Sigma Japan officially announced the new 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM APS-C A-mount lens. Price is 60.000 ¥ (around $570).
Sigma Japan officially announced the new 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM APS-C A-mount lens. Price is 60.000 ¥ (around $570).
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Looks like it is 18-200, not 18-300
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Does this keep the OS in A-Mount? Sigma had it for a while but have been moving away from it. Would be nice to see it come back being they are the only ones offering OS lenses in A-Mount, which is particularly useful for those using both E and A mount cameras (one of the biggest ‘issues’ complained about when using A-Mounts on E-Mount cameras).
No one makes OS lenses for A-mount any more. Whatever the (de)merits of lens-based stabilization for A-mount, it’s a done deal.
Ok, ‘nobody’ does, except Sigma with basically every telephoto that they make with OS.
ALL of these telephotos are 2008-2010 designs or earlier.
NONE of the new Sigma lenses already released have OS for Sony mount. And none of the new Global Vision lenses will have OS for Sony mount.
Rodrigo is correct; it has been a pretty much universal decision by the industry not to put optical stabilization in lenses for Sony mount anymore. Once current designs are retired, you will not be able to get such lenses anymore.
Source: I’m “in the know”.
The price has been announced on Sigma USA’s website. The 18-200 C is open for preorders for 399! And, as expected, the A and PK mounts have no OS, according to the product page.
On the German Sigma page it is shown as
18-200mm F3,5-6,3 DC Makro OS HSM [C]In its description it says it has OS.
a-mount suddenly only semi-dead?
Sony released A77-II, which is getting great reviews, so APS-C A-Mount is not dead. Besides, it has all the lenses it needs.
So, makes sense for Sigma to release an APS-C lens for A-Mount.
i was just kidding..echoing the many comical soothsays ive read on here over the past few months. i probably should have said ..THEY ARE RELEASING AN A-MOUNT ..F/E-MOUNT IS DEAD! 🙂
I know, I just realised that your joke comment is actually very accurate 😀
It’s still dead.
3rd party lenses dont matter if they’re not releasing new cameras for it. And they’re not.
The zoom is in the wrong direction, Canon-style
Oh gosh no. Am I having a nightmare?! Please don’t let it be Canon-style. Anything but Canon-style!
Stop the presses! Stop the presses!
awesome!
Admin, it’s 18-200, not 18-300.
f6.3 at 200mm? That’s at bit slow. I know that it’s the normal value for a superzoom (SAL18200 or SAL 18250 or Tamron 16-300) but with Sigma being on a roll I’d have expected at most F5.6
That’s perfectly normal for this type of lens. I highly doubt Sigma would be ‘on a roll and managed to break the laws of physics’.
There’s no reason the laws of physics would be broken. Just the neck of the photog who’d buy it. Surprisingly, an 18-200 f/5,6 would be much, much bigger and heavier than an 18-200 f/6,3. Do the math.
Just for snicks and jibbles, an 18-200 f2,8 would have a filter size around 260mm and weigh around 20 lbs. LOL. Yeeeaaaah.
18-200.. was excited for a moment..
Why? The lower the image quality, the better? Did I miss something?
These hyperzooms are good for one thing – a paperweight in the office.
Coincidentally, that’s exactly what I do with my Sony 18-250. Someone gave it to me brand new as a birthday gift. It has never been mounted on a camera!
It holds down the paper in my inbox.
These things are worthless unless you’re a soccer mom with too much money to spend and not enough sense!
http://sigma-rumors.com/2014/09/sigma-18-300mm-f3-5-6-3-dc-os-hsm-macro-contemporary/
looks like they also announced an 18-300..!?
Bug question – will the lens operate correctly with the a77ii at 12fps (my sigma 70-200 does not). Also how about with the AF range function? Again, my 70-200 doesn’t cooperate with that feature on my a77ii
It wont. Guaranteed.
BTW, my point is…how the *#&^# would anyone know the answer to your “bug” question?
Sigma 70-200 2.8 DG HSM EX II lenses do not work with the 12 fps setting on A77 cameras. This has been well known and documented. The later OS version works fine with 12 fps. And the earlier “Mark 1” version works fine too.
No, there is no fix available from Sigma. It cannot be fixed by firmware – it requires a faster aperture mechanism and is not something they are willing to fix.
Really? I have an A77 that I hve used extensively with my Sigma 100-300 f4 APO DG EX II and my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 DG HSM II. Not noticed any problems in particular. Please post a couple of links in this matter.
It is a well known problem affecting all of these lenses: http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/a77ii-sigma-70200-afc-troubles-at-12fps_topic107364.html
Well, I just bothered to read the first three pages, but it seems it only applies to the A77 II, not the A77.
Admin surely knows how to mess up every single posting with an error in specs. Get an editor or a friend to help you proofread.
Yup. It’s SO bad. I just hope Admin doesn’t have a day job where specs are significant. Admin: “Doctor, I gave the patient 50 cc’s of marzipan.”
Doctor: “What?! I said Mirtazapine!”
or
Admin: “Copy that, cleared to land on runway 02R”
ATC: “Negative, I said cleared to land on 28R”
or
Admin: “…so that’s it! The new skyscraper is finished!”
Foreman: “Boss, why do we have so many left over parts?!”
EVERY single post has a typo or error of some sort. I mean…come on. No one is that bad. Yes! Get a proofreader or something!
fix title of topic: Sigma officially announces the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM A-mount lens.