06-16-2013, 05:19 PM
After sending a number of emails and making a plea for information on Sigma's facebook page, a reply was finally issued and the Sigma UK site updated to show that the lens was to be made available in Sony (and Pentax) mount although date was yet to be announced.
I have to say I am interested in getting my hands on this lens. The 18-35mm focal length does appeal to me as I do have a liking for wider than standard lenses and hopefully the F1.8 will do a decent job in low light conditions as well. If it has less of a tendency to flare horribly like the Tamron 14mm F2.8 (a great bit of glass otherwise), I'll be most happy indeed.
Yes it will be a bit of a heavy lens to cart around (almost the weight of the legendary Minolta 70-210/4 BeerCan) but at F1.8 I would expect none different, infact before I read up on the statistics, I thought it'd be heavier.
Seems like it may be about £700 over here in the UK.
I have to say I am interested in getting my hands on this lens. The 18-35mm focal length does appeal to me as I do have a liking for wider than standard lenses and hopefully the F1.8 will do a decent job in low light conditions as well. If it has less of a tendency to flare horribly like the Tamron 14mm F2.8 (a great bit of glass otherwise), I'll be most happy indeed.
Yes it will be a bit of a heavy lens to cart around (almost the weight of the legendary Minolta 70-210/4 BeerCan) but at F1.8 I would expect none different, infact before I read up on the statistics, I thought it'd be heavier.
Seems like it may be about £700 over here in the UK.