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  | sent on 05 Aprile 2026 Pros: extreme sharpness for 40MP, blurred (bokeh), size-to-performance ratio Cons: none Opinion: Excellent investment for my Fujifilm XT50. I confirm what has already been highlighted in other posts and in the various video reviews available on the net: this lens returns exceptional quality and three-dimensionality, capable of taking full advantage of the 40MP sensor and the related Fujifilm crop functions. The weight, a decisive factor in my opinion for a camera body like that of the XT50, is really admissible; the lack of the aperture ring is the only, necessary compromise to be accepted. Together with the Sigma I use the Fuji 23mm f/2.8: a moderate wide angle ideal for 'telling' the environment, a companion both on the street and during my bikepacking trips. |
  | sent on 23 Gennaio 2026 Pros: Bright and Sharp Cons: Barrel distortion - no stabilizer - marked detachment between focal planes at T.A. Opinion: Taken used at about 320€ x M3 and M6 old - I have many lenses around this focal length, including EF 50 f 1.8 STM, EF 50 f 1.4, kamlan 50 f 1.1 and many vintage Mf ---- it is a quality glass, with natural color rendering and strength in the reproduction of detail, which remains good even at T.A. - this can be a pro or a con, for example in portraiture, where sometimes, I prefer the softer rendering and the colors of the Ef 50 f 1.4 --- just to make the comparison, the Ef is much more progressive, in the detachment between the focal planes at T.A. ---- the Sigma is a glass whose behavior in various situations must be known - on subjects that fill the frame and where the background is marginal, all its potential comes out, where at T.A. you appreciate the rendering of detail and blur - if instead you use it in close-up settings, where the background requires soft and progressive blur .... the problems begin - the subject benefits from all the advantages of the optics, but the blur becomes unpleasant and the detachment of the planes very (too) marked ... much more unpleasant than the Samyang 85 f1.4 first version, for example - in these cases you have to resign yourself to closing the aperture and to f 5.6/6.3 and it resolves ---- x as for the negative aspects, a stabilizer would have been useful, since anyway, we are talking about a focal eq of 112mm on M4/3 and almost 90mm on Canon aps-c ... but weight and size (as well as the price), would inevitably have risen - the only real negative aspect is the marked barrel distortion on the straight lines near the edges (problem also encountered by another user), which in certain contexts, although correctable, is very annoying - in conclusion, a glass that cannot be missing in an aps-c or M4/3 kit and that for some can be enough as the only representative in that focal range, while x others (like myself), is not enough in generalist use, where you need to place it side by side with a glass with characteristics at the antipodes .... |
 | sent on 16 Gennaio 2026 Pros: Sharpness also TA, blur rendering, focusing speed (SU M4/3) Cons: None Opinion: Simply one of the best, if not the best lens for micro 4/3 as far as value for money is concerned. I also had the 75 1.8 but I find this lens much more versatile and also sharper. Phenomenal, coupled with a panaleica 25mm 1.4 and a panaleica 15mm 1.7 you have everything you could want on a micro 4/3 body as far as fixed and if you want to stay compact. |
 | sent on 26 Gennaio 2025 Pros: All Cons: Nobody Opinion: Fantastic portrait lens for mft. It doesn't make you regret the FF. Crisp already at full opening. At F2.8 it is a blade. Nice soft blurred it. Too bad sigma has stopped producing x mft lenses. I own it together with the 16. Now I will also take the 30. F1.4 does not differ so much from the pro 1.2 lenses. In terms of light, it is blurred. Of course, those are even better and built with better materials. Slightly tropicalized. But for the cost of these 3 sigma lenses you can't get any better. Halfway between the prime 1.7 lenses and the pro 1.2. Promoted |
 | sent on 24 Gennaio 2025 Pros: All. Cons: Nothing Opinion: My favorite lens with the Sony a6700. Superlative optical quality, always sharp, the images have a particular three-dimensionality. Soft and mellow bokeh. Perfect autofocus. The stabilization on the sensor of the a6700 with this lens works particularly well compared to others, I tried to shoot even at 1/2 second. |
 | sent on 04 Novembre 2024 Pros: Sharp, compact and lightweight Cons: He only lacks the stabilizer Opinion: Used for a few years on the Eos M5, it won me over immediately, undermining the excellent EF-M 32, and becoming the lens always mounted on the camera. Used in every context, from portraits to landscapes, from sports to macro (with extension tubes) it has always performed very well with sharp images (already at CT), well contrasted and practically free of defects (not even a hint of fringing). Behavior more like a macro lens than a medium-telephoto portrait lens. Of course it is not stabilized, and this on Eos M bodies can be a limitation, especially in night photography, but perhaps also thanks to this it remains small and light. Too bad I can't reuse it on R8, it's a lens that I really miss (and it makes me want to pick up the M5 again), although the 100 2.0 behaves well, the performance of the small sigma is of another level. |
 | sent on 13 Novembre 2023 Pros: Lightweight, crisp and economical. Blurred not only at TA quality Cons: AF still not up to par. ( Fujifilm X mount) Opinion: The optical qualities are so favorable that they are often the lens that I mount for general use, it forces you to new perspectives by moving away and changing angle but this is also the beauty of amateur photography. Slightly cold tones enhanced in the morning and contrasting with the Fuji heat. Lightweight. The lack of an aperture ring is not a defect, just a habit. |
 | sent on 21 Maggio 2023 Pros: Sharpness, bokeh quality, price. Cons: Chromatic aberration. Opinion: For me a very good lens for the portrait (if we talk about the exterior; clearly in interiors too narrow). I notice a slightly different color rendering of the complexion from the Olympus lenses I usually use, but I don't mind. With MFT the blur is pleasant, "natural", not too extreme. In certain light conditions there is a certain chromatic aberration, the "classic" purple which, however, is easily corrected in post production. However, for me a lens to try and buy, possibly evaluating the price of 'used, often ridiculous. |
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| sent on 02 Maggio 2023 Pros: brightness, price Cons: Barrel distortion Opinion: I confess that I still used it little, reserving it for the portrait. I took some shots in alleys and villages and I noticed a significant distortion: the contours of the buildings were barrel ... I did a test shot at the railing of the house and the barrel distortion is evident, at various openings. Obviously, it resolves into PP, but it remains annoying. It happens only to my, however, taken used on the net ? |
 | sent on 30 Ottobre 2022 Pros: Great blurry Cons: AF only good in optimal light conditions (Fuji version) Opinion: Good yield of the lens. Unfortunately the autofocus becomes very uncertain in low light and backlight conditions (at least paired with my X-M1). I tried in the same light conditions the xf35 1.4 (which notoriously does not excel for AF) and it goes much better. If a firmware update for Fuji is not available soon I think I will resell it |
 | sent on 17 Settembre 2022 Pros: Sharp already at TA, superb blurry, minimum focusing distance at only 50 cm. Cons: Practically nothing. With micro 4/3, at a minimum focusing distance, it often struggles to hook, but it is remedied. Opinion: I do not repeat the merits listed by those who preceded me, but I fully share them. I would like to add an aspect that I have seen a little overlooked. Compared to other bright optics it has a minimum focusing distance reduced, only 50 cm. On micro 4/3 means being able to frame only 13 cm long side. So this excellent lens, generally intended for portraits, I instead use it for macro in focus bracketing on botanical subjects. Used in very open apertures, it offers impeccable sharpness on the subject and a blurry in the background that I had never achieved before with my Nikon FF SLRs. For me it has become an irreplaceable lens, it has changed my way of understanding a certain type of macro. |
 | sent on 17 Giugno 2022 Pros: Engraving already at full aperture, MAF fast and silent Cons: Diaphragm ring absent, excessive flare with cutting lights Opinion: FUJI X VERSION I hope that these impressions of mine can be useful as the first for Fuji X system. Given that in the past I owned 2 version of the now well-known 56mm 1.2 Fuji so my opinion will also be based on the comparison with the latter and will be based on the remarkably low price as far as I am concerned (429 €). The main pros and cons I have listed so I summarize the differences with the respective Fuji... the Sigma is more engraved in almost all situations at the same aperture 1.4, perhaps slightly at the extreme edges the Fuji maintained a more constant detail but they are inertia as far as I am concerned especially for those who make portraits ... MAF fast and silent, like Fuji in Af-S, slightly more responsive in AF-C although, at times, with some perplexity (sometimes for light conditions perhaps). Lack of the diaphragm ring that I love but I can't blame him, and excessive flare with cutting lights that, once taken, "softened", almost as if the machine corrected it slightly once taken. For the rest a lens that I fully recommend ... waiting for the 56mm 1.2 Fuji MKII of course... |
 | sent on 20 Aprile 2022 Pros: Sharpness and microcontrast to any aperture, weight / bulk, excellent AF, great blurry ... buy it! Cons: -- Opinion: I used this lens on an A6300 until recently, MAMMA MIA! I switched to Fuji but I regret this lens very much, but Sigma has recently launched the X-Mount version that I will soon buy hoping it will have the same yield it had on Sony. At the price at which it is sold and for the quality it has it is really something incredible. The only thing I unfortunately don't like about Sigma is the aesthetics of contemporary lenses, but who knows! Guys, if you are interested in this type of focal length for APS-C (which is equivalent to an 85FF) buy it and you will not regret it at all. |
 | sent on 07 Dicembre 2021 Pros: Sharpness, color rendering, price Cons: Nobody Opinion: I have the version for m4/3 taken at 360 euros new, I was amazed at the yield of this little jewel, beautiful colors, blurred pictorial and soft sharpness on the plane of focus already good at ta precise and fast autofocus. I used it for photos under the stage at a concert and I got great results. Recommended without reservations at this price and also absolutely difficult to find better. |
 | sent on 22 Luglio 2021 Pros: sharpness Cons: Maybe just the price!!! Opinion: In my opinion the absolute best lens for the Canon m50 for those like me who want to make portraits !!! I have always used lenses such as L series and the 22mm f2 and I admit that despite the price a bit 'high considering that it costs almost as much as the camera body I have nothing to complain about a nice bokeh .... sharpness at TA incredible!!! Great sigma for thinking of investing in the m system !!!! |
 | sent on 16 Maggio 2020 Pros: Luninity Cons: Nobody Opinion: Exceptional for portraits, natural details. Undoubtedly a very good lens that makes me take fantastic photos. The best for the bokeh. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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 | sent on 18 Dicembre 2019 Pros: - Attack EF-M (BIG SIGMA!!!) - NITIDISSIMO GIA A F/1.8 MA GIA0 TO TA VA TO THE BIG - BOKEH Cons: FOR TIME ONLY THE DIREI PRICE : 430 euros in AMAZZONY Opinion: EF-M ATTACK FOR MY M50 !!!!! Arrived today and I took 20 photos about my princess, well the comparison with the 50 stm I had before... I can only say that the 50 canon I used only at f/2.8 for the sharpness that I like... now the sigma is great at f/1.8 so a lot of stuff, at TA is still usable and I'll do it :) the canon, on the other hand, has never been used at TA too soft. The bokeh I'm not an expert but I like it a lot more, it's less artificial as it looked like the 50 stm (I can't explain it), it's like it's more gradual. The construction looks really solid, and original lampshade included. The price alas is not the best but it is worth them all... it is clear that the 50 stm costs 100 and this 400.... but this is without a shadow of a doubt better, native attack and even brighter so so much stuff. I end by saying that I have never tried the 50 art on apsc, but on the sigma website it says that this 56mm f/1.4 churns out the same IQ as the art series... so do you :) |
 | sent on 24 Novembre 2019 Pros: I would say that among the pros there are undoubtedly Bokeh and sharpness. And even the venocity of the AF is excellent Cons: What about... has no cons! One could argue for the lack of stabilisation Opinion: On m43 bodies the lack of de facto stabilization is not a problem. The machine body thinks about it! Tried by chance... I didn't even know it existed. intrigued I bought it (forehand: less than 400 euros new!). I was bewitched by it. Apart from the Nocticron that has something magical, it does not make other medium canvases or canvases of Oly or Pana regret. The 56mm is amazing. The sharpness levels are stellar already at TA. If he beats it head-to-head (and I don't know who's first) in terms of sharpness with the 75/1.8 Oly or with the 45mm f/1.8 or 42.5/1.7 of