Introduction
The Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities is a quick telephoto zoom lens for Sony, Leica, Panasonic and Sigma 35mm full-frame sensor mirrorless cameras.It may also be used with APS-C sensor cameras with an efficient improve in focal size to 105-300mm.The optical components is comprised of 20 parts in 15 teams, together with 6 “F” Low Dispersion (FLD) and a couple of Particular Low Dispersion (SLD) parts to scale back chromatic aberrations and colour fringing, plus 3 aspherical lenses to restrict distortion and spherical aberrations.This lens has a minimal focusing distance of 65cm / 25.6″ with a most magnification ratio of 0.19x on the 70mm focal size.It contains a rounded 11-blade diaphragm which creates a really enticing blur to out-of-focus areas of the picture and an inside focusing and zooming mechanism means the lens barrel by no means strikes.This lens makes use of twin HLA (Excessive-response Linear Actuator) motors for quick, quiet and exact auto-focusing and full-time guide focus override can also be attainable by rotating the main focus ring whereas utilizing autofocus.It provides as much as 7.5 stops of built-in optical picture stabilisation at 70mm and 5.5 stops at 200mm and is supplied with two OS modes.The Tremendous Multi-Layer coating helps to make sure that flare and ghosting are well-controlled even in backlit circumstances and the lens mount has a mud and splash resistant construction with particular sealing on the mount connection, guide focus ring, zoom ring, and canopy connection.A conventional aperture ring runs from f/2.8 to f/22 in third-stop increments with an Auto setting additionally obtainable for camera-based aperture choice.This lens additionally has a zoom lock swap, a spotlight limiter and three customisable AFL buttons. There may be additionally a detachable rotating tripod collar/socket with a replaceable Arca-type appropriate foot.For L-Mount customers, two devoted teleconverters can be utilized with this lens – a 1.4x (TC-1411) and a 2x (TC-2011). The TC-1411 will increase the lens’s attain as much as 280mm and the TC-2011 as much as 400mm.The Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities lens is obtainable in Sony E-Mount and L-Mount variations and is priced at £1499 / $1499 within the UK and USA, respectively.This lens was first introduced in November 2023. It’s designed and made in Japan.
Ease of Use
The Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities is an impressively compact and light-weight zoom lens, measuring 20cms / 8.1in. in size and weighing in at 1335g / 47.1oz.
This contains the detachable tripod collar/socket, but it nonetheless manages to take care of a continuing aperture of F2.8 all through your complete zoom vary.
This makes it the probably the most compact 70-200mm zooms in its class, when assessed as an AF appropriate, F2.8 fixed aperture zoom lenses for 35mm full-frame sensor cameras
It’s shorter and far lighter than the comparable 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports activities DSLR model that we examined again in 2019.
It is a lens that you may simply hand-hold for a very long time, with no actual want for it to be mounted on a tripod or monopod.
As demonstrated by the product pictures, it is an amazing match even for a comparatively small digicam just like the Sony A7C II that we examined it with, the place it feels effectively balanced.
Whereas you should utilize it on a smaller APS-C physique, it will not stability very effectively in any respect (and the focal size may also change).
Construct high quality is great given the reasonably priced price ticket. The lens has a plastic shell with a mix of metallic magnesium components and a compound materials, TSC (Thermally Steady Composite), used inside.
It additionally incorporates a brass bayonet mount that is alleged to be extra sturdy than a traditional steel mount. The optical parts are fabricated from high-grade glass.
The Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities feels stable sufficient in your hand, regardless of its largely polycarbonate development.
The zoom ring is generously large and it has a tactile ridged, rubberised grip band with a easy motion.
Due to its inside zoom design, the lens doesn’t prolong in any respect when absolutely zoomed out to 200mm, sustaining a continuing size.
The focusing ring is on the narrower aspect and is situated in the direction of the middle of the lens mount. There is not any distance scale and no depth of area scale on this lens.
There are not any onerous stops at both ends of the vary, both, making it tougher to set focus at infinity. Pol ariser customers must be happy that the 77mm filter thread does not rotate on focus.
When it comes to options, the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities provides every little thing that you just want from an expert telephoto zoom lens.
