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PT: Sigma Interview at Salon de la Photo 2024 – Atypical Lens Design, Record Sales, Fujifilm is Canon Size, Camera Company Talk, Hybrid Shooters, and More

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 22, 2024

French photography site Phototrend published its interview with Managing Director Foucauld Prové from Sigma at the Salon de la Photo 2024 show which you can read in French here and check out a translated summary of it below: Sigma has launched some great lenses in 2024 including the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art II and the unique Sigma […]

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Medium Format Sigma Glass

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 12, 2024

It sounds like lots of photographers are asking Kazuto Yamaki and Sigma to make glass for the Fujifilm GFX. Hopefully we get t some quality Sigma glass for GFX sooner rather than later. Q: Have you guys considered making any optics for the Fuji GF system or like a larger sensor medium format system? G: […]

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LT: Sigma 23mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Review

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 19, 2024

SIGMA 23mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Lenstips published its full review of the Sigma 23mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary and you can read the full review here or you can check out the excerpt below: Pros: excellent image quality in the frame centre, very good image quality on the edge of […]

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DPR: Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki Interview – Innovation Can Mean Many Things

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 29, 2024

Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki sat down for an interview with DPR which you can read in full here or find a summary of below: All manufacturers have to be innovative, but customers might benefit more from lightweight bodies with greater portability or some other spec. Last year wasn’t bad for the camera market and it […]

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Sigma 20mm f/1.4 and 23mm f/1.4 Patents Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 16, 2024

overview [Publication number] P2024035865 [Release date] 2024-03-15 [Name of the invention] Large aperture ratio optical system [Application date] 2022-09-05 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000131326 [Name] Sigma Co., Ltd. [Problem] To realize a large aperture ratio optical system that uses an inner focus method while reducing the weight of a focus lens. [Background Art] [0002] In recent […]

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Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Shortages Resolved, but Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary Still Limited

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 27, 2024

The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary and 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary announced shortages at the end of last year. Today Sigma announced that they have resolved the shortages with the Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary, but the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary is still impacted. Information regarding […]

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