Rumor: New Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 II zoom lens coming in mid May.

[SrMi]

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https://www.l-rumors.com/new-sigma-24-70mm-f-2-8-ii-zoom-lens-coming-in-mid-may/

Expected improvements: more compact, faster AF, better optically.

[huwm]

interesting

let leica have the old heavy model then slip this one in

[Jptsr1]

Ha! Just bought the old/current version a couple months ago. Honestly it's not spectacular so maybe an update is due. 

[SrMi]

14 minutes ago, Jptsr1 said:

Ha! Just bought the old/current version a couple months ago. Honestly it's not spectacular so maybe an update is due. 

My Leica 24-70/2.8 is excellent, I prefer it to the 24-90.

[BernardC]

Maybe Sigma will start using the same formula that they use for Leica's 24-70!

[oculaii]

19 hours ago, SrMi said:

My Leica 24-70/2.8 is excellent, I prefer it to the 24-90.

Interesting, I had the 24-70mm DG DN (which is more or less the same than the Leica 24-70mm optically from what I've read) and the 24-90mm. I prefered the 24-90mm, the textures, sharpness and local contrast was better, hard to describe but I think it has more depth.
In the end, I only kept the S Pro 24-70mm because it has exactly the same drawing than the 24-90mm, but my S Pro is even sharper than the 24-90mm I had, and of course, it is f2.8 constant.
I wonder if Leica has changed something else than the build quality on the "rebadged" Sigma 24-70mm.

[Yarosuav]

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It had better be an internal zoom, and then trickle down to Leica land… Seriously I don’t understand why in this day and age Sigma (and Leica) still produce zoom lenses with external zooming. I refuse to touch the 24-70 and 24-90 for that reason alone. 

[tom0511]

vor 13 Minuten schrieb Yarosuav:

It had better be an internal zoom, and then trickle down to Leica land… Seriously I don’t understand why in this day and age Sigma (and Leica) still produce zoom lenses with external zooming. I refuse to touch the 24-70 and 24-90 for that reason alone. 

I assume because they are more compact ?