Dear Alphareaders!
Few days ago you asked me to start a lens poll. Please suggest me the lenses you want (lenses that are not on market or lenses that do need a refreshment). I will add them to the poll. You can send me an email (sonyalpharumors@gmail.com) or comment this post.
Thanks and have a nice day!
UPDATE: I will group your suggestions and start the poll in few hours! Thanks!
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A-mount
16-80 f2.8 DT
E-mount
24mm f1.4
35mm f1.4
50mm f1.4
85mm f1.4
135mm f1.4
12-24mm f4.5 (CZ preferred)
50mm f2.8 STF
85mm f2.8 STF
A-Mount: Most of these lenses are offered by other manufactures which gives me huge lens envy.
ZA 17mm T/S F4
ZA 24mm T/S F4 (Most Desired)
ZA 35mm F2 SSM
ZA 45mm T/S F2.8
ZA 50mm F1 SSM
ZA 85mm F1.2 SSM
ZA 90mm T/S F2.8
ZA 135mm F1.4 SSM
200-400mm F4 G SSM
A super fast prime (faster than F1.4!) eg a 50 or 58mm f1.2 🙂
A-mount
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4
E-mount
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 pancake.
lots of short, fast primes
20/2, 24/2, 28/2, 14/2.8
make the 70-200 weather sealed and cheaper (no IS should never be that price when not sealed….)
85mm f1.2 SSM ZA
200mm f4 SSM G Macro
35mm f2 G Tilt and Shift
24-240mm f3.5-4.5 SSM
Those are a lot of lenses! 🙂
E-Mount ‘primes’:
35mm f1.8 (minimum)
70mm Macro f2.0
100mm Macro f2.0
E-Mount Zooms:
12-24mm f2.8-f3.5
16-80mm f2.2-f3.3
40-160mm f2.8-f3.5
Of course these lenses have to be backed by a good firmware update that would include in-camera CA and Distortion correction for all these lenses plus A-Mount lenses.
(And did I mention AF compatibility for A-mount lenses?)
These sound reasonable enough and interesting 🙂
A-mount
Zeiss 50mm f/1 SSM 2000$
85mm f2.8 STF 1000$
14-28mm f/4 G SSM 800$
400mm f/4.5 G SSM 2500$
E-mount
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 pancake 600$
R1’s Zeiss 24 – 120mm F2.8 for A mount.
XD
12-24mm G F4
50mm F1.2
85mm F1.2
100mm F2.0 / F1.8
Thanks for the poll, Andrea.
a-mount:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4
85mm f2.8 STF
200mm f4 SSM G Macro
200/2.8 G or CZ
e-mount:
16-80 CZ
35/1.4 or1.8 CZ or G
24/2 CZ or G
85/1.4 or 1.8 CZ
24-50/f4 compact
ZA or G 17mm T/S F4
ZA or G 24mm T/S F4
ZA 70-200 F2.8 SSM
ZA or G 50 F1.2 SSM
ZA or G 14-24 F2.8 SSM
ZA 17-70 F2.8 SSM
ZA or G 24-105 F4 (with great performance since TA) SSM
G 200 F2.8 SSM
G 400 F2.8 SSM
G 16-35 F2.8 SSM
G Macro 200 F4 SSM
Wow I am suprised by the amount of Primes on this list.
A-mount
Full Frame 24-105 G SSM
Ziess Macro in any focal length
E-mount
30mm Macro (need I say more?) 🙂
Full Frame:
ZA 35mm F2 SSM
ZA 50mm F1.4 SSM
ZA 100mm F2 SSM Macro
ZA 85mm F1.4 (SSM update)
ZA 135mm F1.8 (SSM update)
Crop:
ZA 16-80mm F3.5-5.6 (SSM update)
10-1000mm/f1 Pancake for less than 100 $.
A refresh of the beercan would also be welcomeAndy.
