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Sigma has announced three new lenses for mirrorless cameras, including a pair of full-frame "I series" primes and an APS-C prime lens. All three lenses promise high performance in a compact form factor.
Starting with the full-frame lenses, the Sigma 17mm f/4 DG DN Contemporary and the Sigma 50mm f/2 DG DN Contemporary....
Sigma has launched its first lenses for Nikon's Z Mount system, bringing some of Sigma's popular lenses to Nikon's mirrorless cameras.
The three lenses Sigma has announced are all F1.4 prime lenses designed for APS-C mirrorless cameras: the Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, and the...
Sigma has debuted yet another reformulation of a popular, high-quality Art-series prime lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras, with the new 50mm F1.4 DG DN Art lens for Sony E-mount and L-mount cameras. Building upon the foundation of the earlier 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens...
The annual BCN Awards have been published in Japan, showcasing the most popular camera brands among Japanese retailers in 2022. While not a perfect representation of the global camera market, the BCN Ranking data comes from about 40% of all Japanese retailers, so it's a large sample size that offers interesting insights...
Wildlife, nature, and outdoor sports photographers should all take notice, as Sigma has added yet another extremely versatile telephoto zoom to its arsenal of mirrorless lenses. The new Sigma 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports for Sony E-mount and L-mount full-frame...
DxO has announced 1,693 new Optics Modules for its software, including DxO PhotoLab, PureRAW, FilmPack and ViewPoint. The new corrections bring the total number of supported camera and lens combinations within DxO's software to more than 80,000.
DxO's corrections are among the best in the industry. Each camera and lens...
It's our first day for Camera of the Year Awards, and we're kicking things off with the ever-popular categories of ultra-wide angle and wide-angle lenses. It was a busy year for wide lenses, with new optics arriving from a wide range of manufacturers across nearly every lens mount and camera system.
Sigma was...
Sigma has announced a new flavor of their compact 18-50mm F2.8 APS-C-format zoom, this time for Fujifilm X-mount cameras. Following the 16mm F1.4 DC DN, 30mm F1.4 DC DN and 56mm F1.4 DC DN prime lenses for X Mount, this new 18-50mm F2.8 lens will be Sigma's first zoom lens designed for X-mount mirrorless cameras. Sigma...
This is the final article about the series of interviews I had with photo-industry leaders on my last trip to Japan in July of 2022, and I've saved the best for last :-)
SIGMA's Kazuto Yamaki is my favorite interview subject because of his unique position and unusual candor. As the CEO of SIGMA, he doesn't have to...
Sigma has announced the development of two new full-frame cinema lenses, the 65mm T1.4 FF Cine Prime and the 65mm T2.5 FF Cine Prime Classic. The latter 65mm lens joins nine existing full-frame Cine Classic prime lenses ranging from 14mm to 135mm.
Further, with the introduction of the 65mm T2.5 FF Cine Classic Prime...
Thanks to COVID, it’s been a long while since I was last in Japan (early March, 2020), and a lot has happened there since then.
One of the bigger pieces of news is that SIGMA Corporation opened its new headquarters building in Kanagawa in May of this year (2022, for those reading this later). When I finally managed to...
Update: We have published our Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG DN Art Hands-on Review and Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG DN Art Hands-on Review
Sigma has announced a pair of new fast wide-angle prime lenses for E-mount and L-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. The Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG DN Art is the world's first and only 20mm F1.4 lens designed...
As far as specific types of photography go, night sky photography is relatively accessible. You can capture images of the night sky with almost any camera and wide-angle lens, so long as you have good camera support. However, while a kit lens can work for astrophotography, you'll find that your images improve...
Sigma adds a new Contemporary lens to its already-extensive mirrorless lens lineup in the form of a surprisingly small and lightweight wide-angle zoom with a fast F2.8 aperture. The new Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens is designed for both Sony E-mount and L-mount...
Last month, Sigma announced the latest addition to its I Series lineup, the Sigma 20mm F2 DG DN Contemporary. The lens is available for E mount and L mount. I am testing it as an E mount version on a Sony A7R IV camera. The lens retails for $699, making it...
Sigma has released an update about the status of its three-layer full-frame Foveon image sensor. The Sigma full-frame image sensor development process has been full of challenges, but important progress has been made since Sigma's previous update last year.
In 2020, Sigma announced that its full-frame Foveon-based...
Sigma has announced a trio of prime lenses for Fujifilm X Mount mirrorless cameras, the 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, 30mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary and the 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary. If these lenses sound familiar, it's because they're currently available for Canon EF-M mount, Micro Four Thirds mount, L-mount and Sony...
Sigma has announced the seventh lens in its 'I Series' of premium compact prime lenses for mirrorless cameras. The new 20mm F2 DG DN Contemporary is the widest lens in the all-metal series, offering a 94.5-degree angle of view on full-frame cameras.
The lens, available in L-mount and Sony E-mount, weighs just 370 grams...
Photographer Christopher Frost reviews a lot of lenses. In addition to more typical modern lenses, like the Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM, Frost has also tested more unusual optics. In his latest video, seen below, Frost talks about some of the most 'extreme and bizarre' lenses he's ever tested.
Kicking off the list is the...
As we close out the year, we wanted to gather up the photo crew from the Image Creators Network once again and have another roundtable discussion about all things photo gear, photo tech and what everyone thought about IR's awarding the Sony A1 as our 2021 Camera of the Year. This past year saw the debut of some truly...