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Sigma Announces New Lenses: Segments Them Into Art, Contemporary and Sports

Chris Gampat
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09/17/2012
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Last Updated on 09/18/2012 by Chris Gampat

Sigma is announcing three new lenses, sort of. First off, they’re announcing that they’re marketing/categorizing their lenses in three different ways now: contemporary (for more casual use), art (seems to be an emphasis on fast primes) and sports (for, well, do I need to explain?). In the contemporary section is the 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM. Then the art lens is their new 35mm f1.4 DG HSM, which took them long enough to get out and now completes the 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm trifecta of fast primes for the classic photographer. Then there is the 120-300mm f2.8 DG OS HSM lens for sports photographers. This lens is not to be confused with the previously announced version.

Specs are after the jump. No word on pricing yet.

35mm f1.4 DG HSM

– Wide f1.4 aperture

– Comes with a carrying case and lens hood

Specs from Sigma’s listing

Specifications

Lens Construction 13 elements in 11 groups
Minimum aperture F16
Filter size φ67mm
Angle of view (35mm equivalent) 63.4°
Minimum focusing distance 30cm / 11.8in
Dimensions (Diameter x Length) φ77mm x 94.0mm / 3.0in x 3.7in
Number of diaphragm blades 9 (Rounded diaphragm)
Maximum magnification ratio 1：5.2
Weight TBD

17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM

Specs taken from Sigma’s product listing

Lens Construction 16 elements in 14 groups
Minimum aperture F22
Filter size φ72mm
Angle of view (SD1) 79.7° – 22.9°
Minimum focusing distance 22cm
Dimensions (Diameter x Length) φ79mm x 82mm / 3.1in x 3.2in
Blades 7 (Rounded diaphragm)
Maximum magnification ratio 1 : 2.9
Weight 470g / 16.6oz.

120-300mm f2.8 DG OS HSM

Specs taken from Sigma’s product page

Lens Construction 23 elements in 18 groups
Minimum aperture F22
Filter size φ105mm
Angle of view (35mm equivalent) 20.4° – 8.2°
Minimum focusing distance 150cm – 250cm / 59.1in – 98.4in
Dimensions (Diameter x Length) 124.4mm x 291mm / 4.8in x 11.5in
Blades 9 (Rounded diaphragm)
Maximum magnification ratio 1 : 8.1
Weight TBD
120-300mm f2.8 dg os hsm 17-40mm f2.8-4 macro os hsm 17-70mm f2.8-4 macro os hsm 35mm f1.4 dg hsm art contemporary lenses photokina 2012 sigma sports
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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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