December 18, 2023 — DPReview has named the SIGMA 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art Best Prime Lens of the Year in the annual DPReview Awards. The ultra-wide prime is praised for its sharpness and clarity while utilizing the full range of its aperture, and for its adherence to SIGMA CEO, Kazuto Yamaki’s, strategic claim to create unique products in an otherwise saturated market.
The news comes alongside DPReview editor, Dale Baskin, also selecting the 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art as his personal choice for best gear of the year. The 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art has been praised for being a niche astrophotography-centric lens that emphasizes and includes the features deemed most important for that particular photographic genre. Yet in spite of the lens’s niche target audience, the lens has still garnered praise as an all-around ultra wide-angle lens option.
This DPReview award marks the third award received by the 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art lens this year.