Sigma officially releases five new prime cinema lenses

 

It’s been a while since Sigma announced their entrance into the world of cinema. After releasing the two announced zoom lenses, now their full-frame cinema primes are also available for preorders.

There will be five lenses in the FF High-Speed Prime line: 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm. All of the lenses have T1.5 aperture, suitable for low-light cinematography and composition with shallow depth of field. After more than half a year, they are finally available and the price and shipping details are known.

The lenses differ in focal length, but all five of them have some characteristics in common. They are all available with mounts in three possible variations: PL, Canon EF and Sony E-mount. Each of them covers full frame sensor size and is suitable for 8K image capture.

As for the aperture, all lenses have aperture range T1.5 to T16. They offer gear focus and iris control rings. All of them have the 9-bladed iris for pleasing bokeh, and ghosting and flaring have been minimized.

Even the price of all lenses is the same. Sigma has announced a competitive price for their line of cinema primes, and you can preorder them for $3,499. It’s not cheap, but they are more affordable than Canon or Zeiss.

Specs

Focal Length		20mm	24mm	35mm	50mm	85mm
Aperture		T1.5 to T16	T1.5 to T16	T1.5 to T16	T1.5 to T16	T1.5 to T16
Number of Diaphragm Blades		9 (Rounded diaphragm)	9 (Rounded diaphragm)	9 (Rounded diaphragm)	9 (Rounded diaphragm)	9 (Rounded diaphragm)
Close Focus1		0.276m / 11″	0.25m / 10″	0.30m / 1′	0.40 m/ 1′4″	0.85 m / 2′10″
Image Coverage		FF Φ43.3	FF Φ43.3	FF Φ43.3	FF Φ43.3	FF Φ43.3
Front diameter		95mm	95mm	95mm	95mm	95mm
Filter Size		–	82mm	82mm	82mm	86mm
Length	EF mount	118mm	95mm	95mm	102mm	134.5mm
	E-mount	144mm	121mm	121mm	128mm	160.5mm
	PL mount	110mm	87mm	87mm	94mm	126.5mm
Weight5	EF mount	1335g	1125g	1135g	1295g	1475g
	E-mount	1395g	1185g	1165g	1355g	1535g
	PL mount	1240g	1030g	1035g	1210g	1380g
FF		84.0°	73.7°	54.4°	39.8°	23.9°
S35		63.2°	54.3°	38.7°	27,6°	16.5°
APS-C		61.3°	52.6°	37.4°	26.7°	15.9°
Barcode	EF mount	00-85126-41266-1	00-85126-40166-5	00-85126-34066-7	00-85126-31166-7	00-85126-32166-6
	E-mount	00-85126-41267-8	00-85126-40167-2	00-85126-34067-4	00-85126-31167-4	00-85126-32167-3
	PL mount	00-85126-41268-5	00-85126-40168-9	00-85126-34068-1	00-85126-31168-1	00-85126-32168-0

You can preorder the lenses on the following links:

• Sigma 20mm T1.5 FF
• Sigma 24mm T1.5 FF
• Sigma 35mm T1.5 FF
• Sigma 50mm T1.5FF
• Sigma 85mm T1.5FF

For now, you can only preorder the lenses, and the shipping is expected to begin in May 2017.