SIGMA has just announced that four of its highly sought-after crop sensor lenses will be coming to Canon Mirrorless. Introducing the 16mm, 23mm, 30mm, and 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lenses, now available for Canon RF Mount. These four lenses cover some of the most popular focal lengths. They are great for all kinds of photography. Additionally, each has a fantastic f1.4 maximum aperture that offers top-tier background blur and low-light capabilities. Let’s take a look at all of the features of these New Sigma Prime lenses for Canon RF mount.
Key Features of the New SIGMA Prime Lenses
- Four focal lengths: 16mm, 23mm, 30mm, 56mm
- f/1.4 maximum aperture
- Made for Canon RF Crop-Sensor
- Lightweight (All <1lb)
- High-Speed AF optimized for Canon RF mount
- Supports in-camera aberration correction
- Rubber sealed for weather sealing
What’s New About These Lenses?
These four long-awaited lenses are now available for Canon RF crop sensor cameras. With a maximum aperture of f/1.4, they are highly versatile for everything from portraits to travel to astrophotography. With focal lengths spanning ultra-wide to standard lengths, each lens can fill a spot in your bag. They offer uncompromised image quality and fantastic low-light rendering. Additionally, each lens isn’t just capable of working with Canon mirrorless cameras; they are specially optimized to work with them. Seamless working with high-speed AF and in-camera aberration correction, all in camera. Finally, these lenses offer the same image quality and sharpness that we’re accustomed to seeing in SIGMA lenses.
Excellent Focal Length Coverage
With four different focal lengths to choose from, there truly is a lens for everyone. Each lens could truly be used for any type of photography. However, the 16mm and 23mm certainly cater to landscape, travel, and astrophotography. The 30mm is an excellent choice for a wider field of view on individual or group portraits. Finally, the 56mm is a great focal length for headshots and individual portraits. With four different options, you can easily use a single lens to fill a hole in your bag or the whole set to cover everything from wide-angle to standard focal length.
f/1.4 Maximum Aperture
All four new SIGMA prime lenses have a maximum aperture of f/1.4. No matter what you shoot, a wider maximum aperture is always welcomed, allowing more light to hit the camera sensor. This will result in more background blur for portraits, helping your subjects stand out from their surroundings. For travel photography, this can help you to capture high-quality images, even when the amount of light is low. And for astrophotography, this gives you a little more light, which ultimately means less noise in your night images.
Lightweight and Rubber Sealed
The 16mm, 23mm, 30mm, and 56mm lenses weigh 14.6oz, 12.2oz, 10.1oz, and 10.2oz, respectively. With each lens coming in under a pound, they are highly portable and versatile for photographers traveling to their shoot. And for the maximum aperture of f/1.4, we rarely see lenses under a pound. Additionally, each lens is rubber sealed, making them robust in all kinds of weather conditions, so you can spend more time worrying about getting the shot and less time worrying about your equipment.
Optimized for Usage with Canon RF Mount
These lenses aren’t only compatible with Canon RF Mount but are also made explicitly for Canon mirrorless crop sensor cameras. With support for Servo and high-speed AF, you can expect these lenses to work hand-in-hand with Canon’s impressive autofocus speed and performance. In addition, these lenses are compatible with in-camera aberration correction when using camera bodies that support this technology. Despite being initially made for other camera systems, the four new SIGMA Prime lenses for Canon are specially made to work seamlessly and powerfully with Canon mirrorless cameras.
Who Should Buy These Lenses?
While nearly any Canon crop sensor mirrorless user could find great use out of these lenses, they will be best for those who need to maximize their aperture for more light or better bokeh. Travel and landscape photographers who don’t need this wide aperture would be more suited to look for a zoom lens that can cover a broader range in one lens. However, these lenses are ideal for portrait, event, and product photographers, where a wide maximum aperture and lightweight matter. The compatibility with Canon’s already excellent autofocus features makes these lenses an even better choice for photographers capturing live action as it unfolds in front of their camera.
Comparable Lenses
Another lens SIGMA currently has for Canon RF mount is the 10-18mm f/2.8. This lens is best suited for travel and landscape photography, where a wider aperture isn’t necessary, and a wider focal length may be ideal to capture more of the scene. At just 9.5oz, this lens is a travel photographer’s dream as it takes up very little space and fits very well on Canon’s compact crop sensor mirrorless lineup of cameras. Like the four new lenses, the 10-18mm f/2.8 is also available on other mounts, including Fujifilm X, L-Mount, and Sony-E.
Finally, for those not shooting on a Canon system, you can pick up any of these lenses for many crop sensor cameras. In addition to the Canon RF mount, you can find the 16mm, 30mm, and 56mm for L-Mount, Sony E-Mount, Micro Four Thirds Mount, FUJIFILM X Mount, Nikon Z Mount, and Canon EF-M Mount. The 23mm can also be purchased for L-Mount, Sony E-Mount, or FUJIFILM X Mount.
Final Thoughts
No matter what you like to photograph, anyone shooting on Canon Mirrorless should be excited about new non-Canon-brand lenses that we aren’t traditionally used to seeing on the market. These four new lenses are highly spoken-for lenses that those on other systems have been raving about since release, so adding them to the Canon lineup is sure to see instant success. Whether you’re looking for a whole set of prime lenses to fill your bag or just need one focal length to fill a hole, look no further than these new SIGMA Contemporary lenses for Canon RF Mount.
Feature image by Meg Loeks (provided by SIGMA), Captured on the 56mm
