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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.  | sent on April 02, 2023 Pros: Yield and autofocus Cons: size (more than weight) Opinion: Used on the D850 since mid-2018 and adapted to the Z9 without problems it is a perfect lens in terms of yield, bokeh, and performance. Unexceptionable. Bought specifically for the chance to shoot critical portraits with an optical perfection reminiscent of manual ZEISS has never disappointed me. The autofocus is also fast and accurate and beats any other F mount lens I've ever had. Despite this, and perhaps also due to the pandemic and work on the road before it, it is an optics that I have used very, very little. The thing that makes it unwieldy, more than the weight, is the fact that it is relatively short but wide. Without supports to unload the weight it becomes tiring quite quickly having to use it for shots that are not parallel to the floor. At 105mm focal length you also need more space (for interiors mainly) than the classic 85mm that is already narrow for many hotels and AirBnB (where I shoot the vast majority of portraits). However, it remains a perfect optics at a reasonable price |
 | sent on September 03, 2022 Pros: Accuracy on the AF an excellent bokeh the yield in general excellent, saves you on the gym, great for lifting weights. Cons: At the moment I can't find anything against this view. Opinion: Tested on the field in the afternoon I was very satisfied with the yield I mounted it on the Lumix S1 with monochrome profileThe shots in JPEG, a combination with the camera that gives you satisfaction, the tiredness for the excessive weight that accumulates with the camera is not a trivial thing, I think its strength is to use it in the studio both with artificial light and flash light for portraiture, cmq satisfied with the purchase. |
 | sent on June 26, 2022 Pros: the optics in full Cons: say weight and size would be inutle, good glass weighs Opinion: I wanted to take off a whim, I presented the opportunity at an excellent price and accomplice exchange of lens that I did not use often, I took this beast Lmount version, after the initial doubt that assailed me as soon as I removed it from the case I immediately put it to the test, not before having it firmly anchored with its strap to the ring that avoids stressing too much the attack on the machine (weighs a lot ragà), autofocus in line with the other art I have, both for speed and precision, the images are of a disconcerting beauty, the colors, as it detaches the subject from the background, blurred beautiful. It is a challenging lens, both in mastering it and in its use, with the hood it becomes a cannon, it is for well-defined projects, carrying it in your bag without knowing if you will have the opportunity to use it is crazy, but if you want a lens that makes you want to portray anything take it in a hurry, otherwise the 85 1.4 art is the little brother. |
 | sent on June 29, 2021 Pros: all Cons: nothing Opinion: I will add nothing more to what has been said about this sophisticated lens. Only flaw not to have it. Another flaw is addictive.... If you are afraid of weights and measures avoid it.... If you are a portrait lovers do not hesitate. I bought it during the lockdown and got to shoot during this time...... Goodness me...... Considering I had the 135 L, I own 85 ii and 85 rf f2 macro as well as the 100 L, 50 1.2 rf and 70 200 iii But there is no history None of them is comparable |
  | sent on March 31, 2021 Pros: Sharpness , bokeh superior to the Big One L series, Af precise Cons: Nobody Opinion: Lens for portraitists, possibility to exploit it in afc as the af despite not being a GM is quite responsive but not lightning, sharpness never seen in any lens , extreme opening on 105 mm and results in a picturesque blurry at the highest levels, interesting focal with its 105 mm is a hybrid between 85 mm and 135 mm but with extreme opening , with this lens you have almost the barrel full and the wife drunk, the competitor Sony 100 mm 1.4 will be more responsive on the Af plane, with a compromise of 5 mm less and less optical groups, so better Af and decrease in sharpness . The 105 was born by portrait consequently I prefer extreme sharpness with 5 mm more to TA than a lightning lens, at this point I would have bought a 70 -200 GM without infamy and without praise. Vote 10 |
  | sent on January 21, 2021 Pros: Gorgeous blurry that makes every shot interesting. Professional construction, like the whole ART series. Fast focus. Exceptional engraving. Perfect focal point for portraiture. Cons: Nothing Opinion: I have been using this glass for more than a year on SONY and I confirm with satisfaction that it is a great lens, which makes each shot a poem. The weight and the footprint are not to be underestimated but immediately pays off with the yield. Extremely professional optics born to create beautiful shots. The definition is at the highest level that can be defined, with Sony it works perfectly. For those who paint this lens gives shots worthy of the highest quality. The focal point is perfect on FF too long or too short, the price is also affordable given what we are talking about. I recommend it to all portrait painters who want to try a professional glass |
