Developing on Thursday, Sigma is launching a brand new product – inviting questions as as to whether will probably be a brand new digicam, lens or picture sensor… or possibly all three!
The announcement will come within the type of a Sigma Stage presentation, happening on YouTube at 08:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT / 22:00 AEST.
“Sigma’s new product presentation shall be streamed reside from 21:00 on Might 16 (Thursday),” reads the outline on the Japanese YouTube holding web page.
“Along with introducing new merchandise, we’re additionally planning a nook the place we’ll reply feedback and questions obtained through chat in the course of the broadcast, so please flip in your notification settings and watch in actual time!”
So what can we count on from the announcement?
New lens(es)
This feels just like the most definitely state of affairs, provided that it is Sigma’s enterprise bread and butter. And after dropping the outstanding Sigma 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Artwork simply over a month in the past, there’s loads to reside as much as!
Since then we have additionally had the long-awaited announcement of six Sigma lenses for the Canon RF mount – all notably APS-C in nature. Now that the floodgates are open for the model to create autofocus lenses for Canon’s EOS R system, may we see the announcement of full-frame optics?
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Nikon Z customers would additionally recognize some new glass, too, so if it is a lens then we might be seeing extra than simply the same old L and E mount choices.
New digicam
There have not been any digicam rumors a few new digicam from the producer, so this seems like a for much longer shot. Nonetheless, it has been nearly 5 years for the reason that launch of the unique Sigma fp and three years for the reason that Sigma fp L.
We have seen loads of L Mount our bodies from different members of the Alliance since then, such because the Leica SL3 and Panasonic S5II and S5IIX, so it will be nice to see one other member of the fp household emerge.
Maybe one that includes a…
Foveon sensor
The longest of lengthy pictures! Particularly since the newest replace on Foven expertise got here in April, when proprietor and CEO Kazuto Yamaki instructed DP Overview that, “Sadly, we’ve got not made any important progress since final yr,” including that Sigma is “nonetheless within the design part for the picture sensor.”
Nonetheless, there is a very outdoors likelihood of a roadmap or replace of some kind. Hold your fingers crossed!
Sigma makes lenses for a few of the finest mirrorless cameras – and significantly a few of the finest L Mount lenses, being that Sigma is a founding member of the L Mount Alliance.