Sigma 56mm f/1.4 hands-on images
These are the first hands-on images of the new Sigma 56mm f/1.4 lens that will be available as native MFT lens too. Courtesy of Optyczne
Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary MFT lens announced
Sigma announced the new 56mm f/1.4 MFT lens. There is yet no info about the price at BHphoto.
Press text:
Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary
This lens completes the Sigma large aperture series of portable wide-angle, standard, and telephoto prime lenses in Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mounts. Featuring compact design, light weight and outstanding image quality offered in Sigma’s Contemporary line, this lens stuns with a beautiful bokeh effect and the amount of brightness expected from F1.4 lenses even in the mid-telephoto range for cropped sensor cameras. In addition, this lens is characterized by smooth and quiet autofocus ideal for video shooting. Compatible with the Sony E mount Fast Hybrid AF, it also achieves precise AF tracking. By using the face recognition or eye AF functions of the camera, focus will continuously be on the face or the eye even if the subject moves during the shoot.
Full technical specifications are available here: https://bit.ly/2PLuSTh. Pricing and availability will be announced later.
As expected Olympus did not announce any new product at Photokina
Olympus is the only major company not having announced any new product at this years Photokina. Granted you could actually count in Sony too if they would not consider the 24mm GM lens they announced the last week. And Ricoh-Pentax at least announced the GRIII development.
But big news is coming in January with a new OMD camera to be announced!
WOW! Panasonic announces the 10-25mm f/1.7 Micro Four Thirds Lens!
WOW!!!! Are you happy now MFT shooters? Panasonic didn’t leave you behind today :)
This is a development announcement and there is yet no info about price and shipment start. Here is one more screengrab from Mistral (Thanks!) that shows the massive 77mm filter diameter!
Here is the official press text:
Press release
Panasonic develops fast wide-angle LEICA zoom-lens
- Professional LEICA DG 10-25mm zoom lens
- (35mm camera equivalent: 20-50mm) The World’s First Full-range F1.7 Wide Zoom Lens as of September 25, 2018
- Aiming to be the ultimate photo/video-hybrid digital interchangeable lens
- Constant aperture ensures harmonic depth of field while zooming
Cologne, Germany, 2018-09-25 – Panasonic Corporation announces that it is developing the LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm / F1.7 wide zoom digital interchangeable lens (35mm camera equivalent: 20-50mm). It is the world’s first* F1.7 wide-angle zoom lens for the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system.
Taking full advantage of the MFT system standard, the new LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm / F1.7 lens is both: bright and compact. It is the first interchangeable lens to be introduced to the market featuring a full-range F1.7 high-speed aperture.
Integrating a click-less aperture ring that provides seamless aperture control, the new LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm / F1.7 lens aims to be the ultimate photo/video-hybrid digital interchangeable lens. The zoom range of the VARIO-SUMMILUX covers 10-25 mm: Starting from a wide angle and reaching to the natural perspective of human vision. It is designed and developed to fully support photography as well as video recording on a professional level.
LEICA DG lenses are designed to exceed the stringent LEICA quality standards to boast excellent optical performance. The new LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm / F1.7 achieves exceptional imaging performance over the entire zoom range, empowering users to capture precise details and expressions. Panasonic is committed to further expand the camera and lens line-up for the MFT system to meet customer demands and needs.
* As of September 25, 2018
•Details of the product specifications, the date of release and the price are yet to be advised.
•Leica is a registered trademark of Leica Microsystems IR GmbH.
•SUMMILUX is a registered tradem