This is the Sigma 24-105mm A-mount lens
Along with the new A-mount Full Frame camera Sony will also launch the 24-105 f/4.0 Full Frame A-mount lens! It will be sold also as kit lens with the new camera. It will have a hard time to beat the performance of the new Sigma 24-105mm lens. This one is available in A-mount too at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
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Sigma Please Please make Art Lenses for Sony FE Mount:
18-35mm 1.8
24-105mm f4
50-150mm 2.8
50m 1.4
70-200mm F4
It would be great if Sigma made FF E mount lenses but since they are making a M43 camera with their foveon sensor I would guess any future E mount lenses would be similar to the current lenses, APSC only.
“since they are making a M43 camera with their foveon sensor” – Since when? Source?
Last time I read that Sigma confirmed that they have no plans releasing mirrorless body (but that was bit over half a year ago, so might have changed since than).
If Sigma comes to play with FE mount, I will buy A7r surely. Although Zeiss lens is nice, it is too expensive for my glass budget. Sigma ART series, on the other hand, is really superb with very friendly price tag.
Sigma has no business coming to FE mount – it’s too small market to bother. They struggle very much with E-mount already. So don’t expect full frame E-mount Sigma lenses any time soon.
Struggling with e mount? I don’t have any numbers here but I would assume that they are doing well with their current lens offerings just based on the countless rave reviews and more importantly, easy-to-digest price point compared to the Sony offerings. FE lenses, maybe not, at least not right now since we’re talking about one market here versus just switching the mount for the current APSC lenses and selling for multiple brands. I am surprised they haven’t come out with more APSC options though. I am still waiting for some moderate length telephoto primes in the 85-135mm range, and currently no one makes that.
Representative from Sigma gave an interview to the Lenstip saying all that. They can have great reviews, great prices, doesn’t change the fact that market for new E-mount lenses is very limited – especially for 3rd party manufacturers like Sigma.
“18-35mm 1.8”
Unlikely. Have you seen the size of the APS-C only Sigma 18-35mm for DSLRs?
Overpriced “zeiss” with, most probably, worse performance than Sigma? LOL.
Although… I don’t care about A-mount 🙂
It says nowhere that it is Zeiss.
It will easily outperform every Sigma … at least after 5 years when the Sigma will fail to work on the next new camera and you can only pray that Sigma offers a fix for that …
This is not Sony typically, but just the great flaw of Sigma e.g. http://photoscala.de/Artikel/Sigma-Objektive-werden-teilweise-Nikon-Df-kompatibel
It’s due to the backwards engineering that Sigma does.
Someone told me that it’s VERY difficult to do that with products that do not yet exist 🙂
As long as this lens will be more lightweight but matching quality with the Sigma 24-105/f4 it will be very welcome!
It can definitely be much smaller than Sigma’s.
And lighter – Sigma is what? 1kg?
Hope the Sony version will be 200g to 300g lighter than the Sigma, I need a ‘walkaround’ lens.
I wonder if one of the new A mount FF camera’s will have the same 36mp sensor as the A7R or will it be higher to match Canon’s new higher mp sensor they are releasing around the same time that will take over the high mp title.
This is long overdue, and good news, seems like Sony isn’t forgetting about the A-Mount after all.
Hopefully the lens will be weather-sealed, SSM and not too pricey.
That’s actually very interesting: it can use same dual drive SSM + piezo break as RX10 to ensure compatibility with future mirrorless cameras.
“seems like Sony isn’t forgetting about the A-Mount after all” – and you said that after seeing SR4 rumor about one, rather boring lens?
When during last 4 months Sony delivered so many more proofs of that?
LOL
The joke will soon be you, LensIsAll
This is the only new lens rumored for A-Mount.
Zeiss 50 f/1.4 development started 2-3 years ago, and GII lenses are just new coatings and stuff.
Too little, too late Sony.
That lens should be there at least 2 years ago.
I’d like to see that and a newer (less expensive) 2470 f/2.8 that are both weather sealed with SSM.
Admin, please give a hint, the new A-mount cameras, are they going to be with Translucent Mirror Technology, or withoutit or any kind of mirrors?
I’d was told that these new ones are likely SLT. I doubt the next batch will be though, they’ll likely be 100% mirror-less.
