24mm 1.4 or 35mm 1.4

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I know this is totally subjective and impossible to answer, but I'm feeling a bit of a hankering for a new prime and am thinking about getting a Sigma. I know their 35mm 1.4 Art is extremely well liked. The 24mm I didn't know it really existed at an affordable price. This would be an addition for personal use and also for weddings.

Other primes I have are 50mm 1.4 AF-D and a 85mm 1.8, on a D800 body.

So yeah, just wondering what the general reception is on these lenses and what you guys would suggest going for!
 
Of the two I'd go for the 35mm. I have one permanently attached to one of my two D750s on wedding day.
 
They're both great lenses. Pick the one that gives you the focal length you want to work with. Nobody but you can say which that is.
 
Another alternative is the new 28mm F1.4. It looks really nice from what I've seen so far. Pricey though!
 
It depends if you want 24mm, or 35mm.
 
Very different lengths of course and both are great performers so -as above- it's likely to come down purely to which FL works best for you.

I will say this however, I used to have a 35mm 1.4 but sold it in favour of having a 24mm and 50mm Sigma Art pairing instead. To cover more range. However neither the 24 nor the 50 have ever really wowed me in anything like the same way that the 35mm did. I don't know if that is just because of the focal length or rendering or whatever I'm afraid so cannot offer anything particularly objective.

The 24mm is a nice lens though, nothing to criticise about it, I just don't 'love' it.

One other thing to add. Whatever you go for, I'd suggest getting the Sigma dock. Even lenses that seem 'good' seem to benefit from a bit of fine tuning. Call it a 'characteristic' of owning an Art lens. They make you work a bit to release their potential but it is usually well worth the effort.
 
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I have a 50mm 1.4 art and just I bought a 35mm 1.4 art as i thought sometime the 85mm felt a bit tight. And i love it as much maybe even better.
I would be worry that at 24mm you will start losing a bit of that very shallow depth of field you get with longer focal length. Of course you can get shallow depth of field if you use the 24mm very close to the subject but for at 24mm on full frame you'll have to get very close, kind of "in the face" which is maybe not what you want to be doing at wedding.
 
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