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Paul: “I thought you might be interested in a long term photo/video project I did on a local H.S. Football team – Tesoro HS here in Southern California. Dan Milnor, Blurb’s Book Evangelist, interviewed me for his blog site called Shifter and that audio interview is included, along with photographs of the physical book and printed pieces created from the project, as well as the Vimeo movie from the project. http://shifter.media/print-a-season-with-the-titans-by-paul-gero/”
John: “I am one of the few invited SLR Magic Anamorphot 2x-50 testers and I believe your viewers might like to see some test footage using the Sony A7s with the Sony FE 55mm f/1.8. I’m sorry but I can’t give away any info on the release date or price yet but it’s an amazing value for the money very much like the older Anamorphot 1.33x-50. https://vimeo.com/120444648”
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Yes he said it is Sonys 3rd FE lens :). So we got A7. A7r. A7s. A7 m2. 4 bodies But only 3 lenses It is like if Canon came out with a new mount and in 2 years came out with 4 bodies but only 3 lenses But Sigma came out with few more. 4 bodies and only 3 lenses :). No wonder so many frustrated
I’m told Zeiss is not owned by Sony I’m just not sure Ok this video is few months old as there are few new lenses coming. But a 24-240mm F3.5 – 5.6 at $980. Is not a good way to get people to run and get one. Sony really needs to focus on lenses now.
Let me help you here , Canon already have a new mount since 2012 when it came up with Canon EOS-M their first APS-C mirrorless camera.
and now they announced the new model EOS-M2 , guess what ?
in 2 years they produced only 2 lenses , while Sony has made about 7-8 lenses in 2 years.
Sony as of just few weeks ago – only had the FE 70-200mm F4 and the FE 28-70mm kit lens – the rest where Zeiss – and I am told Sony is not Zeiss – although I have feeling that Sony owns a chunk in Zeiss –
yes now they have 4 new coming –
I actually should have used Nikon or Pentax as example 🙂 as yes the EOS-M camera has been a total flop from Canon – and has not even been sold in the USA as a testimony to the flop 🙂
but really we have to admit that Sony really needs to up their production of FE lenses – as well as E mount – for example there still is no 24-70mm F2.8 or 70-200mm F2.8 for E mount – look at what Fuji has been able to do in a similar time frame as the E mount has been around – even Samsung have thee key lenses in their mount –
but if you where happy with the FE mount selection from Sony then I do not want to spoil that
I guess that you are confused between Zeiss lenses and Sony lenses having Zeiss optics.
Zeiss have only 2 lenses for FF E-mount (35mm F2 and 50mm F2) both manual focus lenses because we all know that Zeiss never make AF lenses.
Other Zeiss AF lenses like :
Sony FE 24-70mm F4
Sony FE 55mm F1.8
Sony FE 35mm F2.8
Sony FE 16-35mm F4
those are all made by Sony , there is some kind of a deal between Zeiss and Sony , simply Sony ask Zeiss to make optics then Sony designs and manufactures the lens.
IMO FF E-mount now have good lens collection to cover many types of photography but it will need more time to be a mature system.
personally I have only 16-35mm now with tons of legacy lenses.
Good point – the Zeiss branded are Sony made – but still I question why so many Zeiss branded ? my take is that they can of course charge more – and prime reason is to make up for the lower profit margin on their bodies which are priced reasonably –
The Canon nifty fifty goes for $120 – yes of course the Sony Zeiss branded 55mm is better – no one will argue that – but why does not Sony also come out with a 50mm F1.8 Sony branded lens for $300-$500 as well — that is what Nikon and Canon do – still for wedding work there is no 24-70mm F2.8 and 70-200mm F2.8 so there are many Pros sticking with their DSLRs –
I think that manifacuring 5 lenses per year is the maximum Sony can do for a new system , maybe there will be some cheap lenses in future like the ones in thier APS-C E-mount line (30mm macro , 50mm 1.8 , 35mm 1.8 .. Etc).
About 2.8 zooms like 70-200mm 2.8 and 24-70mm 2.8 , obviously Sony is not going to make them for E-mount because those lenses will be huge in size and the main reason to buy a mirrorless is the smaller size.
If someone want a 70-200mm 2.8 then you should buy a DSLR , or maybe you can use LA-EA4 adapter and use the A-mount 70-200mm 2.8 if size is not an issue for you.
Both Samsung and Fuji have 24-70mm F2.8 in APS-C –
The E and FE mounts have been around fore few years – specially the E mount – Sony has done well in creating a FF in a small body – there are ways to make lenses smaller – finally Sony has decided with IBIS which is the first step as why make lenses larger and replicate IS in every lens if it is possible to have IBIS –
I have Nikon DLR gear and I have M43 – and know what the lens selection is – I think most will admit that Sony has been very slow with lenses – look at Fuji with their APS -C lens lineup vs the Sony E mount during a similar timeframe – I suspect Samsung will catch up with Sony soon –
One of the main reasons I did not go with Fuji is that I was waiting on IBIS and Fuji will never do IBIS I think much like they will never do Touch LCD – it is something the Purists do not want and Fuji listens to them primary –
Sony Zeiss lenses are not 3rd party like Tamron or Sigma…
They are Sony lenses with a Zeiss label.
No reason to separate them apart.