Sigma Announces 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary Lens (and more products)

18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM

After the 2 different 150-600mm lenses, Sigma announced the 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary lens for APS-C DSLRs, and other products: 2 weather-sealed teleconverter and various filters. All new Sigma products can be pre-ordered at B&H Photo.

Sigma press release:

Sigma Corporation Announces New 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary

New range in Sigma’s lineup offers optimized optics and stabilization with optional, add-on close-up lens for macro-zoom capability

RONKONKOMA, N.Y — September 12, 2014 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, is adding a new lens to its Global Vision Contemporary category with today’s announcement of the 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM.  The lens will become available in October for the street price of $579.

Designed exclusively for APS-C camera sensors, the new 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM features a 16.6x high-ratio zoom lens which equates to a 27-450mm zoom range.  It incorporates four “F” Low Dispersion (FLD) glass elements, which have performance equal to flourite, in addition to one Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass element. This enables the lens to minimize the chromatic aberration, especially toward the telephoto-end, and provide clear image quality with high color fidelity. Also, this lens comes with a newly developed optical stabilization (OS) system, ensuring better compensation.

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Sigma Announces 2 New 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Lenses (Sport and Contemporary)

150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM

Sigma announced 2 new and different 150-600mm lenses for Photokina 2014, the 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports and 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary. All new Sigma products can be pre-ordered at B&H Photo.

  • 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports – $1.999 – Adorama | B&H Photo
  • 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary – B&H Photo

Sigma press release:

Sigma Corporation announces a pair of 150-600mms with advanced features and optics

Hyper-telephoto zoom lenses added to both Sports and Contemporary Global Vision lines

RONKONKOMA, N.Y — September 12, 2014 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, has announced two new 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM high-performance, hyper-telephoto zoom lenses that celebrate significant optical and build advancements. The two lens designs vary in size and use, and add to the company’s impressive roster of Contemporary and Sports lenses in the Global Vision lineup.

The 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports delivers enhanced, professional-grade optics and greater durability for challenging, high-action photographic situations. The 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary is a versatile lens that offers similar performance in a more compact and portable design. Pricing and availability of these lenses are not yet available.

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SanDisk Announces World’s Highest Capacity SD Card (512GB)

SanDisk announced the world’s highest capacity memory card, the SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDXCTM UHS-I 512GB, along with other memory cards. All new Sandisk memory card can be pre-ordered at Adorama:

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Press release:

SanDisk Premieres World’s Highest Capacity SD Card for High Performance Video and Photo Capture

Company Helps Video and Photo Professionals Prepare for the Future with Breakthrough Storage Technology

SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDXCTM UHS-I Memory Card 512GB enables capture of 4K Ultra HD, Full HD video and fast-action photography

Increases SDTM card capacity by 1,000 times in just over a decade 

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11, 2014 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, today launched its 512GB** SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory card, the world’s highest capacity SDTM card on the market. The new offering is designed to meet the demands of industry professionals who require the most advanced gear available for shooting 4K Ultra High Definition (3840x2160p) video, Full HD video (1920×1080)1 and high-speed burst mode photography.

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Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens Specs and Image Leaked

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM
Digicame-info (translated) just posted the leaked image and specs of the upcoming Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 pancake lens

– First EF-S pancake lens
– 38.4 mm equivalent
– High-precision glass molded aspherical lens
– Full-time manual focus
– Minimum focusing distance 0.16m
– Maximum magnification is 0.27x
– 22.8 mm height
– 125g weight

Very good specs. This is a light-weighted, small lens with an amazing minimum focusing distance. And it is equivalent to a highly popular focal length.

[via DCI]