Sigma Camera What They Offer.

Sigma Camera Lenses

Time was when photographers were locked into the manufacturer of their camera for their lens needs.  Camera manufacturers used different lens mounts so that a Nikon camera owner who wanted to purchase a Canon lens couldn’t.  If you bought a Nikon you would be buying Nikon compatible lenses for life.  Then along came lens manufacturers like Sigma who began to make lens than would work with a variety of competing lens mounts.

Sigma is a Japanese company that started out in 1961 making camera lenses, flash attachments, and other camera accessories. Later they began producing their own line of cameras but these are not well known to the mass market.   Sigma camera lenses, however, are popular since they are less costly than a matching lens from a major player in the field. So if you own a Canon and you are looking to buy a telephoto lens, the compatible sigma camera lenses will cost you a lot less than the Canon lenses. In fact, sigma camera lenses are so much cheaper that many photography outlets bundle them with cameras from the top brands to make the price of the bundle more attractive to mass market consumers. Sigma also makes other camera accessories that are compatible with cameras sold by the big players. Sigma camera lenses and accessories can be found for cameras made by Canon, Nikon, Pentax Konica, Minolta, Sony, Olympus, and Panasonic. Of course they also make lenses and accessories for their own line of cameras!

Quality of Sigma Camera Lenses

Some feel the old adage “you get what you pay for” applies to Sigma camera lenses.  Although some camera equipment rental agencies have expressed concern online about repair issues with sigma camera lenses, most independent comparison tests seem to indicate that sigma camera lenses hold up pretty well when matched up against lenses coming from the major camera manufacturers.  Perhaps the issues expressed by the rental agencies are more due to the quality of the renter than to the quality of the sigma camera lens itself.  In any case, let’s look at some of the kinds of compatible lenses offered by Sigma.

What Does Sigma Offer?

In a word, everything.  If you need it they probably have it.  They have standard lenses, zoom lenses – both standard, telephoto, and wide --, tele lenses, and DC  lenses for DSLR cameras.  If you know exactly what kind of lens you want the specs listed with the sigma camera lens will tell you if the lens mount is compatible with the manufacturer of your SLR or DSLR camera body.  If you need a little help, the Sigma website has a nifty “Lens Advisor Tool” you can use to help you make your selection.  Good luck with your pictures!