Interview with Sigma about the new L-Mount Alliance


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Another interview with Sigma on the L-mount (in Japanese):

https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180930-699446/

Here is the translated recap by http://digicame-info.com/2018/10/l-3.html:

  • (About the background of the alliance formation) Panasonic asked "I would like to do a full size" from a person who gave a voice. Actually before that, we decided to make full size mirrorless with a new mount of short flange back. We switched the strategy on the way because there is customer benefit by doing it with other companies.
  • (Short flange back, large diameter mount will affect the degree of freedom of lens design?) If the flange back is short with a large aperture, the degree of freedom of optical design also increases. For example, Canon's 28-70 mm F 2 lens (RF 28 - 70 mm F 2 L USM), I think, could be realized because of its flange back and large aperture. Whether conditionally it is which one is advantageous, there is no doubt that it is advantageous that it is larger and closer.
  • (The lenses announced this time were to release the existing interchangeable lens for full size or APS - C as L mount.) Of course, not only that but also newly designed lenses will be put out with L mount. I think that a new lens has to expand various types of lenses in a balanced manner. Rather than trying to make the lineup so biased, if there are lenses with hard specifications, there are also some interesting lenses, I think that I will keep a balance.
  • (Is there anything that three companies will decide about the specification of L mount?) Basically, the hardware part remains unchanged. I think that there is room for expansion such as upgrading signals and data to be exchanged among them.
  • (What is the possibility to mount a full size Foveon sensor on cameras other than L mount like dp Quattro?) The possibility is not zero. Nonetheless, we are concentrating on the development of L mount cameras, so it is not something to be done specifically.
  • We plan to introduce Canon EF mount and L mount adapters, so customers who have our Canon lens can use the adapter (with L mount camera) via the adapter.
  • (What is the body lineup?) I believe it is difficult to achieve a full lineup. Although our product lineup is small, each has its own characteristics, I think that it will be positioned so that the L mount system will become a rich and rich system.
  • (What is the attraction of L mount system?) Three people Three, I think that is interesting. Each one is slightly different. I think that it is a completely different alliance from doing similar things with side by side ideas.
 

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