Sigma DN Art F/2.8 discontinued?

[Waldemar]

Can´t buy any of the three F 2.8 DN Art lenses (19/30/60mm) anymore in Germany.

On Amazon.de the 60mm is only listed as used, the 19mm and 30mm are still there, but not at other shops. Foto Koch´s website says "not available anymore".

Anything I´ve missed? The three lenses are all still listed on Sigma.de.

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Waldemar
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[Peter Foiles]

Interesting. B&H lists the 19 and 60 as discontinued. The Sigma USA site list all three as on backorder. Maybe now that they have the 16/1.4. 30/1.4 and 56/1.4 out they see no need for the 2.8 versions.

 

[Waldemar]

Interesting. B&H lists the 19 and 60 as discontinued. The Sigma USA site list all three as on backorder. Maybe now that they have the 16/1.4. 30/1.4 and 56/1.4 out they see no need for the 2.8 versions.

Yes, looks like they´re planning to sell only the more expensive 1.4 versions. A shame, in a way. On the other hand, it will make the APS-C e-mount system more competitive against Fuji with their excellent - albeit expensive - lens line up. Sigma should make some fast and affordable 2.8 zooms as well, these are really missing right now. The a6xxx is supposedly the best selling digital camera of the last years, but the lens system is pretty abysmal.


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Waldemar
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[QuietOC]

Can´t buy any of the three F 2.8 DN Art lenses (19/30/60mm) anymore in Germany.

On Amazon.de the 60mm is only listed as used, the 19mm and 30mm are still there, but not at other shops. Foto Koch´s website says "not available anymore".

Anything I´ve missed? The three lenses are all still listed on Sigma.de.

Sigma never updated them to work properly with phase-detect AF. They've kinda been obsolete since the NEX 5R debuted or at least since the A5000 and A3000 were discontinued. They are listed as current products on sigmaphoto.com.