Sony could soon update the current E-mount 55-210mm zoom lens. The lens is no more listed and sold by Amazon and apparently Hong Kong dealers said that the updated version is coming soon (Source: Dpreview Forum).
Sony could soon update the current E-mount 55-210mm zoom lens. The lens is no more listed and sold by Amazon and apparently Hong Kong dealers said that the updated version is coming soon (Source: Dpreview Forum).
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PZ?
I’d expect it. Sony forced themselves more or less to do so because the 55210 has been a part of their entry kits which now feature the zoom lever.
This 55-210 is too mouch bigger for NEX camera!!
I will have a 50-200 pancake!! It’s possible??
It is, if you don’t care about quality !!
Black color ?
As in the A-mount:
55-200 -> 55-300 ?
That would be great!
And is going to be black ? Thats good, but still will be a schitty lens…
16-70/4 OSS and 70-200/4 OSS are the most sweetest money makers.. + good 50/1.4 and 85/1.8 for the specialists.
For know I have only one amazing lens (SEL3518OSS), but I can wait 🙂
Excellent choice…
And for size purpose…
I would be even very happy with APS-C equivalent:
16-50 F/4
50-150 F/4
+
35/1.8 (exists)
50/1.4 (SEL50f18 do the purpose)
85/1.8 (should come according to SAR)
135/2.8 (same size as the Minolta one)
Probably just the color. Dont make sense sell a double kit lens with different colors.
But Im hoping a true update, a 55-300 f4-5.6 should be niiiiice.
A 135 f2.8 for nex isn’t going to be the same size as the minolta. You can forget that. OSS is pretty much required for a long lens and nex bodies have no focus motors in them. Do you think they make those nex lenses big because they want to? Move those features out of the body to make it smaller then you have to put it inside every lens which takes up that space.
Hi, i hope it gonna be 50-200 Power zoom, so the size will be comparable with the old 18-55. The lenght of the original 55-210 is too much for pocketable camera like NEX!
The size of a 55-210mm PZ will still be too much to pocket it. Pass.
If they can make it a PZ and around the size of the SEL1855, it’s still going to be a hell of a lot more compact than the current ridiculously long current SEL55210. It looks ridiculous on the 3 and 5 series bodies.
wow… color change is the most likely thing!
Hi Andrea
Any news about the anticipated NEX7N ? Long time no talk
Is it a real rumor or a fake ??
Could you recap the latest info about it and expected timeline for release
Thanks !
Goonie
Updating it after only two years on the market is pretty crazy. Either they think it’d look cooler as a power zoom, or it’s form factor is too unwieldy and it’s not selling.
I’d say the 25 year old A-mount lenses they still have are more worthy of an update, however.
The SEL-55210 is selling well and provides comparatively good image quality, so my guess is it’ll be continued possibly in black, since the barrel design isn’t really as good looking as the other E-Mounts.
Might be a cost reduced version. $350 is pretty expensive for a kit telephoto zoom.
I would really like something that goes out to 300mm but I think that would be a more expensive option to the 55-210, not a replacement.
OK.
Of all the things I like to have seen from Sony (lenses) this would not be one. Strange
(I have the current 55-210 and generally happy with it.)
The 55-210 is a fine Lens with superb build quality and a very good performer! IS works great an i made good concert photos in aviable light with it. Sure, its a stop too dark, but very sharp from center to edge. I would love to see this in black.
I return my SEL3518OSS Its a bright lens, but very slow AF and not sharp enough. Its not better than the Kit-Lens!! and not worth the money (449€ in Germany…???!!!)
SEL35F18 not any better than the kit lens? That’s just an asinine statement. It may not be worth $450 (to you), but to say it is no better than the kit lens is just nonsense.
@AzD “but to say it is no better than the kit lens is just nonsense…” Is NOT! Do you own it? Its not sharper in the corners, Hybrid SF is slow also, feels cheap and unsolid. It´s a standard performer, ideal im weight and size for NEX but NOT worth the money! Look 20 sec. through the 50/f1,8 and you see an hughe difference in sharpness, also build quality from 50/1,8 and 55-210 are much better!
Found this here, is exactly my expirience with this lens:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R24T5A9TUL5BNS/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R24T5A9TUL5BNS
Meh, not interested. Still waiting for a constant large aperture (2.8) zoom lens. If I’m going to put a big heavy tele lens on my NEX I’d rather just use my 18-200mm with more range. If it were a 55-210 f/2.8 that would be a different story. Even a medium/tele prime macro lens would be nice to have. But no, Sony decides to re-release the same lens instead. We need more variety, not new versions of the same lenses.
I’m also a happy 55-210 owner and I think for the money it is optically pretty good. I’m verry happy with the results and in my opinion it’s a good size regarding the range and ergonomically works well with a Nex is it is not too (top) heavy. Surely the combination with your Nex is not pocketable anymore but it is small and light enough to keep it in another pocket when you need the range, that’s the great thing of a system camera.
Personally I like the silver finish. The finish quality is excellent and assembling the bits and pieces together it makes me feel a bit like the man with the golden gun 🙂
My bet is that it will become a PZ for video shooters if it gets changed, you can still order the existing one at Sony if you like the silver finish. I don’t understand why Sony halfway decided to give ther E lenses a black finish, to be able to come up with full plastic housing like the 10-18? When Sony introduced the spectacular silver finish even Olympus changed their design and came up with naked aluminium lenses. Come on Sony, stick with your guns and keep it silver + black for CZ.
