I really have a lot of respect for Sigma. They are a small “family company” doing great lenses without outsourcing anything of their production process. And some of the best A-mount lenses we have so far are from Sigma:
– The 50mm f/1.4 ART lens which is almost as good as the 4 times more expensive Otus: The lens can be preordered in USA Amazon at BHphoto and Adorama. And in Europe at WexUK and WexDe.
– The 18-35mm f/1.8 fastest zoom of the world (here on Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.).
And Sigma promises a lot more exciting product releases in 2015. Sigma CEO MR.Kazuto Yamaki have been interviewed at Reviewed and at Cnet. And those are some of they key info he released:
1) Sigma said they are working on unique zoom and prime lenses and they hope they can release them both in 2015.
2) Interesting story about the 18-35mm f/1.8 lens: “When I started the project I told the engineer, “You don’t need to care about the quality, because it’s the world’s first. It’s really challenging. Your mission is just to make the lens f/1.8 zoom, period.” And I did not expect, actually, that high quality!”
3) When asked if Sigma will make lenses for the FE system the answer is: “I can’t comment on any specific product, but in general we would like to expand our product lineup for compact system mirrorless cameras.”
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like camera? or lens?
Good question. The photo on the post does make you only think of lens… or that the statement was originally made when talking about lenses.
Sigma purchases Alpha from Sony?
The big kid Alpha’s… Not the Santa Elpha stocking stuffers.
i really like the idea
If Sigma made their own serious FF camera, they’d instantly have the whole SA lens line-up ready to go. Imagine that.
The unique lens would probably be 24-70 f/2?? I want to see this beast so much.
Sigma is one exciting company, and is supporting the A-Mount better than Sony does.
Sigma needs to update their 24-70mm which doesn’t stack up against the Tamron so maybe making it faster than the competition is it. Too bad I just picked up the Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 if that’s the case but that’s how the gear game works and I can’t imagine giving up the Tamron for a bit more speed.
Sigma 24-70 f/2 would be a different lens, heavier and bulkier, perhaps the size of a 70-200 f/2.8. Not necessarily better than Tamron 24-70 for everybody.
Good luck carrying that HUGE lens around ( 24-70 f2 )
Not everybody is a tiny Elf who want to use tiny Elfa lenses.
24-70 f/2 should be approximately the size of 70-200 f/2.8, which is used by a lot of people everyday.
Nobody else has a 1.8 zoom…
Olympus already had a 28-70 equivalent f2 zoom for 4/3
…
I know you can do many things…as long as the lens is good then it will be great.
when u redo the mm from mft to ff you also have to do that with the f-stop, so its more like a 28.70 f4… if you want a fullframe lens 24-70 f2, get ready for some lifting as it would weight a lot !
Yep. That’s an often overlooked fact.
You are thinking of depth of field only, the light gathering characteristic is still the same.
While you can also say: “yeah but m43 needs more light anyways because of the smaller sensor…and other blah blah” a photo that you can get at ISO 800, f2, 1/30 of a second in FF is still a photo you can get at ISO 800, f2, 1/30 of a second in m43, APS-C and on 1″.
Light gathering counts.
MFT iso 800 is the equivalent of iso 1600 on fullframe. Another overlooked fact.
True, but a FF sensor is nearly 4x bigger in area. In theory that’s nearly 2 stops advantage in ISO performance. Sensor size is everything.
DOF and light gathering are the same thing; lenses producing shallower DOF do that exactly by capturing more light, there is no other way
You are wrong. DoF and light gathering are not equivalent. Whilst T stops refer to light gathering exclusively (placing DoF second on the priority) an f-stop is calculated as a function of the focal length.
A 2.8 lens in FF will yield the same amount of light at 2.8 on APS or m43 or 1″. Total light is the same coming from that lens.
You don’t want to accept this?
http://www.josephjamesphotography.com/equivalence/index.htm#quick
Light gathered is measured either in photons per second or lumens, and is not same across small and large formats. T-stop is light transmission, not gathering.
EF mount lenses:
50/1.4 ART
35/1.4 ART
XX/1.4 ART
XXX/2 ART macro
f/1.8 zoom.