A-mount:
Update the 35/1.4 (Zeiss would be nice)
35mm f/1.8 (for a low-cost alternative to the G)
85mm f/1.8 (for a low-cost alternative to the zeiss)
28-75/2.8 with SSM
add the option to have Zeiss manual focus lenses in A-mount
E-mount:
24/1.8 or similar (small as possible, wide-angle lens)
35/1.8 or similar (small as possible, normal lens)
50-60/1.8 or similar (small as possible, portrait lens)
A mount:
An updated 50mm 1.4 with SSM as well as a CZ f1.2
Actually release the CZ 24mm f2!
10.5mm or 10-17mm fisheye
Lenses equivalent/similar to the canon 17-40 and 70-200 f4 lenses
85mm f1.8
Release a 200mm prime again
To be honest, I think with all future CZ and G lenses, weather sealing is a must. Half of the current line (such as the 70-200 like nathaniel said) needs to be re-released with weather sealing.
Also wouldn’t mind SSM versions of the CZ 85 and 135… So I can pick up the current versions for a bargain!
I really wish to have:
35 F2 SSM
400 F4.5 G SSM
I’m not greedy. I just want a 24-105 F4 SSM lens for under $500 or 70-210 F4 SSM for under $600. It would be a perfect combo for my A700 and maybe future A7++.
400 5.6 SSM
70-200 4 SSM
500 4 SSM
Agree with Daniel Gutierrez and nivekeel (btw you two have pretty cool websites – awesome photos). Need some tilt-shift lenses, preferably in 24mm or 35mm.
I only want to carry one lens (I want this, and I want that…….)………10-400mm f/1.4
Holy…
10-400 1.4 would be a HUGE lens! haha
agree with Thundercats! 😀
A-mount
70-210 F4 (the old minolta beercan replacement).
E-Mount
30mm F1.8
50mm F1.8
CZ 16-80mm F2.8-4
I alway dream that sony has a prime lense such as 35mm f2.0 or F1.8 (can be used on FF body) like nikon. the current CZ 35mm F1.4 is too expensive 🙁
since i’m a crop frame shooter. i’ll say:
16-80 2.8
70-200 2.8
8-16 2.8
cheap and light for crop frame only.
sony dx dream team. ;D
Distagon T* 2.8/15 ZA
Planar T* 1.2/85 ZA
Aposonnar T* 2/200 ZA
Vario-Sonnar T* 2.8/70-210 ZA
A-Mount:
70-200mm f/2.8 G improved with weather seal
70-200mm f/4 G
35mm f/1.8
70-200/4 G
24-105/4 G
200/f2.8
300/f4.0
ZA 14-24mm F2.8 SSM
ZA 24mm T/S F3.5
ZA 45mm T/S F2.8
ZA 50mm T/S F1.2 SSM
Update 85 F1.4, 135 F1.8 with SSM
Update lens 35 F1.4
ZA 55/1.2 SSM
ZA 135/1.8 SSM
20-120/4 G SSM
A-Mount
a replacement for the old Minolta 24-105 – make it faster this time f/2.8 -3.5 would be great
i agree with other posters for e mount but my favorite would be a 16-80, make it smaller than the CZ (love mine)
A-Mount:
12-24/4 G
24-105/4 G
70-200/4 G
CZ 16-80/2.8
35/2.0
50/1.2
100/2.0
a-mount
24-105 f4/f3.5
70-200 f4
70-200 f2.8 renew version, sealed.
85mm f1.8
35mm f1.8 /f2
e-mount
16-80mm G f2.8-3.5
24mm f2
A-mount:
16-80 f4 G SSM
150/180/200 f4 Internal focus 1:1 Macro
300 f4 SSM
400 f4 SSM
E-Mount
33mm f/1.8 Pancake
16-65/3.5
A-Mount
58mm f/1.4 [T/2.4] STF
10mm f/3.5 ZA DT
A Mount:
16-80 with SSM
24-105 SSM
70-200mm f/2.8 SSM
all weather sealed.