I also snatched the 55-210 shortly after it was released. I love this lens! I is relatively light and compact for travel, and the picture quality is excellent for my purposes. OSS very useful. It has not disappointed on my 5N, and now 5R. The colors are lovely, being similar to the 50 f/1.8. The only reason for updating it could only be the exterior color and perhaps better sealing?
I was always hesitating between this lens and the 18200LE…
There is not much difference in size for better coverage (+18-50).
What about compared IQ?
The lens is good if you take into account the price point and the fact that it’s a zoom. However, it’s not a good lens in optical terms as various reviews indicate and my personal experience doesn’t differ. It’s definitely my worst lens and I’m considering selling it.
I head that the 18-200 is better but I don’t know if its true.
Reviews actually suggest the 55210 handily beats the 18-200 superzooms, at least at the long end .
I own a 55210, and like it quite a lot .
I had the 55-210 and my 18-200 (original Sony version, not LE) was better than the 55-210. Of course, my 18-200 was my go to lens (it was a great copy but I’ve since sold it).
Hope it’s improved quality, and possibly faster, even if it’s more money. The 55-210 I have is the worst lens I have for NEX.
it adds nothing new, a 70-300 is what many of us are waiting to decide to continue with NEX or change to another system
I wonder to know whether sony has ability to develop new lenses? It isn’t hard to find they just renew current lenses frequently. 2 to 3 16-50mm similar lenses and now 55-210mm. Have no idea why they don’t develop a proper version at the beginning. If they just keep doing this, the market will be take over by Fujifilm
It is available for sale on amazon – http://www.amazon.com/Sony-55-210mm-F4-5-6-3-Lens-Cameras/dp/B005IHAIKM/ref=sr_1_7?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1364999440&sr=1-7&keywords=sony+sel
Talking about the zoom lens is not pocketable!?!
I am a NEX7 user with 10-18, kit zoom and 55-210! I find them all very good specially 10-18 and 55-210 AND they ARE pocketable.
I just for fun brought out my Canon 5D with the 16-35!! That is huge and heavy! Have you seen the 400 mm zoom lenses Canon got? You need a “sherpa”.
Have this in mind when you are longing for FF!
NEX7 is just the right size.
i dont get this FL… why dont they do a compact 50-135mm? its the equivalent to the 70-200 on FF, it could probably be a litle bit faster and still smaller then this 55-210mm!!
I agree. If it could be a little bit faster.. But it has be ready by now. I will buy anyway since i need it.
50-135 is exactly what I want, and a bit faster would certainly be nice.
Another dark lens ? What is the point ? Give us 70-200 f 3.5 !!!
why update if its almost new, for the PDAF?
I see no point updating it and not making new lenses
Probably just the color. Dont make sense sell a double kit lens with different colors.
But Im hoping a true update, a 55-300 f4-5.6 should be niiiiice.
I think it will be an SELP 50-150
OMG sony,,you are killing us!! stop listening to all these people talking about “pocketable” this and that.
the nex system is a camera that belongs in a camera bag…period!
it is for shooters who dont want to lug around there heavy dslrs, but still want the quality and sharpness when
using a smaller mirrorless system.
why you keep choosing to make lenses with 5.6 and 6.3,,while fuji is making 1.4, 2.0, and 2.8 is way beyond me.
I had the nex 7 a year ago, and sold it, because the lens selection sucked!
why is it so hard to make a simple set of decent lenses: 16-50mm f2.8 or f3.5/ 50-150mm 2.8 or 3.5??? huh…
and don’t say, because it will be too big, because the 18-200mm is large enough regardless of the zoom ratio,
to make a similar lens with less zoom, but sharper aperture!
and now news of another redue of one of the worst zoom across all manufacturers…the 55-210mm? really sony….really..
I love the nex body alot,,but sony, you are breaking our hearts with dragging your feet, and giving up “sub par” quality
lenses!!
I’ve held off long enough, but cant wait anymore..my money is going over to the Samsung NX300, and 16mmm 2.4, 30mm 2.0, and 45mm 1.8 lenses, and maybe one of there tele zoom lenses!
oh and before i forget,,,the A Mount 55-300 is a Fantastic Lens!! wish to god, you had that same lens for E Mount.
and get a better LA-EA adapter (the EA2 version sucks…sounds like an antique cash register)
goodbye.
I don’t want NEX to be like DSLRs. Yet I believe Sony should make enough fast primes, not zooms.
18-300 f3.5-f5.6 please! Someone else can do it so it won’t be impossible for Emount. Bring on the big size lenses, big lenses on small camera is a “Wow” factor. Nex is already of semi pro level.
If Sony does make this a 55-210 PZ, it DOES NOT MEAN Sony will NOT make a better IQ 70-300/f??? lens.
I had originally a SEL 18-200, intended to be a single solution for travelling, but I soon realized that the dimension was a nonsense for Nex-7 body (who buys NEX should not target top IQ, but the best IQ/portability compromise!).
Therefore I decided that the 16-50 PZ is ideal for 90% of travel/sport shots (yes, to avoid distorsions you need to shoot JPEG with correctios ON+ Raw with post-corrections), and exchanged the 18-200 with the SEL 55-205 (I carry it just in case of wild-life shots, together with a Sony x1,7 magnifier): SEL 55-205 is a good performer, reasonably light to carry in a backpack, slightly too big. For normal travels I bring only the PZ16-50 and a legacy Leica TeleElmarit-M 90mm/2.8.
I would change it only in case of a significantly smaller pancake with similar reach & IQ, but is this physically possible?
(PS: when I need top IQ and I have less wheigth/dimension constraints, I use Zeiss 24mm + SEL10-18mm)