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Sigma UK competition: win a 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM lens

17 Jun

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The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM zoom lens has garnered a huge amount of interest from our readers, as the fastest zoom lens ever made for SLRs. UK residents can now win one courtesy of Sigma UK’s latest competition, along with a two day landscape photography workshop in Dartmoor with pro photographer Lea Tippett. For a chance of winning, submit your best landscape photo, along with 80 words saying how you’d benefit from the workshop. The closing date for entries is 31st July 2013: click through for full details.  

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Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM available in July for around $799

14 Jun

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Sigma has announced its 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens for APS-C DSLRs – the world’s first constant F1.8 zoom -will be available from July at a cost of around $ 799. The lens covers a 27-52.5mm equivalent range, and will be available in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts. The lens will offer the depth-of-field equivalent of a constant F2.7 on full-frame, and allow the use of lower ISO settings in low light, which may under-cut the need for some photographers to change formats.

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First impressions shooting with the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM

10 Jun

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We’ve just published our first impressions of shooting with the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 EX DC lens. We’ve tried to express just why we’re so excited about this lens, which offers APS-C DSLR users access to some of the depth-of-field and low-light capabilities that full-frame shooters get from their F2.8 zooms. We’re hoping to hear about pricing and availability soon so, in the meantime and in the light of our first impressions, what would you expect to pay for this lens?

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Just posted: Our Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM preview samples gallery

05 Jun

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We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on an early pre-production sample of one of the most anticipated lenses of the year, the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, and bring you a gallery of full-resolution sample images shot with it. This lens is the fastest zoom ever made for SLRs and, in principle, should provide the depth-of-field control and low-light image quality on an APS-C DSLR that you’d get using an F2.8 zoom on 35mm full-frame. We’ve shot a samples gallery including a variety of subjects, using a range of apertures, focal lengths and subject distances, to try to give an initial flavor of how the lens performs.

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Roger Cicala gives first impressions on new Zeiss Touit 32mm F1.8

04 Jun

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Roger Cicala of Lensrentals has published a blog post in which he gives his first impressions of the new Carl Zeiss 32mm F1.8 ‘Touit’ lens, in Sony E-mount. Unlike Roger’s normal approach, where he exhaustively tests multiple samples of the same lens, he was only able to look at a single example of the 32mm F1.8 on the Sony NEX-7. Click through for some details of his findings, and a link to the full article at the lensrentals blog.

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Korean site publishes sample images from Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM

23 Apr

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Korean website lcap.tistory.com has published what it claims are sample images from the new Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens, purporting to show its performance in a range of different shooting situations, on both a Canon EOS 600D and 5D Mark III. We doubt very much that the site had Sigma’s permission to publish the images from what is almost certain to be a pre-production lens, but if you’re curious, you can click through for a link to the original ‘preview’ at lcap.tistory.com.

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Just Posted: Hands-on with the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM

22 Apr

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Just posted: Our hands-on preview of the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens. The announcement of the world’s first constant F1.8 zoom caused a lot of discussion, much of it centered around the idea that the brighter aperture would help APS-C DSLRs to compete toe-to-toe with full frame cameras in many respects. We’ve had a chance to handle the lens and prepare a preview putting its capabilities in more context. Click here to find out more.

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Sigma announces super-fast 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art for APS-C DSLRs

18 Apr

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Sigma has announced the 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens for APS-C DSLRs – the world’s first constant F1.8 zoom. The lens covers a 27-52.5mm equivalent range, though the company has not yet announced which mounts it will be offered in. There is also no announcement of a recommended price. The lens will offer the light-gathering and depth-of-field equivalent of a constant F2.7 on full-frame, which may under-cut the need for some photographers to change formats.

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Samsung announces price and availability of NX300 and 45mm F1.8 lens

26 Mar

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Samsung has announced that its NX300 mirrorless camera will be available in both US and European markets by the end of this month as a kit with the 20-50mm lens for $ 749.99 and £599 respectively. The 3D-capable camera is built around a 20MP sensor, 3.3″ OLED screen and built-in Wi-Fi. The kit will also include a free copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 editing software. The company has also announced that the 45mm F1.8 2D/3D lens will be available at the same time for $ 499.99. There is currently no information about its European price.

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Sigma US to ship 19mm f/2.8, 30mm f/2.8 and 30mm f/1.8 this month

08 Mar

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Sigma US has announced the price and availability for its three latest ‘Art’ series prime lenses – the 19mm f/2.8 DN and 30mm f/2.8 DN for mirrorless cameras, and the 30mm f/1.4 for APS-C DSLRs. The DN lenses will be available for street price of $ 199 and the redesigned 30mm f/1.4 will be available in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts for $ 499. All three will start shipping from the end of this month. No details were given about the 60mm f/2.8 lens also announced  during the CP+ tradeshow.

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