Today Sigma Japan issued that note to confirm that the Sony A-mount 18-35mm f/1.8 lens will ship form June 20! Take your preorder guys!
US preorders at Amazon US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Europe preorders at Redcoon Germany (click here), WexUK (Click here).
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Argh – my life was so much easier when this was just a maybe… Now I’ve got to decide if I replace my 16-50 and 35/1.4 with this lol. Andrea, I don’t suppose you’ve had any news on the a88?
What happend to the 24-70 f/2.0?
Drifted into a event horizon of a black hole?
I wonder how well this will work on the A7/A7r.
18-35 is a APS-C lens. Such a shame really. Im gonna get myself 2 new cameras befor the Christmas. A7s and A99 mk II. So its a pitty that this lens dont fit on either of these two cameras
To be fair the size of that on ff would be staggering… A 24-50 1.8 might be doable though.
dreamer: how do you wanna get a camera that does not exist. and more important why do you wanna get a camera that doen’t exist??
Here are so many dreamers that WILL or WANT to buy something. They never tell if they did.
A99 mk II will come at Photokina. A7s is due to launch very soon
So before Christmas is a likely event
Given what they’ve invested in the a77ii, an a99ii is a forgone conclusion at this stage. The real question is whether they’ll also release an a88 this time round. There’s definitely room for a model between the a77ii and the a99ii…
Don’t be so sure, the a99-2 could very well be released November of 2015 (in keeping with the 3 year a9x cycle) if Sony opts to debut a stacked sensor with this camera.
Any news on the 24mm Sigma? It could be a perfect apsc walkabout, if it’s not too bulky….
I contacted Sigma the other day. All they could say is that the 24-105 is not coming within the next 3 months. So it’s a long way off.
That’s a shame – probably not before photokina then…
Nice lens…
Will there be a e-mount equivalent?
The short answer, NO. Sigma “evaluated the market demand for such a lens and deemed it would not be financially beneficial to produce” it for E-mount. I am disappointed too…would be great on the A6000!
It is so annoying Sony makes no effort to build a decent e-mount lens collection and thus no one does.
And of course there is always someone who whines about e-mount lenses.
Sony has released more E-Mount lenses in the past 1.5 years than any other brand on the market.
Stop your whining and let others have a piece of the cake as well. Its not all about E-Mount for Sony you know. They have other priorities too.
E-Mount is too young and too low volume at this point, for other manufacturers to invest their limited funds. Give it a year or two and the market will start to warm up to the E-Mount idea.
I actually do not see how I am ruining your “piece of the cake”. Enjoy your a-mount or whatever reading you wish, if you do not wish to read then do not, I am not forcing you to read my comment. So think again who is whining right now.
Why should anyone else make E-mount lenses? Oh yes, because Sony cannot get a decent one together. Apprently, they expect everyone to pay premium prices for lenses that require a lot of post-processing to correct all their deficiences. Sticking a Zeiss badge on a lens made in a sweatshop in China simply is not good enough.
I am so tired of those E-Mount comments when there are A-Mount posts.
I believe this when I see one in my local shop. In the meantime, I bought a S/H 17-35 2.8-4 DG which stopped down 2 stops will probably be all I need.