Before you forget it: On Thursday (May 17th) at around 6-8 am in the morning (London time) Sony will have a big product announcement. As you know there will be a new A37, NEX-F3 (damn cool machine!) a new 18-135mm A mount and a new 18-200mm E mount lens. So stay tuned on SonyAlphaRumors to follow the event live!
The days and weeks after the announcement I will focus on the following next product announcements. The APS-C camera with fixed pancake zoom lens. The NEX-F5, the A99 Full Frame camera and the new A and E mount lenses. All that stuff should be announced this Summer! What will also be announced at that time are at least two new A mount lenses and two new E mount lenses. One of them is almost certainly the 50mm Zeiss SSM lens (could be f/1.2!!!). But there is also an A mount zoom, an E-mount prime lens and an E-mount zoom. But as I wrote on the title this are “at least” four lenses. There is chance there might be more. But I am sure those four I mentioned are coming!
P.S.: I hope Sony will give us some official A99 hint on Thursday. It’s just a hope, not a rumor 🙁
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The current sony 50mm 1.4 as a very beautiful bokhe even at f1.4, probably even better than the canon 1.2.
If the new Zeiss 50mm will be 1.2, then also the price will be in the range of the Canon’s 1.2…..
I do not know if the 0.2 will be worth the 7/800 extra bucks.
The bokeh is not conventionally good at 1.4, in that it’s hard outer ring it distracting, messy. You need to go down to 1.7, maybe even 2.0 to remove this. If you like your 50 then don’t buy a new one, should one appear, pretty simple. There are a LOT of people would would que up for a premium 50/1.2.
If they introduce a 50/1.2 ZA they’ll need to show us a good full-frame camera (or two) that one could buy to put it on too.
Grab a Sony A850/A900 DSLR. These are excellent FF cameras 😉 .
For all those hesitant about the upcoming Sony FF performance…
You may want to see how the A900 stacks up the the current crop of FF cams in raw. Click on over to http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d800-d800e/28 and replace the Pentax with the A900.
I think you’ll be more than shocked at the results for an ‘outdated’ camera. I was shocked when I first saw it.
Bring on the new Sony Full Frames and lets pray for a new CZ F1.2!
The new Sony A99 FF camera may have a dual slot, with one being an XQD slot and the other being a CF or SD slot.
A new alpha zoom, could be a revised 70/200mm, with weather sealing and the coating of the 500mm f4.
That would put this zoom on top of canikon offering again.
1.2 gives you ultimate bragging rights and slap Zeiss on it and you have the super duper ulimate lens to rub in canikon face 😉
You could even use it to take photographs as well.
+1
Funny comment.
Yes, that’s in addition to the AF 135 1.8 Zeiss. Take that Canon!
that will makes it 2 great lens over canon! but what about the other 100 canon lenses???
Now tell me how many of those non-L lenses are actually any good.
And some of those L lenses are older film era designs which are not quite optimal on digital.
news flash buddy; u cannot rub anything in canikon face when they have had the f1.2 versions for 6 years now. a little late to the party, no?
I hope new CZ 50 will be optically better then Carl Zeiss Planar T 50mm f/1.4 ZF2.
That’s not hard. lol. 😀
thats what your call girl said
O_o
ROFL
hahahaha the internet it’s truly amazing hahaha
Finally some lenses. Looks like we’ll get at least 4 new lenses this year, which is quite good result, finally, after a long period of stagnation.
I hope that the zoom lens is
– either UWA (12 or 11mm optimized more towards wider end)
– or mid-price-range 70-200 (something with WR but not f/2.8 – my perfect lens would be 70-200 f/4 WR SSM with a build quality of 16-50 f/2.8 SSM though I doubt we’ll see something that good).
Perfectly: we’ll get both of them 😉
16-50 f/2.8 is SSM not SAM. I’m not interested in anything above F2.8.
I am. Especially in telephoto – but that’s mostly cause I’m hardly willing to spend £1100 for huge white lens. 😉
(Fixed the typo in SSM).
Why not 70-300G then?
I’m waiting for a 200mm/2.8 lens for my A77. I use ISO50-400 only. Above ISO400 resolution is lost because of noise. If I do not need high resolution I use cheap zoom (55-200/4-5.6). I’m waiting for new 70-200/2.8G. I think the current one is not sharp enough at 200mm.
One F-stop less at long end. 😉
As for 200 f/2.8 – weren’t there some rumors about this lens long ago? I know that 300mm f/2.8 replacement will likely be released – guy from my country Sony Foto Team guy said one word too mcuh ;).
Still though you might be interested in Minolta 200 f/2.8 here on ebay for £682 which is a very nice price, at the lens itself is a great one I heard 🙂
Doesn’t that make it 6 lenses this year at least? (though not sure you can really count the ‘new’ 18-200mm E). I am wondering if Sony will market the ‘new’ 18-200mm for their stills and keep the old one for their video cameras? Maybe make the ‘stills’ one a bit cheaper and do some new kits with it. I would buy a NEX-7 kit with that in huge preference to the crap 18-55mm or 16mm kit lenses they put out at the moment. At least for the average quality you are getting range, unlike the near useless kit lenses at present.
