Big announcement week: Sigma 50mm f/1.2 announcement within hours and soon after new A1/A7sIII firmware update?
Today is Monday and tomorrow (March 26) at 13:00 Berlin time we will get the new Sigma 50mm f/1.2 E-mount lens. It will be the lightest Full Frame autofocus f/1.2 lens ever made. And maybe after that Sony will also announce the new A1/A7sIII firmware update on March 27 (or ma March 28). this is still an unconfirmed rumor but I still see a fair chance this might happen. There are also announcement from the competition. Nikon will announce the new 28-400mm f/4.0-8.0 lens on March 28 and I also heard about a possible announcement from another manufacturer (no details on this yet).
After this week I wills hare the next bunch of rumors regarding Sony’s mid April announcement! And there is much more to come from Sigma before summer starts…stay tuned ;)
Sigma 50mm f/1.2 lens specs:
- 38g lighter and more compact than the Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM (Sigma weights 740g and the Sony 778g)
- The size and chassis is about the same of that of the Sigma 50mm f/1.4.
- 72mm filter size
- The lens aperture has 13 blades (50mm f1.2 GM got 11 only)
- More affordable than the Sony
- Comes for Sony E and Leica L
- Announcement on March 26 at 21 Tokyo time (that’s 13:00 in Berlin and 8:0 New York time)