E-mount
8mmm fisheye
50mm macro
A-mount:
Upgrade 50 and 100mm macro
What I’d love to see is (most important on top, least on bottom) :
– Zeiss 50mm (It’d love something uber-sharp, without any aberrations or vignetting. f/1.4 preferred cause current 50 f/1.4 could really use update, but something like f/1.2 would work too 🙂 )
– Sony 16mm f/1.8 – no SAM, no SSM, very sharp (unlike e-mount pancake) and relatively cheap wide-angle lens
Tilt&Shift lenses (at least two – something ~50mm and something ~100mm, perhaps also cheap DT lens)
– Sony 50mm f/1.4 [T/2.4] STF – something cheap with STF benefits
– Sony 16-50 f/2.8 – Kit lens alternative
– Sony 70-200 f/4 – cause I <3 Minolta build of this one. It should be sharper at 200mm than any others sub-800$ lens, yet relatively cheap.
– Sony 100 Macro re-build
– Sony 180 f/3.5 Macro SSM
– Sony 12mm f/2.8 or f/3.5 SSM – something ultra-wide with good picture quality
In general I'm not big fan of SAM lenses – I'd prefer cheaper lenses over SAM, as these eat more power from camera without any visible (at least: for me and several reviewers in magazines I read) benefits. Sorry Sony, but in my opinion: discontinuing them is the best option (though NEX users wanting AF on A lenses won't agree with me most likely)
24-105/4 Zeiss
70-200/4 Zeiss
85mm 1.8
Most Sony A mount users want CHEAP APS-C A-mount zoom lenses.
Something instead of the new Sigma 8-16mm and Sigma 10-20mm.
A cheaper upgrade for the kit lens. 16-80mm with f2.8 instead of the Tamron 17-50mm and Sigma 17-70mm.
A 70-300mm instead of the Sigma 70-300mm APO.
Get the basics right first before working on expensive lenses that have a tiny market share.
The one single lens that Sony needs to make most urgently is a 24mm, Fast, E-mount pancake. Would be great if it was Zeiss. Wouldn’t mind paying a premium for such a lens. Due to the short registration distance it would not need to be a retrofocal design, and would be considerably smaller than a DSLR lens of same focal length. They could easily make it f/1.8 and still relatively compact.
Tilt Shift of some description
Something wider than 1.4, possibly a 50mm 1.2
I hope Sony is having a look at all the input hete 😉
My wish list :
12-24 G f/4
16-80 G f/4 DT-lens
16-55 G f/2.8 DT-lens
24-105 G f/4
70-210 G f/4
CZ 16/2
CZ 24/2
CZ 35/2
CZ 50/1.4
CZ 85/1.8
CZ 100/2
200/2 G
400/4 G
150/2.8 macro
By preference with SSM, and also the CZ 85/1.4 and 135/1.8 redone with SSM please.
E-mount
35mm f1.4 / 35mm f1.8
85mm f1.4
A 28mm with better quality than the f2,8
A f1.2 prime in the 50-60mm range. A modern incarnation of the 58/1.2 Rokkor would be fine
A prime wider than 20mm
16-35/4
For a-mount:
I will by next lens if it will be sold :
AF 18/4 SSM ZA ~ 800$
AF 35/1.4 SSM ZA ~ $1500
AF 24-105/4 SSM G ~ 1200$
AF 70-200/4 SSM G (internal focusing) ~ 1200$
AF 100/2.8 Macro G (gast innternal focusing) ~ 800$
AF 100/2 or 85/1.8 as lightweight fastfocusing portrait lens. ~ 600$
Possible update my lineup with
200/4 ZA Macro ~ 1500$
any AF STF version at ~ 85/2 will be must have for me. DREAM.
Currently i don’t much interest in e-mount but for me:
16-80/2.8-3.5 as travel zoom
24/2 pancake
60/2 compact definitly not larger than 77/1.8 Lim (will be good if it have 1:2 macro compability for keeping lightweigth and compact)
will be GREAT travel kit with NEX-5 or some more advanced small body.
1.0/50 or 1.2/50 with a bokeh like 1.4/85.
1.8/35 DT – not macro for a better bokeh as it is a normal lens for a crop.
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Something like Nikon AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED for FF
CZ 50mmF1.2
Emount is still a play platform for me so I live with the adapter and my SSM lenses, might change with Nex7
But something like the Sony 35mmF1.8 DT for emount.
/Jakob
85mm f1.4 CZ, 135mm f2.8, 24mm f2
24 70 f 2.8, 70 200 f 2.8