I count only A-mount 🙂
Hardly can use E-mount lenses on my A77.
Found it 🙂 I knew that there was some rumor regarding new UWA! Here it is, the SR5 Wide Angle zoom lens comming with A99.
However it looks like I can forget about 11mm as it’s FF >_>
Produce good quality lens please. I won’t get an SAM. Smack all the lenses with SSM
How about putting SSM on the current CZ 85 and 135? They should have never made it out without it IMO.
Photokina is in August now?
August is pre-Photokina announcement/leak time. http://www.photokina.com/en/photokina/home/index.php
Nope!
As you know it’s in late Sept. 18-23 2012
Anything announced then will have a ship date in 2013!
somehow i’m not expecting too much of these new lenses yet…
Come on Sony, just release a 70-200 F4 for around £500 will you? It’s a much needed lens for me as it’s at the right price point.
Isn’t going to happen anytime soon I suspect. 🙁
I hope the “at least two e-mount lenses” statement doesn’t include the ‘all-new and much better cause it’s black’ 18-200…
I guess Sony will go down the same root as last year with a mid August outing of some new Alphas – probably including the FF – and the NEX-F5 (or whatever name it gets) plus some lenses! …that will unfortunately ship somewhere around X-Mas/New Year at best 🙁
I do however hope the rumored prime is a fast 35mm and the zoom is either their UWA or the G standard.
ADMIN, any chances my last paragraph could be anywhere near the things you’ve heard? Pretty please 😉
Bring on the new a99 Sony!!!!! At least give us a teaser!!!
Would be cool to have a 58mm f1.2..a new zeiss rokkor, a killer for portraiture!!!!! let’s dream!!!
Amen!
At Photokina? That’s late September. Hardly call that summer. Indian summer maybe …
Bet the new 50 is $$1600-$2000 if f/1.2. $900 if f/1.4.
Bet it rocks… ready to take on 36MP.
Bet we don’t see a real one for sale until next year.
Bet it’s so pricey that used Sonolta 50’s increase in cost 30%.
So basically no *new* lenses for A-mount is what you’re saying. Just two updated lenses: 50mm and 70-200mm f/2.8?
Well since Sony does not have any current full frame cameras in its lineup it makes sense that they would not be chomping to release new FF lenses.
We’ve been waiting ages for the following common FF lenses that other brands have:
1. affordable 35mm f/2
2. affordable 85mm f/1.8
3. 24mm f/2.8
4. affordable 50mm f/1.8
“Affordable 50mm f/1.8”???? Is the easy choice 50mm not affordable?
PhotoNut is talking about full frame lenses. Current 50mm f/1.8 is DT only.
Though I hardly see any reason to put £100 lens on £2000 body when you can get £250 f/1.4 lens.
If you could afford A99 that you must count-in getting good 50 with it. No reason to run for plastic f/1.8.
The SAL-85F28 is an affordable lense with excellent optical performance even wide open. Although it is not fast as F1.8 but it is a FF lense. If I remeber right it is the last FF that Sony has released for a long time. Well of course the “affordable” SAL-500F4 I forgot to mention 😉
The main reason other brands (Nikon) have affordable full frame lenses is because they need to preserve comparability with older, mainly film bodies. Since the amount of Minolta cameras that can use SAM/SSM are so few, there is no need to preserve that comparability.
There are fast, affordable lenses from Sony (the 35mm and the 50mm) as well as a sweet 85mm nobody gives a damn about because it’s f/2.8.
and VR and non-VR versions too
@C
The 85/2.8 is indeed an overlooked lens. I love that lens to death. In fact, the 85/2.8 has replaced my 85/1.4 ZA. Sure the Zeiss has better build and two additional stops, but the 85/2.8 is incredibly compact, MUCH lighter, exhibits less fringing, focuses closer, and focuses more consistently. Not to mention, in all practicality, f/2.8 is more than enough for most situations.
A lot of people say the same thing about the 85/2.8
my problem is that my normal bag only has so much space so I always carry my 85/f1.4 and my 24-70/f2.8 and my 70-200/f2.8 because I seldom know with I’ll need the additional stops and the 85 is my only f1.4 lens
All of the full-frame fast lenses are too big and too heavy and too expensive!
I really miss the days when I could carry a quality fast prime in a coat pocket.
“they would not be chomping to release new FF lenses”
They did release the FF 500 f4 SSM didn’t they?
The APS with fixed zoom sounds like a waste. It’ll be expensive (it’s Sony after all) and the lens will be slow. If they’re going to do a camera like that they should make a fast fixed lens- like a 24mm f2 or 35mm 1.8. They’ll probably try to undercut the G1X by a $100 and then they’ll be shocked when everyone still chooses the Canon. Sony has to differentiate itself- either seriously undercut Canon on price or come up with a new model of camera altogether, ie, a fast fixed lens single focal length.
for Sony to outperform the G1X is very simple, just put an EVF, canon’s OVF is a joke!
