Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN C lens review

Sigma is well known for its Art series lenses, but the maker's full-frame 'Contemporary' or C  series lenses deserve equal recognition for offering great image quality in a smaller, lighter package. Take the Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN C lens reviewed here, for example. With a metal outer barrel and milled metal aperture and focus rings, it's a very nicely made lens indeed. What's more, weighing just 365g and measuring 72mm in length, the L-mount version I was sent pairs incredibly well with the tiny Sigma fp sent for testing. Inside, the lens has 13 elements arranged in 11 groups, with one fancy, fluorite-like FLD element, two SLD (Super-Low Dispersion) elements, and two with aspherical surfaces. A minimum focus distance of just 24.5cm is not the shortest at this focal length, but it's still useful. The maximum magnification is This all-metal lens is beautifully made at around £549 / $549. It even comes with a metal hood that's oddly (yet attractively) ridged on the outside but, mo