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If lens == Sigma and body == Canon then error

Sep 25, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 4 Comments

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When you get a third party lens, there is a concern that it will not always be compatible with your camera. I mean Canon, Nikon and the likes have no obligation to make their bodies work with third party lenses.

Now Sigma has actually found an incompatibility with some Canon bodies, and issued an incompatibility warning, most notably with the new Canon EOS 5DmkIV, they also released a workaround:

Thank you for purchasing and using our products.
Please find the following notes on the usage of SIGMA interchangeable lenses for EOS, when attached to Canon EOS 5D Mark IV that is released on September 8th.

  • MO (Manual Override) function is unavailable with this camera (Full-time Manual function can be offered).
  • When using a SIGMA interchangeable lens for EOS, setting the corrections to [Disable] is recommended, as “Lens Correction” functions of the camera, such as Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Diffraction correction and Distortion correction are not supported.*

* If those functions are activated, the performance of lenses may not be accurate.
* This is not only for EOS 5D Mark IV, but also for other camera bodies with the same function.
We appreciate your continued support for our company and products.

Interestingly, this warning does not only apply for the 5DmkIV,but to other bodies with similar functionality as well.

Thankfully both art lenses and Canon bodies can upgrade their firmware so hopefully this issue will be resolved soon.

[Sigma via slrlounge]

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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