The same trusted source who shared the 100% correct Zeiss Batis lens specs contacted me to confirm that Sony will launch a new “85mm G lens” this year. He didn’t share any more detail but other sources said the lens should have a f/1.4 aperture and very creamy bokeh performance.
I only have one very small doubt: The source didn’t actually tell me if the lens is A or E-mount. I just suppose he meant E-mount based on the roadmap we have from Sony. I hope the source will correct me if I am wrong!
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130 Responses
Amazing! Surely space still for a new 100/105mm f/2.8/2 G also!
And to think they didn’t leave me out, and made such as the 90mm 2.8 with gorgeous rendering too! Its still a fantastic effect and I wouldn’t have to rely on that focal length while I have the 90mm and hopefully 100mm and so on too 😀
I’ve got an 85mm 1.8 that I can try out somehow.
any news about a7s markII? ;-D
So Zeiss not doubling up on Sony’s range with Batis was nonsense then? Great hopefully we’ll get Batis 50/2 and 35/2!
I know Zeiss is working somewhat independently here, but given the close relationship with Sony and Zeiss, why in the world are they filling out the lens lineup this way?
While the selection is growing well, there are still plenty of obvious gaps that need to be filled before we start duplicating focal lengths.
There are three 35mm native lenses, at f/1.4, f/2 and f/2.8, and now there will be three 85ish lenses, at f/1.4, f/1.8 and f/2.8 (90 macro). Why? Why not put effort into the gaps first? Why not a dedicated 18mm or 21mm lens? Why not a 135? Or a 200 or 300? If you’re going to double focal lengths, a 24/2.8 or 50/1.4 would make more sense to me as well.
To be honest, I’d rather see a small, inexpensive but good 85mm f/2.8 (non-macro) before an f/1.4. Not that an 85/1.4 wouldn’t be good to have in the system, just that there are other gaps to fill first.
Spot on, couldn’t say it better !
A HQ 18mm or at least 21mm is much needed.
is Sigma 19mm so ugly or you mean FE 18mm and 21mm
We’re talking about the FE lineup, so yes, FE 18 or 21mm. The Sigma 19 is outstanding if you need a moderate wide for APS-C.
thanks for the info :p… My goal was to get info about Sigma 19mm too 😀
I reviewed it a while back: http://admiringlight.com/blog/review-sigma-19mm-f2-8-dn-art-sony-e-mount/
Agreed! I really want a super sharp 18mm Loxia prime. ƒ3.5 or even ƒ4 would be fine with me to keep it compact and light.
Yes! An 18mm f4 Loxia would be the perfect next step for the line. Although, I am afraid they will be offering a 21mm or 25mm f2.8 instead. If anything, I hope Zeiss keeps the 52mm filter thread consistent throughout the lineup.
It looks like Zeiss is and Sony are only coordinating enough to avoid complete overlaps. Given that Batis 1.8/85 exists, Sony should have focused on making 135/1.8, hopefully as good as their A-mount one, before pushing 85/1.4.
As for 35mm goes, I would personally love another one – 35/1.8 with AF, more compact than FE 35/1.4, faster than 35/2.8. Loxia lenses have their unique place in the line-up, especially for video, but improved MF capability (peeking, zoom) does not make up for lack of AF in some scenarios…
Seems Zeiss primarily covered up their own gaps in the line-up. Now they have 25, 35, 50 and 85 covered with either a Loxia or a Batis, IMHO the most important ones. 21 and 135 are probably up next. Zeiss is after all a separate company, and they better be prepared to meet the market (FF mirrorless). A market that soon will be joined by other camera makers. Sony are alone now, but for how long?
24mm, or in this case 25mm is really important, as is 28mm. This is why I advocate careful selection based on all properties of lenses and cost and what is most desired, even what may be upgraded and compromised to an extent, just to have the range. I’ve got 21mm, 24mm, 28mm and they are all so different. 21mm is REALLY wide from normal, and 24mm is really cool, 28mm is ALMOST just a wide normal and is only a few mm back from normal length to that over with such as the 55mm, though i’m sure there is a greater diference due to wide angle extension itself. The idea that you could skip 28mm seems to me truly arbitrary. We have, and these are lenses you will yet have to find with quality and price considerations otherwise, nevermind the FAST aperture involved, with some considerable difficulty, and Sony/Zeiss offer them already 😀
Thanks for this insight into focal lengths. I found “and 24mm is really cool” most informative.
