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The New Sigma 24-35mm f2 is Perfect for Street Photographers

Chris Gampat
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06/19/2015
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When we first received news of this release, it seemed a bit odd–and then it made sense. Today, Sigma is announcing the new 24-35mm f2 DG HSM Art lens for full frame DSLRs. Yes, that’s right–the one was designed for full frame cameras and at the time of writing this post, the Sigma 24-35mm f2 is the fastest constant aperture full frame zoom lens designed for photography. According to the press release, this lens has updated AF algorithms that should make it one of the fastest lenses to autofocus. Of course, the fact that it’s also a wide angle lens sure does help.

The 24-35mm f2 is said to boast large-diameter aspherical lens elements, one “F” Low Dispersion (FLD) glass, and seven Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass elements with two aspherical lenses.

Additionally, it has manual focus override, silent focusing, an inner focusing system, nine aperture blades, 18 elements in 13 groups, and weights 33.2 oz.

When the Sigma 24-35mm f2 launches, it will be available for Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony A mounts. No word on pricing yet though, but keep your eyes peeled.

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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.