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Will Sigma ever release the 18-50mm F2.8 zoom for EF-M?

Started 6 months ago | Questions thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Yes, but perhaps no. Your guess is as good as mine.

User1303423862 wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

YehudaKatz wrote:

User1303423862 wrote:

Will Sigma ever release the 18-50mm F2.8 zoom for EF-M?
Does the Canon ban on 3rd party AF lenses for the RF mount apply to EF-M as well?
I would love to have this bright sharp standard zoom for my carry-around camera, and I really (really) don't want a SONY alpha.

The only other option would be a Leica APS-C camera in L mount, and they're not as well specced as M cameras in many ways (but nice in others).

Should I just be content with my 18-55 zoom with its competent IS and shoot higher ISO as the light falls?

The answer is no and that's not a guess. That Sigma lens needs some heavy distortion correction, for the M system this needs to be in camera distortion correction and Canon is not going to support this. So even if M wasn't a sunsetting mount it wouldn't happen.

I can only pray Sigma will give us the 18-50 F2.8, distortion and all. We can fix that in post.

I know, but M is a consumerish system, you can't simply sell a lens with that amount of distortion without in camera correction for such a basic system. M isn't about M6II + 32mm f/1.4 only, it's also about M200 + 15-45mm.

In my opinion it's better to use your R + 24-105mm f/4.0 L.

Another option - if you want to leave the R at home -  is a slow M zoom for walk around stuff and the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 for when you need a lot of light or shallow DOF.  In a way that's better than a compromised f/2.8 zoom never being truly compact and never being truly bright.

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