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Well, some of them already sound yummy. But Sigma usually takes a lot time between announcing and delivering. Although their recent lenses are just great, so it's worth to wait. If they come with a 24-70/2, some of my 1.4 primes will become "for sale".
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I personally have serious doubts about the 24-70/2 OS HSM ...
at least, the lensbody shown in the picture (in the linked page) is
certainly too small to house such an optical construction.
I would expect the weight of such a lens to be around 2Kg ....
not exactly my dream everyday lens.
Just a thought ... Rainer
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09-09-2013, 08:21 PM
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The 24/1.4 might be interesting.
I wonder why they stopped at 24-105 though. Back in the day Sigma had a 24-135/2.8-4.5 lens (no OS or HSM, of course) which might use an update. I've never shot one, but a mate of mine had one. Too bad it was in Nikon mount while I'm on the Canon side of life, and I could never give it a try.
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No Sigma 85 1.4 in this list?
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If they name enough lenses sooner or later one will be right!
Of the list, the ones I'm most interested in would be the 24-70 f/2, but that is very much in the "I'll believe it when I see it" category. Something has to give somewhere, and I find it hard to believe it could be attained in a sane manner. Realistically the 24-105 f/4 OS could be interesting as an alternative to the Canon equivalent. The old Canon is a good lens but I wouldn't say no to a new trick like the macro mode of the 24-70 f/4, but there the focus shift risk scares me.
Otherwise, the 135 f/1.8 is the other maybe lens. Again I have the Canon f/2L, but the colour correction on that is rather horrific by astrophotography standards and I wouldn't say no to an improvement there.
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