This very usefully contains built-in Vibration Discount, activated by the OS swap on the lens barrel, which provides as much as 7.5 stops of compensation. The OS system has two modes – mode 1 is appropriate for basic pictures, and mode 2 is greatest for panning pictures of transferring topics.
The 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities lens contains a conventional aperture ring for the primary ever time on a Sigma zoom.
It has 1/3EV stops starting from f/2.8 to f/22 and an Auto setting if you happen to choose to set the aperture through the digicam physique.
There’s additionally a Lock swap which both locks the aperture ring to Auto or to the aperture values, and a Click on swap that allows you to de-click it for silent operation throughout film recording.
An AF/MF swap on the aspect of the lens makes it straightforward to change between the 2 focusing programs.
In use, we discovered the focusing system to be quiet, quick and dependable with the lens mounted on a Sony A7C II digicam. It is also a really quiet performer, due to the newly developed built-in twin Excessive-response Linear Actuator motors, making it well-suited to video recording, particularly because it has additionally been designed to suppress focus respiration.
Focusing is usefully inside and guide focusing is feasible when set through the Focus swap on the lens barrel. Full-time guide focus override can also be obtainable through the use of the Direct Guide Focus (DMF) operate on Sony cameras after which rotating the main focus ring.
There’s a focus limiter swap which has three settings, Full, 3m-infinity and closest focus distance-3m, which helps pace up the auto-focusing if you understand how far your topic is from the lens. You may also use the Sigma USB dock to customize these ranges to your personal wants.
There are three devoted Auto Focus Lock (AFL) buttons situated between the zoom and focus rings that may be optionally re-configured to assign varied features to the lens barrel and there’s additionally a Customized Mode swap with two obtainable modes.
The lens has a mud and splash-proof development with a water and oil repellent entrance coating that ought to assist it to resist most inclement circumstances.
The tripod collar has a locking knob that enables the lens and digicam to rotate freely to place them horizontally or vertically. The magnesium tripod socket (TS-151) has a 1/4″ screw gap and is Arca Swiss appropriate.
The lens is provided with plastic lens caps, a carbon-fibre strengthened plastic round cover-type lens hood (LH860-01) with a locking mechanism, and a great high quality padded case. The filter measurement is 77mm.
Observe that this lens will not be appropriate with Sony’s 1.4x and 2x teleconverters and Sigma do not present their very own TCs for the E-mount system.
Sigma’s very helpful USB dock is not obtainable both for the Sony system, and this lens is not appropriate with the very quickest burst capturing charges that cameras just like the Alpha 1 or A9 III supply.
Focal Vary
On the 70mm focal size the angle of view is 34.3 levels.
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On the 200mm focal size the angle of view is 12.3 levels.
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Chromatic Aberrations
Chromatic aberrations, sometimes seen as purple or blue fringes alongside contrasty edges, are effectively managed with this lens.
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Vignetting
With the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities large open at f/2.8, you possibly can see some noticeable mild fall-off within the corners. Stopping down helps, though to fully eliminate this phenomenon, you have to to make use of an f-stop of not less than f/5.6 or smaller.
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Distortion
There’s numerous barrel and pin-cushion distortion evident in each the JPEG and RAW recordsdata which you will must appropriate in post-processing till an appropriate lens profile is launched on your enhancing software program.
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Sunstars and Flare
The Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities produces fairly good sunstars when stopped-down to f/22, as proven beneath, though it it a little bit susceptible to flare when capturing immediately into the solar.
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Macro
The close-focus level is 65cm / 25.6″ from the movie/sensor airplane on the 70mm focal size and 100cm / 39.37″ at 200mm. It has a most magnification ratio of 1:5.2 / 0.19x on the 200mm focal size.
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Bokeh
Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is often described in qualitative phrases, corresponding to easy / creamy / harsh and so on.
One of many motive to purchase such a quick lens because the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities is to have the ability to isolate the topic from the background.
Sigma have additionally used an iris diaphragm with 11 rounded blades for a really pleasing rendering of the out-of-focus highlights.
Under you will discover some examples, however you might be additionally inspired to take a look at our pattern pictures.
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Sharpness
So as to present you ways sharp the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports activities lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.
