Sigma 311101 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras

The staple Sigma 50mm 1.4 DG HSM has been redesigned and re-engineered to set a new standard for the Art line. With a large 1.4 aperture, the Sigma 50mm 1.4 prime lens is a pro level performer for shooting everything including portrait photography, landscape photography, studio photography and street photography. A Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) ensures quiet, smooth and accurate auto-focusing and paired with Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass and Super Multi-Layer coating, the 50mm 1.4 is a high performance lens for the modern DSLR sensors. 13 elements in 8 groups allow for unsurpassed performance even at wide apertures and close-up photography is easily managed with a minimum focusing distance of 40cm. The Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens is the new exceptional standard, standard prime. 50mm focal length, 77mm filters 75mm equivalent focal length on APS-C cameras, 80mm equivalent focal length on Canon APS-C cameras F1.4 maximum aperture; F16 minimum Ring-type ultrasonic-type AF motor with full-time manual focusing 0.4m/15.7" minimum focus