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Sigma’s 18-35mm f1.8 Gets Converted Into a Cine Lens

Chris Gampat
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08/22/2013
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Last Updated on 08/22/2013 by Chris Gampat

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The Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 hasn’t even been out for six months yet and a company has already converted it into a cinema lens with full manual aperture control. The conversion was done by GL Optics, who is a China based company that specializes in optic conversion. The lens is still for APS-C sensor cameras–though it has been known to work on full frame cameras but with vignetting.

The killer is the price. Sigma’s 18-35mm f1.8 is under $1,000 but the GL Optics conversion will run you $3,500.

We reviewed the 18-35mm f1.8 and rated it an Editor’s Choice, and DxOMark believes so as well. The interview about the lens by DSLR News Shooter and the sample video are after the jump.

Also, don’t clean it with vodka.

Via DSLR News Shooter

Thanks for the tip Peter!


GL Optics Vs West Side Optics – Sigma18-35mm f1.8 TEST from GL Optics on Vimeo.

BIRTV 2013: G.L.Optics Sigma 18-35 f1.8 PL lens conversion, rehoused Leica R and Tokina 11-16 v2 lenses from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

 

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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.