Three new lenses with OSS:
One of the SAR readers main question was if the new lenses would have OSS (in lens stabilization). The answer is the best I can give you…all three lenses will have OSS! So we will get a 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS pancake (retractable) powerzoom. A 10-18mm f/4.0 OSS (non pancake). And a 35mm 1.8 OSS prime lens.
What I don’t know yet is the price of the lenses and if they are going to be announced this week along the NEX-5R or in September along the NEX-6. For now the announcement of the NEX-5R is scheduled for this Wednesday (European time). There may be some changes in last minute.
Current NEX lenses with OSS:
18-200mm at [shopcountry 3060].
50mm at [shopcountry 8448] (my favorite NEX lens!)
18-55mm at [shopcountry 2996].
55-210mm at [shopcountry 8444].
at [shopcountry 3060].
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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!
63 Responses
Is it 10-18mm or 11-18mm? In previous posts you wrote 11-18mm.
Thanks for the info
Yep, I got an 11 and 10mm rumor. Turned out that the 11mm was a Sony mistake in the descirption of the lens!
15-27 is quite an unusual range. Oh well, I guess wide zoom don’t usually fit the 18-55, 55-200, 70-200, 70-300 standards.
At least it is about the same as Panasonic’s 14-28
Awesome !! Can’t wait.. Just hoping the price won’t be ridicules
“Why Sony? Why more bodies? We need LENSES!!!”
Remember those b!tches? lol
What about those tiny m43 fboys, who always attacking Nex on its lens selections, and don’t care bout their crappy-come from the-tiny sensor IQ cameras as long as they have bunch of lenses and weathershield :P, what would they say now? THis: “If Nex can improve it’s pretty fine AF to be even better with it’s in sensor PAFocus, Dead on my the tiny43 system”.
Likewise Ray, but either way, a stabilized 35mm f/1.8 is pretty fantastic. Getting reliable shots at 1/10 (assuming the OSS helps by three stops compared to the 1/35mm equiv focal length guideline) would make my day.
Pancake for wife and 35mm for me. Sounds awesome!
Can’t wait to see the new 16-50 “almost pancake”, the NEX family really needs it ! Why no leaked pictures yet ? Is this secret so closely guarded ? Come on, “sources”, send a picture please 🙂
Lack of pictures and release date makes me think that it will not be launched tomorrow.
Will the 16-50 pancake be the standard kit len that comes with NEX-5R and 6 is what I want to know : )
At least be a bundle option…
Hope this is true… The 35mm will become a hot seller if priced similar to what Sony priced the SEL50F18 at launch. Or maybe all of those lenses will become hot sellers just because of the so needed OSS for video work! And I will buy the NEX-6 along with 35mm f/1.8 OSS.
Please SONY give us more lenses like: 16-35 f2.8, 16-80 f3.5-4.5, 55-300 f4-5.6 and 10 f4 fisheye, 12 f2.8, 24 f2, 50 f2.8 macro and 60 f 1.8
I also want a 16-35 f2.8 ! Or at least a good 18-55mm F2.8-4 like the Fujifilm X rumored zoom.
How do you know that the Fuji zoom is good? It can be as crappy as their 18mm.
Heh….i guess we shall keep the 16mm out of the convo huh? The 18mm is actually not bad at all(unlike the 16mm)…just not as great as the 35mm.
According to the road map, there is supposed to be a G zoom coming next year. My guess is that it will be 16-50 f2.8.
16-50 f/2.8 would be huge. I don’t think it is possible. Fuji chose f/2.5-4.0 for a reason.
It’s possible just not small. I was thinking of something around the size the 16-50 f2.8 (SAL1650) lens for Sony’s SLT cameras but just a little smaller due to the reduced flange distance.
That would truly be a digital back attached to a lens right? LOL
Would be interesting if the 16-50 is able to hold the converters, which are available for the 16mm pancake, like the fisheye converter.
thats what i want too
It’s so nice to hear that 35 prime has OSS. Can’t wait to see it. The only wish now is to seeing all those new stuffs ASAP!
