Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN 'Art' II lens review

Comparison video with this lens's competitors coming VERY soon!

Does this lens fit on a crop apsc sony? How functional does it? I'm interesting about sony zv-e10. Thank you very much in advance. Keep up good work!

Question for videographers, which one would you choose, Sony 24-105 f4 OSS vs new sigma 24-70 mark 2 f2.8? btw I’m using a Sony zv-e1, thanks!! 🙌

Can this lens fit into the mount of a Sony A6600?

I guess it must be called a 'chromatic' lens then - perhaps that's why the bokeh rendering is far better than most other new lenses, it has a vintage, one could even call it, artistic rendering. APO leases basically always have smooth but busy bokeh in complex scenes, I'd much prefer this, a razor sharp, but "vintage" rendering lens...

Hi Chris, why dont you do reviews on lumix lenses

@christopherfrost thanks for the nice review Chris! I find it strange or even funny that no one talks and compares the original Sigma 24-70 to the new model II about the biggest flaw original had - the stepped aperture in video mode when filming in aperture priority mode. Can you please confirm, does the new Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN Art Mark II has, smooth or stepped aperture in aperture priority mode (when filming video)? Love from Finlandia 💜.

wow, a good lense😍😍👏👏

Does it fit in the sony A6400?

what about the dust resistance ????
At Sigma 24 70 no1 was very easy to dust dots to came inside the glass, like ridiculous easy. Like , one walk at the park was enough..

You should start reviewing L Mount Lenses too some are better than sigmas top best lenses

You should start reviewing L Mount Lenses too some are better than sigmas top best lenses

Sharpness is not the most important aspect of a quality image. Landscapes and product photography, maybe, but not when it comes to people, and the 24-70 is a people lens. Go with an OEM, not with a 3rd Party lens because the likes of NIkon, Sony and Canon optimise their image processing firmware to match the characteristics of their own lenses. They only give the generic data to 3rd parties. And many photographers in the fashion and portrait game are ditching their Sony kit. One said the images look like they are off a colour photocopier they are so sterile.

Not sure why th 1st gen Sigma lens wasn't mentioned at all. That's what we're all actually here to find out. That's a massive oversight.

The distortion is not that bad... still cellphones are worse😅😅. Definitely going to order it better than the 28-75mm

Honestly I don't mind the CA and it seems like when these things are not overcorrected lenses have much better rendition and I feel this sigma renders more beautifully than it's older sibling. Not to mentioned it is smaller. I love it

I'm mostly happy about this release because I'm hoping that it will cause the first generation to hit the used market more often.

Hi Chris, many thanks for reviewing this indeed great lens! It's a pity they don't offer it with Nikon Z or Canon RF mount! Best wishes, Ralf

I could tell from the first few sample photos that I’m not a fan of this lens. I think it has something to do with the bokeh. It just doesn’t speak to me.

Crazy CA, closeup softness and fringing, keeping my tamron 28-75mm, and saving money for sony 24-70 2.8 gm II

Could you also compare it to the version 1 of the lens please?

For RF-Mount…
Is what I want to hear in a future video of yours.😅

The only reason to get the native Sony lens is because they intentionally cut down the FPS. I've also heard another reviewer say that the AF hit rate for Eye AF isn't as good. But after seeing this I would have a hard time justifying paying nearly double the price just to have the Sony lens. Great review as always!

I see no reason why one would go with this lens over the 200gr lighter tamron 28-75 g2.

Thanh you for honest and straightforward review. After watching this, i am happy for keeping tamron 28-75 g2

Is it better than my canon rf28-70mm f2?

Do I need to upgrade from my Original V1 24-70 2.8 though?

Wow that LoCA is bad

Highly recommended with this amount of LoCa? Or was that only really an issue when focusing closely?

Considering that fast standard zooms are difficult to construct, it's actually quite good for the price. But I'm still sticking with my GMII 😅

So Leica will be bringing out their Mark 2 24-70mm L-mount SL3 soon, then.

The rainbow lens ever😅

Its weird how your video's commentary on loca is the opposite of petapixel. Given how wild your loca is I would have assumed that there is something wrong with your copy of the lens.

Was going so well until that LOCA :)

Wowzers how much lens distortion would you like with your focus breathing?

Yes.

Still prefer tamron 28-75 g2. Much cheaper and similar image quality. Also I have 24 prime starting form 28 to 75 offers better range I think.

Decent price but weird that Sigma didn’t make it that much better than the version 1

Came here hoping that this was coming to the RF mount

Christopher - with this catastrophic longitudinal CAs you should give a "Highly Recommend" on this lens.

It's a bit underwhelming. I was expecting better results. The test isn't even on a 61MP sensor.

im just waiting until we get sigma for full frame rf mount

I haven’t switched to mirrorless and I was just looking around and it seems that sigma hasn’t brought over its 15-35/1.8 to a mirrorless mount. Why?

Christopher,
BEAUTIFUL church – where is it, what is it?
Cheers

As a pretty happy Nikon shooter, still envy the options on Sony. Maybe if Canon starts allowing more 3rd party, Nikon will give Sigma/Tamron a wide lane to release whatever they want.

I don't feel the need to upgrade from the old version but this new one is a pretty nice upgrade! How often will you notice that poor longitudinal CA anyway? In my case never. But IF I ever decide to upgrade it would be the Sony mk2, or even mk3 by that time

Damn that rendering is flat

Strange you found that much LOCA Chris. Other reviewers found minimal. I’m sticking with my version 1 of this lens.

Wow, plenty of not too pleasant surprises

I’m genuinely shocked by the image sharpness!