Considering Quattro H concerned about SA lenses

TN Args wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

dazzleships wrote:

I owned at least one of every generation on DPX camera. My most sold landscape photo was taken on a DP1s. My Merrills are getting on and I am considering the Quattro H. I recently bought a Sony A7rii ($1600 new), Loxia 21mm, and Zeiss 55mm. However, I wasn't happy with the IQ compared to my Merrills and am considering returning it. My goal is to print A0 and even larger.

Now, the Quattro H is on my radar; but, I am concerned about the SA series lenses being discontinued. I don't want to invest in an already obsolete system. To those maybe more knowledgeable about this:

- Is SA dead?

From the horse's mouth:

As part of its move into L-mount cameras and lenses, Sigma will be turning its back on its own SA-mount cameras (though it will continue to produce SA-mount lenses).

“All future interchangeable-lens camera systems developed by SIGMA will feature the L-mount,” Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki says in a statement. “SIGMA does not plan to develop new cameras equipped with an SA-mount.”

Photographers who have already invested in SA-mount lenses will have the option of having them converted into the L mount. There will also be an SA-to-L adapter for non-converted lenses.

“SIGMA treats our continued support for SA-mount lenses as a top priority,” Yamaki states. “This commitment of ours will not be affected by our move to a new mount system, and SA-mount lenses will continue to be part of our production.

https://petapixel.com/2018/09/26/sigma-to-launch-full-frame-foveon-l-mount-mirrorless-camera/

Thanks Ted. Clearly he says, in the last paragraph, that SA mount lenses will continue.

To the OP: there is no indication that the SA mount is discontinued for Sigma lenses. Only for new bodies.

They won't continue making DSLR lenses once the big three are making mostly mirrorless cameras, and I think that is already happening.

Sigma will concentrate on making mirrorless lenses after their current roll-out. That's not to say that the current excellent crop of SA-mount lenses will not be available to buy new for a few years. I'm sure those will continue to be available for at least five years, but almost all new designs will be exclusive to mirrorless cameras.

That's a prediction - not some insider knowledge. In two or three years the current crop of lenses are going to start looking really old, compared to the new lenses that will be introduced in 2020 and 2021.

If Sigma makes more than five new SA-mount lenses in the next five years, I'll be really surprised. In the same period of time they will make more than a dozen new mirrorless-only lenses. (Another prediction)