After the launch of the superb 18-35mm f/1.8 zoom (picture on top) Sigma may prepared to unveil more potential hotseller like The Sigma 24mm f/1.4 ART lens and 24-70mm f/2.0 zoom! Here is the long list of Sigma lenses that could be announced at Photokina 2014:
- Sigma 24-105mm f/4 OS
- Sigma 24-70mm f/2 OS HSM
- Sigma 300mm f/2.8 OS
- Sigma 400mm f/2.8 OS
- Sigma 500mm f/4 OS
- Sigma 600mm f/4 OS
- Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG OS
- Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG
- Sigma 50mm f/1.4 (new version / unconfirmd)
P.S.: The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 A-mount lens will ship any day now at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). It will ship in September in Europe according to Amazon UK (Click here).
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Will there be any forthcoming Sigma lens (from above list) for the E mount ?
I hope so! I’d love to see a 24mm in the range of f/1.4-2 for E mount.
Bower 24mm T1.5 Ultra-Fast Wide-Angle Cine Lens For Sony E Mount Cameras :
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/970417-REG/bower_sly24vdse_24mm_t_1_5_for_sony.html
Anything without autofocus…is now no-no for me
I guess that depends a lot on if and how Sigma will extend their DP range since all their mirrorless lenses have been derived from lenses used on the DP series.
I think these are all A mount lenses. You can use an adapter to use them with your NEX.
Wouldn’t recommend the 600mm f4 lens on a NEX unless you buy the adapters by the dozen. 😛
This rumor (and it is a rumor only) was lifted from the PhotoRumors site. The guys who runs this site invented this list, based on rumors published on other sites including CanonRumors. Nothing to do do with A-mount or E-mount specifically.
Rumor sites, for lack of real information, tend to steal rumors from each another. Sometimes in a circular fashion.
Normally large lenses like 600mm are mounted on tripod attached to lens collar.
To mount a 600mm lens with a NEX using the camera mounted on tripod is such a dumb thing to do.
SO no worries on that as only a dumb fella will mount it that way. Handheld?, forget it on such lens.
I agree all large lenses have a tripod collar to mount the lens and not the camera to the tripod.
My full frame NEX-VG900 mounted to a 900mm F5.9 :
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8087/8555637274_c5c4215ad8_k.jpg
wow! Show us more pics!!!
More photos of my NEX-VG900 with 900mm F5.9.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8555802930_c48d1a825f_k.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8554557225_5e7beaa897_k.jpg
Those are definitely photoshopped. Just kidding.
Nice Rig!
You still have to move the camera combo around putting stress on the adapter.
Also most of my birding friends do shoot handheld especially for BIF shots so yeah don’t think the adapter solution is going to withstand too much stress there.
You can ask around. Many photographers have ended up with busted TCs as the TCs get damaged due to the stress of a big ass lens attached to it. I have a busted TC and I don’t even use a very heavy lens.
People who break camera mounts should find another hobby and stay far away from cameras.
Why handhold such rig? That’s why if an adapter/mount gets damaged, I can only say user error.
I never handheld my Sigma 400mm or 70-400mm to my Nex 3/6. Mount the lens to tripod/gimbal before attaching the camera via LAEA2 adapter.
I didn’t say break a camera mount but break an adapter that connects a heavy lens and the camera mount. You can see plenty of examples on the net of broken TCs due to the same issue. You can try and be careful of course but those who like to click fast can cause some damage to the adapter.
Also the LA-EA2 adapter isn’t FF compatible so it won’t work with any FF NEX body.
And the LA-EA3 has extremely slow contrast AF anyways.
mirrorless Sigmas are “DN” lenses, so i am afraid that
if there are Sony versions they will be for the A system
plus these are FF lenses !
so they suit perfecly the A99 (and the other A-mounts)
According to rumors, they include a Nex-3 as a free lens cap if you purchase the 600/4 for E-mount.
🙂 🙂 🙂
The list is beautiful ;_;
Given the quality is on par with the recent Sigma lenses and the prices “reasonable”, I’d love to get the 24-105/4 and 50/1.4
Hopefully they don’t remove OS on the Sony mount, it’d be great to have on the FS-100
ILIS will stay, because slim type NEX won’t have IBIS.
Olympus seems having no difficulty fitting IBIS in slim cameras
They’re not so sleem and they have smaller sensor.
I hope they are full frame lenses and not just APS-C lenses.
Sigma is kicking some serious booty these days.
I agree with Tom L. I hope they’re also for full frame. But some of the lenses on that list have me drooling. Do I dare sell my Zeiss 24-70 f/2.8 should the Sigma f/2.0 come to fruition? If it’s as good as the 35mm f/1.4, then I’d have to think about it.
But I would LOVE to have lower priced fast telephoto lenses, like a 600mm f/4 or a 400mm f/2.8? Are you kidding? That’s awesome.
The current estimate of price for Sigma 600/F4 is $6,000 on Canon Rumors site. This is only half of what the real thing costs – Canon EF 600mm f4 L IS II USM lens. (:-)).
Please 24-70mm f/2 SOON!
Are these camera EX lenses?
So what you’re saying is that I should just have an all Sigma lens line right?
please let that 24 1.4 be at 600-800 price please please, i need that lens! 🙂
Sigma dominating in lenses, oh yea, where is your Zeiss glass now?
Dominating in 3rd party segment, maybe. Canikon still sell tonnes of lenses every year.
And by the way, ZEISS was always a niche player in digital era.
The list is missing the 120-300/2.8 HSM. However, I would love the 400/2.8. I just hope it costs just an arm and not an arm and a leg. Given the past history, less than half will show up as A-mounts. This has been always in the back of my mind as a reason to go to Canon. Third party support for Sony is anemic. Canon’s mount will be available about 6 months before Sony and that is even if sigma decides to include the A-mount as a possibility. Anyways I will hold my breath and hope each of these lenses on this list will see the light of the day in the A-mount.
I really hope that the 24-70 f2.0 comes with E mount.
Of course the 100-300 2.8 is missing from the list……it has already released early this year
Not in the alpha mount with HSM. Without the hypersonic motor for auto focus it is too sluggish and lacks the speed for sports or other action activities. Only canon, Nikon and sigma has the 120-300/2.8 HSM.
You are right
But we are also not sure if all lenses from above list will have Sony mount too
I know. That is one of the problems with having a Sony camera. If sigma makes every one of these lenses , every one of theses lenses will be available in a canon mount. Probably half will be in the A-mount and they will show up a half a year later. It’s one of the bullets you have to bite when shooting Sony. That and Sony’s flash system is subpar.
Will these lenses be compatible with the dual/hydbrid af that sony will use in their next gen camera?
I’m guessing they will either work out of the box, or Sigma will release a firmware upgrade pretty sharpish (like the slt compatibility fix). As I understand it, af-d has a whitelist because lenses need a calibrated profile in the a99 firmware to be compatible with it. If they move to on-sensor pdaf, rather than hybrid pdaf, compatibility should be no different to conventional af. I can’t see Sony releasing a camera that’s MF by default…
I would have never have thought I would have a collection of sigma lenses but the way they are going I may end up with nothing but sigma. I really cant wait to see what they do when the FF NEX comes out.
I’d like to see a full frame ultra wide fast prime (around the 12mm or 14mm range) to compete with the Canon 14mm.
The full frame 14mm Canon is F2.8 and the Samyang Cine version of their full frame 14mm F2.8 is 14mm T3.1.
Bower 14mm T3.1 Super Wide-Angle Cine Lens For Sony E Mount Cameras :
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/970382-REG/bower_sly14vdse_14mm_t_3_1_for_sony.html
If you don’t mind the lack of AF and the type of distortion, the 7 times cheaper Samyang is a great option.
I don’t understand why Sigma doesn’t produce again the wonderful 100-300mm f/4 , the best tele zoom I ever had on my sony. For size and for the zoom most of the time I preferred the sigma to the Minolta 300mm 2.8, super sharp at f/4 (probably I had a very good copy) and very good price.
If they could do an apsc version would be even better for manageability, size, weight and cost.
24-70 sounds like a full frame lens!!!
Not at that speed! It certainly is an APS-C one!
No, it is rumored as FF lens on the other sites.
Very awesome news! Glad to see some new life in the DSLR/SLT front!
Fake. Look at the size the size of 18 35 f1.8 apsc lens and then imagine the size is 24 70 f2 full frame. Fake
Read the text.
What is the use of so many A mount lenses when the A mount road map from Sony is not so clearly defined? Why not release some good E mount lenses, possibly FF lenses?
A) Making an A mount lens from their Canon and Nikon variants is much much simpler than making a fresh lens for NEX.
B) You can use an adapter with these lenses. Wouldn’t recommend an adapter with the 500mm and 600mm lenses though.
C) Sigma would have zero reason to launch FF NEX lenses when there isn’t a FF NEX launched as of yet.
cause the ACTUAL (!) NEX users won’t pay $ 15000 for one lense !
they prefer kit lenses 😉
sony has first to show that he means it seriouly with E-mount
before 3rd part manufacturers start making good FF glass for E
camera bodies…
If the 24-70/2 (will for sure be FF lens) can deliver better IQ in the lower zoom range compared to the Zeiss, than this and the 1 stop advantage may make me considering to buy it.
24-70mm f2.0 shut up and take my money!
Probably a lot of them won’t be A-Mount, looks like sigma lenses above 1500,- only have Sigma/Nikon/Canon
Well, I don’t know what they have done inside their company, but this all looks like they Canon and Nikon are going to loose market share with lenses. And not only – as it used to be – for lower lrices, but for outstanding quality as well. First the 35/1,4 which was on par or better than the best, then the f1,8 zoom (!), now a load of lenses that will probably make Sigma the leader in lenses. They can alway sell to Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pe tay if they want.
BTW, the 24-70/2.0 sounds like it will be a DSLR lens, so retrofocus design and too big/ heavy for Nex….
Canon is responding. They dropped the price of their new and rather good EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lens from about $850 to $600. With their margins they can probably still make money on this lens if they sell it for $300 (:-)).
This was done whilst they *increased* prices of some other their lenses, where they face less or no competition.
I like the new serious competition from Sigma. Both Canon and Nikon would need to deliver better lenses faster and make them cheaper.
However, Sigma still has problems getting their reverse engineered AF work well with Canon and Nikon.
For the first time I want to upgrade my A, not E!
If this rumor is true, Sigma is stepping it up… after already stepping it up. Pretty impressive. Brand lenses will start having some really tough time.
What would be even better if these lenses have interchangeable bayonets, i.e. Sigma can change it for you if necessary. Makes it easier to switch if the worst case happens and Sony drops the A-mount.
Sony fanboys are licking sigma’s feet because sony can not produce these lenses haha lol Canon 200 f2
This rumor is pure lens porn, it is agitating the lens lust on all A-mount owners!
No RX news yet?
Sigma 24-105mm f/4 OS
Sigma 24-70mm f/2 OS HSM
Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG OS
All on a future APS-C NEX with IBIS and sensor shift AF, paired with a Speed Booster…
ooooh sweetness unseen. 😛
why on a APSC NEX ? soon there will be FF NEX !
One extra aperture! 😛
This rumour is a slim one, if they release these for A mount it could restore faith in the life of the mount.
Sigma these days is the only reason I would consider getting an a mount body in the future as I would love to have a second body to complement my small NEX. If only Sigma would produce at least some of these amazing lenses for e mount. Hopefully they will once Sony starts building up their e mount body portfolio with the new ILC range and any possible others since there would then be a larger market to build these lenses for.
Good news. 24-70mm F/2 for a FF lens is very impressive! I’m certainly looking forward for the Sigma announcement. Btw, it will become F1.4 with Speed Booster on NEX!
I have the following concerns:
1. Size. I think it will be huge and heavy 600g with filter size 77mm similar to Sigma F2.8 17-50, and larger than F1.8 18-35 A-Mount with 72mm filter size
2. Price. Will probably cost $1000+
3. Mount. It probably won’t have OIS for Sony mount like all the recent Sigmas, so you’ll need to buy Canon mount version + Canon EF Speed Booster to use it on NEX. And it will be too large for it.
The Sigma 50mm F1.4 also has a 77mm filter size so 77mm on a fast full frame 24-70mm F2.0 is not any bigger than expected for such a lens. My slow Tamron 10-24mm F3.5/F4.5 APS-C zoom also has a 77mm filter size.
wo cares about OIS
… with IBIS coming out on NEX !
Sigma is on a big roll lately. Great lenses. The 24-70 F2.0 lens would be my only lens, I wouldn’t need any other lens.
I see nice lenses on paper – when does Sigma take a license on the A-mount so we’re sure of 100% compatibility?
Sigma, I need a tele prime for portraits may be 75mm/80mm/90mm f2.
Sigma’s current 85mm is an awesome lens for portraits. I wouldn’t bet on a new 85mm anytime soon. If youy don’t own it and can afford it, I’d get the current 85mm.
I miss a ultra wide angle zoom like the 8-16 . But with a aperture of 2,8 or better
It would be interesting to see how (when it’s available) the 24-70mm f2 would compete with the Canon L’s. I’m betting, even if it doesn’t quite match the quality, the price could make it a deal breaker.