SWEET: Sigma Introduces New 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC

SOURCE: MarketWatch Press Release
Sigma Corporation...has announced the availability of the Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM super-wide angle lens.

The 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM is the widest zoom range lens that incorporates Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) technology, ensuring quiet and high speed auto focus (AF), as well as offering full-time manual focusing capabilities. This unique lens is the only ultra wide zoom lens with a fixed aperture, which affords photographers better light and speed capabilities...

I was wondering when that lens would finally show up.

Amazon list it for $649 , but states it's not released yet. Looks like it could be here by July or August.

"This unique lens is the only ultra wide zoom lens with a fixed aperture, which affords photographers better light and speed capabilities..."


Heh, of course, according to Sigma there is no Tokina 11-16 ^^
Still, I wonder how well this lens will do, you don't see constant F3.5 a lot.

I wanted to try this one.....but seems like its still not on the self and I needed a lens so I had to go with the canon.

Can't wait to see some pictures.

hmm yeah someone forgot to tell sigma about a couple of tokina lenses. the 11-16 f/2.8 has been mentioned. there is also the 12-24 f/4

Mmm, the f/4-5.6 was an amazing lens on 1.6x crop - it served me very well through my beginner landscapist phase and i'll always be grateful to it for that. I'd love to see how it's upgrade goes in the field .

les_au wrote in post #8199459
hmm yeah someone forgot to tell sigma about a couple of tokina lenses. the 11-16 f/2.8 has been mentioned. there is also the 12-24 f/4

Everyone knows that 11mm isn't "ultra wide." That's starts at 10mm.

Here is some pictures from it: http://www.lenstip.com …C_HSM_-_sample_shots.html

and a guy that has used it: http://www.warehouseex​press.com …on-fit/p1032428#bvreviews

Argh why to UWA lenses cost so much

Hmmmmm . . . . I did a search prior to starting this threadbut nothing came up.

The price of this lens is VERY close to the Canon 10-22 and very far from the 4.0-5.6 Sigma 10-20. I'm glad to see one good review but I'd like to hear more.