With its huge front element the Sigma 105mm 1.4 DG HSM Art is one of the biggest and heaviest short tele lenses ever made. Is it actually worth carrying this massive lens around when there are significantly smaller and lighter 85/105mm f/1.4 lenses available? Let’s find out in this review!
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In late 2010 Nikon released this Nikon AF-S 35mm 1.4G to give Nikon shooters their first faster-than-f/2.0 35mm autofocus lens – something they have long been waiting for. When I was using Nikon DSLRs I had the 24mm 1.4G and the 85mm 1.4G and couldn’t afford to get this 35mm as well, so it ended up being the only lens of Nikon’s higher end AF-S f/1.4 lineup I never used. Now is the time to finally change that.
As third lens of the prestigious Otus lineup, in 2016 Zeiss released the Zeiss Otus 28mm 1.4 Apo Distagon. At that time it was the biggest, heaviest and most complex 28mm fullframe lens ever seen and it came with an eye watering price tag of $5.000, putting it far ouf of most people’s reach. On the used market you can now find this lens for less than half that – still a lot of money – is it worth saving up for this lens? Let’s try to find out!
This diary entry covers our fourth day of the trip. For details on previous days, see the ‘Further Reading’ section at the end of the article.
See the video of An Arctic Trip; Day Four on YouTube
Sample images in high resolution here.
On the fourth day of our trip, the weather was clear and at sunrise a beautiful light fell on the snow, so I went out alone to take pictures.
Nikon Z6 | Nikkor Z 24-70/4 S | f/8
The Nikon AF-S 28mm 1.8G was the most affordable f/1.8 wide angle prime in Nikon’s AF-S era. It always flew a bit under the radar, probably because many people already had a zoom lens covering 28mm at f/2.8 or because they preferred a 24mm or 35mm. Good fast 28mm lenses are rare birds though, so let’s have a closer look at this one.