If it’s good wide open I will sell my Sony 16-50 for the Sony 24-105
just my personal guess:
1) the new sony 24-105mm F4 means there will be a FF Alpha body that has emphasis in 4k video capability plus full pixel signal readout/subsampling for better looking video, just like RX10, but in 4k version. The bigger body may compensate for the overheat issue(part of the reason that A7r/A7 does not offer full sensor readout and 4k shooting?) a flexible range plus constant aperture should have video capability in mind,
and/or,
2)Sony may push forward their own cheapo FF body lineup(A88?) to lure more people in, just like how nikon did it with D600. Sony will also upgrade the zeiss lineup with weather sealing/Nano AR coating and further differeciate them with the newly announced “cheapo” SAL24105(oddly, how is it possible for Sony to compete with sigma in pricing???) with even more bizaare Zeiss pricing, expect to see a bump of zeiss 2470/1635 lenses by anything between 35-55% compared to current zeiss offers…Sony might think” well, since few people will buy our zeiss anyway and Alpha mount is now reduced to a niche in the market, let’s just charge a little bit more from every single one of the copy sold !”
I’d like to see 1) happening, not 2)
I think sony should release a A88,
24mp sensor and set the price same as D600, 6D.
Replace the current A99 with A99m2, 36Mp sensor.
Use the same sensor as A7,A7R to reduce production cost.
I’d definitely take the a88!
I´d would go for both the a88 and a99mk2
I’m seeing the a99 open box sell for $1600-$1800 on eBay. If they release an entry level a88 for the price of a D600 then I’ll be sure to buy an a99…unless it’s mirrorless. But even then, there’s no reason sony can’t price the next Alpha FF camera around the $1500 mark – especially after pricing the A7 so low. Don’t weather seal it. I just need the sensor and IBIS. I don’t plan on ever taking my cameras out in the rain.
awesome news
Hi Andrea – does this mean we’ll see 1 batch of FF a-mount bodies in February (presumably recycling the A7 and A7R sensors) and something else towards the end of the year?
I think that’s roughly the idea.
Maybe the 54mp beast is coming at the end of the year? Though I’m not sure it would need a kit zoom…
If Sony is clever, they might just license the Sigma design.
Sigma (allegedly) reverse engineer the Sony A-mount, they don’t pay Sony any licensing money. I don’t think Sony would be interested in a Sigma lens!
So what about a win-win-win deal then?
Sony gives Sigma the specs of the AF protocol, Sigma licenses the 24-105/4 to Sony. Everybody happy: customers, Sigma, Sony.
Sure, been done before but I don’t think by Sigma. It is more likely to be jointly developed by Tamron and Sony. Also the Sigma might still make more sense because they often (not sure about this lens) still enable OSS on the A-mount which is important if you use an FE camera with an LAEx adapter.
Sigma has indeed enable OS on this lens for the Alpha Mount. This will make it so much harder for Sony to compete even though the OS adds a bit of extra weight.
I suppose Sony could simply update the optics of the old Minolta 24-105 to constant f/4 with Nano coating, add SSM or Stepper motor that can work equally well with PDAF as well as Coontrast detectAF in preparation for a future mirrorless Alpha Mount FF camera.
Hopefully they’ll make it G-quality worthy but at a very reasonable kit-lens price.
I wonder/hope if Sony will start to add OSS to some Alpha lenses in anticipation of them being used on both systems. Honestly the Sony variation would have to me a stellar value to make it a better pick over the Sigma. Besides the OSS the new Sigma lenses are easier to update firmware which lessens the advantage of native glass. Wish developing native E-mount lenses was a better value proposition for companies like Sigma and Tamron. The FE mount could really use some quality, value-oriented native glass.
The Sigma is announced at 999,-€, the only available Canon version is at Amazon DE currently at around 850,-.
Sony’s similar DT version 1650/2.8 started at around 700,-€, so we shall expect something in between for the announced 24105 in case it is sealed and has SSM, too.
The Zeiss 2470 is too expensive as a kit lens, as it currently makes an A99/2470Z cost over 4k€.
However for me end of 2014 is too late for such lens.
The latest Sigma releases were all good with only minor weaknesses, so a lot of potential buyers of the new Sony lens will go for the Sigma version instead.
