As my subjects are predominately portrait based, I usually find myself reaching for a focal length that is 85mm or longer. During the pandemic, however, I found myself wanting a fast but light “normal” lens for my workhorse Sony A7rIII as part of my EDC kit. 35mm primes have been a mainstay in photography as a highly versatile and regarded focal length for both APS-C and full-frame cameras.

My affinity to this focal length is courtesy of the Leica Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH, due to the prominence of the 35mm frame lines through a rangefinder window. So on a Sony system how does the new Sigma 35mm f/2 DG DN Contemporary compare?

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