The Japanese website Egami.blog found a new Sigma patent that discloses a 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. As you know Sigma announced that they will soon release lenses for E-mount cameras. That’s why we can assume that lens will be made for our NEX cameras. Anyway we already have a [shoplink 2996]Sony 18-55mm[/shoplink] lens for NEX. I really do hope they will release some fast prime lens too!
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how i wish they would release primes asap
That is a somewhat slow lens, my guess is that it’s to minimize the overall physical size ?
yup mee to.. at least some lense which we do not already have..
sony lense is doing fine for this range. Maybe not for e-mount..
wish it was 18-70 f2.8
What’s the point of this? It’s identical to the Sony kit lens. Here’s a thought though. Maybe Sigma are going to start making E-mount cameras as well as lenses. Maybe this is the Sigma kit lens? Otherwise it’s hard to imagine why anyone would buy this.
+1
They’ve stated in interviews that they have been considering making a DP series camera with interchangeable lenses.
This seems to be a logical explanation to me. It’d be great if Sony could get more makers involved in E-Mount before Canikon try and swamp the market I think.
I had the same thought as olli, what is the point? I thought that the area where Sigma and Tamron could focus would be a small version of their 18-250/18-270 zooms with vibration control and contrast focus ability but smaller than Sony’s 18-200 and definitely a lot cheaper. Say £400 instead of £800. Given particularly the new Tamron 18-270 I would buy one immediately.
well,
maybe its cheaper in price and higher in quality? That would make sense, because Sonys Kitlenses havnt got the best reputation at all.
But it would make lot of more sense if they release some ass kicking primes 🙂
Agreed. Pointless lens if it is aimed at a NEX user.
Useless lens.
Most of the people already have the 18-55 as kit lens!
I wonder what the Sigma CEO has in his mind..
Better IQ, HSM&OS…
Just because it is posted here doesn’t mean the main opportunity for Sigma is necessarily E-Mount. I would read this as a possible clue that other mirror-less APS-C systems are close to market. Their business model works best where they can support several mounts with the same basic lens design.
i thought more nex owner would hope for their 17/18-50 F2.8, and some 24mm, 35mm prime.
i wouldn’t mind some reach similar to Canon 24-105 or Nikon 24-120 F4 with smaller size : )
So, after all – nothing came from the call to rumor suppliers about the new lenses – how about some more meaningful lens like 18-70 or even 85/1.8 … ??