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Sigma 30mm MFT lens by DSLRmagazine
Sigma Rumors got a hint about Sigma’s next lens for mirrorless system cameras. In September Sigma could launch the 24mm f/2.8 ART DN which as usual with those lenses should come in all possible mounts including Micro Four Thirds.
Currently Sigma already offers three MFT lenses:
[shoplink 52054 ebay]The 19mm f/2.8 on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 52055 ebay]The 30mm f/2.8 on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 52056 ebay]The 60mm f/2.8 on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
These are not very fast primes but they are cheap and deliver a very good optical quality.
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I’d wish sigma would make some lenses that were actually needed for this system.
Maybe they’ll sell it for $100?
Why would they want 2 times less than for 19 and 30mm? They will ask $200, and Oly 25/1.8 makes more sense for not much more on eBay. Of course, 19 and 30 used to be $200 TOGETHER right before redesign, that was a right price. 🙂
Oh, well i remember the 19 and 30 were/are very cheap, but I may be exaggerating a bit…
Well, I’d say a cheap standard prime is what MFT needs, but does not have. This could be it (kinda), granted the price/quality is good enough. I’d probably switch my kit zoom for this Sigma.
Besides, the rumor specifically says that there is no mention of MFT version, so I wonder if it’ll really come. If Sigma would release it only for Sony E, that would be a worrying sign (but I’d doubt they’d pass up on those extra sales).
Oly 25mm f/1.8 is cheap with 329€ price.
Link? Havent seen it for that little and been saving up..
a 90mm F2.8 would have made my day
sigma has been making some very nice lenses…but I do not think this one is needed
24mm f/2.8
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Yes, i want it!
A budget normal prime is welcome in the lineup of any system. Nothing fancy, just a way to get reasonable results indoors without flash. An affordable 24/2.8 would be most useful to those who only have a kit zoom.
The 30mm f/2.8 lens was the first non-adapted prime I had for Micro 4/3; if the 24mm is the same price, as quick and quiet to focus, and as sharp (and available for the system, of course), it would be perfect for anyone on a budget who wants to upgrade to a normal lens from a kit zoom.
slow, ugly and big but cheap. Couldn’t care less.
Yeah the image performance on these is quite poor except the 60mm 2.8 wich is quite good (at least for APS-C e-mount). I dont want another barely usable.. lens to the MFT line up.
The 60mm is the sharpest lens for the A6000… its tied for 3rd sharpest for m43’s. Probably the best bang for the buck lens you can buy for either system.
24mm/2.8? Sigma DP1 Merill was 19mm/2.8, DP2 Merill was 30mm/2.8, so looks like they have reused their optical designs in 19 and 30mm DN lenses. The original DP2 was 24.2mm/2.8, but the sensor was a little smaller than APS-C, closer to m43.
But it is practically a pancake on DP2.
But wasn’t the original DP2 lens extendible, like in compact cameras?
Yeah. They might make it fixed, and then it is no pancake anymore.
i want 90 f/2.8, 150 macro f/2.8 and 70-300 4-5.6 from Sigma art – that would be perfect
maybe 70-200 f/2,8
I know Sigma are making these first and foremost for Sony E where there is not as many prime options, so that makes a bit more sense than in the crowded m4/3 bright prime line, but giving the extra bulk (covering APS-C) they have to have something extra despite a low price for me to buy them for m4/3. I would prefer if Sigma could make brighter primes for m4/3, or why not a super bright zoom like their 18-35/1.8 but smaller size. Another option could perhaps be primes with stabiliser to differentiate a bit.
M43 prime has to be at least below 2 to be attractive specification wise. I know there is couple of good 2.8, but I do not think this will sell well.
Firstly 19 and 30mm. And now 24mm, all f/2.8. Good strategy…. 🙂
Indeed a 90/2.8 would be MUCH more attractive…
from Sigmarumors link ” We’ve been told that a 24mm f/2.8 DN Art lens for Sony’s APS-C E-mount platform was in development at Sigma, and planned for release in September 2015. The Micro Four Thirds mount was not mentioned.” Notice how they say M43 mount was not mentioned. So I guess Admin found a new source with different information
Or he based it on the fact that these lenses came with m43 mount after all. I could also see Sigma not producing them for m43, as the previous lenses probably didn’t sell very well.
Unless its near $100 your money would be better spent on the Olympus 25mm f1.8. That lens is cheap enough, faster and gives you great quality shots. Sigma will be wasting resources producing one for the m43 system if its priced like their other lenses
+1 Exactly !
The problem is, Oly 25/1.8 is not that cheap in some regions. It’s actually pretty overpriced here, where I live. It’s well into the territory of full-frame f/1.4 primes for DSLR systems.
And just for reference: Sigma 30/2.8 costs ~35% of what Oly 25/1.8 costs. So if this one is the same price as other Sigmas, I would not pay almost three times that for Olympus. That one extra stop of light is not worth that much, unless there’s also a significant gap in image quality.
1.3EV difference, not 1EV.
If they can make it small (pancake please), that could be a nice alternative to Oly 25/1.8, which in my region is rather overpriced. So overpriced in fact that I decided to buy a Sigma DP2 Merrill instead, just to have the “standard” focal length. Only paid more than the Oly lens, because I also bought extra batteries and a lens hood to go with the Merrill.
I really don’t understand why Olympus had not priced the 25mm the same as 45mm (again, in my region).
Makes sense for APS-C, the equivalent of 36mm.
So Sigma will have the rough equivalent of 28mm, 35mm, 45mm, and 90mm lenses at a decent f/2.8 for around $200 new. A very sensible strategy.
m43 is something of an afterthought, but it is nice to be included. Even if 38mm, 48mm, 60mm, and 120mm are not as useful for us.
Though a 48mm equivalent lense at 2.8 could be nice if it is cheap. At $200 or under it would still be $100 cheaper than a used or refurb Oly 25mm. If you don’t care as much about having a fast lens it is a good alternative.
And I’ve been impressed with the other Sigma lenses. I use the 30mm quite a lot for flower photos.
Now, I’d be really interested if they did a fast zoom or two, or a telephoto prime lens. Something like a 300mm f/4 for cheap, or a cheaper 50-200mm f/2.8-4…
Too bad, thats 14mm to much.
That’s what she said!
After this, a wide angle or telephoto would make sense if they are going to stick with prime lenses. A 10 or 12 mm, or a 200mm or 300mm.
for MFT should have been f2.0 as my 30mm f2.8 is already very good value. Oly 25mm f1.8 or even new Panny 30mm f2.8 macro may be better options…
48 f5.6! Exactly what we need!
Sounds like you should switch formats.
Because Sigma is licking Canikon arses and throwing garbage lenses designed for Sony APSC occasionally converted to m43 just for teh lulz?
Where is 100mm macro Sigma!? Where is 25 f1.0 Art?! Oh nvm 48 2.8 jeeeezzzz -_-
Sounds like your parents should make you go out and get a job, hippy.
Are you on drugs? It’s f/2.8.
Trolls don’t understand basic camera fundamentals, including what the f-stop means.
Not everything is about DOF
nice for A6000 owners
Why not pick a segment of the market where there aren’t a lot of options? Like 100mm, 200mm, 300mm?
Excactly. If Sigma did say a 200 f2.8 Prime or a 200-400 f5.6 (that would actually be useable at the long end) they would sell like hot cakes…
Their 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 or 18-35mm f/1.8 lenses would be much more interesting.
How’s the manual focus on those lenses?
Real, mechanical focus of crappy focus-by-wire?
If the MF were good, just adapt it!
The 150-600mm would be great for birds and things… tripod obligatory, of course?
24mm f2.8 …? why even bother?!
I personally do not like it and I do not think this is an interesting lens for m4/3. There are much better options for not very much more ($ speaking). Anyway, if Sigma decides to make it, they must have a business case.
I think other systems could use a lens like this. But Mft users are kind of spoiled with faster sharp prime lens offerings.
yes indeed not a great choice but probably just the m4/3rd version of a lens originally designed for APS sensors (near 35mm)
“designed for APS sensors (near 35mm)”
APS-C sensors are closer to 4/3 than to 35mm.
I’m pretty sure he’s referring to the effective focal length of the lens after applying the APS-C crop factor, not the size of the sensor.
APS-C belongs to 135 format and is the crop size for full 135 format size. 4/3 is a new format and nothing to do with a 135 and so on not a crop sensor at all but a full format sensor as there isn’t smaller sensor to use 4/3 or m4/3 mount.
Sigma keeps its worst lenses for Sony E and M43 like it is taking huge pay-offs from Canikon not to do too much.
The quality is good, they are just slow lenses. From what I’ve seen Sony lacks affordable prime lenses — Sigma is exploiting the gap in the market, while making a few changes to the mount to sell to other systems.
Yeah 200mm 2.8 native mft (ART .. that is light) would be something worth considering or 17mm 1.2 art
No OIS, not fast, not designed for the mFT sensor, not small (as a result), no special FL..no buy. I vow to never buy a lens that is the same in size and weight as the APS-c counterpart. I am not going to support the demise of “my” system with a single dollar.
If it is essentially the lens from original Sigma DP2, it is small, even a pancake.
Sigma , what’s the point in those zoom slow 2.8 primes? With huge barrels and tiny mouse eye glass. Why not cheaper and smaller version of Panasonic’s f1.4 25mm with nice and thin barrel.
where do you have mice with such huge eyes?
f2.8 is good for FF. For APS-C it’s slow. For M4/3 is very slow. Are these Sigma primes offered in FE mount?
slow for what?
You know that these are 2x slower than FF? Ask from Tony Northrup in his last crop factor video where he with science proofs how this isn’t f2.8 but in fact a f5.6 and it is very slow, forcing sensor manufacturers to lie that their ISO 800 is ISO 200 and…
Oh god sake look the Tony video!
Are you serious? f/2.8 is f/2.8, no matter how large or small the sensor behind it is (how many times is this said..). The only factor (in real world shooting) affected by sensor size (given the same technology is applied to)is depth of field. If you don’t believe this, get yourself cameras with different sensor sizes and try it yourself. I’m impressed there are still people blindly worshiping that Tony’s bullshit.
I guess all the brilliant critics here have never tried the 60mm 2.8 from Sigma…
Have both 30 and 60 and like then a lot. However I’m with those who wonder about a 24. The market is crowded and personally I use the Pana 20 as my’standard’. What would be much more exciting, and make me reach for the plastic, would be a corrected 9 or 10 at the same price point. How about it Sigma?
a 24mm F1.8 maybe …. but not 2.8. I already have a great 24 f2.8 in my pro zoom !
What is with Sigma keeping all the exciting lenses in the SLR market?
I hope it doesn’t sell well, they need to be taught a lesson, that if you want to be invested in the mirrorless market, you can’t do it with mediocre aperture-lenses in metal housings, you need to give buyers something that will draw them to the mirrorless market, give them a super fast ultra-wide angle lens for both APS-C and MFT bodies, with autofocus, make a 12mm f/1.8 ART lens, I want to see Sigma be competitive, fight a little again Samyang by introducing the widest f/1.8 lens in the world with autofocus, only then will they get some actual street cred.