How long did it take you to teach your Grandmother to suck eggs?
I shouldn’t answer any political posters as now they are changing them too. Hows your real friend doing now anyway?
I don’t feel the urge to tell anyone here about focal lengths, or any of the other garbled nonsense you spout. My guess is most readers here are quite familiar with focal lengths and the uses THEY might put them to.
Oh, I forgot, you’re a self-proclaimed ‘master of photography’… I guess you feel you have insights.
Politics foreva
They are going for the focal lengths they sell the most of first. Zeiss themselves said this when they introduced the Loxias. When it comes to lens, Sony and Zeiss make their own commercial decisions about what they bring to market (with the obvious exception of the Sony Zeiss optics).
Don’t get this as well. Why not more wide primes to begin with? We still don’t got a native 14mm, 21mm, 24mm FE.
The released lenses aren’t only overlaps but one could question how much more quality the 85mm Batis brings against the 90mm Sony G. From reviews it seems that the 90mm is an awesome lens, why buy the 85mm Batis then? At 80mm+ it hardly matters if there’s 5mm more or less….
A-mount makes sense, E-mount not, i would not understand if Sony and Zeiss will bring two 85mm E-Mount lenses.
Batis 85/1.8 costs around 1200 euro so costs the 90mm G lens macro… We could have expected a 85mm at 700 euro but i think with a f/1.4 we will have again a 1200 euro lens :)…. why not making a small form factor 85mm lens like the Canon 85mm F/1.8 if they dont intend to make it cheaper, at least make it smaller 😀
If it’s 85/1.4, it will be larger, heavier and more expensive than Batis. It certainly won’t be a 1200 euro lens, 1700+ is much more likely.
Sony has two SAL 85, the cheap but good 85/2.8 and the cream machine Planar 85Z14.
If I remeber correctly it is considered to replace the two remaining Sony-Zeiss (the 85 and the 135) somewhen between now and next June. So I doubt that it will be a SAL 85G14.
For my needs I am fine with the macro at this focal length. I would appreciate a 135mm prime.
But more important for my style would be an uwa prime at 18 or 21mm with filter thread.
yeah, we’re getting too much 50’s 35’s and 85-90’s and they seem to forget about the UWA primes. Something wider than 16 would be welcome too 🙂
With so many similar lenses, Sony should fill thier biggest system gap. The supertele.
I again suggest spliting the differrence between current 600 f4 primes, and current 150-600 f6.3 zooms…plus some added features.
300-600….f4.8, 5, or 5.6.
Important added features would be built in 150mm barrel extender ….to be used for close up/macro mode, and drop in slot for matched 1.8x teleconverter.
The drop in slot could also accomadate .6x focal reducer( if the optics allow it) 1.4x tc and drop in filters.
A click stop on the barrel extender would be matched to each drop in optic.
A holder for the drop in optics could attach to the lens barrel allowing easy use and dust protection.
Cost should be mid $3000 range…drop in optics should be available seperately to save money, or as a kit….some people would not want the extra optics and would not want to buy them, some would buy lens first optics later, and some would buy the kit.
No one currently makes a lens like this…they make bigger more expensive primes, and economical zooms..this lens is a compromise between the two extremes with added features to make it more versatile than any of them.
Sony
Pleas make this lens in Olive green or black.
Wildlife photographers do not want a big white lens to scare the animals away.
Big White Lens shows you have the money and the social status and are very handy for taking photos of animals in winter conditions. I suggest to purchase some camo cover for other weather conditions or wait until Zeiss releases the newest supertele covered by one big OLED display that automatically changes color and pattern to seamlessly merge with its sorrounding.
The first statement is very true and this is what I suggest to my friends when they’re ready to buy their first expensive lens. They never regret and the models diggs it.
I want that adaptive active camouflage like in the Predator movies.
I can sell you a copy of the Invisibility cloak from Hogwarts School and which belonged to Harry Potter :D… Nothing better than total invisibility
Green is the color of money…not white.
And for winter shoots you can get white camo lenscover that will even keep your hands warmer.