Can wait to see the final specs for the 5R. At the moment, I do not see much of a difference to the 5N. Would also like to know the price for the wide angle zoom. Any news if the wide angle will have power zoom?
5N is perfect, no need to change the format. I think Sony nailed it right. We’ll see how the 7/6 line stabilizes.
– New sensor with PDAF
– No clicking in video (most certainly)
– No sensor overheating in video (hopefully)
– Wi-Fi (hopefully a lot faster than my Eye-Fi card)
– App Support
– Android phone remote
– New 16-50 lens making the 18-55 obsolete
Sold my NEX-5n for this…seems enough of an upgrade to be worth it.
Can’t see much difference?
– Repositioned and better ON-OFF switch.
– Fn button in grip.
– New thumb control wheel on top (this alone would make me replace my 5N).
– LCD that flips all the way into a vertical position.
– In-sensor PDAF.
– Wi-Fi
Add important software changes like Apps and smartphone remote control and things they might have improved even if slightly (IQ, menus) and I’d say the R makes for a nice upgrade.
Oh yes, button and wheel, forgot about them! Same shape otherwise. I think, F3 was a deviation from the compact line in search of a better shape for the 6. Hope so.
I threw out smartphone and think that idea of turning NEX into internet viewer is stupid. Can live without Wi Fi and idiotic menu system that is impossible to work with when needed.
WiFi will be useful if it allows for remote operation of the camera, including camera settings, live view and quick view of actual stills from a remote computer or WiFi device. Apps may be convenient depending on how Sony does it, being able to have an app for not only calculating Depth of focus but actually have it take over camera control to do it could be very useful. Frame scene then tell app I want everything from this touch to that touch in focus and have the camera make f-stop and focus distance selections.
i can’t wait for the 10-18mm 😀 need a wide angle lens so bad for NEX
I’ll be glad to see NEX with A700 12Mp sensor that don’t overheat and works way better in night photography. All Alphas 14Mp and over are less useful for such work.
Erm, have you ever read the complaints about the A700’s high ISO abilities when it came out? The 16MP Sony sensor far exceeds that of the A700… Though a tweaked version was used in the Fuji X100 and that is excellent in low light, so who knows?
Because the 5n sucks SO bad in low light…
You are being sarcastic Lonnie, right?
Yes.
Andrea do you know if the 16-50 pancake will be the kit lens on 5R – 6?
Guys, i shooting Cosplayer photos…
since i already got the 50mmf1.8, 18-55mm, and the 16mm pancake lens..
The 35mm 1.8 OSS prime lens is another must have ???
It would probably depend if you need that focal length. If you like the image quality of the 50 f1.8 OSS (the 35mm will probably be similar) and you need something a bit wider, it might make a good choice.
Thanks for the reply ^_^
I shooting (crowded area + indoors) coslpayer pic a lot..
if want to shoot the whole cosplayer portrait..i have to stand abit far away from the cosplayer by using the 50mmf18 lens.
The quality for the 50mm i really like it..but i need a wider lens with same image quality of higher to shoot whole cosplayer potrait..
It might be a good choice for you then. The 24mm Zeiss might also be a good choice if you need something wider than that though it’s kinda of expensive.
While the 24mm Zeiss is expensive, its what I would recommend for the job.
Also, if you want to change up your game, you could ask cosplayers to come off to the side for a second so you can use a longer focal length. That’s what I generally do if I see them on a convention floor.
@Jpoplover:
so you really like take a photo cosplayer 😀 me too 😀 for that activity i think cz 24mm/1.8 or sigma 19mm/2.8 and SEL 50mm/1.8 is really good choice to take a photo cosplayer in event cosplay 😀
consider you already have 16mm/2.8 i think it’s good for you if you pick cz 24mm/1.8 🙂 with that lens you can isolate cosplay from back ground and have wide view 😀
The SEL24F18Z is too expensive….haha~
I would like better to hear a NEX with IBIS..