 | sent on November 04, 2020 Pros: Sharpness, blurred by scream, construction solidity and top quality materials. Cons: If I were to say the weight, I would say nonsense; with this brightness and this build quality, it could not have been otherwise! Opinion: Fantastic goal. Blurry never seen on other lenses. At full opening it has a frightening quality and engraving. As you move away from the center of the lens, it becomes a little softer (at f. 1.4), but it is its best feature. If you focus on the nearest eye, the blurry that comes soon after, create that magic in the portrait that no other lens can give. I also have canon's Big One which is also a FANTASTIC lens although different from Sigma. The 85 f. 1.2 Canon is slightly less engraved; not that it is a defect is clear, but accustomed me to the 105 f. 1.4 Sigma, the other I feel less desire to use it. Also in focus the Sigma is a little faster than the Big One. In short: as far as I'm concerned, they're the two best portrait focal goals I've ever used. I'd give 9.9 to the Canon and a nice 10 FULL at Sigma! |
 | sent on November 03, 2020 Pros: Exceptional at all openings, unattainable bokeh, sharpness from edge to edge, top construction quality! Cons: Heavy and bulky as a result not very discreet, the AF must be calibrated well with Dock station absolutely (do not take it home without the Dock station, you may be disappointed without knowing that you are wrong). Opinion: I have been aiming for about a week, used equal to the new one at an affordable price in a well-known store in Turin. Let's start talking about the cons, which are only 2. First, the absolute mistake you can make is to mount it in the car (I'm talking about reflex and not mirrorless) and photograph, you could run the risk of being disappointed, because, like all Sigma Art, it must be calibrated well with Dock station, easel, optical aim and patience, if you do not want to do this job before using it forget it! I speak naturally for reflex owners. The other against is the "sweet" weight once it is engaged in the car, I use it with EOS1D X, which already weighs on its own, mounting it in front of me I need a sherpa help to keep it on :-). These are the only 2 cons, let's move on to the pros. Once calibrated well with the Dock station, it becomes almost infallible in the fire, the images at 1.4 are extremely sharp (if you will be stopped with your hand and if you manage to "peck" the fire where you really want, because at f1.4 and 105mm it becomes difficult to master the fire since the PDC is extremely reduced). He, he is always sharp, shooting at 1.4 is like doing it at 2.8 or 5.6, it makes no difference other than in the blurry, crazy, gorgeous and extremely soft and buttery, I had never seen so much beauty in the out-of-focus areas with other specialist lenses like this. Let's talk now about the build quality... a tank (certainly heavy) built to last, a jewel of mechanics and optical quality with its 105mm diameter lentona where you can also mirror it! (Nikon and Canon... we want to learn how to do things right???) in short... the L series are well built goals, but just take hold of this Sigma to understand that, in terms of construction quality, there is an abyss!, ahhh I forgot it is also tropicalized well, (Sigma on the manual declares that it can be used in the rain) although I believe that with this lens you will go little around in the rain but you never know ... :-). In conclusion, if you are willing to do some biceps with your arms, given its huge weight for a 105mm fixed and if you are willing to calibrate it well with the dock station (I always speak for traditional REFLEX owners such as my Canon EOS1D X) it will give you magical shots in every aspect! There's not one aspect where this lens doesn't really excel is a crazy lens and deserves all the money you need to buy it, "The bokeh Master"! It's true... |
 | sent on July 31, 2020 Pros: Absolutely satisfactory optical quality Cons: It's really cumbersome. Opinion: It's a little bit that I think I write two lines on this lens that I have for a year and a half, my second "art" bought when with the passage of the years and the goals that I used, especially medium portrait canvases, my palate has come to an end. Buying sigma, especially when you take a lens that points to the top as in this case, for me means facing essentially two ghosts. The first is quality control. Personally I am extremely satisfied with my copy, I do not know if the level is uniformly high on all production (doubt that I always have even when I buy zeiss or leica), but the results of microcontracting, AF speed and creaminess of blurring are extraordinary, as I basically expected. I was surprised, however, by the level of control of chromatic aberrations, perhaps the most significant sign of technical progress in this category of objectives. The second ghost is the color balance on the sensors I use (d800e and a7r4). This was the most welcome surprise, the colors are not excessive, the result is not too contrasted, absolutely to my taste. I recommend to those who are interested in buying to reflect on the clutter, although the appearance so "muscled" undoubtedly has its appeal, for those who use it sporadically and for pure pleasure as myself is a feature that does not give serious limitations, for a professional or for photographers who travel a lot can be a serious limitation. I conclude that if to the goals we have tried and known in the practice of our passion we give a rational judgment that weighs price and performance probably the 105 1.4 art with nikon bayonet is the best I have ever had. |
