Sigma has announced the release of a new extended zoom lens in the 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM 13.8:1. This new extended zoom lens boasts of a Hybrid Optical Stabilization and Hyper-Sonic Motor.

The Hybrid Optical Stabilizer, an anti-shake system providing image stabilization in both the camera body and viewfinder for Pentax, and Sony is offered only by Sigma.

The DC lens is a dedicated digital SLR camera lens suited for APS-C format, and HSM (Hypersonic Motor) ensures quiet and high speed AF as well as full time manual focusing capability. Four Special Low Dispersion glass elements and three Aspherical lens elements provide excellent image quality throughout the entire zoom range.

(Source) Press