SAR reader Adam sent me this:
Sigma 24-105mm not coming any time soon for Sony A-mount.
Sent an E-mail to Sigma inquiring about it’s availability for A-mount and received this response:
Good morning,
Unfortunately we do not have a release date for this yet. My parent company hasn’t put it on our backorder report yet which means it’s at least 3 months out. So I would estimate maybe late September but unfortunately I cannot know for sure.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day!Best regards,
xxx
Sigma Corp of America
The lens can be preordered at Amazon US (Click here).
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Sigma can only do one lens per year.
Like always… 🙁
And of course Canon mount is the first priority
of course. Canon is the best…
Canon being the best is akin to Mcdonalds being the best since its the largest burger chain. Its down to economics, the highest sales will be from Nikon and Canon with Sony mount a distant third.
I believe professional photographers choose canikon because they are the best dslr systems out there.
Yes that is true. Their 1DX and Nikon’s D4 are the best out there. BUT their lower end cameras are pretty ordinary. I will rarely recommend a Canon Rebel or Nikon D3xxxx camera to anyone.
It’s the combination of marketing, system and marriage. Like it or not, once you’ve ploughed a certain amount of money into a system, moving to a different one is getting into messy divorce territory. Sony needs to be able to deliver the whole package (they’re getting there but the flash system really needs some attention, especially as third parties are ignoring the new hotshoe).
Is it just me or does this look like a CA rehash of the (excellent) old Tammy 24-105?
I really wanted to buy that lens… some months ago. But no A mount… so I decided to buy an old Tamron SP 24-105 at ebay for only 160€ in MINT condition. Well, there is no USM/SSM/how ever you call it, now in lens image stabilisation and the construction is around 10-15 years (no “Di” label). But AF is fast enough to catch some playing children… I use it on a alpha 950 and it performs great. Not only for that price; if it would cost 600€ I would be pleased to pay! There is no problem because of some missing anti reflection coating. The lens is pretty sharp (for a 4.4x zoom) right across the frame and used at f7.1 or f8 also from corner to corner. Like you expect from a SP series lens… and 15 years ago, quality checks were a usual thing as I see no de-centering. Vignetting and CA’S aren’t a problem at all. I had to adjust the micro focus to -5; but since this can be done on every full frame A mount body, it’s not a problem at all. And the 24mm seems to be 24mm (or at least much closer to as the Sigma is!).
Another + for the Tamron: It’s size and weight. Having filter diameter of 72 mm and a length of less then 80mm it’s compact and just some 600g “heavy” if I remember the weight right…
So, all I can tell YOU: go to ebay or whatever and look usually for that lens. It’s simply a great lens. And cheaper then any Sigma Art would ever be.
What I would tell Tamron: Just re-do that lens without ANY change and sell it for 500-600€. Or for 400€ if you like to kill Sigma ;-).
Alpha 950
Wow?
There was NO Tamron 24-105. It was 24-135 F/3,5-5,6. But I truly like better old Sigma F/2,8-4,5 24-135mm…, which is as sharp as CZ 24-70 stopped down to F/8 at wide angle, and still very good at 4,5/135! Truly great lens, however quite big – 77mm filter diameter. There’s also a lot of Sony or Minolta F/3,5-4,5 24-105 mm lenses available second hand, worth buying too for its compact size (62 mm filter diameter) and still good image quality.
you are right.. sorry.. Tamron SP24-135… but the things said are still valid
go to ebay or whatever and look usually for that lens. It’s simply a great lens. And cheaper then any Sigma Art would ever be. http://0rz.tw/slsJg
Surprise, surprise! Sigma knows the A-mount is on it’s way out. Let’s hope Sony isn’t, will deliver some really decent lenses for a change and will improve on its E-mount camera offerings.
I don’t see them offering any more e-mount lenses… Maybe that’s on the way out too?
Pretty sure the E-mount is on it’s way out too since Sigma largely ignores it completely.
Interestingly Wex and Park Cameras have it marked as awaiting stock (not pre-order)… Could be the usual case of Sigma’s left hand not knowing what it’s right hand’s doing.
How is this any kind of surprise? It took them a year to get the 18-35 Art lens released for Sony.
no surprises here. For 3rd party stuff it’s usually Canon first, then Nikon and then “maybe” Sony.
I’m really interested in this lens, because there is really absolutely no Sony A-mount equivalent. Particularly in terms of new Sony lenses, the only normal FF zooms are the 28-75/2.8 and the Zeiss 24-70/2.8. This lens is the same price as the 28-75, but should be a lot sharper, with silent autofocus and DMF, much wider and longer. The only negative compared to the Sony is that it is 1-stop slower, which I’m okay with for a full frame walk-around lens. (Can always switch to a prime in low light). Canon and Nikon already have equivalents to this lens. But as Sony has nothing that would compete with it, it could actually be a bigger seller in A-mount for Sigma.
There’s the Sony 24-105 f/3.5-4.5. But of course the Sigma is worlds better.
It’s the same focal length but I wouldn’t consider it a true direct competitor:
1. It’s discontinued so can only be purchased used.
2. It’s variable aperture, though comparable.
3. It’s an old screw drive lens.
4. Most importantly, it’s optically inferior.
IMO, this sigma lens would address one of the biggest gaps in the Sony lineup– an affordable full frame walk around lens. The 28-75 isn’t a bad lens, but not wide enough, and it’s old SAM tech.
As I told, older screw driven Sigma 24-135 is the nicest FF all around lens I’ve ever had, you can’t distinguish pictures taken with it and CZ or latest Sigma 24-70 in most conditions. Of course it needs stopping down to F/8 to deliver great corner sharpness at wide angle. But it’s really hard to get good exemplar second hand.