I got some highly reliable info about Sigmas A-mount lens plan. According to that source Sigma will always try to release the A-mount version of their new lenses 6 months after the release of the Canon/Nikon version. They do this “in order to judge market viability for this lens line in the future“. Those are the sources word.
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is good to hear that. It mean high possibility very soon we can have 14-24 sigma art lens. Optional sharp ultra wide angle lens.
But, but, but, isn’t A-mount DEAD?
Only if dead means earning more, and growing faster than the e-mount.
I’d love to see the numbers for that… I’m on holiday in Venice at the moment and I’ve seen a few a58s with the kit lens and an a99 (+ my A77ii), compared to loads of nex 3s and 5s and a good number of various a7 bodies.
I was at Venice too and I saw a lot of buildings, ships and water…. never cared about other people’s cameras ^^
Pah! Not a real photographer then. 🙂
Care is possibly pushing it. Observation is possibly a good skill to cultivate though…
Checking in at SAR while holidaying in Venice. True geek. Love it!
LU CID, I will ask you again, see as you ignored me the other day. Please could you post these sales and growth figures and the source of your information?
“dead man walking”
That’s very good news! So we can buy this lenses AFTER there are several reviews and tests.
Well, you can always do that!
“in order to judge market viability for this lens line in the future”
What does this mean? Is Sigma reconsidering A Mount Lenses? So.. Isn’t this bad news? I may have incorrectly interpreted the statement, but it appears to me that Sigma is having another look to see if making A Mount lenses is viable in the future. But why do it by releasing the A Mount lenses quicker than before… My brain is aching…
No it means they see how well it sells for Canonikon then decide whether there’ll be enough of a market to justify sontax versions. It’s why some versions are never converted.
Exactly. Although in most cases (with more popular lenses) it is a case of catching up with demand before rolling out the less popular mounts. 18-35mm, 35mm, 50mm are good examples of this. Once they have a bit of extra capacity they can start rolling out the A and K versions of them. I would have thought a 24mm f1.4 for K and A would actually be MORE popular than the Canikon duo simply due to having zero competition from the OEMs in those mounts. Obviously smaller market, but one where there have zero competition cannot be a ‘bad’ market surely?
I actually hope Sigma release the 120-300mm f2.8 S lens in A mount
I don’t believe it, remembering Sigma claiming they were releasing 120-300/2.8 mII for Alpha ages ago, but never did. Make that happen, and I’ll gladly give new Sigma a try.
I like matching lens lineups, for various reason of consistency and feel. Really don’t want a few odd balls scattered through the stables.
Come on Sigma. You didn’t hold anything back from Minolta.
Sigma never said they were doing 120-300mm f2.8 in A-Mount, pretty sure they simply said ‘no’… which is sadly understandable.
Since you never heard it, then it never happened.
Was announced on this forum when they started the A, S, C line of lenses. Then two months later they said no.
Link:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sigma-announced-three-new-lenses-for-a-mount-including-a-nice-35mm-f1-4-lens/
What Sigma promise and what Sigma deliver are usually two very different things, irrespective of the mount. When it comes to the Sony variant though, they sometimes don’t appear at all!
This is awful. They’re taking all the hype away from the A-mount version, as they will likely only advertise it as a new product when the Canikon versions come out, causing people to lose interest over time, or expect it to not be available for A-mount and look for other options. They are deliberately ditching Sony users with this poorly thought out nonsense.
Between current { and historical } domination of DSLR sales probably upwards of 90% of all DSLR’s in use will be from Canon and Nikon it is simple common sense to target that market as a priority. Considering how low Sony’s share of the DSLR market >10%? is it any surprise from a business viewpoint. The salient point is that any gaps in the lens line-up should be filled by Sony.
Sony is going out of business for selling crap cameras among other things and Sigma is smart enough to make lenses only for the winners, obviously Canikon. Hey it’s Sigma’s call not mine, chumps.
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I wouldn’t say Sony is selling crap cameras… if they are doing anything wrong it is simply allowing the marketing department to dictate what the engineering group puts out. I only tire of them continually leaving off bells or whistle from a camera because it might steal market from the camcorder, or leaving off something from the camcorder because it might steal from the camera.
They never seem to accept that some people like a camera footprint while other like a camcorder and both might use it for the same thing… so i only wish they would stop trying to artificially segment the markets.
The key word is “TRY”….when did Sigma ever release the A mount version within 6 months of the canon/nikon version? lol
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Not sure there’s any new information in this rumor.
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