Hey everyone the wait is over the Sigma trio of f 2.8 zoom lens is complete.
Let's take a first look at the 70 to 200 millimeter f 2.8 sport right now
Hey everyone Adam here welcome to the Digital Goja youtube channel today
we're going to take a first look at Sigma's 70 to 200 millimeter F 2.8 DG
HSM zoom lens this as I mentioned completes the trio of fast 2.8 zoom
lenses into the global vision series lineup alongside the 14 to 24 and 24 to
70 F 2.8 I first want to thank Sigma for sending this lens early so you can try
it out provide this video and our feedback for you. This lens will be
available for full-frame and crop sensor DSLRs in the canon EF and nikon f-mount,
it can also be used with the sony e-mount cameras as well using Sigma's MC-11
mount adapter. So this lens has not started chipping yet but it will be
available soon I'll drop the links in the description box below so you can get
more information on the funds at DigitalGoja.com. So the 70-200 focal range is
the perfect range for many professional photographers it's actually a go-to lens
for people that shoot weddings events sports or portraits it's a lens that
Sigma has been long waiting to introduce the first generation of the 70-200 came
out back in 2010 so it's about 8 years since we've seen a new 70-200 a fast
telephoto zoom lens from Sigma and let me tell you it's optical design is
completely overhauled its build quality every this lens definitely stands out
from the crowd of 70 to 200 s that are currently available so make sure to stay
tuned to the end I'm going to show you some sample photos and we're going to
start with the build quality of the 7200 sport lens. So there was a lot of debate
before the lens was announced whether or not this is going to be designated as an
Art Series lens or a sports series lens and Sigma went with the Sport Series
lineup now this is gonna meet all the needs of any type of
pro photographer the built quality is fantastic it has it has good weight to
it everything from the zoom ring to the
manual focus ring moves really smoothly even the locking mechanism for the
tripod collar is designed really well I'm talking about the tripod collar it
does have a removable foot that you can use a tool to remove it has arca-swiss
mount so you can go directly onto any style arca-swiss clamp and let me tell
you this is a good thing to have because this lens does weigh about four pounds
so it's not a lightweight lens but it's able to be handheld if you need to and
it has really good optical stabilization which we'll get into in just a bit the
lens is Weatherfield throughout all the critical spots so you
can feel comfortable shooting out in the field
you do have a weather sealing at the lens mount this will keep dust and dirt
from entering your camera and the lens has coatings on the front and the rear
to help repel dust dirt and moisture make it easier to clean when you need to
so some things that you're going to notice on this lens is the amount of
switches that you have for customization you do have your your standard auto
focus manual focus switch with manual focus override you have your focus
limiter switch but the focus limiter switch can be customized using the USB
dock you have your optical stabilization you have two modes you have the standard
mode and you have the one for panning and Sigma claims to have four stops of
stabilization using this lens and this optical stabilization system is also
customizable when using this sigma USB dock now since this is a sports
designated lens you do have customization mode 1 & 2 so if you
connect this to the USB dock and use the optimization Pro software you have three
different things that you customize you have your AF that can be customized so
you can prioritize speed you can do a balanced which is the standard and then
you can do the smooth autofocus which would be great for shooting
you do have customization for your focus limiter so you can use the sliding tool
and customize your focus limit points and you also have customization for your
optical stabilization so whether or not you want to prioritize the stabilization
in the viewfinder or you want to get the most out of the stabilization system
that's possible again with the USB dock and this lens now what I really
appreciate that Sigma offers on the 70 to 200 is that they offer three AF lock
buttons on the lens so depending on the position of the the lens itself you have
easy access to locking the autofocus while shooting all right so let's take a
look at its optical design now I mentioned earlier that this lens weighs
about four pounds and that's because it's designed with 24 elements in 22
groups you have an 11 blade rounded diaphragm and let me tell you the images
and the stuff that's out of focus looks really clean and beautiful
this lens features a minimum focusing distance of 4 feet this allows
you to get pretty close at 200 millimeters check out the photo that I
did with the sunflower and the and the B I hope you liked it let me get your
feedback in the comment section below
so for my initial test the autofocus is really quick hits on the mark but I'm
looking to do a little bit more detail testing on this lens I only had a short
period of time with it I'm looking forward to customizing it using the
Sigma USB duct as well for when I want to shoot video the video AF seems to
work really well it's quiet I didn't see might be internal mics we're picking up
too much sound from this lens itself but stay tuned make sure to subscribe to our
channel for more updates on the 70 to 200 2.8 from Sigma and if you have any
more questions or feedback make sure to leave them in the comment section below
remember hit the like button underneath if this video helped you out and if
you're in the Miami area come check us out at the Digital Goja showroom Adam here
keep on shooting I'll catch you in the next video