Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Lens for Sony

The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Lens for Sigma adds beauty and depth to your photographs. Sigma's 135mm f/1.8 medium telephoto prime lens provides expansive focal reach, a compact and fairly lightweight frame, and compatibility with Sigma DSLR cameras. This is a reliable lens engineered for precision, performance and ease of use. Unleash your artistic creativity. With a 9-blade rounded diaphragm, the lens offers precise opening and closing of the aperture and a great bokeh (blurring effect) for out-of-focus background elements in the image. The 135mm focal length gives the lens a stunning compression effect. This prime lens offers innovative technologies such as the large Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM), which bolsters speed and stable performance even at lower speeds. Other technologies include the two SLD (Super Low Dispersion) glass elements and two FLD (F Low Dispersion) elements, which minimize chromatic aberrations and give you ultra-high resolution and clarity throughout the whole image, even at wide-open aperture. Plus, there's a dust and splash proof mount to protect the lens. The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 Art lens, designed for modern high-megapixel DSLRs, is ideal for exquisite portrait photography, and the large aperture makes it a great choice for event photography. Get creative with this Sigma Art lens.

Art Lens

Engineered for those who see photography as an expression of self, Sigma’s Art line offers sophisticated optical performance and abundant expressive power to deliver faithfully on your artistic vision.

DG for Digital

Sigma's DG lenses are specifically designed to deliver the ultimate level of performance on full frame digital SLRs. Sigma DGs also maximize the abilities of 35mm SLR cameras and APS-C size DSLRs. Thanks to a complete and comprehensive approach to the correction of chromatic aberrations, you will experience incredible image clarity and smoothness. Specific attention was paid to helping eliminate color fringing often caused by lateral chromatic aberration, a problem that is magnified at high resolution in digital photography. DG lenses provide exceptionally high contrast along with subtle gradations in tone and color. Super Multi-Layer Coating, along with Sigma's optimized optical design work to reduce reflections between the image sensor and the lens surfaces. The large image circles of DG lenses mean there will always be enough peripheral illumination to avoid vignetting.

Quiet and Fast Autofocusing

HSM lenses employ a motor powered by ultrasonic waves that produce a quiet, yet high-speed AutoFocus. You can enjoy high performance with low noise in a variety of shooting situations.

Inner Focus

To ensure stability in focusing, this lens moves the inner lens group without changing the lens’ physical length.

Image Quality Optimal for Ultra-High-Megapixel DSLRs

To deliver the ultra-high resolution that brings the best out of 50MP or higher ultra-high-megapixel DSLRs, the focus mechanism features SIGMA’s floating system. No matter what the distance from the subject, this lens offers top performance from the center to the edges of the image. By minimizing distortion as well, the lens delivers impeccable image quality—no need for digital adjustment during image processing.

Fast AF with Full-Time Manual Focus

Full-time manual focus function allows the lens to be switched to manual focus simply by rotating the focus ring.