Sigma 150-600mm FE and L lens will be announced on August 4th

Today Sigma launched this Youtube teaser video hinting a product announcement on August 4th. You can be 100% certain this is for the new 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 lens.

Specs:

  • lens configuration of 25 elements in 15 groups
  • minimum shooting distance of 58cm-280cm
  • maximum shooting magnification of 1: 2.9 (at 180mm), and 9 aperture blades (at 180mm). (Circular aperture)
  • filter size φ95mm
  • size φ109.4×263.6mm
  • weight 2100g (including tripod mount)
  • teleconverter (TC-1411 / TC-2011) seems to be compatible.
  • 170,000 YEN excluding tax

Leaked image:

And again more E-mount lenses coming from third party makers: Tamron 18-300mm and Sigma 150-600mm

There is no holiday fro third party lens makers. Tamron and Sigma will boht announce two new E-mount lenses:

  1. Nokishita just confirmed the rumor I posted back on June 10th. Tamron will soon announce the new 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD E lens. No info yet on the exact release date…
  2. Sigma will announce the new 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS FE lens. SAR leaked the first image of this supertele:

Rumored Nikon Z9 specs

Here are the rumored Nikon Z9 specs:

–Newly developed 45-megapixel stacked FX sensor
-Continuous shooting at 30 frames / sec
-Vertical grip integrated type
-Nikon admits that Z9 is superior to D6-
Multi-shot mode-
16bit RAW
–8K30p, 4K120 / 60 / 30p ――New
EXPEED image processing engine designed for 8K ――Improved
AF (subject recognition AF) ――Amazing
AF tracking (better than D6) ――Evolved
real-time tracking
――Dual CFexpress type B card slot
-ISO64-25600, Hi1, Hi2-
Improved noise level, especially dynamic range-
Blackout-free EVF with 5.76 million or 9 million dots and 120Hz refresh rate-
New user interface (like D6) There is no second LCD monitor on the back)
–New battery: EN-EL18x
–Gbit LAN, USB-C, Wi-Fi, GPS, Built-in Transmitter-
Price $ 6000-7000-
Planned to be tested in August-
Announcement is rumored to be November or December (exact release date) Is unknown for now)

via Digicameinfo via NR

Sigma will soon announce a new 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS lens for Sony E and Leica L mount cameras

Nokishita reports:

The L mount version of Sigma “150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports” has a lens configuration of 25 elements in 15 groups, a minimum shooting distance of 58cm-280cm, a maximum shooting magnification of 1: 2.9 (at 180mm), and 9 aperture blades (at 180mm). (Circular aperture), filter size φ95mm, size φ109.4×263.6mm, weight 2100g (including tripod mount), teleconverter (TC-1411 / TC-2011) seems to be compatible.

According to unconfirmed information about the domestic price of Sigma 150-600mm Sports, “The suggested retail price in Japan will be a little higher than Tamron’s 150-500 (170,000 excluding tax)” “The list price will not exceed 200,000 yen including tax” So, is the suggested retail price around 180,000 yen excluding tax?