10-18mm/f4 OSS really nice 😀 can’t wait for this lens 😀
with SEL 10-18mm/4, cz 24mm/1.8, and SEL 50mm/1.8 would be my trinity lens for nex system 😀
Not interested in 85mm f1.8 or f2.8 next year so you can make a prime trinity? Though what you are proposing already is a nice trinity lens system. The 16-50 f2.8 G lens is probably also coming out next year.
i also consider about SEL 85mm/1.8 or SAL 85mm/2.8 😀 but i have already cz 135mm.. i think it’s enough 😀 hehe, i hope next year sony will make SEL 85mm/1.8 OSS or macro SEL 90mm/2 😀
if sony make 16-50/2.8 it would be very nice 😀 but i think it would be very large..
I also hope the 85 1.8 or 2.8 has OSS. It’s even more important for the longer focal lengths.
I’m actually not too sure why they came out with 30mm Macro lens. It’s a bit short. Hopefully, they’ll come out with 90mm or 100mm macro. Right now though, I’m just using the Tokina 100mm f2.8 macro Nikon mount with an adapter on my Nex 5N.
right 😀 i agree with you 😀
about SEL macro 30mm/2.8 i think sony want started a lens from a short range and medium or lower segment 😀 maybe next year we’ll see longer focal lengths lens and premium G 😀 i hope so 😀
SEL 85mm/1.8 and macro 90mm or 100mm/2 would be nice for nex system 😀
i believe sony will make it 😀
Actually one other lens that would be cool to have is something like 70-200/4. The 55-210 is very slow, seems not very sharp (per Photozone results) and is impossible to find in shops (I’ll probably have to buy it online, but it’s always a gamble). Since the new UWA is f/4, I think it’d be pretty neat to have a line of f/4 zooms – wide, standard and tele – some day, like the Canon trio (17-40, 24-105, 70-200).
Hmmm… NEX-6 and 35mm 1.8 OSS sounds like a great combo!
I assume the 35mm will be similar to the 50mm in size, just a bit shorter? Maybe between the 16mm and 50mm in size?
I was also wondering about that. The rumor on this website is that it’s the same size as the Sigma 30 f2.8. However, if it has OSS, it might be larger than that.
85mm with oss, I pray the day. My lens kit would be settled if a 85mm 1.8 oss was released.
+10000 😀
What about Active Mode? Is the 18-200mm still the only one with OSS Active Mode?
Any idea what sizes of polorizer filter will they use?
hopefully the 10-18 is as sharp panasonic 7-14mm
Well now I have to sell my sigma 30mm. Pointless lens if the Sony is 1 1/2 stops faster, AND can have lower shutter speed and better video. Damn hopefully people will still want the sigma
A 35/1.8 WITH stabilization? They may have finally just pushed me into the NEX system. Pray it’s not honking huge, though…..
Any idea if Wednesday is going to be just the official release of a spec sheet or if we will see preview tests of NEX-5R cameras the big review websites might already be looking at?
I am really curious how much the PDAF will help.
At 10mm with OSS– will this make stabilization devices like glidecams and steadicams unnecessary?
Ultrawide with OSS… this is, like, nuts. 🙂 I’ll get one ASAP ’cause the missus loves to shoot architecture, including in very poor light, but has no tripod. I loved having SS on my old Dynax 7D – I could use my Sigma 15-30 in almost any light though it wasn’t fast (and had to be stopped down some, for sharpness). Smart move actually, though it’s pretty odd that the 24 is without OSS while the ultrawide and the 35 are equipped with it.
Cant wait for the 10-18mm Finally a proper wide-angle landscapers lens. Currently using a Canon 10-22 on my 5n (with stellar results I might add) but it is a little bulky and becuase there’s no electrical connections, I do miss not being able to change the aperture (have it preset at f/8). This new 10-18 will solve all that a be a dream come true. I only hope its sharp across the frame at f/7-f/11.
With these lenses, and te G zoom to follow, all we need from NEX is AF speed on par with m43 and no other CSC will come close…