Sigma is rumored to announce a new stunning 200mm f/1.8 Full Frame L-mount lens!

One of my sources believes that Sigma might announce a new Sigma 200mm f/1.8 Full Frame lens for Sony E and Leica L cameras! This would be the first time we get a modern version of the almost 40 year old Canon 200mm f/1.8 EF lens that became famous under the name ‘Eye of Sauron’.
The lens appears to be part of the ‘Sports’ series, and I have no further details yet on specs, release date or pricing. What I do know is that Sigma patented the optical design of the same lens five years ago (read the article here). This lens would be 24cm long, just like the current Sigma 500mm f/5.6. But the patent is quite old and it could be that the new 200mm lens is shorter and more compact, thanks to recent technical improvements Sigma has made to lenses like the 50mm f/1.4 and the soon-to-be-released 300-600mm f/4.0.
I still need more sources to confirm or deny this rumor before I can bring it to 99% certainty. So if you know more about this lens, feel free to use this anonymous contact form or contact me via eMail, Signal, Telegram.

Why do I think this lens would be an EPIC addition?
I will give you three reasons:

  1. Stunning Bokeh Let’s compare a portrait taken with a 200mm f/1.8 and a 200mm f/2.8 lens (such as the Sigma 70-200). At the widest aperture, the 200mm f/1.8 would achieve a depth of field of 6cm at a subject distance of 5m. With the Sigma zoom, you would achieve a depth of field of 10 cm. The shallower the depth of field, the more pronounced the bokeh.
  2. Great for landscapes On my alpine tours,I do use often the 200mm focal length of my Tamron 28-200mm. But the Tamron has f/5.6, while the Sigma is more than three f-stops faster! This results in visibly cleaner images.
  3. Made for sports and wildlife photographers Sports photographers would enjoy an advantage of more than 1 f-stop, especially when shooting indoors. Wildlife photographers (although limited by the shorter telephoto focal length) would get cleaner images and more flexibility in low light conditions.

My speculation is that this lens might be price around $2,500 which would be $3500 less than the only similar lens you can buy at BHphoto today.

Wrap up: Like I said, I still need full confirmation on this rumor. But I really hope that this rumor about the Sigma 200mm f/1.8 lens will come true. It would give us a new, unique lens that we don’t yet have in our line-up. There is an exciting time ahead with many new rumors!!!

To not miss any of this exciting stuff a kind reminder to subscribe my networks!

Subscribe to our newsletter and join 150 other subscribers.
*Please also check your spam folder if you don’t get the confirmation mail. And mark the mail as “non-spam” to see the future newsletter.

Social Networks:

By subscribing you help me to motivate working on L-rumors, by making sure my exclusive rumor work get proper credit and visibility. Thank You All folks!  Privacy notes can be read here.

All Amazon Spring deals are ending today!

 

The Amazon spring offers are ending today at Amazon USA, Amazon CA, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL, Amazon AUS, Amazon JP.

 

More deals:

Last chance to grab the European Amazon Spring deals on L-mount cameras

Last chance to grab the European Amazon Spring deals at Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL. Outside Europe at Amazon USA, Amazon CA, Amazon AUS, Amazon JP.

Amazon Germany:

Amazon UK: