Sigma News: New lenses and DSLR

Whilst I was away in Cuba with my camera, it was PMA 2010 in California. Sigma took the opporuntity to launch five new lenses, a DSLR (SD15) and a couple of compacts (DP1x, DP2s). The detailed press release is available to view here.

The lenses are:

• 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM
• 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM
• APO 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM
• APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
• 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

Tamron News: SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 Launched

Tamron have introduced a new zoom lens, snappily called the SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD Aspherical (IF):



VC stands for 'Vibration Compensation' - similar to the IS with some Canon lenses.

It's for digital cropped sensors only and initially only for Nikon mount, with Canon following at end of October.

You can read more about it on their website, here.

Nikon mount available here*: