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Today I’m excited to share news about two world’s first lenses that Sigma will announce soon:

• Sigma 135mm f/1.4 – The BOKEH King

• Sigma 20-200mm – The TRAVEL King

Let’s break it down:

Sigma 135mm f/1.4

This is a Full Frame Autofocus lens launching for Sony E and Leica L mount cameras — and nobody has ever done anything like this before. The closest we’ve seen is the manual focus Mitakon 135mm f/1.4, which was large, heavy, and optically underwhelming.

The new Sigma will be the spiritual successor to the legendary Sigma 105mm f/1.4 (still available at B&H), but with even more extreme bokeh thanks to the extra 30mm of reach. Compared to a classic 85mm f/1.4, this lens offers several advantages — and one small trade-off:

• Extreme Bokeh: At a subject distance of 3 meters, an 85mm f/1.4 gives you ~9.8cm depth of field, while the 135mm f/1.4 delivers an incredible ~2.8cm.

• More Discreet Shooting: You don’t have to be right on top of your subject to get a creamy, bokeh-rich shot.

• Easier Background Separation: Even distant subjects get a beautifully blurred background.

• Indoor & Low-Light Performance: Sports shooters may find this lens offers just enough telephoto reach to be useful, while f/1.4 allows shooting in challenging lighting like concerts or indoor sports. Switch your camera to APS-C mode, and you effectively get a 200mm f/1.4 field of view.

• Disadvantage: Bigger and heavier than a classic 85mm f/1.4 lens.

Sigma 20-200mm

Another Full Frame Autofocus lens is coming for Sony E and Leica L mount cameras — and it’s something we’ve never seen before. Most travel zooms are 28-200mm (like this Tamron) or 24-200mm, but starting at 20mm changes the game. That ultra-wide end makes it perfect not only for travel and landscape work, but also for vloggers, bloggers, and selfie shooters. In short: this could be the one lens to rule them all. I do not have the aperture info yet…my guess is that it’s going to be f/3-5-6.3.

When will they be announced?

I don’t yet have images, pricing, or an exact release date for either of these lenses. What we do know is that on August 19, Sigma will announce the 12mm f/1.4 (APS-C), the 200mm f/2.0, and possibly the new 35mm f/1.2 II. The two lenses I revealed today might arrive a little later — potentially as late as September.

I hope to get the full final info (and possibly images) soon. In the meantime let me know if you are going to buy the ultimate BOKEH lens!

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Sigma is set to unveil the new 200mm f/2.0, 12mm f/1.4 (APS-C), and possibly the updated 35mm f/1.2 II on August 19. But I’ve also confirmed another lens coming right after these releases — and it’s going to be a world’s first! This bokeh monster will rival one of Sigma’s most legendary lenses from the past (Click here). I’m still waiting for final details on the specs and launch date, so stay tuned to L-rumors — this is going to be big.

So let me sum the spec of all Sigma lenses coming soon:

Sigma 200mm f/2.0:

• Full Frame Autofocus lens
• weight just below 2kg
• 105mm filter size
• White finish and similar look to the 300-600mm lens.
• super fast autofocus
• Full Frame
• For Sony E and Leica L mount
• Announcement August 19, price unknown

Sigma 12mm f/1.4:

• APS-C autofocus lens
• Coming for L/E/Z/RF/X mount.
• Announcement August 19, price unknown

Sigma 35mm f/1.2 II:

• Full Frame Autofocus lens
• More compact and smaller than first generation lens
• For Sony E and Leica L mount
• Announcement soon, price unknown

Sigma Bokeh monster:

• More impressive than this “old” lens.
• might be teased on August 19 or be announced in September.

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