Sigma FP DSLR 4K Camera/Director’s Finder/Camera (Full Frame PL Mount)4K capture with anamorphic, Full Frame & S-35 capability £138/day£414/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Cine/i Full-Frame-PL T1.5 Prime Set (14-135mm/T1.5) 11-lens package (PL mount)Cine/i 11 lens S-35 prime set PL Mount £605/day£1,815/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i Full-Frame-PL Prime Set (14-135mm/T2.5) 10-lens package (PL Mount)Vintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £550/day£1,650/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i Full-Frame-PL Prime Set (20-85mm)/T2.5 PL mount (5 lenses)Vintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £275/day£825/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Cine/i Full-Frame-PL T1.5 Prime Set (20-85mm/T1.5) 5-lens package (PL mount)Cine/I 5 lens S-35 prime set PL Mount £275/day£825/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Cine Prime Set (20-85mm/T1.5) 5-lens package (FF EF mount)Basic 5 lens FF prime set EF mount £257/day£771/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Cine Full-Frame-PL T1.5 Prime Set (20-85mm/T1.5) 5-lens package (PL mount)Basic 5 lens S-35 prime set PL Mount £257/day£771/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 300-800mm f5.6 EX DG HSM Lens ‘Sigmonster’Sigma native EF-Mount FF AF zoom £180/day£540/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Contemporary Prime Set for Ronin 4D (20-90mm/F2) 6-lens package FF (E mount)Basic 6 lens FF autofocus prime set E mount £131/day£393/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma DG DN Prime ART Set FF AF (20-85mm/F1.4 E Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF Prime Set £130/day£390/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Art AF Prime Set (20-85mm/F1.4) 5-lens package FF (EF mount)Basic 5 lens FF autofocus prime set EF mount £127/day£381/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 24-35mm T2.2 FF Cine High-Speed Zoom (EF)Full Frame Coverage £120/day£360/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Cine Prime FF 14mm/T2 Prime Lens (FF EF Mount)Native EF mount £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Cine Prime 135mm/T2 Prime Lens (FF EF Mount)Native EF mount £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 14mm/T3.2 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 28mm/T2.5 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 40mm/T2.5 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 105mm/T2.5 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 135mm/T3.2 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma Classic/i 65mm/T2.5 FF PL mountVintage look on modern lenses, all matched T2.9 £75/day£225/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 Art DG DN – FF AF Zoom (E Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Art DG DN -FF AF Zoom (E Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS – FF AF E Mount zoomSigma native E-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports – E Mount (AF)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 Art DG HSM – FF AF Zoom (EF Mount)Sigma native EF-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Art-FF AF Zoom (EF Mount)Sigma native EF-Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG Art (Sport) – FF AF Zoom (EF Mount)Sigma native EF-Mount Sport FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports – EF Mount (AF)Sigma native EF Mount FF AF zoom £63/day£189/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art High-Speed AF Zoom (EF Mount)Sigma S-35 coverage autofocus zoom £46/day£138/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma DG DN 35mm F1.2 FF AF Prime (E-Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF prime £46/day£138/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma DG DN 45mm F2.8 FF AF Prime (E-Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF prime £46/day£138/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma DG DN 85mm F1.4 FF AF Prime (E-Mount)Sigma native E-Mount FF AF prime £46/day£138/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM Art High-Speed AF Zoom (EF Mount)Sigma S-35 coverage autofocus zoom £46/day£138/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Art AF Prime FF 14mm/F1.8 Prime Lens (FF EF Mount)Wide angle AF lens with native EF mount £40/day£120/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Art AF Prime 40mm/F1.4 Prime Lens FF (EF Mount)AF prime lens with native EF mount £40/day£120/week Add to cartRead more
Sigma High-Speed Art AF Prime 105mm/F1.4 Prime Lens FF (EF Mount)Telephoto AF lens with native EF mount £40/day£120/week Add to cartRead more
Judgement Day – VMI Publishes Lens Comparison Videos 12 April 2023 FINALLY, THE FILMS ARE READY! In a break from tradition demos, VMI invited 40 camera department professionals to come and shoot their own tests across full frame lenses from Cooke, … Read more
