You wanna read one more time how near to perfection the new Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens is? Just click over on the latest ePhotozine review. You just have to read what they say in their “cons” list:
“No real issues to report”
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When are we going to hear something about the NEX 7 update?….
Admin, do you have any news on more A mount lenses like 70-200 MK 2?
Interested in a version for E-Mount (Nex 7)
It’s not going to be much smaller without compromising on quality. It’s going to be much more expensive. AF will be much slower. Just get the LA-EA2.
I really don’t care if its a huge lens I want this for E-mount. Best compromise to have this for native e-mount is to simply create an extension tube with a tripod mount and I’d be happy to carry this lens around all day long on a sling strap mounted to the lens.
We need this lens for emount video with oss like fs700.
Sigma and Sony already have that..It’s called Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 adapted to a LA-EA2. Cheers.
No cheers.
We all know about the adapter & it’s limitations.
We need this for emount with OSS for VIDEO!
Don’t be thick or a smartass by stating the obvious & telling me what I need for my video business.
I don’t want the lame adapter with it’s limitations your advice is not helpful at all.
Just use an adapter. That’s the advantage of A-mount lenses – you can use them on many different cameras.
Do you have any idea the torture sony has put me thought by not providing a fast para-focal lens with OSS for camcorders like the fs100 & fs700 designed specifically for video.
Videographers have been waiting forever for a fast zoom lens made by sony for the emount. It is unacceptable for this to be parlayed into buying amount lenses for emount cameras, so we might buy amount cameras in the future.
We need sony to make fast par-focal zoom lenses designed specifically for video.
This is bottom line for video companies.
Perhaps your playing ball in the wrong field. Drop NEX then and go Alpha, especially that they also will go completely mirrorless. Your adapter woes and concerns resolved. Personally I treat video just as important as photography in the camera system. Thus, I went the NEX6 route. I will probably return (had A-65) to Alpha in 2014. I will have no problem then with being able to use this lens as is. (still future-tense for now)
The emount system is not only nex cameras… It is also for the fs & vg video camcorders.
We videographers needs some fast oss zoom lens with video in mind. Big heavy lenses with big prices made for video companies. Nex owners don’t have to buy or understand. Amount is not an option for video.
Ahhh, OK. Understood. Then, the only alternative then is to ruffle Sony’s feathers and rattle their cage. But, that might be like beating your head against a brick wall though. Was not aware you are using dedicated video camcorders. That is something I most likely will not get into unless video started to translate into money and biz opportunity rather then just a hobby. Thus, for myself, the NEX series suffices. I might go Alpha once mirrorless comes out. But then the main drive there is to acquire FF. But, that converts to larger sizes, bulk, weight. The issue I debate in my mind is if I really need FF. Will I gain that much more in photographic (or video) quality versus just sticking with an APS-C sized sensor.
There is the new Sony 18-200mm with auto zoom as well as manual zoom, albeit quite pricey, and, not so bright like f1.8.
I agree with the E-mount sentiment. It would be totally sweet to get this lens in E-mount. True you could LA-EA2 it, but it would be so much sweeter if you could use this lens without the associated light loss (would actually make using it on a NEX 7, for example, superior in some ways, to using the same lens on an A77).
Yeah except it isn’t as simple as that. For one it is a PDAF lens, so you NEED to use PDAF otherwise it will be slow as molasses. Secondly, the A77 has IBIS. You won’t see this as a CDAF anytime soon/ever.
Well I suppose it is fortunate that NEX cameras have PDAF now I suppose?
And if the rumors are correct, then Sony’s mirror-less PDAF commitment is only going to increase over time. ie: the rumors about the next gen Sony A-mounts being mirror-less and not SLT based.
As far as IBIS. Would it be nicer for E-mount if a version of this lens had IS? Sure. But would it be a deal-breaker? Considering the focal length (wide to standard rather than any kind of a particular telephoto focal length), I don’t think so, it’s not really necessary. More of an added bonus. Sigma’s primes that cover these focal lengths (and even beyond) for the E-mount do not have IS built into them, and they are doing very well for people.
The on-sensor PDAF have very little to deal with regular PDAF. And it’s nowhere near it’s performance – what’s the major issue with using PDAF-optimized lenses.
They aren’t optimized for on-sensor PDAF.
If that is true, and the rumors about Sony’s A-mount mirrorless ambitions are true then it would seem that either:
– Sony has a big problem on their hands (in that they are about to make all of their A-mount lenses perform poorly on their future cameras)
– Sony has found a way to improve their on-sensor PDAF technology.
– Sony has a new PDAF or other non mirror/SLT requiring focusing technology that pretty much eliminates the need for the mirror entirely, which would probably migrate to the NEX in one form or another. Either directly, or as a new LA revision sans-mirror (which if it did would be an alright alternative as an E-mount version of this lens)
Main ‘con’ is heft. It is BIG.
That doesn’t change that this is a unique lens and giving the APS-C crowd the FF DOF flexibility and range of a 27-52/2.8 35mm equiv. lens on a , say, Nikon D7100 or A77…
Now someone make a 16-50/1.8 and 50-135/1.8 of similar performance and similarly priced to this Sigma and not bulkier than the FF 2.8 zooms, then A77’s and D7100 are suddenly VERY interesting for many pros currently using FF.
Main ‘con’ is heft. It is BIG.
That doesn’t change that this is a unique lens and giving the APS-C crowd the FF DOF flexibility and range of a 27-52/2.8 35mm equiv. lens on a , say, Nikon D7100 or A77…
Now someone make a 16-50/1.8 and 50-135/1.8 of similar performance and similarly priced to this Sigma and not bulkier than the FF 2.8 zooms, then A77’s and D7100 are suddenly VERY interesting for many pros currently using FF.
Cons: Sigma Quality Control.
Why does the review give two different weights for the lens? One is in the narrative and a higher weight is given in the specs.