sigma Archives - Canon Rumors - Your best source for Canon rumors, leaks and gossip https://www.canonrumors.com/tag/sigma/ Canon Rumors - Your best source for Canon rumors, leaks and gossip Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:55:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 SIGMA and Tamron discontinue most of their DSLR lenses https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-and-tamron-discontinue-most-of-their-dslr-lenses/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-and-tamron-discontinue-most-of-their-dslr-lenses/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:16:11 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=49329 It looks like both SIGMA and Tamron are transitioning fully to mirrorless lens mounts, which was obviously an inevitable outcome. According to Nikon Rumors, this information comes from a large retailer in the UK. We have seen big discounts on SIGMAs ART lenses over the last year, so we expect at least some of those [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-and-tamron-discontinue-most-of-their-dslr-lenses/feed/ 33 The state of third-party lenses for the RF mount, Canon may be involved https://www.canonrumors.com/the-state-of-third-party-lenses-for-the-rf-mount-canon-may-be-involved/ https://www.canonrumors.com/the-state-of-third-party-lenses-for-the-rf-mount-canon-may-be-involved/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:10:15 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=49003 One of the most important things in the gear world for value conscience buyers, are third-party lenses. Sigma and Tamron became pretty big players in the EF market when they both changed direction and brought their lenses up market, but still aggressive price wise when compared to similar Canon offerings. The rollout of third-party lenses [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/the-state-of-third-party-lenses-for-the-rf-mount-canon-may-be-involved/feed/ 303 Sigma: Hopefully One More Mount in 2022 https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-hopefully-one-more-mount-in-2022/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-hopefully-one-more-mount-in-2022/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:30:28 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=47758 Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki confirmed that the firm has been working on new mount options for its well-regarded third party lens options, and indicated that he'd like to launch at least one of them in this calendar year. The remarks came in an online question-answer video (Japanese). “From the standpoint of a lens manufacturer, I [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-hopefully-one-more-mount-in-2022/feed/ 58 SIGMA will address the RF mount in 2022 [CR3] https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-address-the-rf-mount-in-2022-cr3/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-address-the-rf-mount-in-2022-cr3/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:29:26 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=47062 I don't have a lot of reliable sources for SIGMA and Tamron, which isn't for a lack of trying.  One of the most asked questions I get is “when will SIGMA and/or Tamron launch RF lenses?” With my answer usually being that I have no idea. That may have changed this week, as a good [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-address-the-rf-mount-in-2022-cr3/feed/ 278 SIGMA will announce two new Contemporary prime lenses soon https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-announce-two-new-contemporary-prime-lenses-soon/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-announce-two-new-contemporary-prime-lenses-soon/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:04:45 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=46441 The Q4 announcement spree from manufacturers looks to be ramping up, as SIGMA will announce two new Contemporary prime lenses soon. SIGMA will announce the following lenses 24mm f/2 DG DN Contemporary 90mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary Both of these lenses are for full-frame mirrorless applications, which likely means they're for Sony's E-Mount and SIGMA, [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-will-announce-two-new-contemporary-prime-lenses-soon/feed/ 63 SIGMA releases an official update about their Foveon X3 sensor project https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-releases-an-official-update-about-their-foveon-x3-sensor-project/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-releases-an-official-update-about-their-foveon-x3-sensor-project/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:55:02 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=44651 SIGMA CEO Kazuto Yamaki has issued an official statement about the Foveon X3 1:1:1 sensor development which was scrapped last February due to a critical flaw in the sensor design that would make it impossible to mass-produce. SIGMA has gone back to the drawing board and restarted the research and development from scratch. SIGMA cannot [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-releases-an-official-update-about-their-foveon-x3-sensor-project/feed/ 42 Third-party lenses for the Canon RF mount https://www.canonrumors.com/third-party-lenses-for-the-canon-rf-mount/ https://www.canonrumors.com/third-party-lenses-for-the-canon-rf-mount/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:39:06 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=44291 This is a list and pricing for all of the known third-party lenses that are available for Canon's RF mount. All of these manufacturers are reputable and available at major retailers. I will be updating this list as new lenses are rumoured or announced. Third-party RF mount lenses are mostly manual focus at this time. [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/third-party-lenses-for-the-canon-rf-mount/feed/ 31 An interview with Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of SIGMA https://www.canonrumors.com/an-interview-with-kazuto-yamaki-ceo-of-sigma/ https://www.canonrumors.com/an-interview-with-kazuto-yamaki-ceo-of-sigma/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:01:51 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=44115 An interview with Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of SIGMA is always a worthwhile read, this interview is no different. They touch on everything from the history of SIGMA, corporate culture, how they're handling the pandemic as well as his outlook for the future. However, what you really came here for is in bold below. It’s true [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/an-interview-with-kazuto-yamaki-ceo-of-sigma/feed/ 6 SIGMA to start producing RF mount lenses in 2021 https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-to-start-producing-rf-mount-lenses-in-2021/ https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-to-start-producing-rf-mount-lenses-in-2021/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:19:13 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=43832 Nikon Rumors is reporting that SIGMA will begin producing lenses for the RF and Z mounts some time in 2021. There is no word on how SIGMA will develop for the RF mount. Will we get new optical designs? Will we get the control ring? Whatever SIGMA chooses to do with their RF mount lenses, [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-to-start-producing-rf-mount-lenses-in-2021/feed/ 123 Black Friday: SIGMA Black Friday deals are now live https://www.canonrumors.com/black-friday-sigma-black-friday-deals-are-now-live/ https://www.canonrumors.com/black-friday-sigma-black-friday-deals-are-now-live/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:08:32 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=43564 SIGMA's Black Friday deals are now live at our exclusive affiliate partner Adorama. All of the lenses on sale come with SIGMA's USB dock for free. Adorama is also giving 4X's the reward points on the following SIGMA lenses. SIGMA 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art $1199 (Reg $1299) SIGMA 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art $679 [...]

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