 | sent on July 21, 2020 Pros: Sky-high optical quality for today's standards, fast and accurate AF, fair price Cons: Painting construction, screwless lampshade, unnecessarily chunky, unusable except on easel Opinion: An optics that I will probably keep as the only "working" portrait lens, but that I do not recommend for moral duty. The pros are obvious: perfect sharpness, non-existent AC, creamy bokeh, and all the qualities that give a desired "modern" lens. It defeats all the various 85-105 of the competition, simply because it is decidedly old. If he beats it with the 85 1.2 Canon, but because they possess two complementary philosophies, and they can coexist in a set. The problems are all on the ergonomic-constructive side. Let's start with the most obscene thing: the lampshade. What's the point of a plastic screw lamp on a 105mm? It has only one: ruin the tires in case it doesn't fit well, as happened to me. Filter insertion zone made of butter, a micrometric oversight and tac, scratch on the plastic that you will keep for life, and it will be a great excuse for the shopkeepers to drop another 50 euros. The overall size of the lens follows, exaggerated, which oblige its exclusive use. It will therefore not replace an 85mm in case you spin with two machine bodies. We are still a span above the first Sigma Art at the construction level, but far from a lens that will last you 30 years. The AF is fast and precise, even on Sony, like a native lens. Basically I can only recommend it to professionals who find the 135 too long for portraits (I understand them ), and would like for fanaticism something more than 85. Absolutely unusable for marriageists or for anyone who makes a dynamic use of it. |
 | sent on March 26, 2020 Pros: Perfection Cons: Nothing Opinion: It is a particular goal, the price may seem high but once proven it can be said that it is a low price for such a goal. AF accurate and fast, MF fantastic, always accurate with any diaphragm. It weighs but is well balanced, mounted on a Nikon D4 holds well and rearranges the weight of the machine. On the stand, its natural position, it becomes unbeatable. I have not found any defects but only merits, all those that come to mind, also comes with a bag for transport, well built and objectively, of a second shoulder strap to be hooked to the foot of the stand and a rubber ring from rubber stick on the lens when disassembling the stand... in short, they really thought of everything. RECOMMENDED |
 | sent on March 05, 2020 Pros: Sharpness, blurry, micro-contrast,colors, AF (FE x sony), CA control exaggerated Cons: Clutter, blurred hardness away from TA., af with little uncertain light. Opinion: Taken and returned to base. EXASURED lens, not for weight since we are not girls, but for gargantuan clutter that require special bags and often to leave other glass at home. The collar comes to the aid to handle it compared to the little brothers 135 and 85. Last-generation sigma sharpness (40.35 1.2, 28) that has , not only low and medium frequencies but an exaggerated impact even in high ones. Never tried a sharper lens and in fact at 1.4, on the edges you have more sharpness here than at 2.8 on a normal 70 200 in the center. This sharpness, ideal for those who are especially looking for this in a modern portrait with a model with perfect and blurry iris almost out of the world, collides with the quality of the bokeh: at 1.4 everything disappears even in a messed-up room, but as soon as you close a moment, maybe to have two eyes in focus if you do not have the look in axis, here comes a set of details and contrast from the same blurring that appears heavy and blurred. Af in the FE version that I tried very responsive and almost a safety except that the speed is not high for large optical groups. When you have this glass for your hands, objectively comes to think. is it worth having these clutter for all this macro detail on such a small level of fire? That's why I came back. The sure thing is optical perfection in TA... almost unforgettable and probably, even just to enjoy the click 100% I will miss knowing that anything in focus from my 42 mpx was NITIDA as on a medium format. detail not strained but almost sharp and soft at the same time. Here's my comparison test with the 100 canon. https://giuseppetorre.co.uk/2020/02/28/100mm-comparison-sigma-art-vs-canon/ Absurd Lens, but almost like having a Pagani Huayra and walking in ztl... unless you always have in your hand portrait sessions with VIP , and then it also makes as a business card the clutter and the ability to work with absurd details even in the dark thanks to the 1.4 and the endless possibility of crop on bigmpx. Only big doubt. in marriage and reportage with little light the Af has some hesitation too long to medium-short distances. |
user198779  | sent on February 22, 2020 Pros: Construction, sharpness, af. Cons: Nothing Opinion: What to say I don't know where to start this optics excels in everything starting with extreme sharpness already at 1.4 over the whole frame. A construction that the Nikon counterpart dreams of, I compared them when choosing which of the two to buy, as af are equivalent. For portraits it is all too contrasted if it had a close focus would be an excellent macro lens. I also like blurring but here it's a matter of personal taste. I use it on multiple Nikon bodies and no quick and precise focus issues. Finally, the price is more than proportionate to the overall quality of the optics. Rating 10 |
