As Sigma-Rumors has reported today, in a few day Sigma is going to announce the weather sealed 150-600mm f/5-6.3 OS HSM Sports super-telephoto and the 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 OS HSM Contemporary super-zoom. Whether the 14-24mm f/4 OS, 24/1.4 Art und 85/1.4 Art will also be announced during the Photokina show is yet unknown. As you can imagine the two zooms are aimed at Tamron counterparts, but rely on a mixture of more complex optical design, higher weight and larger size.
Here are the specs of the 150-600 S compared to the Tamron 150-600:
- Construction: 24 elements, 16 groups (20 elements, 13 groups)
- Filter diameter: 105 mm (95mm)
- Minimum focusing distance: 260 cm (270 cm)
- Dimensions: 121 x 290.2 mm (105.6 x 257.8 mm) Aperture blades: 9, rounded (9, rounded)
- Maximum magnification: 1:5 (1:5)
- Weight: 2860 g / 100.88 oz. (1951g / 68.8 oz.)
- Expected price: around $2,000
And here are the specs of the 18-300 C compared to the Tamron 16-300:
- Construction: 17 elements, 13 groups with 4 FLD elements and 1 SLD elements (16 elements, 12 groups)
- Filter diameter: 72 mm (67 mm)
- Minimum focusing distance: 39 cm (39 cm)
- Dimensions: 79 x 101,5 mm (75 x 99.5 mm)
- Aperture blades: 7, rounded (7, rounded)
- Maximum magnification: 1:3 (1:3)
- Weight: 585g / 20.6 oz. (539 g / 19 oz.)
- Expected price: around $600
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 OS HSM Sports product images and charts:
Weather sealing
Optical design
MFT chart
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Sigma 18-300mm f3.5-6.3 OS HSM Contemporary product images and charts:
Optical design
MTF chart
Vignetting
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