Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A
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|name = Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A
|image = Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art.jpg
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|maker = Sigma Corporation
|focusdrive = Hypersonic motor
|feat-is = n
|feat-special = Art series; 5 SLD glass elements, 4 glassmold aspherical elements, wide aperture
|application = Standard zoom
|type = z
|flength = 18-35mm
|flength-eq = 27-52.5mm
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|aperture = f/1.8 - f/16
|groups = 12
|elements = 17
|diaphragm = 9, rounded
|close-dist = {{convert|0.28|m|ft}}
|max-dist = Infinity
|max-mag = 0.23
|max-diameter = {{convert|78|mm|inch}}
|max-length = {{convert|121|mm|inch}}
|weight = {{convert|810|g|lb}}
|filter = 72mm
|hood = LH780-03
|start = 2013
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The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art lens is a fast, constant-aperture wide standard zoom lens made by Sigma Corporation. It was announced April 18, 2013.
This lens, at its time of manufacturing, was the only standard zoom with a constant f/1.8 aperture. The lens was designed specifically for crop body{{clarify|reason=What is a crop body?|date=December 2016}} DSLRs enabling a crop factor adjusted (full frame equivalent) of f/2.88 for Canon or f/2.7 for Nikon crop body DSLRs across an equivalent range of 28mm-56mm (Canon full frame adjusted) or 27mm-53mm (Nikon full frame adjusted).
In the year of its introduction, the lens won an EXC!TE award[https://web.archive.org/web/20150701100016/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/15/ny-sigma-corporation-idUSnBw155582a+100+BSW20130815 Reuters] and was named Lens of the Year at the Camera Grand Prix.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dpreview.com/articles/5034835494/cjpc-camera-grand-prix-2013-sony-cybershot-dsc-rx1-sigma-35mm-f1-4-dg-hsm|title=Sony RX1 wins Camera Grand Prix 2013, Sigma 35mm F1.4 lens of the year}}
References
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- http://www.dpreview.com/products/sigma/lenses/sigma_18-35_1p8/specifications
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Category:Camera lenses introduced in 2013
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