Great made better: the exceptional resolving power and beautiful bokeh of Sigma’s world-leading 35mm F1.2 in a smaller, lighter body
In 2019, Sigma released the 35mm F1.2 DG DN | Art, the world's first 35mm mirrorless camera lens with an F1.2 aperture. Six years later, Sigma is proud to introduce its successor, the 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art.
Designed and engineered with Sigma's latest technology, the 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art offers not only improved optical performance, but also greatly enhanced portability thanks to a significant size reduction of approximately 30%. With its improved design, the lens delivers unparalleled rendering power, high-resolution clarity and large, beautiful bokeh in a more portable form. Focus breathing is also effectively minimized, ensuring outstanding results not only in still photography, but also when shooting video.
The Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art is an exceptional, uncompromising lens that achieves the perfect balance of optical performance, brightness, compact size, light weight and ease of use.
Unrivaled rendering power, beautiful bokeh and crystal clear images even at F1.2
Extreme suppression of chromatic aberration and sagittal coma flare
The Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art offers even better optical performance than its predecessor, with brilliant clarity throughout the image, even at the fully open F1.2 aperture. The use of SLD glass, highly refractive glass with high anomalous dispersion, and four glass-molded double-sided aspherical elements thoroughly corrects axial chromatic aberration and sagittal coma flare, while significantly reducing the lens size.
Brilliant sharpness and the large, beautiful bokeh of an F1.2 aperture
In designing the 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art, Sigma paid special attention to correcting the various optical aberrations that affect image quality. Thanks to these meticulous efforts, the lens delivers brilliant sharpness of the in-focus plane and beautiful bokeh that suppresses color bleeding and double line bokeh. Photographers will appreciate the rich, expressive rendering qualities and the beautiful interplay between the in-focus and out-of-focus areas, especially when shooting wide open at F1.2.
Designed to minimize focus breathing
Optimization of the focus group arrangement and aspherical shape significantly suppresses focus breathing. As a result, changes in field of view are effectively suppressed when the focusing distance is changed, making the lens an ideal choice for professional video use.
Designed to minimize flare and ghosting
Flare and ghosting, which reduce image quality, are addressed under all conditions of incident light, based on the most advanced simulation technology. High backlight resistance enables clear and sharp images under any lighting conditions.
Significantly reduced size and weight
Better performance, smaller size and lighter weight thanks to the floating focus system
The Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art achieves even better optical performance than its predecessor while being approximately 30% lighter and 20% shorter. A key factor behind this is the adoption of a floating focus design: by allowing the lens groups to move independently of each other, the weight of each lens group has been significantly reduced while simultaneously enhancing optical performance. Additionally, the improved optical design features four aspherical lens elements, high refractive index glass, and thinner lens elements, further contributing to its exceptional performance.
Fast and quiet autofocusing with dual HLA system
The dual HLA (High-response Linear Actuator) system drives each of the two focus groups by an individual linear motor. In addition, the use of multiple magnets in each motor allows for a compact focus unit design without sacrificing high thrust. Compared to conventional cam-driven systems, the dual HLA system is not only significantly lighter, but also guarantees fast, reliable and quiet autofocusing.
Specifications
- Lens construction: 17 elements in 13 groups (1 SLD, 4 aspherical elements)
- Angle of View: 63.4°
- Number of Diaphragm Blades: 11 (Rounded Diaphragm)
- Minimum Aperture: F16
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 28cm
- Maximum Magnification Ratio: 1:5.3
- Filter Size: φ72mm
- Maximum Diameter x Length: φ81.0mm x 111.4mm
- Weight: 755g
Art
The perfect tool for self-expression
- for the artist within you
When designing the Art series, we paid particular attention to sophisticated optical performance, and these lenses provide the perfect aid for higher levels of artistic expression.
These lenses offer exceptional performance that meets the extremely high expectations of creative, artistic photographers. During their development, we placed great emphasis on meeting the needs of our target audience, for whom creative, dramatic results are more important than compact size and versatility. Whether the subject is portrait, landscape, or macro, these lenses are guaranteed to satisfy every need, whether in the studio, under the starry sky, or even at the bottom of the sea.