Pana. The Nocticron remains a hair ahead, the images it returns have a lecstatic style three-dimensionality that no other lens can give. But otherwise the Sigma is superb. The bokeh is creamy and "round", always soft and never nervous. The m43 is known to be affected by the too wide pdc (small sensor) but with the light lenses the problem is solved. Well... luminous lenses are cost and cluttered. But this Sigma solves the two aspects: reasonable cost and limited footprint (smaller than the 75mm Oly). Light. But well-structured, good gripability with the zigzagged barrel, great feeling of solidity. I mean... a lens that should not be missing in a kit! Ah.. 50cm of minimum fire distance... In short: I am a happy owner! |
 | sent on 21 Ottobre 2019 Pros: In order of importance (for myself): sharpness to TA, wonderful bokeh, very fast and silent autofocus, lightness and compactness, price (relatively) cheap. Cons: Really.... Nobody! You can't find any flaws in an optics that don't have any! Opinion: What to say: mine is the version for m4/3 and for this format, remaining on 4-500 euros, I think there really is none! The sharpness of the full-opening lens is absolutely extraordinary, both in relative terms (compared with other fixed opticals to portrait for m4/3 and comparing the same optics set to more closed diaphragms), and in absolute terms (I have a sigma 85 1.4 "old" that I use on FF Nikon). Practically the diaphragm only serves to increase or decrease the pdc, not even the contrast and sharpness that are already maximum as far as f 1.4. And then it is a light, compact, "short" lens (compared to the Oly 75 1.8) and of excellent focal length (a 112 on m4/3). I also have the zuiko 45 1.8 ...which I think to keep as "multetto", but only because it is even smaller and lighter and, above all, in case of holidays out of door a little critical is more "expendable", costing, in the used, the exact half of the 56.... To get something more the only one is to turn to the 45 f 1.2 zuiko..... maybe, but I say: "maybe", only that can have something more (I've never tried it...) ... UPDATE: I found the 75 1.8 zuiko at a scary price, and I bought it. To "recover" the money spent I sold, AVVENTATATATATA", the 56, thinking that, in the end, in the case of that, used, at 300 euros I will always be able to find it, instead for that money a 75 1.8 I can no longer find it. And then the urge to try I'm blessed 75 in front of which for months and months I drooled..... Conclusion: between the two I say.... Sigma 56! At the end of the opening you can see the sharper sharpness of 56 compared to the 75....and already this, look after me, just and advance. With an empirical impression, then, the 56 seems to "detach" even more and better from the background. In short: partially repented...... If I ever stay in m4/3 on 56 I will buy it back for sure! "If ever...", precisely..... because with my beautiful Oly EM1, with 56 and 75 mounted in front, I managed to get beautiful photos, but not as much as I managed to do with the old and obsolete D700 with the 85 1.4 in front or the Tamron 70 200 2.8. The limits of the reduced sensor are there! I don't think it's fair to pretend not to see them, considering that, at the price level, they don't give you the m4/3!!! |
 | sent on 14 Settembre 2019 Pros: Global yield, build quality, weight, size, costs... Cons: Nobody Opinion: I can say that with this I tried all the mid-wings of the M43 panorama, including the Nocricron and the 45 1.2! The last before this was the 45 1.2, of which you can not say that well, but costs is clutter are really at the limit... pushed by a friend I decided, and I tried qs 56...Well guys, impressed, made equivalent to 45! Even the detachment and blurring, thanks to the slightly longer focus, are equivalent... Indeed, well, the global yield may well be a superior hair, but let's just say that they are the same as... At the end of the day, the average mile is for M43! I keep out of this "race" two optics: the Nocticron that for me remains the only one that has a truly "his" yield, the 56 comes very close to him, but the shots at TA in the Nocricron in my opinion have no equal nep panorama M43. And the 75, which is definitely longer than the optics examined, has a yield very similar to the 56 (indeed perhaps a hair better than 56) but the focal length places it in a different category, and with different uses... it remains an exceptional optic, which integrates perfectly with all the mediums mentioned above. In conclusion, considering: performance, clutter and costs qs 56 blows up the bench, the first option average them in the M43 panorama! |
