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Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports

Remarkably, Sigma’s new 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports is the first 70-200mm the firm has made specifically for mirrorless cameras. I expect even the company’s highly visible president, Kazuto Yamaki, has lost count of how many versions of 70-200mm lens Sigma has made in the past 60 or so years, as lenses with this zoom range, or thereabouts, have been popular since the technology first existed to make them.

When paired with a 24-70mm, a 70-200mm lens provides many photographers with all they need for day-to-day shooting. All we have to do is choose between an f/2.8 version, or a lower-cost (and more portable) f/4 model. Traditionally, Sigma has offered f/2.8 lenses that cost much less than those offered by the camera manufacturers, allowing users to get that faster maximum aperture for a similar price to f/4 versions from the big camera brands.

That larger aperture/lower price tag combination is maintained once more, with this L- or E-mount lens selling

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