Name: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN ART Lens for Sony E-mount Cameras, Silver
Brand: Sigma
SKU: SG1928DNSOES
Price: 199.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.59 (59 reviews)

Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN ART Lens for Sony E-mount Cameras, Silver

Sigma 19mm f/2.8

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Top Rated Gear: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN ART Lens for Sony E-mount Cameras, Silver

The Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN ART Lens for Sony E-mount Cameras (Silver) is a wide-angle prime lens for Sony E-mount cameras. Its 35mm focal length equivalency is 28.5mm and its minimum focus distance is 7.9" (20 cm). Its f/2.8 maximum aperture is ideal for shallow depth of field imaging and allows it to maintain sharpness in low light situations. An inner focusing system means the lens does not extend when focusing and its newly developed linear autofocus motor is accurate and quiet. Sigma's Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting and provides sharp and high contrast images even at the maximum aperture and with three glass molded aspherical elements, aberrations are kept to a minimum. The result is accurate color definition and sharp imaging across the frame.

Great lense but not what I needed so I returned it. Returns are fast and easy with Adorama.

Great return experience

Highly recommend this lens!! For the price, you can not beat the quality of this lens!!

High quality for a low price!!

The Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN Art lens was a great buy. The price is reasonable and I find the images very sharp. It has proven to be a great compliment to a Sony a6000. Perhaps I should consider the others in the same line.

Great lens and priced right.

Received the Sigma 19mm lens, it is a good wide lens, wide enough, but not too wide, for everyday shooting.  Size is compact enough to fit well on a Sony a6000 and easy to carry around.

Nice lense/good everyday width

Excellent sharp lens. Versatile as it gets for one prime. Landscapes, group portrait, selfies, etc.. AF works great on my Sony a6000, very light. Only drawback is no aperture ring, but not a big deal at this price

Light,fast, and crisp. Big Bang for little money, buy this lens.

I wanted something fairly compact yet bright enough for low light situations. The build quality of this lens is top notch. No complaints at all about the fit and finish. It actually feels/looks better than my 1.8 50mm Sony lens in my opinion. So far photos i've captured are GREAT. It renders warmly on the Sony sensor and I actually like that it has its own personality in that regard. I like this lens enough that i'll likely buy the rest of the lineup for my A5100.  I'm only dinging it 1 star because there is noticeable distortion in RAW images. It's corrected easily in Lightroom...but it's there. The sample photo i'm attaching isn't necessarily to showcase the quality of the optics, moreso to showcase the low light capabilities of the lens. F4.0 ISO 800 in a fairly dimlit space (Legoland in Michigan). Overall i'd say this lens can't be beat for the quality results. The price is merely a bonus. I wish i'd purchased THIS lens before the prime 50mm Sony lens.

Great lens for Sony A5100

The Sigma 19mmf/2.8 DN ART lens has become my standard lens as of lately. I bike around Manhattan and having an easy to use, quick, and light-weight outfit like this is a must. The only negative point (and one star down) is the focus ring, which takes some getting use to (for me, anyway). But considering the price, i think you get a lot of lens for the money. 

I took the pics this morning in Inwood on upper Manhattan.

Quick, flexible, light

When I unpacked the lens and checked front  and rear elements, it looked good. I took a dozen shots using my Sony a6000. The images were terrible-good in center but edges looked unusable. I considered returning it but then decided to use ROR Mist on front and rear. Wow! What a difference-this lens is VERY usable. I'm glad I kept it.

I'm glad I kept it

Only had this for 2 weeks; but I was shooting a Samyang 12mm f/2.0 Manual lens previously here are my findings:

1-The lens has a well built feel to the hand,
2-It's lightweight
3-The mount to my alpha 6500 was really tight, almost too much
4-It's a bit soft out at the edges at f/2.8, but nice and crisp in the center.

Other than that this is a significant up grade to the Samyang. And less money too.

Excellent, and inexpensive wide prime for E mount

This lens blew me away. The images it renders are very sharp across the frame and it costs much less than the Sony option. The only limitation is that continuous focus only works with 5 center focus points and not the entire 179 focus points but contrast detect is snappy on the Sony a6000 so it is not really much of an issue.

Excellent alternative to the Sony 20mm F2.8

I stumbled on this lens when searching for a reasonably priced wide angle for my Sony a7. There's pronounced vignetting in the corners but crop to 8x10 and it's pretty much eliminated. Vignetting is diminished and softened some by removing  the baffle on the back of the lens.  I purchased the lens used from Adorama. It arrived as if it were new. Very pleased.

Using on a full frame Sony a7

The only inconvenience is it has no button to go use manual focus. It's great in every other aspect, though.