Will support them overwhelmingly just to send a message to Sony/Zeiss.
I belive, they don’t outsoucing carton box production…
My guess is a 18-400/f1.4 (I almost wrote 1.2 but I didn’t want to exaggerate) which works on both mounts (and any other mount) …
43mm f/1.4 full frame
True standard lens, with natural perspective
In my dreams
Record-breaking 49-51mm f/1.4 Full Frame zoom.
For those critical moments when you can’t back up 2″. ;^)
(SR6) 0mm ART A-mount lens. Well, A-mount is dead.
A mount? Which one?
If it’s another Quattro I’m not really excited tbqh
Just for anyone who might not know, TBQH means Tuberculosis Buttface Quarter Head
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! ! ! ! ! !
24-200mm F2.0~!?
Does the case come with luggage wheels so I can roll it through the airport? ;^)
would love to see a 20 / 21mm tilt shift lens with fiilter size 77 / 82mm !
tilt/shift and bend lens 😉
Honest question. What is A-mount? Wasn’t that Minolta’s mount back in the 80s??? I just looked on B&H and I cant find any Minolta cameras.
I don’t know what the hype is about. Supposedly Sony used to make cameras for Minolta’s A-mount for a while, but no one ever bought them.
Ah, that explains it. Thanks for the info! So sony still doesn’t do anything worthwhile then. Got it.
sociopath
Actually, I am. I’ve been tested. 😉
10-18mm f1.8, or better an 8-12mm f1.4, or 24-70mm f1.8
They just discontinued their 12-24mm in an a-mount according to Sigma Rumors but a replacement isn’t expected yet. I’d love to see an Art in this segment. May have to settle for the Tamron 15-30mm that was shown at Photokina but still in development. Tamron has a couple of outstanding lenses too so I’m crossing my fingers they’re upping their game like Sigma.
A Sigma 14-something f4 OS is supposedly on the cards soon.
I haven’t heard that but I’m definitely interested if its up to Art standards. F/4 is good enough if I’m adequately compensated in weight and size. Only 1 average sized space left in my backpack. ;^)
And as a nice bonus it is supposed to take filters unlike any other lens that wide.
So where do I preorder? Just take my money!
You can preorder here: http://www.canon.com
Yeah they totally have a 14-24mm lens :S In fact when I was with Canon last year they didn’t have a single UWA zoom even worth discussing.
Isn’t Canon’s line of FFs so old and out of date they predate the Internet? Surprised you can order anything on line at their web site.
Good one Earl, you make humanity proud. U so witty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpvsM9ay6h8
Well it’s just a rumour.
I was just kidding. Should have added a smiley. I’ve only once preordered gear without some reviews and I cancelled that one.
Yeah, cause you need a 15-30 lens.
You got GAS bad, boy.
I don’t need any gear since it’s a silly hobby and I earn quite a good living in IT, troll. But you want to spoil the fun?
At least you can admit that you’re wasting your hard earned money. I don’t mind being called a troll, btw, cause that’s the whole point. I kinda already know I’m a troll… 😉
You actually aren’t very good at it. A good troll doesn’t explicitly say they are a troll, you have to get people wound up first, which no one here is, really just laughing at you and getting on with our days.
You might be getting paid, but you are pretty cr@p at your job.
A wide prime for mFT with autofocus?
70-200mm 1.8
Newest Sony A-mount facts just announced:
FY2013 Total A-mount Sales: N/A
A record breaking year for Sony!!!! The year of the (remembrance of) A-mount!!!! The memorial year.
A-mount is dead. Yes, I am a troll, and I’m getting paid to post here and stir up trouble. What of it? Surely someone will comment on this post. Come on, do it. I dare you, weak minded Sony shooters. 😉
I am a Canon shooter, also here trolling. So I guess it’s ok if I respond. =)
I don’t get paid to post here, but yes, A-mount is dead. E-mount is still far better than Nikon.
What’s E-mount? I thought this was just that little mirrorless plastic thing. Surely you don’t pretend to compare F-mount to this little toy. That would be ridiculous.
Don’t worry Nikon Troll, I’m sure Sony will share some technology with Nikon so they can develop a decent mirror less camera.
Every Nikon D800’s, D600’s, D750, owner should thank Sony for saving the company. Nikon would have been put out of business by Canon if not for the superior Sony sensors.
Ok. I agree!
“Thank you Sony for ruining your company so we can have all your awesome sensor technology!”
Just remember, what Sony giveth Sony can take away. Without that sensor Nikon is $hit.
Yeah, and if Sony takes it away, Sony goes bye bye. Aint no way they can survive without us.
aren´t you that guy that played in the lord of the rings, who lives in a cave ?
Priceless! “My Precious” [to oily D600]
Imagine Lord of the Rings with Gollum selling his precious on eBay!
Yes, Sony needs Nikon oh so badly. Without them they might dip 1% in global market sensor share… Without Sony Nikon dips to 0% market share overnight. Sleep well.
Please take a look on just a few post earlier, you can find that Sony manager say something like from now on the products that will be sold to other company are just a “so so” or out-of-date products from Sony. Thus you can be sure that, in near future, if Nikon still use and depend on Sony sensor tech, they will be fall behind Sony.
Yep. Nikon is getting the dregs from here on out, exclusive arrangements such as D800 sensor only work if the company order enough, which sounds like Nikon don’t / can’t move, so end of the line for exclusive sensors for Nikon.
Yeah cool, Nikon are greeeeat! What have they released lately again? Oh that’s right, they took the D600 which was fundamentally broken and fixed it and called it a D610. Then they took the D800 and put Sony’s latest sensor in it and called it a D810. Yay! Next up they took the D610, which had an irrepairable reputation due to the D600 being so broken and put a tilt screen on it and pinched the AF from the D810 and called it the D750. So THREE ‘new’ cameras where the only thing new was what Sony gave them, bravo!
Oh and then the Nikon boss was asked to describe their FF lineup, We have four cameras the D4S, D810, D750 and D610… oh you forgot one there champ, oh well, so did the rest of the world.
It sounds like you’re trying to be sarcastic, but I don’t see it. Sorry if I hurt your widdow feewings, but the truth hurts sometimes.
What has Sony released in A-mount? Even Nikon branded toilet paper takes better photos than anything in Sony’s lineup.
Nikon developed the self oiling shutter system, how did you like it Nikon troll?
I don’t own a D600. But I’ve heard that even with a sensor spattered with oil, image quality still outclasses the A99. So it really doesn’t matter.
And…I already know I’m a troll, that’s kinda the point. 😉
Really, but the A99 had no such problem and it still for sale long after the nightmare of the D600 is a bad memory for Nikon buyers like you.
You sold your D600 at a tremendous loss, sucks to be you.
Was that supposed to be humorous? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpvsM9ay6h8
How much did you lose on the D600, be honest.
Honestly I purchased a D600 in October 2012 from Adorama for $2099.95, and sold it in June 2013 on Ebay for $2150.00. So after Ebay fees, it all worked out pretty well I think. 🙂
Like that’s possible, they can be had for $1000 or less in the real world. Everyone knows about the oil problem, stop lying.
You asked, I answered. 😉
Deal with it. lol
No, I will believe you, Nikon users are really that stupid to buy a big pile of turd like that for more than they cost new. That’s your people right there, embrace them, they are good ‘simple’ folk.
Bull.. doo doo
Look at the plus side, the crash coarse in sensor cleaning can be added to your resume.
If you think its the gear that take the best photo, u have a lot to learn newbie.
I’m sure he knows better, he’s just being an as$hole.
^ This guy wins the award today. Of course I’m being an as$hole!!! 😉
people on welfare have to much time on there hands
No, not quite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpvsM9ay6h8
Stop projecting nikon troll.
Let me correct that, you are an as$hole.
Sounds good too!
I am Nikon Guy; the As$hole who makes Sony Fanbois cry their “widdow eyes out.”
Seems you are the one who is upset, what’s wrong? Is your Nikon in the shop again so you have nothing to do? Or are you just upset that Nikon keeps bringing out tired old cr@p that’s just a rehash of the previous tired old cr@p… think they’ve been hanging out with Canon too much.
No, all is good with my gear. And I’m quite happy.
I just like stirring up trouble here on SAR and ruining you Sony Fanboi’s day with my annoying posts. And making a little extra money on the side.
I make extra money on the side with you know, photography, with my sh!tty Sony gear, but hey, gotta make ends meet where you can hey, when troll skills are all you have to work with do what you gotta do.
I get paid by the post, so you’re helping me out 😉
Probably pull down about $500+ today.
Wow! I bet that’s a lot of money for you. I guess you can consider it a job well done, it’s certainly about on par with raping babies so keep it up man!
So what HAVE Nikon been doing for the last few years, other than acting as a pusher for Sony sensors? Oh that’s right, their entire R&D was pumped into taking over the mirrorless market with the Camera system that was so unlikeable that the only way they could try and sell it was to soccer moms and even they didn’t want a bar of it.
So they spent the next two years reevaluating N1 and came back with wait for it… a detachable grip and EVF, so you had to pay for those separate, now people will LOVE N1 finally and the company will be saved hooray!
With that logic most cars, cell phones… are nothing new or special. It is common in industry to use different parts within your gadget (usually dictated by prize and performance) from different companies. Nikon may be more conservative, but I love it. The D810 is just great. No shutter shock, fast autofocus and tracking, durable,… It just works, that is what I want for doing the job. For the fun part I use my mirrorless camera. Some time from now they will have a large sensor mirrorless, too, probably with a Sony sensor (good for Sony, regarding the sales of Nikon cameras compared to Sony cameras), hopefully compatible with F-mount lenses. Time to switch to an electric car, too, as combustion engines are outdated.
I used to drive a petrol car, now I drive a hybrid.
I used to shoot Nikon, now I shoot Sony!
Sorry I am being a smartass. I could not resist. Your point about the D810 is certainly valid 🙂
Granted!
It’s difficult to take photos with his head stuck so far up his own a$$. But hey give it a go, it sure beats being a troll oh wait… Looking forward to those rectal shots. Try using a zoom.
Zooms get stuck too easily. WA primes are where it’s at. 😉
It’s most probably dark up there. He will need a camera with hi ISO abilities, so he can see in the dark. Oh wait – he will have to get that sensor from Sony. Great 4k recordings of his face stuck up his a$$.
He has taken up the ass so much from Nikon that it wouldn’t really be a rectal shot, more like gaping dirty subway shot.
Good job! 🙂
get a job… another homeless poor punk with to much time.
or donate some organs and die….
It must be pitiful to have nothing better to do. I feel for you. Our time on earth is rather limited…what a waste spending it here posting for hours about how you’re trolling us. It’s a shame you cant go do something productive.
For me, it’s not hard to say that I’m really waiting for Sigma ART lenses which will be exclusively designed for FE system so much. It would be a greatest alternative option for FE system user and strongly push on the FE system too. But, I think this will not be occurred in near future.
i could not understand the total absence from Sigma and Tamron in the mirrorless lens market.
Actually Sony E, Canon M, Fuji X
Have mainlly the same flange back distance…
Not to mention the additional m43 market.
I would guess that the market is big enough for such a devlopmwnt.
The 18-35mm is not the ‘world’s fastest zoom’.
Go away.
Indeed, though for anything faster I could only think of zooms for 8mm film.
What’s is it? I’m curious.
I own several C mount lenses which are faster. Significantly so! Thus the correct phrase would be “world’s fastest DSLR zoom”.
I bet on 24-70mm f/2
Whatever the new lens will be, it’s probably going to be huge size.
when will the 50mm art 1.4 release its been since April for pre-order. I might just get the 50f1.4z instead.
nikon should be broke soon… i hope sony gets the market from nikon..
i am a canon user but i love my A6000.
Yeah… good luck with all that.
I was on the eastbound train headed west, but when I looked north I knew I was going south.
ahahaha… yeah, because Mitsubishi is about to go under. *shakes head*
Sigma claims to have “something nobody else has”…
…must be an A-mount roadmap.
You sir, have set a record for the most number of likes on a SAR post.
Well, I guess Sigma didn’t get the memo regarding the A-Mount, and for this I’m happy! This new 18-35 seems like the perfect street lens.
