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The Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens is an E-mount lens for Sony. I am using this Sigma prime on the Sony A7IV. For this portrait photoshoot, I wanted to do something a little bit different. Usually I am photographing outdoors in very green locations with natural light. This time, I booked in a beautiful photography studio with large windows for our photoshoot.
The Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon EF is a budget friendly, fast prime lens. I am using the Sigma 35mm f1.4 on the Canon 5D mark4 for portrait photography.
The Sigma 35mm f1.2 is the worlds first autofocus 35mm f1.2 lens for Sony E-mount full frame cameras. I will be using it for portrait photography on the Sony A7III at a wide open aperture of f1.2 in natural light.
In today’s video we’re comparing the Sigma 35mm f1.4 ART vs the Canon 35mm 1.4 II lenses during a natural light portrait photoshoot. I used the same camera body for both lenses - the Canon 5Dmkiv.
The Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 is a lens my partner Dan uses to film our YouTube videos with on the Sony A7sII and A7sIII. During this photoshoot, I decided to try it out for portrait photography alongside the Sigma 50-100mm f1.8 lens. I love the colour rendition and quality of our raw YouTube video footage, and am excited to see what these lenses look like for photography!
Both the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 and Sigma 50-100mm f1.8 are crop frame lenses. Dan uses them adapted with a Metabones 4 to his Sony cameras. However, I hired the Canon 7D mk2 crop frame camera body to use them for this portrait photoshoot. I find that using native mount lenses helps with autofocus performance and accuracy. For video it's not a problem since Dan manual focuses. But for photography, part of a lens review is seeing how well a lens can autofocus.
Watch the behind the scenes video below to see my camera settings and how we took these images. I also share my review on how these 2 Sigma zoom lenses perform for portrait photography.
Below are my favourite photos I took on this day! I included before and after examples so you can see what the image looks like straight out of the camera. The photos in this blog post are edited with my Mountains Lightroom Preset Pack. You can watch the behind the scenes video to see all the SOOC photos.
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model @mahaliaceleste
makeup @lidija.mua
All photos edited with my Mountains Lightroom Preset!
after // before
before // after
50-100mm unedited // 18-35mm unedited
All photos edited with my Mountains Lightroom Preset!
If you enjoyed this blog post, you might want to check out this photoshoot on the one of a kind Sigma 35mm f1.2 on the Sony A7iii! Or if you are after more Canon photoshoots, in this photoshoot I compare crop frame vs full frame with the Canon 7Dmk2 and the Canon 5Dmkiv.
The Sigma 85mm f1.4 ART lens is a budget-friendly, third party alternative to Canon's discontinued Canon 85mm f1.2L II lens. During this portrait photoshoot, I am using both lenses on the full frame Canon 5D mkiv camera body. The photos in this blog post are edited and mixed up between both lenses - let me know if you can guess which one is which!
