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If you have ever read one of my gear reviews they are NOT about doing rigorous testing in controlled environments to examine data in a scientific way. If you want to read one of those there is no shortage of available sources.
I also want to put it out there I am a Sigma Fan Girl. Sigma 35mm is my all-time favorite lens and somehow if I were forced to shoot with only one lens the rest of my life that would be it. Period. I don’t love all Sigma, you can read about my disdain for the Sigma 24-35 2.0 zoom and the older lenses were really hit/miss so I am only talking about my love for the newer ones. I also want to link to my love for the Sigma 24 Art previously on the blog. Just to catch you with my thoughts on other equipment.
This review is mostly to add in my commentary for the Nikon 24mm 1.8. Retails for $100 less than the Sigma Art version, but is the $100 savings worth it? How does it compare when chasing around the tiny children? This is what I will be discussing today.
Both were taken on a Nikon D750 at ISO 1600 f/2.2 1/200 and while she did move I don’t think her movement affected focusing. Both lenses were easy to focus on her with the light from the window. I think the color might render a bit different between the two lenses, but do you have a significant preference of one over the other? Keep in mind with the Nikon lens you save $100, have less weight, but lose the extra stops of light.
Another one, ISO 2000 f/2.2 1/200 in a room with different colors and light. I admit the image below was shot in-camera a bit cool. No lens correction has been applied to either image, but my base preset affecting items in the basic panel and sharpening/noise have been equally applied to both images.
I did test this lens on a family session in NYC. I felt there were no obvious focusing issues or anything significantly different from the Sigma 24 Art.
If the Nikon 24mm 1.8 was available when the Sigma came out which would I have purchased? Well with only a $100 difference I think I would still lean towards the Sigma. Extra stops of light come in handy shooting in my daughter’s room during all times of the day. I am frequently at 1.4 and higher than ISO 8000.
One last look at the Nikon 24mm 1.8 with a few un-adjusted images (only base preset applied on import).
This has been sitting in draft form for more than 6 months while I planned to take a few Nikon 24mm 1.4 images for comparison. SO now I will just hit publish and have a planned update as soon as i manage to accomplish that. Best of intentions, but don’t hold your breath LOL.
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