new sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG for canon EOS

Check this out:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp...message=6200409

Just in time for Christmas.

Interesting Herb! If Sigma decides to get into the "digital" lens market, we might have a whole new ballgame. This has been a big market niche for a while and I'm surprised they haven't jumped in sooner. I couldn't gleam too much info from the Italian page though, so please post anything else you find out.

Cheers

James

I told you that Sigma talked about introducing this lens and others similar 9 months ago

Just been and tried the 8mm - Yuk, won't be getting one... but it does great portraits

Interesting Herb! If Sigma decides to get into the "digital" lens market, we might have a whole new ballgame. This has been a big market niche for a while and I'm surprised they haven't jumped in sooner. I couldn't gleam too much info from the Italian page though, so please post anything else you find out.

 

Cheers

James

Some posted an email from sigma on that dpreview forum thread saying the lens will go on sale in November.

I sent an inquiry to Sigma yesterday and recieved a reply today. Here is a copy of the e-mail.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email and inquiry.

This lens will be available from November.

The price information is not available yet.

Sincerely,

Sigma Corporation of America

15 Fleetwood court Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

Tel: 631 585-1144

Fax: 631 585-1895

www.sigma-photo.com

----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Nichols

To: info@sigmaphoto.com

Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:28 PM

Subject: 12-24 lens

Hello,

There is a rumor that you will soon be releasing a 12-24 4.5-5.6 EX DG lens. If this is true, do you have an anticipated release date and cost?

Thank you for any information

Sincerely

Stephen T. Nichols

http://underseagallery.com

Looks to be very interesting .

Steve

Mhhh,... I saw price rumors for around 1.000 EUR

Well in that case, I'll continue to save up money for the

Canon 16-35L lense. Even if it is not that wide, the constant

F-Stop and the high light sensivity are just too temptimg.

All in all I have to admit that I am pretty annoyed by non-constant

f-stop lenses. You are just able to work more quick if the zoom

does not influence your manual setting. Especially on the surface

I fell in love with this feature.

If you can afford it, I would always go for it. But that is a very

personal opinion.

Mhhh,... I saw price rumors for around 1.000 EUR

I've seen sites listing it between 700 - 800 EUR. Follow the dpreview forum links.

Andi, if you're thinking about the 16-35L, you should really consider the 17-40L instead. Check out a comparison at Luminous Landscape.. The most critical part of the review is:

The new 17-40mm f/4L is a welcome surprise though. At nearly half the price of the faster and slightly wider 16-35mm f/2.8L it provides excellent image quality, surpassing that of the more expensive lens in several areas.

I own the 17-40, and it's outstanding. It's only a single stop slower than the 16-35L and still has a constant F/ throughout the zoom range. Still haven't gotten it UW, but that's another topic entirely. If the Sigma 12-24 is reasonably priced as suggested at DPReview, I'll probably also pick one of those up. And even then, I'll still be at about the cost of a single 16-35L!

Just some food for thought...

I own the 16-35L and have shot it a lot topside and some underwater (in film)....all I can say ..." WOW". It's sharp throughout the zoom range and from f2.8-22. Most of the complaints about this lens are from people who shoot the lens at 16mm, F2.8 and expect a landscape shot to be in focus from 1 foot to infinity.

It has minimal barrel distortion (for the focal length), superb colour rendition and wonderful sharpness...

My 2 cents....

No doubt the 16-35 is a fantastic lens. If the 17-40L weren't available or if cost wasn't factored in, I would have eventually gotten it. What I was getting at is that although the 17-40 is 1/2 the cost, it's not 1/2 the lens.