10-16-2017, 10:02 PM
This very beautiful weekend in autumn I took my old 14-24/2.8 Nikkor and the much less older Sigma 14/1.8 Art with me to try and see what happens to both in front- and sidelight. I knew the Nikkor is not good in handling flares, what i didn't know was, "is the Sigma although wider open, better in avoiding flares?"
It's no problem to provoke the Sigma showing bits of flare. These are just not as rainbow-colours as the one from the Nikkor.
![[Image: _DSC0716-XL.jpg]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Testshots/Sigma-1418-Art/i-SCtbpWD/0/65e315e7/XL/_DSC0716-XL.jpg)
This kind of flares I find hard to deal with in post production.
![[Image: _DSC0715-XL.jpg]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Testshots/Sigma-1418-Art/i-JMSqfk7/0/2eb09231/XL/_DSC0715-XL.jpg)
1 ½ stop faster and less issues at f/5.6, cool.
But that's only one bonus (and to be expected from a prime this size and weight)
The other is the combination "close-up, wide open"
![[Image: _DSC0703-XL.jpg]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Testshots/Sigma-1418-Art/i-6JW3nnT/0/75ca7448/XL/_DSC0703-XL.jpg)
It's no problem to provoke the Sigma showing bits of flare. These are just not as rainbow-colours as the one from the Nikkor.
This kind of flares I find hard to deal with in post production.
1 ½ stop faster and less issues at f/5.6, cool.
But that's only one bonus (and to be expected from a prime this size and weight)
The other is the combination "close-up, wide open"