Sigma 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Lens for Sony E, Bundle with Hoya 77mm UV and CPL Filters

Explore the world of photography with the SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art Lens, designed specifically for Sony E. This bundle includes Hoya 77mm UV and CPL Filters, enhancing your photographic experience. This lens, the lightest in its class, is part of SIGMA's esteemed Art line, renowned for its exceptional descriptive power and innovative expression.

The SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art Lens is designed to redefine standards, focusing on delivering superior descriptive power from the widest aperture and portability that allows high performance in any setting. It boasts high resolving power from the maximum aperture throughout the entire focus range, enriching the beauty of the large bokeh effect at F1.2.

The lens construction and mechanical design have been simplified to the essentials, resulting in a compact and lightweight body. It's equipped with a full range of professional-grade functions, including high-precision AF using the latest HLA (High-response Linear Actuator) that reduces volume while maintaining the same thrust.

Experience the highest descriptive power with F1.2 brightness. This lens has been designed to emphasize high resolution from the maximum aperture to the full focus range and large, beautiful bokeh expression. The contrast between the sharpness of the focus surface and the melting bokeh effect creates a three-dimensional effect, thanks to its F1.2 aperture. The 13-blade diaphragm allows for beautiful bokeh expressions, and focus breathing is well-suppressed, making the F1.2 rendering fully usable in video recording.

The latest optical design achieves high resolving power with each aberration thoroughly suppressed from the maximum aperture. The lens is capable of rendering details without color bleeding in any situation. The incorporated floating focus improves short-range performance, ensuring a stable, high-level image quality throughout the entire range from the minimum focusing distance to infinity.

By correcting spherical aberration, sagittal coma flare, axial chromatic aberration, and other aberrations, the lens delivers natural bokeh images that blur smoothly and without color bleeding from the focal plane. The lens incorporates SIGMA's first 13-blade diaphragm, which maintains a circular shape even when stopped down from the maximum aperture. The surface accuracy of the aspherical lens has been enhanced to the utmost to enable smooth and beautiful round bokeh expressions.

The SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art Lens is designed to minimize focus breathing and flare and ghosting, which reduce image quality. High backlight resistance enables clear and sharp images under any lighting conditions. The lens body is the lightest in its class, suitable for a wide range of applications.

A new system was developed that significantly reduces the volume while maintaining the same thrust of the HLA, which is characterized by its high driving accuracy and quietness, and is featured in each of the two focus groups. This technological innovation has realized both high-speed autofocus and a compact lens body.

The lens construction and mechanical design have been stripped down to the absolute minimum. Each piece of glass is made as thin as possible while employing glasses with a high refractive index and four aspherical lenses. The high level of production technology at SIGMA's only manufacturing base, the Aizu factory, provides the exacting precision necessary for processing these thin glass elements and making this mass production possible.

In addition to various functions that support photography, such as the AFL button and an aperture ring, the construction of the lens body itself and its high-quality touch and feel are also pursued. The SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art Lens is designed with high functionality and reliability to meet the stringent demands of professionals, as well as excellent build quality for long-lasting, reliable use.

The lens is equipped with an AFL button which can be assigned to a range of functions via the menu on selected cameras. In addition to the aperture ring, the lens is equipped with an aperture ring lock switch and a click switch to turn the click on and off. It also features a dust and splash resistant structure, and the front element of the lens features a water and oil repellent coating, allowing photographers to shoot without concerns even in harsh outdoor environments. A dedicated petal-shaped hood with a locking mechanism is provided for secure attachment.