sigma ceo announcing in the pipeline a new sports and wildlife lens

[Paul stuart]

What are your speculative thoughts on sigmas announcement of unique lens never seen before sports and wildlife lens ,i am hoping this will be something with a built in t/c similar to olympus /om 150-400mm 4.5 lens maybe more likley a 100-300mm f2.8 ,be nice if they made a zoom that reaches 800mm aka canon style but a greater aperture at 800mm ,fingers crossed it comes to fruition next year sigma have performed exceptionaly well this year with lenses that match or surpass more expensive gm lenses but offer greater value.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Didn't he promise something not seen before? And a prime + a zoom?

That would rule out things like a 100-300 (although you could be picky, and say that the previous 100-300 Sigma was f/4, and the f/2.8 was 120-300).

It could be something trivial, like a 250mm prime, but the way it was phrased suggested something more novel, and Sigma has made some novel lenses before - like the f/1.8 zooms (admittedly, APS-C).

I'm having trouble thinking of something truly unseen, How about a tilt'n'shift zoom lens, for example (I suspect that might be impossible)

 

[Paul stuart]

Didn't he promise something not seen before? And a prime + a zoom?

That would rule out things like a 100-300 (although you could be picky, and say that the previous 100-300 Sigma was f/4, and the f/2.8 was 120-300).

It could be something trivial, like a 250mm prime, but the way it was phrased suggested something more novel, and Sigma has made some novel lenses before - like the f/1.8 zooms (admittedly, APS-C).

I'm having trouble thinking of something truly unseen, How about a tilt'n'shift zoom lens, for example (I suspect that might be impossible)

well you have to read between the lines a first for e mount could mean a multitude of lenses or anything with a built in t/c would be new also which would dismantle sonys 3rd party restrictions which is still the most annoying part of the alpha system

 

[AlphaWorld]

well you have to read between the lines a first for e mount could mean a multitude of lenses or anything with a built in t/c would be new also which would dismantle sonys 3rd party restrictions which is still the most annoying part of the alpha system

First for E mount? Oh, that's less exciting.

It would be interesiing if he has managed to negotiate something with Sony relating to the speed limit on third party lenses - maybe he has negotiated a way to get particular lenses (I'm thinking of lenses like the 500mm f/5.6, in particular) certified for operation at higher speeds? If a lens is equiped with focus motors that are strong enough and durable enough, maybe it could be allowed to run faster? Releasing a lens with that would probably be the biggest excitement he could bring.

I wouldn't want Sigma to do it via reverse-engineering - I'd want it to be an agreement between Sigma and Sony - so it persisted.