Sigma formally announces the Sigma 200mm f/2 DG OS Sports

[Richard CR]

This price surprised me, and saddened me that it's not available on Canon RF. The lens comes in at an bonkers price of $3299. For those who told me there are no good third-party lenses that people would purchase. I give you Exhibit A.

Sigma formally announces the Sigma 200mm f/2 DG OS Sports - Canon Rumors

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This price surprised me, and saddened me that it’s not available on Canon RF. The lens comes in at an bonkers price of $3299. For those who told me there are no good third-party lenses that...

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[f2_productions]

This MTF chart is really striking!

 

[Quackator]

Canon blocking me from buying this lens in RF flavor makes me seriously contemplate leaking towards another brand for the first time in twenty years.

 

[SvO2]

Yet another lens that makes me regret picking the RF mount. Oh well.

 

[RobbieHat]

Canon blocking me from buying this lens in RF flavor makes me seriously contemplate leaking towards another brand for the first time in twenty years.

They certainly aren’t making it easy on long time Canon shooters. Sony and Nikon must be licking their lips.

 

[RobbieHat]

I have been sitting out a body upgrade cycle as I sit on the fence on considering a second system/mount to gain access to a number of lenses that aren’t available for RF mount. This is another coin in the other mount side of the scale. That MTF chart looks crazy!

 

[Walrus]

Another masterpiece from Sigma that we most likely will never see on RF.

Let's see the coming Laowa 200 F2 that should come in EF mount, if Canon will stay quiet or go after them...even if Laowa is no Sigma at all.

I won't be totally convinced (yet) in spending big money for a Laowa lens, while I would spend money on Sigma as if they were Canon, Nikon or Sony.

 

[SvO2]

They certainly aren’t making it easy on long time Canon shooters. Sony and Nikon must be licking their lips.

In fairness Nikon isn't exactly allowing 3rd party full frame lenses either. But at least the E to Z adapter works pretty well from what I hear

 

[grilled_rooster]

Like the 300-600/4 from Sigma a great lense. Great value. But both lenses for the wrong mounts. L-Mount cameras are not usefull for sports. And the 15fps limit on Sony is just bs.
We might have to wait a few years to get those lenses for rf mount.

 

[snapshot]

Like the 300-600/4 from Sigma a great lense. Great value. But both lenses for the wrong mounts. L-Mount cameras are not usefull for sports. And the 15fps limit on Sony is just bs.
We might have to wait a few years to get those lenses for rf mount.

were i in sony, i am not sure how limiting 15fps is, but i would more likely to go for 50-150 F/2 than 200 F/2 from a versatility point of view.

 

[Zadak]

Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill aka not Canon

 

[mimbu]

In fairness Nikon isn't exactly allowing 3rd party full frame lenses either. But at least the E to Z adapter works pretty well from what I hear

It does, but tracking AF is not native levels. Ultimately you get reliable tracking AF at up to about 15fps and beyond that the miss rate starts to climb. There is overhead for the adapter and there are limits to how fast they can do command translation.

In the end it works out about the same as the 15fps that Sony allows on E mount. It would be wonderful if Sony raised that limit but it's not like there's any pressure on them to do so when neither Canon nor Nikon will allow glass like this at all.

 

[mimbu]

Yet another lens that makes me regret picking the RF mount. Oh well.

Every mount has good and bad points. If a strong selection of 3rd party glass is a priority, then RF probably isn't the best place to be.

 

[mimbu]

This price surprised me, and saddened me that it's not available on Canon RF. The lens comes in at an bonkers price of $3299. For those who told me there are no good third-party lenses that people would purchase. I give you Exhibit A.

Sigma formally announces the Sigma 200mm f/2 DG OS Sports - Canon Rumors

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This price surprised me, and saddened me that it’s not available on Canon RF. The lens comes in at an bonkers price of $3299. For those who told me there are no good third-party lenses that...

www.canonrumors.com

The Sigma 135/1.4 promises to be another such example. If this lens does come to fruition then I bet they do a 105/1.2 as well. Sigma is on fire.

The 500/5.6 is another incredible lens from Sigma. They managed to make it the same size as the Nikon 500/5.6 PF lens but without having to use PF glass. Incredible. They patented tiny 400/5.0 and 700/8.0 lenses together with the 500/5.6, I hope they bring one or both to market.

 

[Walrus]

And the 15fps limit on Sony is just bs.

I'll be glad with a 5fps, or even 3fps limit, if I could have third party FF lenses in RF mount

 

[mimbu]

I'll be glad with a 5fps, or even 3fps limit, if I could have third party FF lenses in RF mount

It amazes me that people complain about Sony's 15fps limit as much as they do. I've never owned a camera that can shoot that fast and never felt the need for one. It's incredible that the A9iii can shoot 120fps but I cannot imagine ever actually using that. The image sorting would drive me bonkers.

 

[mimbu]

We might have to wait a few years to get those lenses for rf mount.

Canon will never allow them onto RF. Never. The mount will remain locked down tightly forever. That is Canon's nature, and expecting otherwise will only lead to frustration. If 3rd party glass is important to you then neither RF nor Z are good choices.

 

[blackcoffee17]

Like the 300-600/4 from Sigma a great lense. Great value. But both lenses for the wrong mounts. L-Mount cameras are not usefull for sports. And the 15fps limit on Sony is just bs.
We might have to wait a few years to get those lenses for rf mount.

No TC support on Sony E mount is much bigger problem than a 15fps limit. Imagine buying a 600 F4 lens for $$$ and not be able to use teleconverter.

 

[frankchn]

No TC support on Sony E mount is much bigger problem than a 15fps limit. Imagine buying a 600 F4 lens for $$$ and not be able to use teleconverter.

The 300-600/4 is cheap enough that buying any L-mount camera (including the Leica SL3 and SL3-S) + that lens is at most about the same price is buying the Sony 600GM by itself. TC support is available for the L mount.

 

[frankchn]

It amazes me that people complain about Sony's 15fps limit as much as they do. I've never owned a camera that can shoot that fast and never felt the need for one. It's incredible that the A9iii can shoot 120fps but I cannot imagine ever actually using that. The image sorting would drive me bonkers.

It's not as bad as you think because the 120 fps mode is useful in very specific situations and most people won't use it all the time.

For instance, when I need a ball-on-bat shot of a batter in baseball, I can just set the camera to 120 fps + pre-capture. The batter missed? Delete the entire burst sequence in camera. The batter managed to a hit? Scroll to flag and protect the actual shot where the ball is in contact with the bat, and delete the rest.