



MACRO 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Available mounts
- Sigma SA-mount
- Canon EF mount
- Nikon F mount
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Camera Type
DSLR
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Corresponding Mount
SIGMA SA-mount, Canon EF mount, Nikon F mount
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Sensor Format
Full-frame [DG]
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Lens Construction
16 elements in 11 groups
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Angle of View
23.3°
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Number of Diaphragm Blades
9 Blades (Rounded diaphragm)
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Minimum Aperture
F22
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Minimum Focusing Distance
31.2cm / 12.3in.
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Maximum Magnification Ratio
1:1
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Filter Size
φ62mm
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Dimensions (Diameter × Length)
⌀78.3mm × 126.4mm / ⌀3.1in. × 5.0in.
*The length of a lens is measured from the filter surface to its mount.
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Weight
725g / 25.6oz.
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Supplied Accessories
・Case
・LENS HOOD LH680-03
・HOOD ADAPTER HA680-01
・FRONT CAP LCF-62mm III
・REAR CAP LCR II -
Mount / Product Barcode
Canon EF mount:00-85126-25854-2
Nikon F mount:00-85126-25855-9
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Camera Compatibility
LINK
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* For Sigma SA mount
* Sigma SA and Sony mounts has been discontinued in production.
* Nikon mount of this lens is not equipped with an aperture ring, therefore, depending on the camera model some functions may not work.
* This lens cannot be used with film SLR cameras with the exception of the Nikon F6 and Canon EOS-1v.
* When using the OS function of a lens with a camera which incorporates a stabilizer unit, please turn the camera’s stabilizer unit off.
* When using the APS-C Hood Adapter HA680-01 with digital cameras with larger than APS-C size image sensor, vignetting will occur. Please remove he hood adapter id you are using these cameras.
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Large aperture medium telephoto macro lens
This medium telephoto macro lens allows you to maintain an appropriate distance from subjects while still getting close up photos. Since the working distance at its closest focusing position is 142mm, shadows of the lens and camera will not affect photography making it suitable for taking photos of subjects, such as flowers, under natural lighting conditions. In comparison to the Sigma 50mm and 70mm macro lenses, the main subjects can be defined with perfectly smooth and blurred backgrounds.
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Floating inner focusing
This lens incorporates floating inner focusing which moves two lens groups separately. This minimizes aberrations which occur as shooting distance changes, and enables stable rendering of the image from infinity to 1:1 magnification. This also corrects image distortion, especially when taking close-up pictures. Since focusing does not change its overall length, this lens is easy to hold and use.
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High rendering performance
The lens power layout produces excellent optical performance. High refractive index SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass corrects chromatic aberration, spherical aberration and field curvature. It ensures high rendering performance at all shooting distances. The Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting, maintaining quality images with high contrast.
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Quiet and speedy AF
HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) provides quiet and high speed AF. It is also possible to use full-time manual focus, even if the lens is set to autofocus.
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Handheld photography with ease
Incorporation of the OS function offers superior stabilizaion As the stabilisation effect is visible through the viewfinder, it aids composition and accurate focusing.
* The OS effectiveness will gradually decrease as the shooting distance becomes shorter.
Optical Stabilizer ON
Optical Stabilizer OFF
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Rounded 9 blades diaphragm
This lens has a rounded 9 blade diaphragm which creates an attractive blur to the out of focus areas. This also creates smooth, rounded out of focus highlights when taking photos which have a strong light source in the background such as lights shining on the surface of water.
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APO Tele converters
This lens is compatible with Sigma’s APO TELE CONVERTERS. With APO TELE CONVERTER 1.4x EX DG, it can be used as 147mm F4 AF* telephoto macro lens, and APO TELE CONVERTER 2x EX DG as 210mm F5.6 MF telephoto macro lens. This allows a greater working distance while still achieving 1:1 macro magnification.
* AF does not work from 0.45m close up photography.
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Tele Converter matching list
LINK
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Dedicated hood adapter
When taking photos with APS-C sized digital SLR, the (supplied) dedicated hood adapter, which extends the length of the hood can be attached. This gives more protection from harmful lights that could negatively affect image quality.
* When taking photos with full-size digital SLR, please remove HA680-01 in order to avoid the edges of image being blocked.
Lens construction

SLD glass
MTF Chart
The MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) is one of the measurements for evaluating a lens’ performance, and it shows how faithfully the contrast of the subject can be reproduced on the image plane. The horizontal axis shows the image height (distance from the center of the image in mm) and the vertical axis shows the contrast value (maximum value is 1).
The closer the 10 line pairs/mm curve is to 1, the higher the contrast and clarity of the lens is, and similarly, the closer the 30 line pairs/mm curve is to 1, the better the resolution and sharpness of the lens is.
*The MTF chart depicts the result at the wide-open aperture.
*For mirrorless lenses that support distortion correction, the horizontal axis shows the image height equivalent to when an L-Mount lens is attached to a Sigma L-Mount camera with distortion correction applied. (The effect of distortion correction may differ depending on the mount and camera used.)
*The spatial frequency indicates the variation on the image plane before distortion correction is performed.
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Spatial frequency
S:Sagittal Line
M:Meridional Line
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10lp/mm
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30lp/mm
Diffraction MTF

Distortion
effective distortion
When you take a picture of a lattice pattern, it will appear as the blue dotted line shows. The red line illustrates how the lattice pattern will appear in the actual picture when any lens distortion is taken into account.
relative distortion
In this chart, the horizontal axis shows the ideal image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]). The vertical axis shows the extent of distortion. The extent of distortion is represented by how much Y, which is the actual image height, grows (or shrinks) against Y0 which is the ideal image height.
When you take the picture of a square object, if the distortion amount shows a minus value, the image will be seen as expanded (Barrel distortion). If the distortion amount is a plus value, it will be seen as a recessed (Pincushion distortion). When the distortion value is close to 0, the appearance of distortion is very minimal.


Vignetting
The horizontal axis shows the image height (the distance from the center to the edge of the image [mm]).The vertical axis shows the amount of light in the image (based on the amount of light in the image center being 100%). If the peripheral amount of light is lower than the center, the four corners of image will be darker (vignetting).
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F2.8
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F5.6
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F11


Camera | SIGMA SD1 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/800s |
Lens F Number | F6.3 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Kazuhiro Shiozawa |

Camera | SIGMA SD1 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/50s |
Lens F Number | F4.0 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Kimio Yajima |

Camera | SIGMA SD1 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/800s |
Lens F Number | F2.8 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Taichi Kozawa |

Camera | SIGMA SD15 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/160s |
Lens F Number | F8.0 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Kimio Yajima |

Camera | SIGMA SD1 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/200s |
Lens F Number | F2.8 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Kazuhiro Shiozawa |

Camera | SIGMA SD1 |
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Shutter Speed | 1/100s |
Lens F Number | F2.8 |
ISO | 100 |
Focal Length | 105mm |
Focal length
(35mm equivalent) |
157mm |
Photographer | Taichi Kozawa |
High performance,large aperture mediumtelephoto
macro lens with OS(Optical Stabilizer).
High performance, large aperture medium telephoto macro lens with OS (Optical Stabilizer).
SLD glass provides good control of aberration and the floating inner focus system ensures high rendering throughout the focusing range. By using Sigma’s APO Tele Converter, it is possible to take photos at greater than 1:1 magnification. HSM ensures a quiet and high speed AF as well as full-time manual focus override. This lens has a rounded 9 blades diaphragm which creates an attractive blur to the out of focus areas.