News Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF Announced

[Tim Mayo]

Sigma has announced the first of 6 DC DN (APS-C) autofocus lenses coming to the Canon RF mount and this first one is the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens.

The lens is already available to pre-order with a price tag of $599.00 in the US or £479.00 in the UK.



This lens has been available on other mounts for some time already but Sigma has now added an RF mount version along with AF drive and communication speed optimization specifically for Canon RF Mount.

Key Specs

Focal Length	18 to 50mm (35mm Equivalent: 29 to 80mm)
Maximum / Minimum Aperture	f/2.8 / f/22
Lens Mount	Canon RF
Lens Format Coverage	APS-C
Focus Type	Autofocus
Image Stabilization	No
Filter Size	55 mm (Front)
Angle of View	76.5° to 31.7°
Minimum Focus Distance	4.8" / 12.1 cm
Maximum Magnification	0.36x
Optical Design	13 Elements in 10 Groups
Diaphragm Blades	7, Rounded

Early Reviews

Pre-orders
The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN can already be pre-ordered and will start shipping in Mid-July 2024.

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[hansvankesteren]

Also to order in Holland

 

[JCBigler]

I'm on the fence about whether I want to pick one of these up or not. I have an R7. I have the RF 24-105 f/4 lens or the 70-200mm f/4 that I usually use with my R7. But having a f/2.8 zoom lens for the R7 would be nice to complement my R6 mk II when I have my 24-70 f/2.8 on it instead.

I'll probably wait until there are some more units out in the wild and see what the consensus is after people have a chance to use them for a while. If it was a longer zoom lens and f/2.8 I'd jump on it in a heart beat.

If Tamron would release their 35-150mm f/2-2.8 for the RF mount, I'd pre order that the first day they were available.

 

[Philnick]

Got my copy of this lens last night - it's nice and small and light, but there's a gumption trap: what looks like a manual focus ring is actually an unlabeled Focus/Control ring with no physical switch, so you have to go into the camera's Focus tab and find the option on that tab's last page to set Focus/Control rings to Focus, not Control.

Then it will work as a manual focus ring.