Sigma Confirms New DG DN Sports Lenses in Development

During the CP+ event Sigma streamed a new chat video. In this CP+ presentation Sigma confirmed that a new DG DN Sports lens is currently in the final stage of development.

On February 26, Yasuhiro Osone, general manager of Sigma’s product planning department, stated that the new DG DN | Sports full-frame mirrorless telephoto lens is under development. Our guess is this “DG DN” Sports zoom lens could be the 70-200mm f/2.8 that was rumored for some time. More details about the New Sigma DG DN Sports Lenses after the break!

Sigma lenses have been getting more and more popular in recent years thanks to some truly professional-grade optics.

Sigma confirms a new DG DN Sports lens is in development (Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN Sports?)

Sigma is one of the largest third-party lens manufacturers and, as such, designs lenses for a variety of sensor sizes. Sigma Lens Abbreviations for DG, OS and HSM defines as follows. 

  • DG – lenses compatible with full-frame sensor DSLR cameras.
  • DN – lenses designed for compact system cameras. Sigma is yet to release lenses for full-frame mirrorless cameras (the Sony duo), so it is yet unclear if such optics will have a designation of their own (quite likely), or belong to either DN or DG series.
  • S (Sport) – as you might understand, this product line is for telephoto lenses (both zoom and fixed focal length) designed with sports and wildlife photography in mind. Expect these lenses to be quite pricey and also feature relatively fast maximum aperture settings.
  • OS – optical image stabilization technology used in Sigma lenses; similar to Canon IS, Nikon VR and Tamron VC.
  • HSM – the Hyper Sonic Motor is Sigma’s equivalent to Canon USM and Nikon SWM technology. It is a ring-type ultrasonic motor designed to provide quick and silent focusing.

For reference, the following are the 5 Sports series full-frame SLR lenses currently sold by Sigma:

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One thought on “Sigma Confirms New DG DN Sports Lenses in Development”

  1. Uhm, what’s the “Sony duo” and what makes your day they didn’t do any lenses yet for ff mirrorless?

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