Wildlife shooters probably won’t select a Sony camera to begin with though. Considering the 400mm+ lenses are huge why go with Sony + slow focus when one could choose a Nikon? Fast focus is quite essential for BIF-shots imo.
You shuld now, you’re name is animalsbarry ….
it’s a small market for people like you and obviously Sony isn’t paying much attention to it
The market for the particular class of lens may be relatively small….although all the new 150-600s are selling very well, but it will more importantly make the Sony lens system much more complete by filling the biggest gap in the Sony lens selection.
Most …the vast majority… of people who buy a system camera want the availability of a complete lens selection, even if they never buy the lenses.
This is overwhelmingly the biggest reason most people will never even consider a School ony.
This will make Sony lens selection credible,….and by including the close/up macro feature and the middle range price/quality …will be something no one else offers.
Sony needs to build a real credible system.
No matter how good the cameras and lenses they make are they will never have a real system if they ignore entire catagories of photography and only concentrate on the most popular catagoies.
A major step in the right direction was the new 90mm macro. That filled in a major macro gap.
Now the biggest remaining gap is the supertele range.
These gaps are very much noticed by consumers, which is the biggest reason Canikon have such overwhelmingly large market shares.
Hmmm, let’s see. Should Sony sell guaranteed thousands of 85mm primes, or a handful of super expensive 300mm+ primes… Yeah, I’m glad you don’t work for Sony.
The correct answer is all of the above.
I have never suggested that Sony should stop making the most popular lenses…of coarse they should continue to make them.
But they also need to make some lenses in the less popular catagories in order to complete thier selection.
The supertele category is currently the Sony system weakest link…..they cannot be considered a serios system without addressing the weakest link.
I actually got similar arguments ant critisizm like this when I began saying…about when the first Nex came out…that a 90mm macro was needed..now everyone loves it.
The 90mm macro was logically the first to come out…now the greatest gap in the Sony lens system is the supertele.
But we are having the wrong argument here…the discusion should be what would be the best supertele for Sony to make, rather than should they make one.
I think the 300-600 f5 ish supertele macro would be the best possible choice for a supertele.
I would enjoy hearing other suprtele suggestions, or comments on how my suprtele suggestion could be improved on.
I just upvoted your comment, not because i necessarily agree but at least you seem to always have something interesting to say. 😉
I just down voted your comment, not because I necessarily disagree but because I thought it was funny to do so 🙂
You suck. :/ 🙂
Why? There’s already Sony 55/1.8 and Zeiss 50/2, and Sony 35/2.8, 35/1.4 and Zeiss 35/2.
Makes sense. 85mm is more popular than 135mm, so announcing this first is a good thing. Remember that Sony does not have any portrait primes. The Batis is a Zeiss lens (the real Zeiss, not ‘Sony branded Zeiss’). Most likely this will be bigger and more expensive than the Sony 35/1.4, and with aperture ring.
It’s even more serious than that. Sony has no cheap fast portrait primes at all. Not in E mount, not in A mount. There is the magnificent 85/2.8 in A mount and that’s it, after that the cheapest option costs 1500$ (1200 if you count the newly released Batis).
I personally love both, the 135 is harder to shoot stable, but IMHO it “delivers” more than the 85 🙂 Just my 5c. Taking into account the new 4.5 stops IBIS and the improved AF (the A7r2), it would be so nice for Sony to simply re-release the great(est?) 135 f/1.8 with SSM or whatever current technology AF motor, that lens would stay 95% of the time on my camera for sure.
I’ll be surprised if it’s a mount. They’ve already proven to be not afraid of making large lenses for e mount.
hope there is a 85/1.2 ZA for a-mount in near furture
Never going to happen. The difference between 1.2 and 1.4 isn’t worth the expense or effort.
Did he really say “G” or is it still unclear whether it will be a Zeiss or G lens?
G + Zeiss = Geiss which is a taboo.
It would make sense for it to be a Zeiss, with the same body design as the 35/1.4 (ie aperture ring, fully weather sealed etc). Throw in a 50/1.4 and some f2.8 zooms and you’ve got a system to market to the pros. They they can get back to making smaller lenses for anyone who doesn’t “need” 1.4 or 2.8…
Thats absolutely what I think too.
