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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:

User1303423862 wrote:

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.

Presumably, canon could release a new lens for EF-M and the camera would 'listen' to info from the lens about distortion correction. Why couldn't the camera 'listen' to a Sigma lens?

It would be the first Sigma lens getting in camera distortion correction on a Canon camera ever.

Or has Canon told all the M cameras to put their fingers in their ears unless it's a Canon lens?

Something like this, yes.

I don't know how the technicals work with this stuff. I do know SONY cameras correct the Sigma distortion.

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.

Well, it's a lot brighter than my EF-M 18-55, and at 290g, a lot more acceptable than the 18-35 at 800g + EF-EF-M adaptor. The 24-105 F4 L has FF image circle, IS, and is only 700g!

So I'm back to lugging the R and 24-105 around for casual photography. Dammit!

Maybe I'll just carry the M6 with 22mm F2 attached, and my TT Artisan 35mm F1.4 in another pocket.

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