5 new Sigma lenses and 2 new DP cameras

15 Comments

1. Mike
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 3:18 pm | Permalink

   8-16! Wow. I guess now that NiCaTa have 10mm UW lenses Sigma must regain the title. 8 mm is actually wider on APS-C than 14 is on FF. But I’m not holding my breath. Sigma has a way of making things look good spec wise but fall short IQ wise.

   • Mistral75
     Posted February 20, 2010 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

     8-16mm is the APS-C equivalent of their FF ultrawide zoom (12-24mm).

     • Global
       Posted February 21, 2010 at 3:20 am | Permalink

       Is this a Fisheye? It LOOKS like a fisheye zoom. And it looks cropped body format, not fullframe. I am not familiar with Sigma nomenclature though…..

       I feel doubtful its going to be a very good lens. Its not a constant lens. And it doesn’t even have SIgma’s gold line on it. While going wider than 14mm is intriguing, its still going to have tons of distortion and even with a 14-24, I rarely go below 16/17 because of the weirdness involved in perspective.

       Still, this lens might be great based on price alone. If one could buy it + the 16-35 f/4 (Nikon) for the same or a just a bit more than the 14-24 f2.8, unless you have serious low-light needs, this would be a great alternative.

2. JBL
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 4:37 pm | Permalink

   For those who might be wondering, here’s a translation:

   DP1x
   Sigma annonce la sortie du nouveau compact numérique équipé d’un capteur 14 Mpix de taille reflex et du processeur “TRUE II”.

   Sigma is announcing the arrival of a new digital compact camera equipped with a 14 megapixels reflex sized sensor (DX crop I guess) and the TRUE II processor.

   DP2S
   Sigma annonce la sortie d’un nouveau compact numérique
   équipé d’un capteur de haute définition de 14 Mpixels de taille reflex.

   Sigma is announcing the arrival of a new digital compact camera equipped with a high definition reflex sized sensor of 14 megapixels.

   85mm F1,4 EX DG HSM
   Téléobjectif à très grande ouverture

   Do I need to translate this one? Wide aperture telephoto

   70-200mm F2,8 EX DG OS HSM
   Télézoom à grande ouverture est équipé du système de stabilisation optique Sigma OS “Optical Stabilizer”.

   Wide aperture telephoto zoom equipped with the Sigma OS “Optical Stabilizer” optical stabilisation system.

   8-16mm F4,5-5,6 DC HSM
   Premier zoom ultra grand angulaire pour reflex à disposer d’une focale de 8mm

   First ultra wide angle zoom for reflex cameras with a focal length of 8mm (again is this for DX or FX?… probably DX.. damn looks like a fun lens to use)

   17-50mm F2,8 EX DC OS HSM
   Zoom standard à grande ouverture est équipé de la stabilisation optique Sigma OS

   Wide aperture standard zoom equipped with Sigma OS optical stabilisation.

   50-500mm F4,5-6,3 DG OS HSM
   Ce nouveau télézoom x10, intègre le système de stabilisation optique Sigma Optical Stabilizer

   This new 10x telephoto zoom integrates the “Sigma Optical Stabilizer” optical stabilisation system.

   • Adam
     Posted February 21, 2010 at 2:58 am | Permalink

     Got to ask, what’s the difference between DP1x and DP2s?

     • traveller
       Posted February 21, 2010 at 10:56 am | Permalink

       DP1x has a wide angle lens, DP2s has a normal lens.

3. Yury
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 5:18 pm | Permalink

   if nikon doesn’t introduce new 85/1.4 at PMA, i’ll buy that one!

4. Anonymous
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

   Why another 50-500 with the same specs as the old one?. Why not make it a 60-600 then or a 50-500/f4-5.6?. They already have a 50-500 and 150-500.

   • traveller
     Posted February 21, 2010 at 10:57 am | Permalink

     The new version will have image stabilisation, one of the main drawbacks of the old model.

5. jsam
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

   Some think Sigma had lost its way. If they do all that, with OS, then the wide, the normal and that 50-500 may all be on my shopping list. Now if they could just OS the 50-150…

6. Anonymous
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

   i would rather see a 24mm 1.4 or an updated 24mm 1.8. Sigma really need to make allocate their resources to lens that matter more. Many of their lens are identical in uses. (3 versions of 17-50mm, 2 10-20mm, 2 24-70mm, 3 18-50mm, their are more) i am happy to see a 85 1.4

7. samlee
   Posted February 20, 2010 at 10:22 pm | Permalink

   cool! Sigma is making a big move !! LOL

8. Anonymous
   Posted February 21, 2010 at 5:36 am | Permalink

   Sigma 50-150 and sigma 70-200 now have Optical Stabilazer!!! greath difference.
   I hope small difference in price whit lens now in stock…

9. Lorenzo
   Posted February 21, 2010 at 10:11 am | Permalink

   Nobody (but me) is laughing about the DP1+2-x = 0?
   C’mon, they had a winner idea years ago, and let the field to all other makers to build their mirrorless intercangeable systems …

10. jr
    Posted February 21, 2010 at 11:30 am | Permalink

    More info on these:

    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000124&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000125&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000126&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000127&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000128&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000129&idTypeProduit=0000030
    http://www.sigma-photo.fr/site/boutique/FicheProduit.aspx?idGenerique=0000130&idTypeProduit=0000030

    To be the first one to say this: the 70-200 has the same focal length reduction at shorter distances as the Nikon 70-200 VRII. A 1:8 magnification at 200 mm yields an effective focal length of 138mm.