Small update about the lenses: All Sony lenses are made of Chromium. As I told you yesterday the Sony lenses are a little bit bigger compared to Micro Four Thirds Lenses
We already know two of the three lenses:
The 16mm f/2.8
The 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
One unconfirmed rumor says there will be also one more zoom, the 18-200mm lens.
One more thing: A trusted soruce told me that there is a very nice surprise (one more lens?). He won’t tell me more but I tought it would be nice if I share my frustration with you 🙂
UPDATE: The adapter allows the use of “classic” Alpha Lenses with AF!
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Probably motorized adapter…
Chromium.. so, not edible.
They need an ultra Wide angle Prime or Zoom because they are cheap/easy to create for a mirrorless camera.
12mm F2.8 or
10mm-20mm F4.0
The competition does offer ultra wide angle lens (Micro four third) Panasonic 7-14mm and Olympus 9-18mm
So they really need an ultra wide angle lens to cover all ranges.
Are there any rumors about other primes yet?
I would really love to see a nice 24mm (35mm on fullframe) lens with a ƒ2.0 aperture : )
My guess is that Sony will introduce more lenses for the system in September.
“The adapter allows the use of “classic” Alpha Lenses with AF!” – wow! Now this is a very good news! 😀
But…. I hope that Sony won’t stop developing the lenses for A bayonet and there will be more of these than 2 we already know of (both being out of reach for most amateur photographers)
AF enabled adapter is great news – this made my day. If the adapter has no AF than micro4/3 or Sony would not really matter for Sony Alpha users. Now I have a 24/2.8, 50/1.7 and 85/1.4 – micro 4/3 does not have a single portrait lens (I would not mention beercan 🙂 Lovely!!!
I hope SSS stays where it is most useful – in the body. Especially when OVF is gone all downsides of body integral SSS are gone with it or so I think.
Do you know when these cameras hit store sin Europe? I hope they do not make debut in South Africa only Ha-ha-ha
I think the rumour is wrong concerning the lenses and SSS. Sony would announce these chromium lenses by it’s own and don’t leak them before.
Furthermore these NEX cameras don’t address nostalgia needs and SSS stays where it belongs, in the body.
One question. One menue screenshot displays the stabilisation icon.
Do other makers of stabilized interchangeable lenses have the stabilisation switch only on the lens or can you switch stabilisation on/off at the body?
That’s not a big deal of how the SteadyShot system setup but how thick the camera body can be. It is still a myth and I hope it would not be as the one shown in PMA.
I think the Panasonic GF1 has the stabilisation switch in the body (actually through he menu) even if the lenses have the mechanism.
I heard that only SAM lens (maybe SSM lens also?) are only able to use with the adapter, not all the classic lens. Lens such as SAL85F14Z or SAL135F18Z can not be used on new mirrorless camera system.
I am very happy with using manual focus (for more artistic applications) and would love to see someone make even a dumb adaptor mount for third party lenses (without auto focus and electronic contact) so that I can use voigtlander lenses etc.
Cameras like the gf1, epl1, ep2, g1 etc. can function well like this.
However is there any indication that sony would make the camera to ONLY work when there is electronic contact between the lens and the body? I have never used any sony cameras, and I don’t know whether they are more into proprietary accessories than the other manufacturers or not?
Clifford when you say about classic lenses not being able to use the adaptor, do you mean that the camera won’t take pictures at all with those lenses attached, or do you mean that there will be no autofocus, metering etc with that lens, but otherwise the camera will still function?
I am more interested in using very small lenses (like the rangefinder ltm or m mounts, more than the larger lenses, which seem to my mind to negate some of the objectives of using a micro camera in the first place.
Thanks!
The surprise: a full frame version (by Photokina)? The mount looks big enough to host a FF sensor…