Critique.......Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN Contemporary - L Mount

[Dave in Wales]

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Lovely little lens for the money.

Two problems I have found straight away.

No grip at mount end to aid assembly and disassembly, have to use complete lens with hood reversed.

AF/MF switch in wrong orientation, it's radial so very easy to to switch from AF to MF when assembling.

I spent the whole of my first morning with it in MF when I wanted AF, should have been more attentive I suppose.

The switch should be axial IMVHO.

Edited July 19, 2023 by Dave in Wales

[Archiver]

How do you find the image quality? I've had my eye on the 24/2 as a general purpose walkaround lens.

[Olaf_ZG]

I bought it and sold it. Quality wise all was fine, but somehow, the images to me weren’t that nice. Didn’t like its rendering. Many here are very enthusiastic about the 3.5, so that might be a better try. I went in the end with a m-mount.

[agfa100]

I was looking for a 24mm f 3.8 M lens I had used from a friend, but went with the Sigma 24mm f 3.5 and I think it is a real sleeper of a lens. 

[hoolyproductions]

I also have the f3.5; I don't really need a fast lens at that focal length. I use it for candid landscapes and cityscapes/abstracts when I don't want to carry a heavy zoom and find it very sharp, even if (very subjectively, I am not a connoisseur ) it doesn't have the awesome drawing of an APO SL. The 17mm f4 seems equally good to me and I am often conflicted which one to carry 🙂