- According to Sigma, he works on a 200 mm f / 1.8 telephoto lens
- The objective full frame could make its debut in L-Mount and Sony e Mount
- First of its kind for any mirror -free camera system
In 1988, Canon introduced the EF 200mm F / 1.8L USM – the fastest 200mm that is fastest. Made for DSLR CHANS MONTAGEMENT CAMERS, it was interrupted in 2004. Nothing since then, it approached its unique combination of scope and speed. This could be about to change: according to rumors online, Sigma works on a spiritual successor for the era without mirror.
L-RUMORS, a source for L-MOUNT CAMERA SYSTEM NEWS, recently published a story stating that SIGMA is developing a 200 mm f / 1.8 l lens for Sony E and L-MOUNT (Leica, Sigma and Panasonic). He stresses that the optical design for such a objective was patented by Sigma in 2020. The rumors of Sony Alpha have borne the same story.
None of the two sites provides concrete information on performance, prices or the release date, speculating only that the objective will be part of the Sigma sports series. Whatever the details, the objective – if it is real – would be unique among glass without modern mirror.
No other optics offer the same apparatus of Temboto Prime and a maximum fast opening f / 1.8. It is a recipe that promises sharp fixed images with a beautiful substantive blur, giving it an appeal for sport photographers, portraits and landscapes.
For whom would be a goal of 200 mm f / 1.8 for?
A 200 mm telephoto lens can look like a niche lens, but it is the one that has a lot to offer sports and wildlife photographers. It gives a useful degree of enlargement, considerably closer to the remote subjects, but not so close that you cannot easily basket to follow the action of the key line.
It is also a flattering focal distance for portrait photography, creating an attractive compression effect where the background seems greater. This same effect gives him an appeal to landscape photographers who wish to create compositions which contrast specific details of the foreground and the background.
The Prime Optics offers maximum openings faster than the Zoom objectives. This allows photographers to draw at faster shutter speeds in low light conditions. It is also delivered with the promise of a soft bokeh and a background blur. These two advantages will be maximized at an opening of F / 1.8.
As above, rumors suggest that the Sigma 200 mm f / 1.8 will be part of the Sigma sports line. This makes a lot of sense: at this opening, sports photographers could work at faster shutter speeds to freeze the action inside or under the spotlight. Similarly, photographers of the fauna and landscape would be able to use all the light available, even during the shooting in DIME parameters.
Portrait photographers would naturally benefit. The goal promises to strongly isolate subjects against wonderfully devoured history. The Sigma 200 mm f / 1.8 would provide the lowest depth of field possible at this focal distance for a camera without modern mirror. This makes it a fairly convincing proposal, although inevitably expensive and physically heavy.
