Sigma Corporation Announces a Pair of 150-600mm f/5-6.3 OS Lenses With Advanced Features and Optics

[Mt Spokane Photography]

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How can they not have the weight for the C version? If the design is mature enough for a press release, surely they'd know the weight, right?

Sigma has taken 1-2 years to actually produce a lens after it was announced. Then, after a lot of complaints, they stopped that ... until now. sometimes, a company announces a new product that is still just a idea on the drawing board in order to hurt a competitors sales. Its a common tactic, get people to wait and see what you have. Tamron's inability to meet demand for their new lens has not gone unnoticed.

Canon is pretty smart about not announcing a 100-400 replacement, they can now pull the same trick, announce a vaporware product that beats the others on paper.

 

[canon1dxman]

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The C version is about 1inch shorter

 

[mackguyver]

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The C version is about 1inch shorter

I guess that blows my theory about using the same components for economy of scale

 

[Slyham]

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Interesting move having two versions. I know Canon has multiple versions of the same focal length range, but has a third party followed that model before?

 

[Halfrack]

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I'm really at a loss as to why they'd do the dual models, the stock issues and the miss orders should by themselves communicate that a single model is a better idea. Imagine having one well reviewed and one poorly reviewed, how do you keep them separate?

Even the focus/zoom positions are switched between the lenses. I'm at a loss as to why I'd want more than 200mm and not want/need the higher build quality.

 

[pknight]

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I'm at a loss as to why I'd want more than 200mm and not want/need the higher build quality.

Regarding the price rumors, I suspect that Sigma Rumors is about as accurate as Canon Rumors this far out, and I would guess that these lenses are quite a ways from shipping (or manufacturing: They don't even know what one of them will weigh!). However, if the build quality of the C model is equivalent to that of the Tamron, it will be excellent, and the extra grand for the Sport is likely not due dramatically better build. If the build of the C isn't up to par with the Tamron, then it will be harder for Sigma to compete at that price point. There must be other differences, but they aren't the f-stop range, and I don't believe they would skimp on stabilization or focus motors. The front element of the Sport model is larger, so the optical formula is at least somewhat different. That must be what accounts for the difference, unless they have a metal body (the Sport model weighs about a kilo more than the Tamron).

But who knows?

 

[AlanF]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

 

[lescrane]

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Quite bizarre. 2 versions of same focal length and announci ng when they dont even have the weight for the C. Which means tbey still dont have a final prototype.

This doesn't bode well for canons alleged 100 400 L mark ii. Who's going to pay 2k for that with all these choices that reach 600mm

Tamron as mentioned really dropped the ball on production of th e Tamzooka. If the sigma c is as good in IQ tamron loses potential sales. I wonder if tamron will introduce a 2k lens that's a notch up probably not .

 

[pknight]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

So that's US$2600. Not a competitor with the Tamron at that price. I expect that a new 100-400 will be at least that much.

The Sport model may be ready to go, as it has more complete specs, and the early rumor was clearly about it. The C model is more likely to be vapor, or a very long time arriving.

 

[9VIII]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

Good grief I just about had a heart attack!

 

[that1guyy]

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All I want is Sigma to create a killer body that can natively accept Canon mount lenses. That'd be great

 

[dgatwood]

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A foot long? Jeez. That's a good three inches taller than the outside of my camera bag. Any chance they could build one of these with a set of screw threads in the middle?

No, seriously, I'd kill to be able to carry one of these lenses around with me, but it would kill me to carry one of these lenses with me, if you know what I'm saying.... *sigh*

 

[AlanF]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

Good grief I just about had a heart attack!

Perhaps the lens is a Veblen (or positional) good whereby demand increases as price increases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

Maybe Canon marketing has read the Wikipedia article?

 

[Grummbeerbauer]

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After the Tamron 150-600 turned out a bit disappointing for APS-C users on the all-relevant long end, I was really hoping for Sigma to deliver a product in that FL range - and they did not deliver one, but two! ;D

Since all their recent lenses have been stellar, I am really eager to see the first reviews.

Its a really interesting move to release two lenses with same FL and aperture range at once. Perhaps when their lens designers explored alternative designs for a 150-600 f5-6.3 they came out with two interesting ones, one more pricey to manufacture, but perhaps with better IQ or some other benefits.
And instead of picking the lesser design to win over Canon by price or pick the more advanced design to repeat what they did with their 35A, 50A, and 18-35A (which I have and love), they just decided to do both. Thumbs up for that gutsy call! 8)

 

[that1guyy]

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I'm interested to see how they compare to the Tamron, which is an excellent lens for the money.

 

[9VIII]

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Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

Good grief I just about had a heart attack!

Perhaps the lens is a Veblen (or positional) good whereby demand increases as price increases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

Maybe Canon marketing has read the Wikipedia article?

And here all this time I thought "Veblen" was a Leica trademark.

 

[Haydn1971]

Re: Sigma Corporation Announces a Pair of 150-600mm f/5-6.3 OS Lenses With Advanced Features and Opt

Sigma UK has announced the price of the sports model (£15,999) and a launch date of Sept 2014, so perhaps the sceptics about release dates and vapour products might just be wrong.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/index.php?route=information/news&news_id=92

Alan, I think you entered a extra digit in the price. That price is up in Canon range.

I think this is what you meant. Price: £1599.99

So that's US$2600. Not a competitor with the Tamron at that price. I expect that a new 100-400 will be at least that much.

The Sport model may be ready to go, as it has more complete specs, and the early rumor was clearly about it. The C model is more likely to be vapor, or a very long time arriving.

Well typically UK £ match US $ - also, the 120-300 f2.8 is currently running at about 70% of Sigma RRP - so could possibly make the street price of the 150-600 S about £1200 here

 

[Grummbeerbauer]

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It will also be interesting how this lens performs compared to the 120-300 2.8 OS S with 2x TC (in particular the new 2x that were also announced by Sigma) ... that combo is said to be good, but not stellar, and will definitely cost more. But you do gain an excellent fast zoom in the process. Could still be a viable alternative for those folks that need 600mm only occasionally.

 

[Chapman Baxter]

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My guess is that the Sport version was in development before the Tamron was announced. Sigma realised their Sport version would be a better quality and necessarily more expensive lens than the Tamron, so they subsequently developed a less sophisticated Contemporary version to compete more equally on price and quality with the Tamron. Thus, all bases covered - professional and consumer.

Just my conjecture.