Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

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p.1 #1 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

After the second hint (first one can not be found....)
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/431902/0#3709369

Comes the official announcement
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06081101sigma50-150dc.asp

Two things strike me as odd.
1. Why it is still not in Sigma's official site.
2. How is it that a tiny place in the Mediterranean was the first to know?

Aug 11, 2006 at 11:47 AM

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p.1 #2 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

1: Sigma might be slow updating their web site. Wouldn't be the first time...

2: (Finnish to me means Finland, which is not in the Mediterranean) They might not be the first to know, but rather the first who couldn't keep something secret until the day there were supposed to say... Could just be a web site screwup. Something appeared in the price lists, but not available yet. And they added it, while everyone else waited for confirmation of availability?

Aug 11, 2006 at 11:51 AM

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p.1 #3 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

Well, it is in the Japanese site. I looked at the English site.

Aug 11, 2006 at 11:53 AM

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p.1 #4 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

The first post was from the Mediterranean but I can't find it. It looked like this.

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00HQmu&tag=

Aug 11, 2006 at 11:58 AM

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p.1 #5 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

sounds like an interesting lens, similar to the one tokina announced earlier this year (50-135mm f2.8)

Aug 11, 2006 at 01:12 PM

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p.1 #6 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

Sigma must be very slow at updating the North American web site. They still don't list the newer version of the 80-400 OS lens as being available with the DG designation, even though they have been available since Feb roughly, and I bought one, so know they exist.

Aug 11, 2006 at 01:33 PM

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p.1 #7 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

Quite an interesting announcement from Sigma. I wonder if a new generation of focal lengths will be available for the non full frame cameras that will continue to divide the two camps of lenses to choose from. The only great advantage is to the owners of those camera since they have the choice to go between the specialized lenses for their setup and the regular ones everyone else uses on their 1 cameras.

Aug 11, 2006 at 02:01 PM

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p.1 #8 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

I think this one really plays up to the crop camera advantage. That is lighter weight and smaller size. This thing is only 5.3" and 790g.

Aug 11, 2006 at 03:59 PM

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p.1 #9 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

Looking forward to some reviews of this versus the 70-200f4.

Aug 11, 2006 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #10 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

>> That is lighter weight and smaller size. This thing is only 5.3" and 790g.

No wonder. Focal lengths are shorter.

Aug 13, 2006 at 05:22 AM

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p.1 #11 · Sigma announce APO 50-150 mm F2.8 DC lens

i've been waiting for someone to release something like this for APS sensors. Look forward to hearing more about this lens.

Aug 13, 2006 at 08:29 AM

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