Today Sigma Japan launched a teaser for a new November 16 announcement. I am 100% sure this is related to the new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 (listed here at BH). So they will “only” announce the full specs and pricing. According to my source this lens will go on sale on December 7 for €1699. That’s €200 more than the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8.

Panasonic officially registered a new and yet to be announced camera model. As you can see from the table above the camera was listed on September 28. We learn two info from this table:

1. The camera supports 5.1 and 2.4 GHz. This usually means it’s not a low end camera model
2. The G9II was announced two months after the registration, so it should not take long until this model gets announced

We don’t know yet if this is a MFT or L-mount camera.

PetaPixel explains why Sigma has to make an APS-C L-mount camera:

For starters, Sigma now has a lovely line of mirrorless APS-C lenses that cover a pretty fantastic range. But perhaps more important is that L-mount has not seen an APS-C camera in quite some time. The last one was the Leica CL from 2017. Either Sigma thinks there’s an existing market for APS-C lenses in L-Mount — I don’t know what that market is — or it thinks there will be a market. I’m inclined to think the latter.

Fujirumors reports that Sigma will also announce the 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN on October 5th. Every DC DN lens is available for E-mount and L-mount so I am sure this will be coming for those mounts too. This means we can expect two new lenses next week:

• Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 E and L-mount lens
• Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN  X, E, L-mount

On October 5 at 9am London time Sigma will announce a new product. And I was the first to tell you ahead of time that we are likely getting a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens for both Sony E and Leica L-mount 😉

Below you can find the Japanese youtube teaser: