I got confirmation from a source that the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 A-moun lens will be released in January. You can preorder the lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). P.S.: Dpreview picked up this lens as one of the best products of the year.
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13 Responses
This lens is not that interesting as it is an APS-C lens and will not cover FF sensors.
LOL
Haha, I bet you hate m43 too.
Dear Sigma, please make this lens for FE mount !!
This lens is already massive and heavy and great but its an APS-C not FF.
I would love Sigma to make some ART lenses in FE, like right now.
If Sigma want my money update the 19, 30 & 60mm so they cover the A7 sensor.
It have to be a fully different optical design to exploit the benefits of the shorter flange distance and not end up being massive (current design plus extra length to compensate for difference in flange distance). And I’d say a good f/2.8 design would make more sense too for these cameras.
I sure hope this is true or that it gets released earlier than that. I preordered mine back in mid-June and have been patiently waiting for it to arrive. Since then I have had quite a few opportunities where this lens would have been ideal that were missed or I had to make due with a different lens.
F1.8 Zoom lens !!
I think this is the best lens for A77.
Hope Sigma will also make a 50-150 F1.8 APSC lens too. 😛
Are you joking about a 50-150 f1.8?
They make a 2.8 in this focal length and it’s not exactly small.
The non-OS version is very small.(780g only) 🙂
They can make one if they want to.
As no one has think of an F1.8 constant aperture Zoom lens before. 😛
780g is the apsc version. FF is 1340g… The front element of f/2 lens will be twice the area of f/2.8, which is already at 77mm and 8in/200mm long. The f/2 version in FF will have a filter mount at 110mm. The thing will be huge…. Now you were saying?
I hope you were sarcastic, cause that suggestion is just plain stupid otherwise.
APSC version will be 96mm…
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