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Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S
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The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S Mount will launch July 2024, register your interest for this first ever APS-C crop lens from legendary Sigma for mirrorless Canon users.
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- Sigma’s first ever AF zoom lens for Canon mirrorless cameras, heralding a new era for RF mount creators
- Versatile equivalent focal width (full-frame) of 27-75mm, which is ideal for a wide range of styles and subjects
- Bright constant f/2.8 aperture throughout the range enables handheld shooting and shallow depth of field
- Extremely compact and lightweight design, which complements APS-C format camera bodies for ultimate portability
- Capture dynamic close-ups with a high 1:2.8 maximum magnification to extend the versatility of this zoom lens
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S Summary
The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S mount (yes that’s right – Canon RF!) offers high-performance zoom capabilities for crop-sensor mirrorless Canon cameras. This is the very first ever lens from Sigma for the mirrorless RF system, heralding a new era for creators who shoot with an EOS R7, EOS R100, R50, or R10 crop format Canon mirrorless body.
Compact yet robust, the lens provides an equivalent focal length of 27-75mm on an APS-C camera, making it versatile for various photography and videography needs such as landscapes, portraits, street scenes, and architecture.
Its impressive 1:2.8 maximum magnification ratio also allows for macro-style shooting, with frame-filling details and dynamic compositions. Featuring a constant f/2.8 aperture, this 18-50mm f/2.8 lens excels in creating soft, blurred backgrounds, perfect for eye-catching portraits and subject shots. It also gathers plenty of light for low lighting situations, enabling handheld use, even as light levels drop.
Sigma’s stepping motor ensures the autofocus system is both quick and silent, which is ideal for capturing fast-moving subjects or filming videos. At just under 300g this is also particularly lightweight, and exceptionally portable, making it ideal for everyday use while still capable of producing professional-quality images thanks to superior optics, high-speed autofocus, and wide maximum aperture.
Key Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S Features
- APS-C coverage for crop format Canon mirrorless cameras
- Workhorse zoom range covering popular everyday subjects
- f/2.8 aperture enables shallow depth of field
- Maximum 1:2.8 magnification for close-up shots
- 290g weight to bring anywhere
- 74.5mm length with a compact 55mm filter
- TSC construction makes it lightweight and strong
- Stepping motor
- Made in Aizu Japan to the highest standards
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S in More Detail
Features and build quality
The 18-50mm F2.8 lens features an external barrel made from Thermally Stable Composite (TSC), a polymer that shares a similar rate of thermal expansion with aluminium. This ensures that both the TSC exterior and the metal interior of the lens expand and contract uniformly in response to temperature changes, maintaining the integrity and performance of the lens. Additionally, TSC provides the benefits of being lightweight, durable, and having a sleek appearance.
This lens incorporates an internal focus mechanism, maintaining a constant length regardless of changes in the focus distance. This stability is particularly advantageous for gimbal use, as it preserves a consistent centre of gravity, and prevents the front of the lens from rotating during focus adjustments, a crucial feature for photographers using polarising or graduated filters.
Equipped with a stepping motor, the lens offers smooth, rapid, and precise autofocus performance that is ideal for capturing both still images and video. The design includes lighter glass elements in the focus group to enhance AF speed and responsiveness.
Razor sharp optics
Despite being so small the 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary delivers excellent results even when shooting wide open. Corner sharpness and overall contrast is excellent across the frame, with fine detail resolving even the highest resolution Canon cameras.
The lens features an advanced optical design comprised of 13 elements in 10 groups, including 3 aspherical elements and 1 SLD element. These deliver razor-sharp results and work with in-camera digital corrections to eliminate chromatic aberration, flare, distortion and vignetting.
Advanced optical coatings have also been added to reduce flare and ghosting when working in bright direct sunlight, which is especially important at the wider end of the zoom range.
Constant f/2.8 aperture across the zoom
Thanks to its wide aperture across the zoom range the 18-50mm is a great performer in low light environments, which is perfect for photographers who want to shoot in darker conditions without a tripod.
One of the smallest standard zooms on the market has arrived for crop sensor Canon mirrorless cameras! The 18-50mm is a veritable pocketable option that allows you to work harder without sacrificing image quality. It is almost identical in weight to the 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary for Canon RF-S, a prime lens for crop-cameras with a wide f/1.4 aperture, which is another superb option for portable day-to-day shooting.
Although yet to be launched, the Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Canon RF-S is also announced, which will complement this standard zoom with a wide angle range.
Versatile for close-up creativity
The 18-50mm from Sigma has a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2.8, giving it a minimum working distance (sensor to the front of the lens) of just 12.1cm. This is ideal for close-up photography, such as food, insects, flowers and other macro-type subjects, extending the versatility to enjoy a single lens across multiple subject types.
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Condition guide
Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accesories that are included. If they are not listed then they will not be supplied at eh epoint of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