 | sent on 13 Luglio 2019 Pros: Sharp, great blurry, light and compact Cons: Nobody Opinion: I had it and used it on different bodies m43 (G9 and gx80). It is definitely the best value option among the average canvases per m43. Well built, light and compact, but solid and with a good lampshade provided, it also looks tropicalized. A ta is already very sharp and does not improve significantly by closing the diaphragm except at the edges. A lens to have for those who make portraits, perfect completion of the brother 30 1.4, with which he shares the excellent aspects of above. It offers a very pleasant and soft bokeh, less nervous for example of the 75 1.8, of which it is also slightly sharper at 1.4, offering a focal of 112mm equivalent still very versatile for full-length portraits. |
  | sent on 09 Aprile 2019 Pros: I can only confirm the qualities reported by those who preceded me: Brightness, sharpness at full aperture, bokeh, compactness despite being designed to cover the APS-C. Excellent Value for money Cons: I Haven't found any yet. Opinion: Used on M4/3, both Pana and Oly, it proved the proper focal length for portraits and half busts even in interiors, an excellent rendition even at full aperture and an excellent fuzzy. As Andrea has already said, the best tele from Portrait as quality/price on this sensor. An Optics that suggests the quality that Sigma could produce with exclusive optical projects for the M4/3, but of course for containment costs the sales numbers must be conspicuous and also cover the APS-C. In any case a strat-recommended lens. |
 | sent on 28 Marzo 2019 Pros: Sharpness, Bokeh, compactness, Q/P outstanding, AF, perfect pairing with A6500... Cons: ... If you find me Opinion: Excellent Lens for portrait (and not only) at a very interesting price (import little more than €300...). Already happy owner of a 30mm 1.4 I wanted to expand the family to have a focal/PDC equivalent (about) to a 85 1.8 that I used on FF. My expectations have been widely met so much so that I sell the 50 oss. In combination with a Sony A6500 you have in your hands an impeccable war machine that does not miss a shot. Excellent Sharpness even at full aperture, precise AF, top construction and reduced weights make it a Best buy for all Sony APSC owners. |
 | sent on 09 Marzo 2019 Pros: Optical quality (sharpness, progressive and soft bokeh), weight and size, construction and quality of materials, fast and accurate AF, value for money Cons: Nobody Opinion: In my opinion this is the best portrait tele of the M4/3 in value for money. With about 400 euros you bring home a lens that, in portraiture, will give you great satisfactions. Sharp already at TA, it has a very soft and progressive bokeh. It is, as a field framed, of the equivalent of a 112 on FF: Therefore a long lens, but not as demanding as the splendid 75 1.8, almost inoperable in interiors. Excellent construction, metal (plastic hood), the lens has dimensions and weight perfectly in line with the M4/3 philosophy: In My little Domke, two machine bodies (e-M10 and Pen-F) with grafted respectively on 15 1.7 and 56 1.4, and, as a third Lens, the yummy 30 1.4. Fast and precise the MAF. Sigma has done a great job: I repeat, if you love the portrait, at this price and with this quality do not find anything better around. Absolutely recommended. |
 | sent on 29 Gennaio 2019 Pros: Solid, weight and size appropriate to the size m3/4, the low price, sharp already TA, pleasant bokeh Cons: For now no one Opinion: Sigma has produced another gem, there is little to add. If I was pleasantly surprised by the 60mm f/2.8 DN for the amazing Q/P ratio, when it came out this 56mm f/1.4 I already knew it would join my collection having decided to stay in the M4/3 world. Medium-Telephoto portrait, lends itself also to close up and landscapes, its sharpness already to TA makes you rub your eyes, closing up to f/2.8 reaches its peak, but if I can give a tip I would use it strictly always ta. The fuzzy is soft and progressive, does not reach the quality of the larger formats but as already confirmed who chooses M4/3 appreciates other qualities that the system can offer. I mount it on a GX9 and the balance is perfect, in any way both the weight and the overall dimensions are perfectly matched with small bodies especially rangefinder style. With a 15mm or 20mm pana and the Sigma 56 you have a very respectable duet for everyday photos to always carry with you in a purse. Good Job Sigma! Rated 10 |
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