Hands-on with Sigma Cinema Prime and Zoom Lenses

by Adam PlowdenSeptember 10^th, 2016

After the success of their ART lenses, the Sigma cinema line of primes and zooms marks their foray into the cine lens market.

Responding to the success of the ART range, Sigma has designed a new range for videographers and cinematographers, with 8 new fast cine primes and zoom lenses for full frame and super 35/APS-C cameras. The optics are the same as the ART range, but rehoused into a cinema lens with gears and 180 degree focus throw.

The Sigma Cinema prime lenses come in focal lengths of 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm, all at a very fast aperture of T/1.5, and are all full frame compatible. They come in EF, PL and E-mount, have rugged metal housing and a front diameter of 95mm, meaning they can be easily changed on a camera rig or matte box/follow focus setup.

The Sigma Cinema 18-35mm and 50-100mm zoom lenses are for super 35/APS-C, with a fast aperture of T/2 and ready for high resolutions of 6K and 8K. They are also compact in comparison to other lens models, keeping the camera footprint small without compromising on quality. They’ll be available in EF, PL and E-mount, with a filter size of 82mm; ideal for swapping ND filters.

The 24-35mm is the full frame zoom model in the Sigma Cinema range, with a maximum constant aperture of at T/2.2. It is also very compact and 6K/8K ready, and will be available in EF and E-mount, with no PL mount option (yet). Following suit with the other lenses, the size and filter thread diameter is the same at 95mm and 82mm respectively.

Sigma also have a mount conversion service, should you wish to convert the full frame 24-35mm to PL mount.
[UPDATE]: The Sigma 24-35mm T2.2 will not be available for PL mount, so you the conversion to PL mount will not be possible.

Pricing is still to be determined, but the two super 35 zooms are expected to be available at the end of 2016, with the full frame zoom and prime lenses becoming available in spring 2017. In Europe, you can get more info from CVP here.

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