SIGMA announced 11 new prime L-Mount lenses for their popular Art series. The new lens lineup covers focal lengths from 14mm to 135mm with minimal apertures of f/1.4 or f/1.8. Additionally, SIGMA has announced the MC-21 mount converter, which will enable using SIGMA EF mount or SA mount lenses on L-Mount camera bodies. When SIGMA announced being part of the L-Mount alliance, the company also promised to supply enough lenses for said L-Mount. With their latest announcement, SIGMA seems to be fulfilling their promise. The company has just announced 11 new prime Art lenses for the L-Mount, along with the MC-21 converter (EF mount to L-Mount and SA mount to L-Mount). The lenses are, in fact, not entirely new – their EF mount and SA mount versions have been on the market for a while now. SIGMA will release their whole Art primes lineup with the L-Mount. SIGMA Art Prime L-Mount Lenses One of the biggest advantages of using native lenses on L-Mount cameras is the autofocus capability. The L-Mount series lenses are fully compatible with AF-C (continuous autofocus) mode. AF is also much faster when using native lenses. Another advantage is compatibility with in-camera image stabilization. The camera automatically detects the focal length of each lens and optimizes image stabilization performance. The lenses will be fully compatible with in-camera aberration correction (corrections for peripheral illumination, chromatic aberrations, and distortion), too. Making the lens mount native provides a much more rigid and stable feel to the lens, in comparison to...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 26 February, 2019