Sigma 20mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary lens for L-mount now available

Designed specifically for L and E mount, the new Sigma 20mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary is claimed to be a game-changer for mirrorless users needing an ultra-compact and light wide-angle optic. The lens weighs only 370g and is just 72.4mm in length, almost exactly the same as the companyโ€™s existing 24mm. There are now four compact lenses in the series โ€” 20, 24, 35 and 65mm.

Sigma suggests that this lens is ideal for landscapes, wide-angle portraits, weddings and interiors, and is particularly well-suited to astrophotography because of its well-controlled sagittal coma flare. The Sigma 20nn F2 DG DN | Contemporary is claimed to offer high levels of optical performance even when used wide-open. Construction includes three high-precision glass-moulded aspherical lens elements, one SLD element, and one FLD element to suppress a range of optical aberrations. The result is clear and sharp images, even in the extreme corners of the frame.

Uncoated body illustrates the all-metal construction

The advanced optical design, as well as the Super Multi-Layer Coating and Nano Porous Coating, ensures minimal flare and ghosting even when shooting into bright light sources. It is thus easier to photograph back-lit subjects and still achieve punchy, high-contrast results.

The 20mm F2 DG DN |C features all-metal construction and internal metal structures as used in Sigmaโ€™s professional cine lens line-up.

The lens is available now and has a suggested retail price of ยฃ649.99 in the UK, including tax.




7 COMMENTS

  1. A full set of compact primes lenses is a reality, now we just need a compact body to go along with these lenses. A stills camera. With a viewfinder.

      • Yes, I’ve owned one. It is still pretty “chunky” and SLR-like. I’d like something Q-sized, or, dare I say it, M-like.

    • +1. Leica cannot keep on dragging its feet eternally, can they? Size and Weight is IMO the only thing that keeps the Leica L-mount from more widespread acceptance.

      • I’ve looked, many times, at the SL (and then the SL2s), and while I can admire its technical qualities, the fact is, for me, it is just too big. I will just stop carrying such a camera, and just end up using my GR3x. Which is unfortunate, because the SL and the L-mount ecosystem is really good. But they need a compact, every-day everywhere sort of camera, too.
        The CL is close to perfect (size-wise), maybe even a tad too small, and of course APS-C.

  2. Kudos to Sigma for keeping the L-mount alive. I personally would love to see a tiny 28mm f2 in this series. Hopefully in the nearby future.

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