They did – it went to spam so they didn’t see it right away.
But the new lens is cancelled for A-mount now.
It was too large and too heavy for me. I get great results from my a77ii and my 35/1.4, but even that isn’t exactly the most subtle combination…
Based on what I see and discussions with Sigma reps I believe that Sigma will primarily support Canon lenses…they make the most for Sigma. …
They are reluctant to support Sony because the volume is low and tje risk is extremely high…Sony changes direction often without warnig..that threatens to leave lots of inventory unsold…
Cannon will always be released first, then Nikon, then Sigma and Sony will be last or not at all.
I want the new 150-600 and I need it for this winter.
The only way I can possibly do that is to preorder the Sport version in Canon mount plus the new 1.4x in Canon mount and wait till the last minute to decide on a camera…I can either get a C size to buy time or the new high resolution Canon if it available…latest rumor is it will be anounced in October.
If Sony were to make a mirrorless high res camera tjat was capable of high speed trackin af with canon lens I would buy it…but depending on the new anouncements Canon may be the only option available.
Sigma will change the mount of any lens for you, probably not the tc. You can always get the lens converted to A mount after canon disappoints you with the camera they release.
Not true
Sigma will only convert the mount if they make that mount on that lens ….otherwise they will not do it.
So unless they make the Sport version in Sony it cannot be converted.
Current indications are the Sport version and the teleconverters will never be made in Sony mount…the old ones took too long to sell.
Only the Contemporary version is currently expected to ever appear in Sony mount and it will be the fourth version produced.
“Sigma will only convert the mount if they make that mount on that lens ….otherwise they will not do it.”
This is 100% True.
Not exactly. I had called Sigma USA customer service and they would change the mount for you. Give them a call and confirm.
I have discussed it in depth on several ocassions with several reps..includind tech reps.
What I said is precisely correct if you believe otherwise you are mistaken.
Each lens uses differrent parts….the conversion will not be done unless they have the correct parts…therefore it will only be done if they have already manufactured the exact lens/mount combination you want.
Thank You Sigma for Supporting the ‘A’ mount. Thank you for the great lenses and thank you for the never ending development of new and innovative lenses for all cameras. (please keep the OS in your lenses for ALL Sony lenses)
Shame we can’t say the same for you, Sony regarding the ‘A’ mount.
The “thing nobody else has” would almost certainly be “mountless” lenses like the old Adaptalls. You could buy an awesome $900 Sigma lens and then choose an adapter for your system.
They’re already halfway there, offering to change the mount of your new Sigma lenses.
Those will, of couse, work on any system but FE.
And Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds, NX, EF-M, Nikon 1, NX Mini and Fuji X.
They may opt to produce Art lenses for APS-C mirrorless, since they are already making lenses in this format. And you’ll be able to change mount to m4/3, NX, X and whatnot.
FE, of course, once again being the odd duck that’s left out.
Suprise me with a 50-150 f.1,8 art lens that is small enough
Hopefully they will release some great quality supercheap lenses that costs around 200 to 500 bucks for A-Mount…
35mm f/1.8 and f/1.4
18-135 f/2.8-4
20mm and 40mm Macros
55-300 f/3.5-6.3
Some waterproofed lenses
A 24-70 f2 OS ART will be indeed something nobody has and if it will be cheaper than the Canon/Nikon/Sony-Zeiss 24-70 f2.8 lenses it will be a HUGE release.
http://photobyandrei.wordpress.com/
Oh yeah… They may make a 24-300 variable aperture supah-zoom. That’s what I’m expecting.
must be the 16-20mm f2 🙂
As you guys have already said, it’s probable a very fast zoom. That’s very interesting. Can’t wait to see it!
http://ilovehatephoto.com/
Maybe à Sigma 17-18mm f/1.4
http://www.pixelistes.fr/blog/les-exclusivites-non-revelees-a-la-photokina-2014/
I wish they released a decent FE 24-70 or 24-105 with good performance in the corners, since Sony doesn’t seem to be able to do so at the moment.
I want SIGMA E-MOUNT LENSES!!!!!!!