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MADE FOR MOVIES Sigma’s commitment to optical excellence is well known due to its lenses for stills cameras. The company’s cine lenses build on that performance with features moviemakers will love...
STANDARD FILTER SIZE
Sigma Cine Lenses use 82mm filters, allowing videographers to use the same size of NDs on different lenses and the front diameter is 95mm, so compatible with a wide range of matte boxes.
HIGH VISIBILITY Markings are laser
engraved, so the paint won’t be stripped away by tape and luminous paint means you can work in dim conditions with ease. There are fully luminous versions, too.
SMOOTH HANDLING The positions of the gears in each ring are standardised, so you don’t need to adjust the follow focus, motor unit or accessories when changing lenses, and each is dampened for silent operation. 0.8M gear pitches mean great compatibility with accessories. TOUGH BUILD Sigma’s cinema lenses have a dust-proof and splash-proof construction. Each ring and the mount are sealed and the body is 100%metal.
LENS FOOT All lenses in the line-up use a dedicated foot to enhance mount stability and minimise load on the camera body, and there are two screw holes for maximum compatibility.
FULL MANUAL IRIS The de-clicked aperture ring provides smooth control and a standard T stop display, as well as 60° rotation, just like high-end cinema lenses.
HIGH PRECISION The rotation of both the zoom and focus rings are increased by more than double over their stills equivalents, for easy and accurate zooming and focusing.
VERSATILE MOUNT Available across a wide range of mounts, including EF, E or PL, you can use Sigma’s cine lenses with all top cinema cameras, as well as hybrid bodies.
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Of course there’s more to Sigma’s moviemaking credentials that cine lenses and hybrid shooters can enjoy. There’s a whole Global Vision line-up of lenses, including Art, Sport and Contemporary models in Nikon, Canon and Sony fits. And with its burgeoning relationship with Panasonic and Leica creating the L-Mount, Sigma lenses will be shortly landing for that system, too. As part of the SGV line, these lenses pack in further innovation as you can use themwith the AND THERE’S MORE...
company’s unique USB dock, allowing not only easy upgrades to a lens’s firmware, but also methods of fine-tuning performance, such as altering the optical image stabilisation or AF speed. So, for example, while stills sport photographers might want lots of snap, videographers can reduce the speed of the AF for maximum smoothness. It’s a great choice to have. SGV lenses can be converted to different mounts, too, so you can keep your favourite glass even if you swap bodies.
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