Sigma CEO:” Fujifilm GFX Users Would be Our Ideal Customers, but so far No Sigma GFX lenses Planed” and Sigma 10-18mmF2.8 DC DN
Sigma & Fujifilm
The French website Phototrend had the opportunity to interview Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki.
The Sigma CEO briefly talks about the new Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary and a mention also goes to the Fujifilm GFX system.
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Here is a quick summary mainly of the Fujifilm related stuff:
- for 2-3 years (during Covid), high-end lenses were very popular
- recently, perhaps because of inflation, people have begun to look for the right balance between performance, quality and price
- I think that this trend will be even more marked in the coming years.
- if the new Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 would have been designed as an ART lens, it would have been larger
- but since it is a Contemporary lens, Sigma looked for the right balance between performance, weight and compactness
- the 10-18 mm uses the camera corrections. This is one of the reasons why we were able to make it compact
- in camera correction is very effective especially for distortion and vignetting. It is very difficult to see the difference [with an optical corrected lens] on a small image
- if you print big, then the difference would be more noticable
- If the lens has vignetting, the bokeh in the shape of a cat’s eye may be exaggerated
- Thus, if customers are really concerned about the quality of the image, they should also care about the quality of the lens
- currently no plans to offer lenses for the GFX system
- GFX users would be ideal customers for Sigma, because they are professional or passionate photographers
- But Sigma’s engineers are working hard on many projects, and Sigma’s resources are limited
- making lenses for GFX is a possibility that the Sigma CEO would like to continue to explore
- but so far no plans for GFX lenses from Sigma
The full interview, that covers much more, can be checked out in French at Phototrend here.
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