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Sigma has confirmed that its massive 200-500mm f/2.8 EX ‘ultra-telephoto’ lens will carry a UK price of £15,999.99.

First showcased last year, the 15,700g monster is designed for photography such as ‘astrophotography, portraits, wildlife and sports’.

A dedicated Li-ion battery pack – housed within the lens body – (BP-21) is used to power the zooming and AF operation, while a built-in LCD panel displays focusing distances and focal lengths.

A dedicated ‘attachment’ aims to deliver a 400-1000mm f/5.6 zoom, adds Sigma.

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Sigma has used PMA to showcase three new Optical Stabiliser (OS) lenses.

The 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM includes three SLD elements, as does the 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM.

Both are due out in UK stores in April.

Meanwhile, the 18-125mm f/3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM (due out in May) boasts a minimum focusing distance of 35cm and is designed to be used exclusively on digital SLRs.

The maximum magnification of 1:3.8 makes it ideal for close-up photography, explains Sigma.

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Sigma launches lenses for Sony and Pentax DSLRs

Sigma has today announced the launch of the APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM II lens for Sony and Pentax DSLRs featuring APS-C size imaging sensors.

The 18-elements-in-14-group lens will carry a UK price of £549.99.

Features include four Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass elements to help correct chromatic aberrations.

Also unwrapped is a 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG HSM for Sony and Pentax DSLRs.

Weighing 780g, it is compatible with Sigma APO teleconverters.

Sigma launches 70-300mm Macro lens for Nikon DSLRs

Sigma has launched two new 70-300mm macro lenses – with a built-in AF motor designed to allow autofocusing on all Nikon DSLRs.

The 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro costs £199.99. The 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro carries a £149.99 pricetag.

Both include a 1:2 maximum magnification at the 300mm end, says the firm.

Sigma announces Four Thirds lens duo

Sigma has announced two new lenses for the Four Thirds digital SLR system, both due for UK launch in April.

The 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM boasts a minimum focusing distance of 24cm and three Special Low Dispersion (SLD) elements to help reduce colour aberration. It weighs 470g and will cost £369.99.

Also unveiled at PMA was the 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG HSM which includes three Extraordinary Low Dispersion (ELD) elements and two SLD elements.

Giving photo enthusiasts the freedom to take more pictures and shoot more video, SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today increased both capacities and speeds in its SanDisk Ultra® II line with the introduction of 32- and 16-gigabyte (GB) SDHC™ cards and an 8GB SDHC Plus card. The announcement was made at the photo industry’s PMA 08 International Convention here.

Ideal for today’s camcorders and point-and-shoot digital cameras that can record both video and still images, the cards offer faster read and write speeds of 15 megabytes per second (15MB/sec), up from previous speeds of 10MB/sec read and 9MB/sec write in the SanDisk Ultra II line.

“As cameras offer more megapixels and as new high-definition ‘record-to-memory-card’ camcorders are being introduced, the image sizes and files get bigger, requiring higher card capacity,” said Susan Park, senior product marketing manager for SanDisk Ultra II cards. “Cameras also are increasingly used for recording video clips, which demand even more memory and capacity. These mega-capacities in our SanDisk Ultra II line give users the worry-free ability to capture thousands of their memories and hours of HiDef video on a single card, while the faster write speed can reduce the time between shots and the faster read speed reduces time spent waiting to copy those images to a computer,” she added.

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