Ideal for a wide range of photo and video applications including landscapes, portraits, street photography, architecture, and events, the 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens from Sigma is a small, light, and bright standard zoom for crop-sensor mirrorless cameras. Offered here with a Sony E-mount, this lens provides a versatile full-frame equivalent zoom range of 27-75 and a wide constant aperture of f/2.8 throughout the entire zoom range. The lens design includes three high-precision glass-molded aspherical elements coupled with a special low dispersion element. Together they minimize the total number of elements for superb optical quality without excessive weight. Autofocus is exceptionally fast and quiet thanks to the lens's stepping motor, which can be particularly useful when shooting video or fast-moving subjects such as children and animals. An ultimate workhorse, the lens features a minimum focusing distance of just 4.8", enabling it to be used for macro-style close-up photography, and the lens is also outfitted with a rounded seven-blade diaphragm for a pleasing bokeh quality.
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Key Features
- E-Mount Lens/APS-C Format
- 27-75mm (35mm Equivalent)
- Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 4.8"
Ideal for a wide range of photo and video applications including landscapes, portraits, street photography, architecture, and events, the 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens from Sigma is a small, light, and bright standard zoom for crop-sensor mirrorless cameras. Offered here with a Sony E-mount, this lens provides a versatile full-frame equivalent zoom range of 27-75 and a wide constant aperture of f/2.8 throughout the entire zoom range. The lens design includes three high-precision glass-molded aspherical elements coupled with a special low dispersion element. Together they minimize the total number of elements for superb optical quality without excessive weight. Autofocus is exceptionally fast and quiet thanks to the lens's stepping motor, which can be particularly useful when shooting video or fast-moving subjects such as children and animals. An ultimate workhorse, the lens features a minimum focusing distance of just 4.8", enabling it to be used for macro-style close-up photography, and the lens is also outfitted with a rounded seven-blade diaphragm for a pleasing bokeh quality.
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Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Overview
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Standard zoom lens is designed for APS-C-format Sony E-mount cameras and provides a 35mm equivalent focal length range of 27-75mm.
Constant f/2.8 maximum aperture is well-suited for working in low-light conditions and provides greater control over the focus position when using shallow depth of field techniques.
Three high-precision glass-molded aspherical elements are used to help limit distortion and spherical aberrations and contribute to greater overall sharpness and accurate rendering.
Special Low Dispersion (SLD) element reduces chromatic aberrations and color fringing.
Super Multi-Layer Coating minimizes flare and ghosting for improved contrast and color accuracy when working in strong lighting conditions.
In-camera aberration correction further eliminates optical imperfections such as distortion and vignetting.
Stepping motor with nearly silent autofocus that makes it perfectly suited to a range of photographic applications, including shooting in quiet environments, recording videos, and capturing fast-moving subjects.
Minimum focusing distance of 4.8" and a 1:2.8 maximum magnification ratio benefits working with close-up subjects.
Rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality.
UPC: 085126585655
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Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Reviews
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Will this lens' autofocus work with Sony FX30?
Will this lens' autofocus work with Sony FX30?
Yes, the autofocus on the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E is functional on the Sony FX30.
Date published: 2022-12-13
Would This lens come to the Canon RF-S lens ...
Would This lens come to the Canon RF-S lens mount? (I'm going to go for a Canon R7. Just for some context)
As of today, Sigma hasn't announced the release of a Canon RF mount version of this 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens. In the event that they do, we'll announce it through the B&H E-Mail Newsletter.
Date published: 2022-08-03
What is a contemporary lens?
What is a contemporary lens?
Sigma's Contemporary line are lenses designed to require digital lens corrections for things like distortion and lateral chromatic aberration. This allows the lens to be smaller and cheaper. But if you turned lens corrections off, you would see the distortion quite clearly. The line above the Contemporary line, the Art line, does try to correct all optical imperfections in-lens and not require digital corrections, but the lenses are much larger and more expensive because of it.
Date published: 2024-10-26
Will this be avaliable for Canon EF mount?
Will this be avaliable for Canon EF mount?
It's a DN, meaning it's for mirrorless cameras only. Surprisingly, it also isn't available (yet?) in the Canon M mount.
Date published: 2022-12-05
Are the rubberized zoom and focus rings the same ...
Are the rubberized zoom and focus rings the same kind of material as on the DC DN contemporary primes: 16, 30, and 56?
The zoom and focus rings are made of similar materials as the DC DN primes.
Date published: 2023-04-23
dose len work on sony A73?
dose len work on sony A73?
Yes Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E is compatible with the Sony A73 but since the lens is for crop sensor and the A73 is full frame, this lens will crop the full frame sensor of the A73. Less than half of the available megapixels will be used.
Date published: 2023-03-30
Is the lens hood included or I will have to ...
Is the lens hood included or I will have to purchase it separately?
Yes, lens hood and front and rear lens caps are included.
Date published: 2023-08-13
With its close focus ability, how would it work ...
With its close focus ability, how would it work with the 11 mm macro tube from Fuji?
The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E with out an extension tube minimum focusing distance is 4.8" adding an 11mm extension tube will reduce the focusing distance to approximately 2.83 inches. And it changes the lens magnification maximum of 0.36x to 0.97x.
Date published: 2024-06-17