Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM | A

£1,129/$1,199 The landscape lens to beat

We’ve long been fans of Sigma’s ultra-wide 12-24mm lens, with its extreme maximum viewing angle. This newer addition to the Art line-up is more modest in its ultra-wide coverage, but an f-stop faster.

The weather-sealed construction is of excellent quality. Optical prowess benefits from a large-diameter, ultra-high-precision moulded glass aspherical front element, which teams up with three top-grade FLD (‘Fluorite’ Low Dispersion) elements and three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) elements. Ring-type ultrasonic autofocus is speedy and quiet.

Performance

Levels of sharpness are excellent across the whole image frame, even when shooting wide-open at f/2.8. Colour fringing is absolutely negligible, and it’s effectively a distortion-free lens in real-world shooting.