For the first time also Europeans can preorder the new Zeiss 24-70mm FE E-mount lens at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT (Just click on the country code to visit the preorder page). The lens will ship in January!
Specs and Preorders in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT
Zeiss 24-70mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT
18 Responses
FE? Isn’t this the 24-70 E mount lens?
F stands fo fullframe coverage
£3200 for lens + A7r. Is that a realistic price in a cut throat competitive market?
On the other hand: it’s about the same price as the Canon 24-70 f/4 L lens.
Sure. There’s already enough camera makers trying to compete on price and a shake-out of the industry is likely.
As long as there is nothing comparable, of course.
If that’s too much for you there is always the A7 + kit lens for £1,549. Alternatively if you can find a cheaper FF + quality lens no doubt you can adapt it to the A7R so it’s only £1,699 + lens + adapter.
Seems to me that only the A7r can handle the short flange distance (back focal distance).
You also need a new high speed computer and some more Terabyte size disks. And a 64-bit OS.
A whole new generation of stuff.
If a “64-bit OS” and some terebyte-sized drives are an upgrade for you, that’s, um, entertaining.
64-bit consumer MS Windows has been around for going on 7 years, and for a whopping $750 + some junk parts I built a ~11.5TB (usable) storage system with dual parity raid.
So it’s at least £3200 + $750 to use the new A7r. About £3700 or $5870 or €4450. Ok.
So this FF SEL-1470Z is only 200 EUR more expensive than the APS-C SEL-1670Z. Seems like a more future-proof investment to buy the FF version for my NEX as an upgrade of the kit zoom, for in case I’ll want to upgrade.
Yes, except that you are going to miss the wide angle 16-24mm range. The 16-70 is the better choice for APS-C since it has longer and better range in a smaller, lighter and cheaper package. The 24-70 is only a more future proof investment if you are sure you will actually go FF.
The 16-24 mm range on APS-C crop is equivalent to the 24-36mm on FF.
but if someone is considering buying the 16-70 its because it has an APS-C camera, not a FF… so equivalence dont make any sense
I agree. But even when you’re sure you won’t go FF it probably makes sense to skip the 1670 if you don’t need the WA range. Because the a7 kit 2870 is
– a lot cheaper (currently listed in Japan for aout 330EUR) and will probably get even cheaper when the a7 users will dump it for the Zeiss
– seems to be sharp in the center/midframe both in samples and mtf (where sharpness at 28 only drops after 15-16mm which is way beyond the diameter/2 of APS).
– weather sealed
– it’s still light (but bigger than 1670)
– not as good as 24-105 but 42-105 is still a useful range from normal to tele
Not showing up for pre-order in the UK?
I am not really sure cause mainly don’t use zooms. I had SAL1680Z and I have sold it already. I probably be happier with SAL2470Z than with SEL2470Z. I like more brightness of Sonnar than Tessar, and compactness and optical stabilization aren’t key feature for me. I am currently very happy with my CZJ Vario-Pancolar 2.7-3.5/35-70mm.
Best regards, WZ.
damn, was hoping for 1100eu.. eh at least the bodies are $1700 -> 1500eu and $2300 -> 2100eu