The lens can capture even the finest details of a small subject in the background, as well as the atmosphere of the scene. With its wide-angle focal length of 18mm (equivalent to 27mm in the 35mm film format), the XF18mmF1.4 R LM WR can not only capture a landscape in a natural sense of perspective but also snapshots that close in on a main subject while keeping the vast background in the frame. The lens weighs 370g and measures 75.6mm for excellent portability with the compact design.
The use of large-diameter lens elements has enabled the maximum aperture of F1.4, making it possible to shoot high-quality pictures with minimal camera shake and digital noise even in low light conditions such as nightscape.
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Call me biased, but with exceptional image quality in both in-focus and out-of-focus areas, plus dead-on accurate autofocus, these SIGMA F1.4 DC DN primes are easily worth the extra coin, and they won’t end up collecting dust.The XF18mmF1.4 R LM WR is a prime lens with advanced resolution, consisting of 15 lens elements, including three aspherical lenses and one ED lens, in nine groups. While these types of lenses can be tempting, out of focus areas are often “busy” or awash with unattractive optical aberrations, far from the high-quality vintage look many buyers expect.
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Incidentally - and I mention this because I worked at a camera shop for 13 years and witnessed the disappointment firsthand - there are lots of cheap, fast-aperture, manual focus lenses out there for APS-C format cameras, many available for X Mount, that have a similarly shallow depth of field. What remains is a pin-sharp subject that stands out from its surroundings with a “pop” that this focal length is celebrated for. Falloff is gradual and smooth, backgrounds turn soft and dreamy, and any distracting details - front or back - fade gracefully away. While many lenses can blur a background, it is the quality of that blur and the amazing sharpness of what is in focus that really makes the 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary stand out. But with three amazing lenses to play with, I was more than happy with the change of scenery.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans for me, with a wet, gloomy Saturday followed by a frigid, snowy Sunday, so my jaunt through the big city became a slippery hike through local parks (and an exercise in keeping swirling snow off my image sensor). So the SECOND we received pre-production samples in the SIGMA America office, I squirreled away a copy of each lens, along with a Fujifilm X-T4 body, and planned my weekend trip to Brooklyn for some street and architecture photography. So far, these lenses have been released for Sony E-mount, Canon EF-M, Micro Four Thirds, and even L-Mount, and in each case, they have become among the most popular crop format lenses for each system. Simple to use, ultra-fast F1.4 aperture, razor-sharp image quality, and affordable to own, the 16mm, 30mm and 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary lenses are favorites among crop-sensor mirrorless shooters, and it’s not hard to see why. Three super-fast prime lenses - with autofocus! - that are compatible with X Mount.