If it’s beautiful and:
– uses the OLED EVF (which is wonderful)
– has Zeiss optics and zooms somewhere between 16 – 80
– is f2 at wide end…
– is image stabilized…
– is no more than 12 ounces
It can sell very successfully for more than the G1X which is butt ugly.
Glad I waited on the 18-200, my next lens. I would have felt pretty peeved if I had gotten the cheap silver looking 18-200. I’m sure Sony will make me look like a fool for buying the silver 50/1.8 within this year.
absolutely i will buy zeiss 50mm/1.2!!
And I’m still dreaming about my standard F2.8 zoom 🙁
Preferably a 24 – 70 (not 18 – 50; I hardly use 18 nor 50)
Doesn’t the 24-70mm f2.8 already exist?
He probably means E-mount version of it (can’t wait to see a size of that in f/2.8 and all the whining around it)
Ah I see.
Yeah, that won’t happen unless Sony makes full frame NEX – whether that will be e-mount or not, I don’t know. But yes, it will be a big lens.
Yups, E-mount.
The 24 – 70 CZ lens is way out of my budget. :-/
I’d be suprised if E-mount version would be much cheaper 🙂 Zeiss 24mm is only £100 cheaper on E-mount than it is for A-mount, so I doubt you’ll see 24-70 for less than £1000.
I think in that price range the Olympus F2.0 zoom + EM-5 body would be a better investment.
I really hope the E-mount F2.8 zoom will be a sub 1000 euro
if you want standart lens with f2.8 for E-mount, i think it will nice if the range is 17-40mm/2.8 🙂 so it will not big and bulky 🙂
Do I read “pancake-zoom” between the lines here?
😀
Gosh, if that would be technically possible, that would be awesome.
Panasonic made one for m3/4. It’s 14-42mm.
And the electronic zoom in that pancake painfully reminds me about one thing that I do not like about the NEX and that’s the focus-by-wire system.
hahaha yes sir, i smell “pancake-zoom” here 😀
I have said it before and will say it again.
E mount is missing an f.2.8 16-50mm lens. Make it black with rock solid OSS and it will sell like hotcakes. Sony has 3 video camera models now that would greatly benifit from it. Lens size doesn’t matter for that baby.
the two new E-mount lens (1 zoom & 1 prime) will be:
Zoom: a black version of the 18-55 kit lens.
Prime: a black version of the 50mm F1.8 OS
Just like the new lens announcement coming this week.
if those are the lenses, then it’s big loses this year again for Sony for sure and true dissapointment for people…well it’s Sony, we all are ready for some dissapointment every time Sony is about to launch something.
Come on Sony. Just announce the A99 already. Start the pre orders. Take people’s money. You need it.
yeah, I agree with you fully. if they would just announce and confirm it, i’ll pre-order right away.
A Zeiss A-mount zoom would be awesome. It would make me put away my NEX-7 and start using my A850 again. I think the chances of it happening are slim, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
that’s right, with couple awesome new CZ A-mount lens i really exited with SLT again 😀
admin…can you please ask your sources if the black e-mount 18-200 is part of the 4 lenses supposed to be launched this year according to the roadmap? if so, Sony is really taking almost every serious customer as fool.
E mount is almost ok as lens assortment. Few lenses are really needed now. Here is my list, it relates well to the published roadmap
Wide zoom
High quality standard zoom
Telephoto prime
Wide primes
Zeiss 50mm f1.2 = MAGIC
Zeiss 50mm f1.2 = super expensive
Come on, a cheap 35~28mm f/1.4~1.8 prime for E-mount. A compact zoom is also needed
So many lofty hopes soon to be dashed upon the actual announcement. It’s always fun to fantasize on SAR. Bit of a let down when the rumor manifests into reality.
two new E mount lenses?
c’mon now, we all now know it will be ‘black 30mm macro’ and ‘black 50.8 OSS” then
A 50mm f/1.2 CZ SSM would be awesome. It’ll be at least $1200, would not be surprised if it was more. Curious to see what the other A mount lens will be. I think Sony should make more in the mold of the 16-50mm SSM. I’d like to see a macro lens like 100mm be updated with SSM.
that’s right! zeiss 50mm/1.2 would be awesome, i think the price will go around $1600-1800 🙂 just bring to us this year sony with a99 😀
and bring us macro zeiss 100mm/f2 and zeiss 35mm/1.4 or 35mm/2 next year 😀
with couple of new zeiss SSM lens in every years and updating camera full frame i think many people will considering to move again to sony 😀
Zeiss 50mm f1.2 and please FLIP UP MIRROR on next full frames! I can see a “softness” from my a77 that isn’t there on my a700.
Zeiss 35mm f1.4, need the shallow DOF for that unique look, 35mm f2 could be Sony Easy Choice lens.
We already have 35mm f/1.8 Easy Choice 🙂 😉
admin, is there any chance the fixed lens aps-c camera will have a translucent mirror too for faster AF?, tht would be a great add on too ryte.