A palm-sized F2.8 telephoto for APS-C shooters.
The 50-120mm F2.8 DC OS | Contemporary goes on sale on October 22, while the 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary, already sold for other mounts, reaches Nikon Z cameras on November 5. The 50-120mm is the all-new one of the pair. It brings a constant F2.8 aperture to an APS-C telephoto zoom, covering roughly 75-180mm in full-frame terms, in a body just 99mm long and 390g in its Sony E-mount version. A High-response Linear Actuator (HLA) handles autofocus, focus breathing is kept low for video, and stabilisation is rated at 6.5 stops at 50mm and 4.5 stops at 120mm. Stabilisation is rated at 6 stops at 16mm and 4.5 stops at 300mm. Both lenses follow the full-frame 85mm F1.2 DG | Art and 20-60mm F2.8-4 DG | Contemporary, which went on sale in India on September 30. For APS-C users, the choice now comes down to one lens that reaches 300mm, or three that hold F2.8 all the way to 120mm.
Sigma has two new APS-C lenses on the way in India, and both are aimed at photographers who would rather not keep swapping glass. It will be available for Sony E, Fujifilm X and Canon RF cameras. Inside are one FLD, three SLD and four aspherical elements. The focus mode and OS switches are gone entirely, so those settings now live in the camera body. It also gets dust and splash resistance, plus a water- and oil-repellent front coating. For Nikon, AF drive and communication speed have been tuned to the Z mount, with support for continuous AF, in-camera aberration correction on compatible bodies, and a rubber-sealed mount.