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

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

istscott wrote:

My guess would be no. Let's hope I'm wrong.

It's disappointing because they have all of the technology basically done to make it happen and presumably no legal issues with Canon considering they already have EF-M lenses available. They even have an EF-M dock which I've got and used to update the 56mm lens for the focus ring speed adjustment feature.

The M50ii and M200 are still sold in stores in my area. I see it more than anything else Canon sells. I guess we'll really know what's going to happen if Canon replaces those two models with RF equivalents or not.

Might be worth the effort to email Sigma in your locality and tell them you have interest in the lens for EF-M.

This gets right to what I've been thinking about releasing the Sigma 18-50mm for the M system. I don't think it would take Sigma hardly any resources to do it - they've already figured out everything they need to know about the EF protocols and AF, and have adjusted as needed for the M mount with their 3 f/1.4 primes. I'm probably being naïve here but this is how I imagine any of the 3rd party lens manufacturers making their lenses -

  1. The bulk of the lens is produced - call it the front 90% - because this is the same regardless of the mount
  2. They manufacture the back 10%, specific to the camera mount. This includes the electrical connections and programming specific to that mount. As noted above they've already put the work in to do this for EF and EF-M
  3. Screw #1 to #2
  4. Lens done!

I'm sure this is probably too simplistic, and I humbly await correction by someone like nnowak or Marco Nero. If this is the case, it seems pretty simple to launch the 18-50mm in the M mount. Then the question becomes more around hitting a minimum production quantity while not making more than they will actually sell, so that they'd then have to rework them by swapping out the mount. I'm biased, and think there's plenty of demand for M cameras and this lens, and the cameras will be around for years with people still wanting a lens like this. I've seen way too many incredible pictures with a 250d to think that somehow M is instantly irrelevant because Canon's not planning to release new things for it.

I did send an email to Sigma USA asking them to bring this lens to the M system, and also asking if it's eligible for their mount conversion service too. Of course, crickets followed....

Unfortunately for us, the time to release this lens would have been 5 years ago.

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