subject-separation. For landscapes and cityscapes, we can use a slower (and cheaper!) lens that is better corrected at smaller apertures but that would be necessary only if it made any difference at the sizes we print or display.
Very competent and complete review, well done!
Good Comparison, thank you very much.
My thoughs as i own the 85mm 1.2 and use it 85% of the time, at least:
- Noise: doesn´t matter
- Resolution: my 85mm 1.2 is cristal clear in the center, anything else doesn´t matter. Maybe i was just lucky.
If you spend the extra buck because of 1.2 instead of 1.4 you (should) use it at 1.2 nearly all the time...if you use it at 1.4 mostly you bought the wrong lens.
- Sealing: Matters!
- Weight: Doensn´t matter
- Vignette: lol i even like that, i add more in post
- bad borders: doesn´t matter, this is no landscape or architecture Lense after all...and if you want to use it for that Stop 8 and Tripod are mandatory anyway.
For my style it even helps if the center is the most importend section.
- Bokeh: Next to sharp center the most important point.
- Price: Does matter!
Found your channel through /r/photography. Fantastic, to the point, lens comparison/review. Thank you.
This is the best comparison of two lenses I ever saw...very helpful statistics! Thanks a lot !
You do a fantastic job sir! Thank you for sharing! I've been on the hunt for a good 50mm going from Canon's 1.2 to the 1.4 for faster focus, then the Tamron 45mm and I'm getting my 1.8 fixed this week. I think I might have to try out the Sigma. Every photog needs a good, reliable 50!
Oh and I'm from Seattle as well! www.nakean.com
Respect, this video is all I ever wanted. You keep at it.
Great review - I'm looking seriously at the Sigma (my first non-Canon L lens), so I was a little concerned, but your review clearly shows that the Sigma is better.
Great review. You have quite the presentation. I have a Sigma 1.8 which I love. Thinking of selling the Canon lenses I have and get this the 1.4 I appreciate your efforts here!
One of the best video on lens comparison. To the point. Thanks.
Very informative about the distortion ,very nicely explained !
This was bloody brilliant. Have been trying to find a replacement for my nifty fifty 1.8, because it's softer than the results of a particularly spicy curry, and the detail you go in to has helped convince me (after my own in-store test shots with it too, versus Canon's ~£300 1.4) that the Sigma is definitely a good deal at the price it's at now. Thanks for being so thorough!
Same!
Brilliant take. All plausible doubts answered. Thank you.
WoW your reviews are just the best!
thank you, this is the best sigma 50 1.4 art review video on youtube
Great review dude, earned a subscriber. Gonna get the Sigma 50mm 1.4 for my A7R, wish me luck with the focusing haha
u just got a new subscriber! best comparison video I have watched
Thanks James! It was a fun one to make :-)
great information. stuck between these two but i've come closer to a decision thanks to this.
The best review of Sigma Art 50 ever .. thank you !
Your reviews are better than some of FStoppers. Great work!
Thanks!
great presentation in your videos man, thanks for the info
Very thorough review great work!
Thanks, Matthew! Good job!
I'm in the market for a new lense and this review was really helpful. I appreciate it.
Hey man, that was a great review and very helpful. Thanks for helping me decide.
Glad it was helpful!
this is so cool! thanks, mate! very useful! couldn't understand if I should buy Sigma, but now the decision is made.
Great quality content. Im looking forward you doing comparison between Canon 85mm 1.4L IS and Sigma 85mm Art 1.4.
My R6 and the canon 50mm 1.2 L really gives unique pics. The bokeh is legendary.
It's an awesome lens for bokeh, no doubt about that, and it's actually better on mirrorless, IMHO, since the direct focusing is more reliable with that shallow depth of field.
great review really happy i watched this now before buying a new 50mm
just purchased the Sigma 50mm, thanks for the great review!
Hey Josh, glad you found it useful :-) Enjoy the new lens!
This was very comprehensive & useful. I will be going with the Sigma Art for sure!
Thank you :)
Please keep posting, excellent review!
wow!!! very nicely done!!! very informative and helpful!
such a wonderfully detailed video!!!
All of the reviews are super accurate, will done!!!
Insane video comparison! Very very well done, thank you!
Glad you liked it :-)
So glad you included night shots mate.
Awesome!! Congrats for the great work.
Thank you for yr reviews very well made and to the point
Very nice comparison. Really appreciate. But a lot of people use 50mm for indoor portraits where the sharpness matters in the subject area only. It would have been great to see some indoor portraits comparison. But thanks a lot for the nice comparison.
thanks for posting this: I had been mulling buying the Canon 50mm F1.2 for dance photography, but I think I will be taking a serious look at the Sigma 50mm F1.4.
You have done it so simply. amazing job.
Simply wanted to "thank you" for uploading more great content.
Joshua Adams You're very welcome, Joshua... glad you're enjoying it!
this is so good, really in depth
You forgot to mention the main selling point of the cannon at least for me : Weather Sealing
Very in depth, thanks. Glad I stuck with Sigma.
The age of watching reviews that absolutely suck has ended. Thank you for this review, it definitely determined what I am going to purchase.
hi Matt, waiting for rewiev of Tamron 15-30
learning music video production. i bougth canon 5d mark iii. do i need this lense or canon lense for my video production. like how many lense do i need to start up video production. help please
Yep.. most useful, perhaps extending the sigma tests using M43 (gh5) for filming (popular in many countries) both native and ef via adapter. That would be a unique presentation. Thanks for a very comprehensive (and surprising ) result.
Brilliant video with plenty of examples, thank you. Although I don't think you mentioned it I think the Sigma also had better colours. Time and time again 3rd part lenses seem to outdo the Canon version.
You just saved me hundreds of dollars!!! Thanks for putting so much time and effort into your reviews, they really help make it very clear that "L" might just stand for "Loser"
got my 50art because of this review. thanks matt :)
Your stuff is very helpful and I really appreciate it! Keep at it, for all of our sakes!
Mark Nakib Thanks Mark! You're one of 8 people who have supported my channel since I've started accepting fan funding. It's an elite group :) And it's already been a big help... I'm working on my next video now. All my gratitude -
Matt
Well, personally, you've had a hand in 3 lens purchases already for me. You've saved me probably over $1000, so it's the least I can do. I wish I had more than $5 to give but I'll try to keep it coming in the future as long as you keep putting out such quality stuff.
Really great video, seriously man.. fantastic
Very nice comparison. Thanks Matthew :)
Brilliant, concise and informative review!
+Joseph Campos Thanks!
This is the cream of reviews Matt. Thank you for not wasting our time. Subscribed for that fact alone! One question - in the later comparisons, you’ve listed both sides as Canon. Was that in error? You have Canon 50mm f/1.4 on the left and Canon 50mm f/1.2L on the right. Just curious. Thanks again for a STELLAR video. - David
Hey David, Glad you liked it :-) Yes, this video was my first attempt at using chunks of previous videos as templates to speed up production, and it led to all sorts of errors like that. I fixed some of them and re-published the video (which is where the (fixed) part of the title came from, but I didn't catch everything. Back when this was published, UA-cam had a feature that allowed me to overlay the correct camera names, so I didn't need to upload a new copy, but that feature has since been disabled. Oh well :-) You probably got the general idea.
Matthew Gore - Thanks for answering back so quickly:) Yup, got the idea right away! I’m sold either way. Please keep the content coming if you can. Between you and Mark Bone, I’ll be up and running in no time. Thanks again Matt!✨
I felt I could expect good things when you even included a sound test :)
I am interested in it for portrait photography so I would have liked some more portraits w bokeh
Thanks it was helpful overall
I don't know how, but I manage to avoid your chanel for so long. Love your videos and I am subscribing right away. Keep up good work.
Ps: I am freak for sharpness to.
Awesome job dude!
Hi, Matthew, Brilliant, succinct and clear technical data encompassing unbiased opinions. Thank you so much.
As a favour, would you be able to do a Video on a Sigma 150mm-600mm Sports lens to be fine tuned by using a Sigma doc?
This process uses Free Sigma firmware and it is tedious and long drawn one. The clips I watched relating to this process, do not cover much and not clear. Many thanks.
Wouv... No shitting around, just pure necessary info.. Congrats man.... What a good review...
this is incredibly helpful 🙏🏻 thank you so much
Best review of anything tech. brilliant
Now, in 2021, Canon 50mm 1.2 focuses just great with R-cameras!
And its picture is better to my eyes.
Agree, very nice review!
I was torn between one or the other, but I was sold on the Sigma right when I saw the sharpness results. I don't mind the extra weight so much, I always have battery grip on my 6D to counter it becoming front-heavy with heavier lenses anyway. Cheers mate!
would love to see a comparison done of the art vs voigtlander 58mm nokton
excellent comparison- many thanks
Great review Matthew! Looks like no reason to pay more for red rings! But what do you think about front/back phocus on Sigma lens? Did you have such problems or Sigma catch right phocus exactly the same as Canon? thank you!
You're videos are top notch!
Very thorough! Thank you so much!
Very nice explanation.
amazing review !!!! hands down going for sigma !
Truly appreciate your effort. Thank you. I'm glad to buy a sigma after watching this few days ago