From PMA
Sigma has come through and announced 3 lenses for PMA. I like the direction here from Sigma. It looks like 2 entry level lenses with OS and a constant aperture ultra wide angle.
Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 EX DC HSM
Sigma has announced an ultra-wide angle zoom, the 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM. This new design squeezes a relatively fast F3.5 constant maximum aperture into a body about 10% larger in each dimension than the company's popular 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM. The lens has a minimum focus distance of 24 cm (9.4 inches) throughout the zoom range, and features two Super-Low Dispersion glass and two Extraordinary-Low Dispersion glass elements for the correction of chromatic aberrations. It is designed for cameras with APS-C/DX sensors, and will be available in mounts for Sigma, Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax DSLRs.
Sigma 18-50 f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Sigma has unveiled a new large aperture image-stabilized standard zoom, in the shape of the 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM. This lens features a new Optical Stabilization unit which Sigma claims will work on Sony and Pentax bodies with in-body stabilization systems. It also boasts a larger maximum aperture than the kit zooms typically supplied with most DSLRs, and incorporates Sigma's Hypersonic motor for fast silent autofocus. Designed for DSLRs with APS-C/DX sized image sensors, it will be available in Sigma, Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax mounts.
Sigma 50-200 f/4-5.6 DC OS HSM
Sigma has released an image-stabilized version of its budget telezoom lens, the 50-200mm F4-5.6 DC OS HSM. This features the same new optical stabilization unit as seen on the 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 EX DC HSM also announced today, which is compatible with Pentax and Sony bodies with in-body anti-shake systems. The new lens also includes a number of user-friendly features rarely seen at this level, including a hypersonic motor for fast, silent autofocus, and an internal-focusing design with a non-rotating front element. It will be available in mounts for Sigma, Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax DSLRs, and is designed for cameras with APS-C/DX sized sensors only.
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I find all the whining very ironical. Just couple of years ago, when Canon was in the only dude in town with multiple IS lenses, many folks were mocking the need for IS. Now, there is a sudden explosion of cries for more stabilized lenses, even on those relatively wide angled ones. Ha, ha…
yeah, but 15-84 would be a sweet range…
Same here!! Though I believe it does have HSM already? At least for Nikon. But yes, OS would be nice, plus maybe having it start at 16 :-)
i think this is silly unless it is very inexpensive – 200 or less.
They would have been better to have updated the 17 – 70 2.8-4.5 with HSM and OS and tried to get it in around 300.
if it was going to be something new – a 15 – 60 2.8 would have been cool for the crop sensor folks…
As for the 24-70 i’m hearing some good buzz but it is too expensive to get canon folks to switch and the nikon is just one of the great zooms ever…they needed to do something like make it either wider or longer or add IS to really make it stand out…
Someone above asked for a 200-500 5.6 – they make a 150-500 already…
Sigma 18-50mm OS? Depending on price, this could turn out to be a viable alternative to the kit lens. Although with it being f2.8 to 4.5 (as compared to f3.5 – 5.6 on most kit lenses) I doubt it’ll be less than three times the price…
A real shame for us budget-conscious consumers who also like to use circular polarizing filters :(