Dang, Nikon / Canon / Pentax / Sony! Get with the program!

Sigma just released a 10mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM fisheye, and a 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM CIRCULAR FISHEYE!!!

This is one reason I just love Sigma. They innovate, and they don’t dawdle. Their marketing department doesn’t have a death-grip on cropped sensor camera lenses… (wink at Canon)

So far, COMPMLETELY un-rivaled by any name-brand lens, we have the Sigma 50-150 f/2.8 DC, the 30mm f/1.4 DC, and now the 4.5mm f/2.8 DC. And oh yeah, Tokina has a DX fisheye zoom (which I think I’d like to buy, as cool as circular fisheye is) and a 50-135 f/2.8. But Canon and Nikon, where are YOUR f/2.8 tele zooms for APS-C DSLR’s? Where are your fast-apeture primes? And I doubt we’ll EVER see a Nikon / Canon circular fisheye or fisheye zoom, sadly…

I just wish Nikon and Canon would get with the program and start releasing DX and EF-S lenses that real pros want.
Fast-apeture wide and mid-range primes, most importantly, a Nikon 17mm f/1.4 DX would really hit the spot, as would a 50-150 f/2.8 DX VR.

What will it take? Will Sigma have to come out with it’s own fast-apeture wide angle prime? Will they have to come out with an OS version of their already successful and awesome 50-150 f/2.8?

It’s going to be pretty ironic when I eventually have ZERO Nikon lenses… Oh wait I do want the 85mm f/1.4. Oh wait, it’s AF-D screw drive, nevermind, I want a silent wave motor update (equivalent to USM for you Canon shooters. That’s another area where Nikon needs to get with the program- AF-S updates to the fast-apeture primes. PLEASE! We can’t all afford those big fat pro bodies that focus lightning fast, we need more SWM!)

=Matt=