Sigma is announcing a newly designed 85mm f/1.4 Art FE for Sony next week, report says
Jul 30, 2020
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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According to a Sony Alpha Rumors, Sigma is getting ready to release a new 85mm f/1.4 Art lens next week for the Sony E mount. Yup, that’s right. “But Sigma already has an E-Mount 85mm f/1.4 Art!”, I hear you cry. Well, yes, they do, but this one’s newly designed specifically for mirrorless use.
There isn’t a lot of information about the new lens. In fact, there’s just the one screenshot shown above, which lists the 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art lens. The “DG” designation specifies that it’s a full-frame lens, and the “DN” designation means that it’s designed specifically for mirrorless cameras.
You can see in the image above that the 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art is a new and different design to the 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art for Sony E Mount shown below that we already know and love – which is basically just the same version they released for their DSLRs, but with a longer barrel at the lens mount to correct for the difference in flange distance.
According to SAR, it will also come in an L mount variety as well, and will be “half the weight and half the size of the DSLR version”. That would certainly be a neat trick to pull off, if true.
[via Sony Alpha Rumors]
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Where is the 70-200 mm so many are waiting for.