He was referring to the gangsta version…not the G series.
Aperture ring + weather sealed + 1.4 + 55mm performance = extreme reduction in my Fuji lust.
Now please do a FF boxy, rangefinder, A6000 style body and fix the lossy RAW and you’ve got me
Do you know why there is no “The Paradise” but countless many?
Because a paradise is individually.
I’d prefer a 135mm, and an A7x body with a slightly bigger grip that would house a FM500 battery. 🙂
I agree, a sharp 135mm F2 or F2.8 would be a great addition to the FE lens line up.
Nobody needs the focal length of 135mm when everybody can stack up the plentiful 85mm + 35mm or 50mm lenses to achieve the same or very similar focal length.
They just snap together like extension tubes. LOL
Again, that is individual taste. So maybe you don’t need it, but others certainly do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photographic_lens_design#The_Ernostar_and_the_Sonnar
The desire for an all-in-one lens is hardly a new phenomenon. Convertible lenses, still used by large format film photographers (insofar as large format photography is used), consisting of two cells that could be used individually or screwed together, giving three-lenses-in-one,[189] date back to at least the Zeiss Convertible Protar (Germany) of 1894.
Now they are called zoom lenses.
Now you made yourselves look nihilistic, disinterested and ignorant. Like you are.
Yep, that sounds pretty accurate. 85 + 50 = 135. And if those 85 and 50 are 1.4, we’ll be getting 2.8 at the stacked lens. And even more, it’ll have 2 sets of aperture blades, like the the 135 STF, so the bokeh will be wonderful. Time to patent the invention!!! 🙂
With the rangefinder, A6000 style FF body, I would join this individual paradise
Then I wish you both luck that they will design such for you.
Sony doesn’t have the resources to pull off the rangefinder form factor with a Full frame sensor, they went with a bigger A7ii body for stabilization. In 5-7 years it may be possible, but the engineers have other priorities.
They need to make a 135mm 2.0 even a 200mm 2.8 would be nice. I like 85 but 135 is better to me somehow.
135 f/2, bugger battery/grip +1
I was really hoping for a 35mm f/2.4 :/
I want that as well. Also, I need a 35/1.6. Fingers crossed for us.
I’m no longer happy with tenths of a stop. I want a 35mm F2.43
This lens will be in E-mount.135mm FE coming next.
Could it be 85/1.4G STF
I really hope its not 😀 but Im afraid it is…
I don’t think so, unless they make two versions, like the Fuji 56mm. The STF lets the lens take in less light. The 135 STF lens has for example a T-value of 4.5, whereas it should be around T3 as it is a f/2.8 lens.
I think the FE lineup is a bit immature to start bringing in a gimmick like STF. What’s next, a tilt/shift?
I dunno STF has some definite advantages on mirrorless because the lens can still focus for one. I don’t know about a 85mm STF though, I’d rather see updated FE 135mm.
Not possible because at 1.4
The 135mm STF (Smooth Transition Focus) telephoto lens incorporates an apodization optical element that distributes light rays to create smooth, aesthetically pleasing bokeh. The apodization element reduces light transmission by 1.5 stops, so actual brightness (transmissive) is expressed as T4.5
No annoncement for dedicated APS-C lenses since quite a while now.
This is a bad news for the APS-C system that have quite good bodies.
It’s a shame Sony forgets this range of the market to the others.
Let me guess, because they will be ‘smaller, lighter, cheaper’ right?
Yes, I’m talking about APS-C E-mount : no prime tele > 50mm, no zoom with 50-140mm f/2.8, no 16-50mm f/2.8, no 60mm stablized macro.
Sigma was helping, but I’m not sure for long.
Yes there is a market for cheaper, lighter, weither Sony wants to take it or not.
And it’s a shame given such good bodies.
Look at Fuji or even Samsung offerings, they do have pro grade APS-C lenses.
Sony would rather have the FF mirrorless market, as they have no competition at the moment. Which means nothing but profit, and they can price it at anything they want. APS-C mirrorless is too crowded with other competitors and m43.
They could have had both market, and instead of releasing 2 FE 85mm in a few month, releasing one APS-C new E-mount lense.
The last one was released on 2013/08 !
Why so many new bodies since then instead of lenses ? Margin again probably…
But you’re probably right, margins and excitements are in the FE word now,
Too bad the APS-C system would have been is a good hook for users and step before the FE system.
Which are bigger, heavier and more expensive than a full frame. Seems logical.
A-mount or E-mount ?
As for A-mount, the lenses choice is really good I think. I was one of many people asking for more A-Mount lenses but now with more exp, I can cleary stated Sony and Third Party lenses make a great lineup. Only specific zooms are lacking, as well as new optical design for some (like the so-so 50mm 1.4 and not SSM ZA 85)
You did not indicate E or A.
However I think both lines are quite good enough equipped (including some budget FF compatibles):
E: 1018, 1670Z, 24Z, 35, 50, 55210
A: 1680Z, 35/1.8, 50/1.4, 50 macro, 85/2.8, 55300
There is not much room left (from economical point of view) to improve.
The SEL 1670Z should get a MKII, but that’s it.
the prices for 16-70 and 24 are not sane, and so is 24’s size too
They need a 16-50mm f2.8 or similar and a 70-300mm f4-5.6 for APS-C E-mount, then I’ll be happy
^^THIS^^ I want that 16-50 f/2.8!
The 28mm and the 55mm I think are great lenses for APS-C users, a really awesome Normal and the greatest portrait.
Mmmh, willing to upgrade to A7 series, I don’t get Sony’s logic for its lenses roadmap.
Being an happy A-mount user right now, why would Sony make another A-Mount 85mm ?
With the magical ZA and 1.4 aperture, and the low cost but really surprising F2.8 Sony one, is there any room for another 1.4 85mm prime ? I doubt. The F2.8 version is selling in France for only 99€ with rebates ! I don’t think customers are going to rush for a mid-budget version.
As for FE lineup, that doesn’t make sense either. The batis is already here, ZA 1.4 could be used with LA-EA4 even if its not a perfect and budget solution.
I would have been happy with a budget F2.8 85mm FE, or a 135mm. Like others said, there are gaps that need to be filled before.
When I was on A mount, I loved the planar 85 very much. However (same as the sonnar 135) it has the old srew driven AF which is both quite noisy and slow.
So an update on the 85mm prime would be necessary according my understanding.
However I doubt A mount, too, because the rumor says “G”, and the planar 85 is a Sony-Zeiss.
Something seems wrong about this rumor. Either it’s an update of the A-mount Zeiss lens, or it’s a new FE lens that will clash with the Batis. What’s more likely? To me, it’s most likely the rumor is false or inaccurate.
If it IS and FE lens how will they price it?! Go much beyond the see spot of $1k USD and volume drops off (ever notice how many Sigma primes are right at that magic spot? It isn’t because they cost they same the make…). So will Sony sell it as a better-than-Zeiss G lens? Or priced just below the Zeiss with a faster aperture? Skeptical but curious.
The Batis is made by Zeiss, not Sony. Sony does not have an emount 85mm. And by your logic that Sony doesn’t need to have a native 85mm because the SAL8514 could be used with the LA-EA4, then Sony shouldn’t need to make any lenses for emount because everyone can just use all the alpha lenses.
50/1.4
You read it here first.
How about some word on fixing the fly-by-wire manual focus protocols to get rid of the acceleration and non reactive slowest focus.
Don’t care what lens Sony makes. Don’t care what Z or G logo they put on it.
Fly-by-wire in its current form is absolutely unusable for professional video focus pull and critical slow touch manual focus for the portrait fashion professional. Fix it please…
How about a:
35mm 1.8
20mm 2.8
17mm F4
And what about:
135mm F2
300mm F4
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FE = full frame E mount
SAL = A mount
SEL = E mount
Too obvious ?
The full-frame Sony lenses are also SEL …
Sony E-mount Lens, include full frame and apsc lenses. surprised no one on this site knows, not even admin
A 85 f1.4 and an updated and improved 24-70 f4 without stabilization would be perfect. If that happens, I will change system to Sony.
24-70 f/2.8*
*fixed
Yawn…
in b4: “Doesn’t matter if it is a optical miracle that Sony achieved there but it is still (bulky, expensive, not a Canikon, not for my use)”.
With the Batis lens, Zeiss now can make its own lens, does that mean we will not have Sony-Zeiss lens? And I am guess how much this lens would be. It is a G lens, so, it should be less expensive than Zeiss Batis. But this is 1.4, so, it should be a bit more expensive. If for me, I will also choose the Zeiss Batis just because of the Zeiss brand, and it is also an excellent lens from the review. The Batis is selling for $1199, I may consider this Sony G lens if it is around $800-900 and with reasonably good performance.
In answer to your first question, no.
I could see this lens being the same price as the Batis, or maybe within $100 of the Batis. Better brand but smaller aperture vs more pedestrian brand but bigger aperture.
I’d like it if Sony were to combine the aperture ring on the 35 f1.4 with the focus ring on the 90 f2.8 with its hard stops and AF/MF trigger in its future lenses.
Good, the Batis’s (Batii?) seem awesome, but Sony has shown themselves capable of producing some really nice glass (28mm FE being the latest) at a reasonable price without the zeiss tag. Looking forward to what they come up with
That just doesn’t make sense to me… They already put out the 90mm (granted it’s a macro, but still), and there is the Zeiss 85mm… why do we need another 85mm? Even if it’s a great lens, it seems like duplicating efforts when they should be filling in other gaps. How about an ultra wide prime? 16mm? How about a longer telephoto prime? 135mm? The ONLY reason I could see this making sense is if it’s a premium quality lens at a spectacular price… Zeiss and Sony lenses are not cheap.
If it’s 700 or less I’d consider it a win. Cost wise…they certainly don’t have that covered.
I agree. I’d buy it for $700 or less, as long as it was a quality piece of glass.
I’ve been selling off a lot of gear lately. I’m trying to downsize- no more crazy priced optics for me. Well, I’m going to buy that 16-35mm F4- but that’s it! I’ll take the 28 soon and more than happy to grab some “affordable” sub 700 primes if Sony gets wise.
G lenses make up the most expensive of the Sony lens line-up.
I hope the 135mm sets a benchmark. Don’t care about all out speed- ok, yes I do. I don’t want less than F2. Make it an APO 135mm Zeiss with AF for the new mirror less era. There are few lenses I’m willing to part money with. That one- blank check waiting. Drop the hammer Sony. Drop it like it’s hot.
I’m curious if it’ll end up being built like the 35mm F1.4. That is the only other f1.4 they have and it has a distinctly different build style and quality.
I’m definately holding out on a Batis order until I see some comparison on Bokeh for this G the 90MM Macro and the Batis. All great lenses I’m sure, but makes the choice harder.
The 35mm is a re-badged Minolta film-era lens. It is unlikely to be styled like that and more likely similar to the modern G lenses. Optically it could be similar to the Minolta 85mm G or even better – the Minolta limited 85mm.
I’m referring to the Sony Zeiss 35mm F1.4 with the clickless Aperture ring. I’m guessing you are talking about a different lens, cause I also owned the old Minolta 35mm f1.4 and it is nothing like this newest 35mm for E-Mount.
I’m wondering if this ‘new’ 35mm from Sony is what to expect from their E-Mount f1.4 line up.
Yes, I was referring to the a-mount 35mm, which is a G lens unlike the 35 FE, which is Sony Zeiss. I thought you were comparing G to possible G.
If it’s true, it will be quite a large and heavy lens. In terms of quality and results, not sure it will add more compared to the Batis, but surely it will in terms of size.
Why is 85mm so popular anyway?
get older 55mm Nikkor 2.8 used for $150, attach to Nex 7 w/adapter: ? answered.
Depends on your needs. For portraits I seriously cannot think of a better lens. The 135mm f1.8 comes very close but for indoor work it can be a bit too long.
I believe it’s the other way around. The 85 comes close to the 135, but the 135 is just that much better. Indoors- no problem. I just ask my subjects to back up into another room.
^^ Thats easy to say in large rooms. In my country rooms and houses aren’t so big. So most wedding guys here dont use 135mm lenses.
Finally! I’ve been waiting on the “G”angsta version of the 85. Seems like forever! I hope it’s platinum.
I defenitely need a fast prime around 400 mm. So what happens to the long primes. This one was taken with a 135 mm Zeiss. Not good enough, when i have to crop the pictures
Wrong system for that. Although, that picture looks fine.