Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens for Nikon F-Mount
The Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens for Nikon F-mount cameras is a highly versatile telephoto zoom lens, combining impressive optical performance with a fast, constant aperture. Ideal for creative and artistic applications, this lens delivers outstanding clarity, sharpness, and excellent low-light performance.
Key Features:
- Fast f/1.8 Aperture: The bright f/1.8 constant maximum aperture ensures excellent low-light capability throughout the entire zoom range, offering creative control over depth of field for shallow focus effects and selective focus techniques.
- Superior Optics: The lens design incorporates three FLD elements, four SLD elements, and one high-refractive index element, effectively reducing chromatic aberrations and color fringing, while enhancing clarity, sharpness, and color accuracy.
- Super Multi-Layer Coating: Minimizes lens flare and ghosting, ensuring contrast-rich, color-neutral images, even in backlit conditions.
- Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM): For fast, quiet, and precise autofocus performance, complemented by an internal focusing system that helps ensure smoother focusing. Full-time manual focus control is available by simply rotating the focus ring at any time.
- Internal Design: The internal zoom and focus mechanism helps maintain the lens’s length during use, enhancing handling and ensuring quick and efficient operation.
- Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm: Produces smooth, attractive bokeh for beautiful out-of-focus areas in your images.
- Durable Build: Constructed with Thermally Stable Composite (TSC) material for improved precision and performance in various temperature conditions, and a brass bayonet mount for mounting accuracy and rigidity.
- Rotating Tripod Collar: Features 90° click stops, providing enhanced stability when shooting from a tripod or monopod and allowing easy switching between horizontal and vertical orientations.
Additional Benefits:
- DX-format Compatibility: Designed for Nikon DX-format cameras, this lens provides an effective focal length of 75-150mm, offering flexibility for a range of telephoto applications.
- Customizable with Sigma USB Dock: Compatible with the optional Sigma USB Dock, enabling you to fine-tune the lens's characteristics and update its firmware for optimal performance.
Ideal Applications:
As part of Sigma's Art series, this lens is designed for photographers seeking exceptional optical quality and performance. Whether you're capturing portraits, events, or creative compositions, the Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens offers remarkable versatility and precision. Its combination of sharpness, speed, and smooth bokeh makes it a go-to choice for those who demand the best in optical performance