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Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Sports

Sigma had a busy end to last year, adding no fewer than five new lenses into its already extensive line-up. We've reviewed three so far: the beast of a telephoto lens that is the 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sport, the insanely sharp 40mm F1.4 DG HSM Art and the super-compact 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary for Sony E mount and Micro Four Thirds. We're yet to test the 28mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, but over the next few pages we'll be focusing on the 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Sports – a lens that has been in the offing for quite some time and is successor to Sigma's APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM from 2010.

Perhaps the biggest draw of this lens is the

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