Had a friend who was all hyped up over the A7R finally get it in their hands- didn’t like it at all. To light, small and focusing was weird (as in slow). Anyone who thinks a-mount is anywhere near dead is crazy. These light, small and severely handicapped mirrorless cameras are more money for Sony- less bang for the buck for us. Maybe one day the technology will be their to make it worthwhile- it isn’t today.
… a Canon friend undercover ? 😉
Didn’t he get the memo? E-mount’s for everyone – or else!
Your friend should have read reviews before jumping the gun, so far the only mirrorless with DSLR like fast AF is the OMD EM1. I won’t call it severely handicapped, more like, it’s designed for a different purpose. DLSR/DSLT will co exist with Mirrorless for the time being and probably for many years to come.
@Adam ,the E-M1 is an excellent camera in many ways, though alas it fails to move the image quality forward from the 20 month old E-M5 which itself didn’t even manage to match the 16mp Sony APS generation.Its S-AF is superb rivaling anything from DSLR land though this is the case with nearly all mFT bodies.Unfortunately its C-AF ,tracking is still well behind its DSLR rivals especially considering its price point of £1300 body only.
Its only advance in AF was to give users of FT glass a way to utilize their excellent Olympus HG/SHG lenses. Though discussions by users in the various forums tends to conclude that it doesn’t even achieve the same level of C-AF as older Olympus DSLR models which themselves were already behind the competition.
What if I tell you that I had a friend who was hyped up bout 5D Mk3 and didn’t like it at all after using it for a while. Too bulky, heavy and expensive especially for a camera that he ended up leaving at home most of the time cause of its size and weight.
Lol!
Well! Strange you should mention that. I hired a Canon 5D MIII because I was all hyped up about the focusing, the two lenses 24-70 f/2.8 II and 70-200 f/2.8 II and used it for my nephew’s wedding.
Surprise, surprise! Whilst the IQ of the lenses were superb and the focussing worked as hyped, the weight of the total rig almost broke my back.
I can see now why highly paid pros have assistants. They can simply call out for the other body/lens combo and avoid having to constantly carry all that heavy gear for 8 hours or more.
Another surprise – my Nex 6 beat the 5D MIII hands down for DR. I was able to underexpose by up to 3 stops on it and still get back a better image than the 5D could deliver in one particularly testing situation. Go figure.
Broke your back. Please explain….this is what I’m talken about. I’ve shot weddings with a whole backpack on and two camera bodies strapped to myself with no problems.. I usually walk around with a full zoom and a prime 50 or 135 no my other. I don’t get the back breaking.
Look, alls I’m saying is people should try there stuff out before buying it. Reviews are worthless until you put that hunk of metal in your hands and start shooting. I like e-mount but I love a-mount. Am I biased- I don’t need to be. I can afford all of it, but I don’t by handicaps. This camera IMO is a handicap over everything else sony has to offer. In fact, I think it’s stupid there isn’t more buzz over the Rx10….now THATS a compact camera worth looking at. That’s the real revelation no one seems to be talking enough about.
If the terribad Sony 28-75mm f2.8 is still defiantly at $899, I break I to a cold sweat wondering what a 24-105mm might be.
PS. FE 35mm is really good
Sony 35/1.4G cannot match the resolution of 36MP sensor, therefore Sigma 35/1.4 is a good alternative although colour & bokeh is different.
Simga also make very good Telephoto lenses which Sony needs the most, e.g. Sony 300/2.8 II vs Sigma 120-300/2.8:
http://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Compare/Side-by-side/Sony-300mm-F28-G-II-on-Sony-SLT-Alpha-99-versus-Sigma-APO-120-300mm-F28-EX-DG-OS-HSM-Nikon-on-Nikon-D3X___1133_831_396_0
Sony should use Sigma as a benchmark for mid-range lenses, and if the OEM lens cannot outperform a 3rd party lens, then just price it right!
I’d wait out. Maybe Zeiss will launch a 35mm with weather sealing, and SSM in February.
They have no spectral response data available. I seriously doubt Sigma considerably crippled transmission of part of the visible light spectrum to simplify lens design.
You can’t skip good glass when it comes to good transmission across the spectrum. Good glass is always expensive, everywhere, even more so nowadays.
I would have been happier if they made this for FE Mount instead of the A Mount & had it as a kit lens for the A7 & A7r cameras.
Sigma already makes an excellent lens for the A Mount. Kind of a mute point.
if they manage to wrap up FF a88 with this 24-105 under 2000 im in