Not Another Boring Lens Comparison Event Mar 7/8, Acton 2 March 2023 In a break from tradition demos, VMI would like camera department professionals to come and see some of our new FF lenses and help to create a ‘real world’ comparison … Read more
VMI New Products Day 6/7/8 Dec. Limited Availability 1 November 2022 *** FREE EVENT – LIMITED AVAILABILITY *** VMI’s biannual New Products Day is this week! This is a big deal for us, as we only host this once every 2 … Read more
We did it! Superheroes raised over £60K in past 3 years to make world landmine-free 15 July 2019 8 riders calling themselves, “The Superheroes” raised £27,000 for MAG International to help make the world landmine-free by 2025 by riding from London to Bristol and London to Amsterdam in 2019 for the 3rd year … Read more
Account of VMI Anamorphic and Large Sensor Event in January 4 March 2019 VMI hosted an Anamorphic and Large Sensor event in late January at the newly opened CVP Creative Space in Newman Street Fitzrovia, an elegant new showroom over four floors. The three-day event was well … Read more
Shooting Tyger on SIGMA Classic Primes New British indie feature Tyger has finished filming with a Canon C500 II and SIGMA Classic Primes, a combination picked to enhance the emotional impact of an ex-soldier’s internal conflict. … Read more
Sigma Cine Primes and Canon C700 capture the post-apocalypse To survive in a world destroyed by global warming a family needs to make a heartbreaking decision which could split them apart forever. This is the dystopian vision of writer-director … Read more
Tracking the shots on Midsomer Murders… with Ronin 4D You’d be forgiven for thinking that time moves rather slowly in the rural villages of Midsomer, but behind the scenes technology has not stood still. For the evergreen ITV crime drama’s … Read more
Apple TV’s Earth At Night In Colour Natural History DP, Mark Payne Gill shoots a series entitled Earth At Night In Colour using Astrograph lenses and Canon ME20 with 4m ASA in order to shoot entire episodes being lit just by the moon.
An account of a successful Sigma Lens Day held on 13 February 2020 at VMI VMI held a Sigma lens day on 13 February 2020 in London.
Sigma Cine Primes and Zooms – all you need to know This article seeks to introduce the range of Sigma Cine Primes, Classic Primes and Film Zooms and to explain why we like them as much as we do.
Judgement Day – VMI Publishes Lens Comparison Videos In a break from tradition demos, VMI invited 40 camera department professionals to come and shoot their own tests across full frame lenses from Cooke, Gecko, Tribe and Sigma on either Sony Venice or ARRI Mini LF. No agendas. No hard selling. Just creative people doing what they do best.
The Creative and Technical Differences between Full Frame and S-35 Fully Updated Article, April 2023: To shoot Full-Frame or S-35? Are there really artistic reasons for shooting on FF? What are the advantages and what gear will I need?
Vintage Lenses are Still Cool To reflect that VMI’s wide range of vintage and vintage-look lenses, we have redefined the vintage category on our website to now includes 14 different types of sets of Vintage/Vintage-look … Read more
Mid-range cameras don’t mean compromise At VMI we’ve noticed a recent trend among filmmakers and wondered if you agree? We’ve spotted that a significant number of productions are ‘trading down’ from using traditional top of the range cine-cameras…
New generation of Auto Focus lenses now available with E and EF Mounts Auto Focus is here to stay and whilst this is not a panacea to force all focus-pullers to retrain, the increased adoption of Full Frame (which necessarily makes focussing more critical than S-35 or APSC formats) and the enhanced development of the technology, makes this functionality more useful and as a result, we are noticing an increased interest in it.
Beginner’s Guide to Depth of Field This article is written mainly for those who want to know the very simple concepts which allow camera operators to manipulate the Depth of Field in order to make them look more cinematic.
Anamorphic and Full Frame Lens Tests, including a 57 Video Playlist. Do you ever wonder what a Zeiss Supreme looks like next to a Zeiss Masterprime? or what about a Tokina Vista next to an ARRI Signature prime, or even how … Read more
E-Mount Lenses – perfect for the Sony FX9, FS7, AS7 & FS5 Article introducing the native E-Mount lenses
VMI Guide to Film Lenses Article introducing the differences between film lenses and explaining the terms and factors which distinguish them.
A Filmmaker’s Guide to Sensor Sizes and Lens Formats This article aims to help questions such as: – “Will this lens work with my camera?” – “Will this lens cover 8K?” – “Will this lens cover full frame.” – “What will full frame lenses look like on a S-35 sensor.”
The difference between the Phantom FLEX 4K and Phantom VEO 4K This is an article illustrating the differences between the Phantom FLEX 4K and Phantom VEO 4K and including essential Information about the Vision Research Phantom VEO 4K that you really need to know before your first production.