The Ultimate Lens for Milky Way - 20 to 28mm Edition!

Everything you need to know about Mirrorless vs. DSLR lenses for Astrophotography! AND a milky way lens (20-28mm) shootout! SEVEN Lenses tested: Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG DN | Art, Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM | Art, Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG DN | Art, Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM | Art, Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM | Art, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4.

Clear skies! Nico

[MatthewHolevinski]

That many lenses, that many f/ratio's and that many different exposure times, my word, you are a sadist Nico. I don't know of anybody on youtube that works that hard to bring that much information to the masses. You're a monster! :) Keep up the awe-inspiring work!

[ErikGT]

Your videos are always soo cool, they include so much information, great editing and overall great quality. I love to just listen to the info and tips at the start looking forward to the comparison at the end, always keeps me watching!

[AstroRoad]

I started off with the Sigma 20mm, sold it for the Sony 20mm f/1.8. That new Sigma 20mm is good as bought from what I'm seeing.

One thing Sigma could do to further "give the nod" to us astro folks is something similar to what Samyang did with their 24mm f/1.8 tiny prime. That is have a function that when engaged automatically focusses the lens to infinity. I use this all the time on my E-Mount cameras and it has proven to be very useful.

Top video Nico, really well done!

[skrauthauser]

I personally own the 14-24 EF, its served me quite well for Milky way and was super helpful on my Grand Canyon trip back in February. Thanks for checking all these out for us!

[mohammad_yazbek]

I've been looking for this videos for months! Thank you very much for this outstanding video! Literally, no YouTube astrophotographer took this amazing initiative.

[sionglooi]

Nothing sorts out a len performance than a tracked shot towards the corner. Awesome review!!! Wish you could test more lenses like this. Thanks for your efforts

[robb]

Super presentation as usual Niko. I just recently purchased the Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 lens after returning a failed Rokinon 14mm. Seeing some of the artifacts and distortion in the corners during your presentation has helped provide a rough baseline for comparison and I'm feeling much better. I'm also toying with the idea of picking up a mirrorless camera, so this has helped shed some light on both the camera and lens.

[dmintz]

Awesome video, Nico! Very thorough review, excellent information!

[robinc-k]

What a fantastic video! So much work went into this, clearly. I own the Rokinon, and it is not great in the corners, as you pointed out. I will upgrade when I move to mirrorless! Thanks again!

[dgdave]

Wow, even DP Review would be envious of what you have done here Nico ! Awesome 👏

[drbdrbrobertdrbdrb]

Excellent review! What i'd like to see Sigma incorporate in the new 20mm and 24mm lenses is an option to dedicate the focus hold button to focus on infinite. Or at least the same way the latest Samyang/Rokinon lenses incorporate this feature to instantly focus on infinity when holding the focus hold button when turning on the camera. If this can be accurately programmed, it's a beast in combination with the manual focus lock button.

[FlashlightTech]

Very informative video when you want to chose a wide lens for astro! Thank you!

[weathercat]

This was just what I needed to help pick a lens. Going from a kit lens zoom f/4 to a prime f/1.4 is going to be huge for my time lapses!

[StarScaperPhoto]

Thanks so much for taking the time for this extremely comprehensive video. Very insightful!

[astrobotnautics]

I am so glad I found this video. I was very much considering buying ef versions of the 20mm and 24mm and adapting them, but now I think I may go a native E mount 20mm and ef 28mm

[mikehardy]

There are a handful of amateur astrophotographers that make this hobby accessible to the poor beginner (many have grown) Kamil Pekala is one I discovered in November last year. I've been following you for a while, was delighted to see you present on T.A.L.K! This site is beyond the former by and large. I use a gen 1 Star Adventurer, and MSM. Kamil convinced me 50mm Sigma Art was a great prime. I also bought 35, since I have an astromoded Rebel t7i (APS-c). Into cine as well. Saw Rokinon "4 pack" of cinema on BH for a nice price, so I too have lens you do(and probably the other 3). I recently bought Sigma 20mm CANON AF. After seeing this review, I might try to exchange it for 24mm. I'm not doing mirrorless for obvious reasons. Just did Cephius region for Bubble nebula and it's "friends " with the 50 Sigma (80 equivalent)past Friday and Saterday. Your content keeps me inspired ! THANK YOU most sincerely.

[nickmorgan]

Wonderful video. I'm really excited for the Sigma 20mm. One notable correction, and one of the reasons I've chosen Nikon for astro: You can adapt any of the mirrorless lenses to Nikon. There are multiple Sony E->Z adapters, and the new Megadap ETZ21 is wonderful both for astro and for daylight. The Sony lenses are really fantastic, and combined with Nikon's not eating or turning stars green, it's a winning combo.

[smmxo]

Great review as always! I'm using a Irix Firefly 15mm for milkyway and aurora photos. The preset focus "click" position is really great out in the dark!

[bakerfx]

Hey Nico!
I just want to say thank you so much for all of your content.
I dabbled a bit with Astrophoto last year and bought a star adventurer 2i but never had a tripod sturdy enough to hold it steady. I ended up just not using it all winter but then (thanks to your videos) I was re-inspired to try again this summer.
I bought a better tripod and started trying to get things going again about a month ago and I went from taking crappy photos to some-what decent photos!
I would say 80% of what I learned is from you!
If you’re interested I made a little short 1:20 video about my recent best imaging session that’s on my channel. Really not trying to plug my channel (it’s my only video) I just want you to see what you inspire!
Thanks again for everything you do!

[danielvanderlinden]

Great video and good to see you giving the Sigma 20s a Chance when normaly other reviewers would write them off directly. Maybe this one was to obvious with that much lacking quality but still great to point out especially for beginners that u just cán have a bad batch.