So far this year, Sony is leading the sales race in Japan for interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras, while Canon is dominating the charts for DSLR cameras. The BCN Rankings comprise sales data from 21 of the largest retailers in Japan, including Amazon and Bic Camera, to name just a couple. While the data doesn’t include … Read more
So far this year, Sony is leading the sales race in Japan for interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras, while Canon is dominating the charts for DSLR cameras. The BCN Rankings comprise sales data from 21 of the largest retailers in Japan, including Amazon and Bic Camera, to name just a couple. While the data doesn’t include … Read more
So far this year, Sony is leading the sales race in Japan for interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras, while Canon is dominating the charts for DSLR cameras. The BCN Rankings comprise sales data from 21 of the largest retailers in Japan, including Amazon and Bic Camera, to name just a couple. While the data doesn’t include … Read more
There have been reports floating around the web saying that the Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 APO EX DG telephoto zoom lens has been discontinued. These reports are false and highlight the hazards of concluding that a product has been discontinued based on store listings. “This is a special order lens,” Sigma tells PetaPixel over email. “It … Read more
Sigma announced the 50mm f/1.2 Art for full-frame cameras, promising to combine optical excellence and outstanding autofocus performance in the smallest and lightest chassis on the market. Despite promising high resolving power through the entire focus range, beautiful bokeh wide open, and fast and accurate autofocus along with a low asking price compared to the … Read more
Sigma may be best known for its photographic lenses, but the company’s video-specific Cine lenses are very well regarded in the industry. So much so, in fact, that the Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) has selected Sigma Cine lenses as its new standardized test lens. Since 2014, the GSCA has compared modern digital cameras against … Read more
Sigma’s latest compact telephoto optic, the 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sports lens is so popular that the company can’t keep up with pre-orders. The 500mm f/5.6 is a very impressive lens and is already on PetaPixel‘s shortlist for lens of the year. It should not, therefore, come as a particular surprise that it is … Read more
Last week was a big one for some of the biggest names in the camera industry including Fujifilm, Sigma, and Panasonic. Tons of announcements hit thanks to the CP+ camera exhibition in Japan that we needed a whole episode to talk about them all! Thank you to OM SYSTEM for sponsoring the PetaPixel Podcast! OM … Read more
It’s not often that I get to review a lens that the world has never seen before. I’ve reviewed plenty of f/1.4 lenses and I’ve reviewed the occasional 15mm fisheye, but a 15mm diagonal fisheye with an f/1.4 maximum aperture is a first for me. Although fisheye lenses are a very specialized tool with limited … Read more
Photo by Michał Kałużny, provided courtesy of Sigma. Sigma’s new 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Art diagonal fisheye lens is unique, a little bit weird, and definitely niche. The company knows it won’t be a big seller, but that’s not why it decided to make it. Sigma made it to prove a point. Speaking to PetaPixel … Read more