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Another postpone on Sigma’s 18-250mm F3.5-F6.3 DC OS HSM

, Mar 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sigma is having hard time to deliver the new 18-250mm F3.5-F6.3 DC OS HSM zoom lens. The EF mount was previously scheduled to hit the street of Akihabara in the mid February, but later pushed to March 15th and now we are looking at another month of postponement. Read The Full Story

Sigma new 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM hands-on : sharpness at wide open

, Mar 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

You want more choices of walk-a-round 24-70mm zooms with silent motors? Here’s your latest option, but it comes in at a slight higher premium cost that one would normally expect from a 3rd party lens maker like Sigma. Sigma’s new 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens now incorporates HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) – a quieter and speedy AF – with full time manual focusing capability and much superior lens construction. At twice the cost of the previous model, ($1,400 retail, $900 street) does it warrant the upgrade? We dropped by Sigma during PMA 2009 to find out more.

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SigZilla 200-500mm F2.8 incompatible with 5D Mark II ?

, Mar 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

The Sigzilla was back on show again this year, but with a different support. At PMA 2009 it appeared on a very tight-fitting Wimberley Ver II, so now wildlife photographers know they’ll need no custom mounting if they want the fastest Autofocus 500mm at F2.8 ever built. On the other hand, not that you could afford one, or the behemoth optics were even practical on the field, 5D Mark II owners might have compatibility issues with the earth-green bazooka.

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PMA 2009 : Sigma talks new zoom lenses

, Mar 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Last year, Sigma unveiled a line of telephoto zoom lenses at PMA 2008 with HSM and OS (mechanical Optical Stabilizer). This year at PMA 2009, Sigma is adding wider angles to its new series of zoom lenses, ranging from 10mm to 250mm.

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Sigma postponed Canon-mounted 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

, Feb 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Last Month Sigma unveiled an exciting ultra zoom range 18-250mm F3.5-F6.3 DC OS HSM, and revealed its tentative EF-mounted launch date by February 21th. Today, they have postponed the release of the digitally optimized crop sensor lens for three more weeks. Retails of the holdback were not given, nor they have revealed further release dates for the rest of Pentax, Nikon or Sony’s mounted DSLRs. Read The Full Story

Sigma unveils ultra zoom lens, 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

, Jan 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sigma dished out a total of three HSM OS zoom lens last year at PMA, covering as wide as 18mm to 500mm of focus distance for a variety of shoot subjects. The 09 PMA is still one and a half month away; the manufacturer is already prepping another piece of ultra zoom lens with similar features- a digital APS-C crop sensor version of 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC with optical stabilizer (OS) and HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), extending 50mm more on the tele end to its popular line of 18-200mm. Read The Full Story

Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM gets official, but costly

, Dec 18th 2008 Discuss [5]

Sigma has made public of its HSM version of the much popular 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG lens back in September, but fewer details were revealed in pricing and availability department. An official announcement from Sigma Japan today could shatter the hope of Canon or Nikon Digital SLR owners seek for an alternate walk-around zoom lens with much competitive pricing. Read The Full Story

Sigma Sigzilla APO 200-500mm F2.8 gets Nikon release

, Dec 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

Remember the Sigzilla? An earth-green Sigma APO DG line-up with unprecedented World’s first Ultra-Telephoto zoom lens at 200-500mm F2.8? The behemoth of 35mm lens ever built is now made available for Nikon-mount. Read The Full Story

Sigzilla gets a price update

, Feb 1st 2008 Discuss [0]

The gigantic Sigzllla that we mentioned earlier got the price updated from impress this morning. As we've mentioned, the size and weight are not beyond impossible but it’s unrealistic for field works, not to mention the huge price tag of $25,000 (2,625,000 yen). Sigma might want to scratch off their press release listing portraits and wildlife as targeted field of photography suitable for this lens. But i have to admit, that SigmaGodzilla is one sexy beast, wildlife or not, chicks will not have problems posing with or without feather cloths on. [via impress]

Sigma Unveils Three Zoom Lenses featuring OS and HSM

, Jan 31st 2008 Discuss [1]

If you’ve been unsatisfied with Sigma's development in Optical Stabilizer lenses, here's some good news for you. They’ve drop three new zoom lens at PMA 2008, with OS ability of 4 stops of light equivalent. Better yet, the trio feature Hyper Sonic Motor for smooth, quite and fast auto-focusing. Read The Full Story

The Sigzilla is back with new paint job

, Jan 31st 2008 Discuss [0]

The Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG lens was first introduced at last PMA show, the giant barrel and overall physical size draw attention to photography community, not to mention the world’s first F2.8 aperture at 500mm. Read The Full Story

New Teaser on Sigma 14 Megapixel Foveon Sp1

, Jan 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

The long waited Sigma SP1 is nearly there, at least that’s what Sigma is teasing us right now. Sigma threw in the supersized 14 Megapixel Foveon X3 direct image sensor on a compact digital camera back in Photokina 2006, it surfaced again in PMA 2007, but the camera remained in coming soon status since then. They have updated the site with the following new themes. Read The Full Story
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