Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E-Mount - 402965

Sigma 402965 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E-Mount

Transform your creative vision with the SIGMA 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary lens, expertly designed for crop sensor mirrorless camera systems. This wide-angle prime lens combines a fast F1.4 aperture with cutting-edge optical engineering, making it exceptionally versatile for everything from sweeping landscapes to captivating low-light portraits. Its compact build and lightweight design perfectly suit modern mirrorless cameras, ensuring a comfortable and balanced shooting experience whether you’re capturing stills or shooting video. Advanced technologies, including minimized optical aberrations, ultra-fast autofocus, and a dust- and splash-resistant mount (except Canon EF-M), equip photographers and videographers to create vivid, high-quality images even in challenging environments.

Features

• Specially designed for mirrorless cameras
  Released in 2016 as the first of a new series of prime lenses for mirrorless cameras, the 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary combined F1.4 brightness with top-level optical performance. In order to achieve this low f-number in a large-diameter Contemporary lens, Sigma took on a wide variety of challenges, leveraging its latest optical design technologies, incorporating updated video capabilities, and utilizing in-camera digital correction* to further improve the lens's optical quality. While prioritizing optical performance, Sigma developed a lightweight, compact package with steady AF that is truly easy to operate.
  Like the 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary, the 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary features Sigma's advanced design technologies to offer F1.4 brightness while minimizing optical aberrations.
  • * Limited to what the camera supports.
• A member of the high-performance Contemporary line
  For optimal balance with light, compact camera bodies with a short flange back distance, Sigma designed the Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary lens to be extremely compact. Moreover, the special design of the focus lens group allows fast and smooth AF performance for videography and more. This lens combines a compact design and comfortable operation while prioritizing outstanding image quality. Featuring Sigma’s latest technologies, this lens digitally corrects optical distortion.
• Stepping motor delivers excellent autofocus with quiet performance
  The optical design and stepping motor deliver smooth autofocus during video shooting. The lens design fully accommodates the hybrid autofocus systems of various cameras for super-fast autofocus functionality. Using face recognition AF results in consistent autofocusing on faces, even as the subjects move.
• Combining compactness with outstanding optical performance
  The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary features Sigma's inner focus technologies, while lighter lens elements in the focus lens group make possible a more compact actuator. Moreover, this lens offers outstanding stability whether the photographer is shooting handheld or has the camera placed on a surface. Structurally, the lens features materials and parts that contribute to its compact, lightweight structure. In summary, this is an unprecedented lens that combines outstanding optical performance with exceptional portability and usability.
• Large lens hood (supplied) to keep out harmful rays
  The lens hood cuts harmful rays that can negatively affect photographs while also minimizing reflectivity within the hood itself. The hood also features a rubber construction and a non-slip groove to make it easy to hold in a variety of shooting situations.
• High-precision, rugged brass bayonet mount
  The brass mount combines high precision with rugged construction. Its treated surfaces and enhanced strength contribute to the exceptional durability of the lens.
• Mount with Dust and Splash Resistant Structure
  The mount features a special sealing* for a dust and splash resistant structure to make the lens an excellent choice in a wide variety of conditions.
  • *Except for Canon EF-M mount
• Image quality rivaling that of Art line lenses
  With 16 elements in 13 groups, the optical system features a multitude of high-tech and high-end components, including three FLD glass elements, two SLD glass elements, and two molded glass aspherical elements. This optical system minimizes optical aberrations and ensures outstanding resolution at wide-open aperture and throughout the aperture range. In particular, the two aspherical lens elements have ultra-high-precision surfaces polished to tolerances under 10 nanometers, minimizing the onion ring bokeh effect that some aspherical elements produce and ensuring clear image quality throughout the frame. In addition, the structure of the optical system gently bends light to minimize sagittal coma flare and deliver optimal optical performance from the center of the frame to the edges. The result is a smooth, round bokeh effect with ample light volume throughout the frame.
• Designed to minimize flare and ghosting
  From an early stage in the lens design process, flare and ghosting have been measured to establish an optical design resistant to strong incident light sources such as backlighting. Sigma's Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting to help photographers produce sharp and high contrast images even in backlit conditions. The included lens hood can be attached to block out extraneous light, which can have a negative effect on rendering performance
• Bright prime functionality to experience photography at its best
  A bright prime lens is the ideal way to experience the essence of the art of photography. Simply select a focal length that matches the image and enjoy complete control of the depth of field.
• Rounded diaphragm
  The 9-blade rounded diaphragm creates an attractive blur in the out-of-focus areas of the image.
• Compatible with Lens Aberration Correction
  Matching the optical characteristics of the lens, this function performs in-camera corrections of peripheral illumination, chromatic aberrations, distortion, and more, to further enhance image quality.
  • *Function available on supported cameras only. Available corrections or auto correction functionality may vary depending on the camera model.
  • *On cameras where lens aberration correction is controlled with 'ON' or 'OFF' in the camera menu, please set all aberration correction functions to 'ON' (AUTO).
• Exclusive low-dispersion glass
  Careful arrangement of exclusive low-dispersion glass elements gives Sigma lenses superlative image rendition untarnished by residual chromatic aberration.
• Linear focus / Non-linear focus (for L-Mount only)
  A focus movement method of interchangeable lenses for mirrorless cameras in relation to the rotational angle of the focus ring during manual focusing. With "non-linear focus" the amount of focal point movement varies depending on the focus ring rotational speed. With linear focus, if the focus ring rotational angle is the same, the amount of focal point movement remains the same regardless of the focus ring rotational speed.
• Mount with Dust and Splash Resistant Structure
  The lens mount incorporates rubber sealing to protect the mount from dust and water drops*.
  • * Except for Canon EF-M Mount
• Other:
  • Rounded diaphragm
  • High-precision, durable brass bayonet mount
  • Designed to minimize flare and ghosting
  • Every single lens undergoes Sigma's proprietary MTF measuring system
  • Mount Conversion Service available
  • "Made in Aizu, Japan" craftsmanship