Unbeatable for the price

I like this lens and can recommend to anyone looking for a one in this focal length. It deserves 5 stars even with the cons based on overall quality and price.  Great value for the money. 

Pros:
- Reasonable f2.8 wide open still good for low light work
- Small and light weight
- Good price
- Good autofocus
- 19mm focal length good for many situations

Cons:
- Auto focus is very good on Sony A6500, but slightly slower than many Sony lenses when used in video mode
- Makes a rattle noise when off camera or when camera is turned off, but is normal and a result of the auto focus design

Super Nice Lens

Good size for traveling with my a6000! The f /2.8 is real sharp and plenty fast enough.

Sigma 19 mm f/2.8

Not as fast as other lenses out there, sacrificing a little functionality of the a6000, like the fast auto focus...

Overall, very good lens, would definitely recommend

good lens for the price

For an inexpensive lens I am pleasantly surprised at it's sharpness, even wide open.

You won't be sorry with this little wonder.

The sigma 19mm gives me a clean video experience I use it every day for vlogging and pictures. If you want to see how it  performs you can see my YouTube videos Ajones media

Great lens for the price. I don't think you can go wrong

Works amazingly, never had a problem the sharpness and focus is great. Couldn't be happier with it

Love it

The lens itself is OK and it operates smoothly.,But I found its performance no better than that of the 2 zoom lenses I already have that cover this range. Granted, the max aperture of 2.8 gives a little advantage over the 3,5 of my faster zoom. Shooting in good light, though, I can't ind any significant advantage for the Sigma  And for shooting in low  light I' suggest the Samyang/Rokinon 12mm f/2, a fully manual lens, but easy enough to use on  a Sony6000.  It provides incredibly sharp images, much more light-gathering ability and a much wider field of view.  I wanted a lens for big landscapes and night photography and find the Samyang/Rojinon lens much superior for my needs. And for  only a modestly greater outlay.

OK wide angle prime if you have to have autofocus...

Another excellent lens from Sigma.  Sharp, crisp, clear, colorful and great IQ.  Small, light weight and solid build make it a comfortable walk around lens.  Very high quality lens at an incredible affordable price.  A must have lens that I highly recommend.

Great Sigma Lens

Nice wide angle prime lens for my Sony A6000. Much sharper 
than the kit lens.

Nice prime lens

amazing optics.  people say great value but this is on par with my zeiss 32mm as far as image quality and optics.  great lens.  if you're not familiar with focal lengths, 19 on an apsc equals about a 29mm and decently wide for landscape pictures and kind of close group photos.  if I had to pick only 1 focal length this would be a good one.

fantastic.  buy it.

Light weight and always accurate. I hate that it hunts sometimes to focus. But overall really nice lens. Then again I love Sigma lenses anyway.

Pretty good piece of glass

This is very good for walking around, when you want a (relatively) wide-angle lens. It's a prime (non-zoom), but in exchange for that you get excellent sharpness, including in the corners.

The reason I prefer this over the kit 18-55mm, is that this prime sigma is noticeably sharper, *especially* at the corners.
The last point is quite important if you want a large print. I've made some prints out of my 18-55mm before, and it always bothered me how the corners were soft.

Good general purpose wide-angle lens

focusing fast, sharp image, good build quality.

great lens

I've used this lens with my Sony a6300 and found it to be a terrific match.  Shooting videos indoors worked great, smooth focusing.  I have not noticed the clunking others have described.  For the money, it is a great value!

Great Lens so far

SIGMA19mm is reasonable price, reasonable lens  size and good picture quality

Good quality

I am impressed with the quality of the images that I have taken with this lens. This was a prime lens upgrade from the kit lens that came with the camera. I downgraded 1 star because the lens hood wil not stay on the lens when in use. The attachment is a very loose affair and I belive Sigma should be embarrassed with this design! I ordered a replacement hood for the lens, because I feared I would loose the original hood at a critical time. The Sony lens hoods are wonderfully made and stay on th Kit lens very well. I have Tammy and Nikon hoods that fit very securely with out any trouble at all! Sigma needs to improve this problem so I don't have to tape the hood on when I use this lens.

Good lens for A6k

Works good in Auto setting, but shines when you use manual settings 2.8 with a fast speed. Continuous focus dots are in the center but expands when you use single frame shots. I cant get a bad picture with this lens. Its my walk around lens, still small and other than the Zeis 16-70 at $1K this is the only other high quality lens for APS-c e mount.

Awesome lens fast & excellent focus

super sharp! compact! and great value! one of the must have.

Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN ART Lens for Sony E-mount Cameras, Silver

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