In the past few months Sigma announced some very interesting lenses, including the world’s first f/1.8 zoom. The latest rumors indicate that later this year the company will introduce also new Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG OS and 24mm f/1.4 DG Art lenses (the new Art line of Sigma lenses are designed to deliver the best image quality possible). An […]
Many sample images taken with the new Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens can be found here. You can see also how the lens performs on a full frame DSLR camera (all images taken with Canon cameras).
Sigma officially announced the previously rumored 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens:
The Czech website Digiarena published a picture of a soon to be announced Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens. No other details are available at that point. This of course could be just another late April’s fool joke. What do you guys think? Update: this may actually be true, here are some detailed specs on […]
Sigma Corporation announced today the pricing and availability for three out of the four new lenses that were announced in January this year – shipment will start this month with the following pricing: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC HSM lens: $499 Sigma 30mm f/2.8 DN lens: $199 Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN lens: $199
Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera’s basic specs: 1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens 40% smaller than the XZ-2 Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g Touch AF shutter control 920 000 dots […]
The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:
The new 46MP Sigma DP-3 Merril camera (50mm f/2.8 lens) is now available for pre-order with a price tag of $999. The estimated shipping date is early March, 2013. Sample images taken with the DP-3 can be found here.
Here are the details on the four new lenses from Sigma – the three new mirrorless lenses (MFT & NEX) explain why the previous versions were 50% off in the past few weeks: Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC HSM (see full press release) – Sigma’s new USB Dock, which will enable firmware updates and focusing adjustments, […]
Sigma filed a patent (2013-3324) in Japan for a 25mm f/1.4 lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Sigma currently has a 19mm f/2.8 and 30mm f/2.8 lenses for MFT. Both models are currently on sale at 50% off (two lenses for the price of one).