 | sent on November 21, 2019 Pros: If I start writing all the pros we make old.... Cons: Just looking for them, Sigma uses the same hideous caps as Zeiss. But just change them.... Opinion: I have the Nikon 105 f 1.4 and I also own the Apo Sonnar 135, and both of them can only say I am absolutely satisfied. But the 105 Art has really changed my life, since I took it changed the way I photograph, my 850 seems to have earned about twenty mpx! How to describe it? Well, you could say she's the mother of all optics, and she wouldn't sin with exaggeration. Exciting sharpness at TA all over the frame, legend bokeh, heart attack tops, gorgeous and delicate colors, fine construction, noble materials (think the only lampshade is in carbon-injected thermoplastics). It is big, indeed huge, but nevertheless very elegant. It weighs a bang but you only notice it at the end of the session, while you shoot the libidine is at stratospheric levels that you do not feel the weight. A comparison with 105 Nikon? With all due respect to an excellent lens I say it would be unlikely, Art is winning absolutely everything. What to say, also recommended to those who do not particularly like the portrait, if you were looking for the absolute lens you found it, and also at a good price! Beware though, if you have seen it only on the net wait to order it, go and see it and take it in your hand because it is not only big, more! In good need it does not even fit into the backpack, but rest assured that you will love it, this is the lens of life. Take it in your hand and enjoy the tactile and visual sensations, savor a few shots and then ask yourself at point-blank range: how much would this lens cost if it had the brand cnon or the nikon brand? Well, I assure you that you will come to the conclusion that it would not be enough twice as much as the palious 1350 euros it costs! It's hard for everyone, which is mandatory with megapixels, and as always I add "if you have the patience and the expertise to perform the fine calibration of the maf with the special Sigma dock". Otherwise forget, don't waste time and settle for Nikon, Art is not for you. Why am I going to go and say this? I explain: several users have the courage to write "maf perfect, mine is not to be calibrated" but then when you go to see many photos on these reviews you realize that these gentlemen are blind, or do not know the meaning of focus, of the two each. Art are measuring instruments and for their characteristics and their speed the fine calibration of the maf is mandatory, period. Then don't say I didn't warn you.... |
 | sent on February 03, 2019 Pros: Sharpness at all superlative openings and bokeh. Perfect compatibility with Canon 5d Mark4 Cons: For now nothing Opinion: It's an important lens for both openness and image. Tried both in daytime and night is a lens that personally me great satisfactions..... the blur is superb and the autofocus fast. The price there is all given the quality of the lens. I recommend it as an alternative to the more expensive 85 f. 1.2 and 1.4 Canon |
user111807 | sent on January 18, 2019 Pros: Construction, sharpness and bokeh Cons: For me Nothing Opinion: The Ironman of the ART series. Taken from a few days to take pictures on stage on theater to make posters and playbills to expose out of the halls. I did not resist to try it in general photography and to make a comparison with the 135 ART already in my possession for a year. As I have already written for the 135 has a definition and a distortion from optical macro with the advantage of having an aperture of 1.4. I don't say it out of the way I like to do macro from always from the Times of Micro Nikkor 55 F 3.5 onwards until Micro Nikkor 200 f 4. The bokeh is a fairytale in my opinion nicer than the 135 that has a wall effect greater than the background. The autofocus is more than enough speed on d810 better on d500 and is very accurate. The only alternative was the more expensive Nikon of 40% and compared one close to the other you would say the opposite so much is the difference of construction materials. I read opinions that the Nikon would have more personality and the Sigma would be flatter, but at the time of purchase has affected the excellent experience that has given me and still the 135 and I think I have done the right thing. Rated 10 |
 | sent on October 05, 2018 Pros: sharpness, bokeh Cons: A bit of weight, but I was aware Opinion: I replaced it for my inseparable Canon 135mmf2 which was very escursivo for my needs. What about, the 105mmart is an impressive lens, of excellent construction with a prestigious blurry. The AF is very fast although the lens is Large. Inevitable go unnoticed with this lens, overall very satisfied. VOTO10 |
 | sent on July 29, 2018 Pros: Sharpness, Bokeh Cons: Weight Opinion: I bought the lens a few days ago... After a light adjustment to the fire, the lens is great! Blurred excellent and excellent sharpness, at least from the first shots made. The construction is perfect: sturdy, perfect in finishing. Obviously it is heavy and cumbersome, therefore not recommended to be transported for long journeys. Overall, I consider myself satisfied with the purchase. Rated 10. |
 | sent on July 03, 2018 Pros: Sharpness and blurred by scream. Fast enough in focus (as the Sigmas my possession are not lightning) Cons: Weight and footprint, but those who buy it know it a priori. Hood attachment a little cumbersome. Opinion: I recommend buying like all Art the quality is really good, sturdy and with a nice lens hood that protects. The blurry very creamy and my lens for now did not require a calibration (but I will investigate later). The colors are real, the photo that comes out no need for further tweaking. Beautiful massif certainly attracts attention to the frontal lens (advise against the timid) |
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