First of all, this is a rumor coming via Kakaku and not from my sources. So take it with a grain of salt. Japanese sources at Kakaku claim to have got reliable info from Sony that these will be the next Sony FE lenses:
16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss
35mm f/1.4 Zeiss
90mm Sony G macro
All reliable info I got from my sources is that there is a new Sony announcement in about 4-6 weeks. And one anonymous sources told me two new FE lenses will be released by then (the wide angle zoom and the fast prime). I would definitely buy the 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss if they release it! And you?
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they ARE the DESIRED new FE lenses 🙂
I wish it was true, but looks like wishful thinking.
What happened to the FE85mm ?
How many 35mm lenses does this camera need ?
Would be a bit weird to deliver 2 35’s in the first year of the system. I know everyone wants fast lenses, but an 85 would be more logical. Though, if they do a 90 macro maybe less so. Would mean that the 85 (when it does finally arrive) it might be a ‘standard’ Sony lens, which is good news for crop E-Mount users.
A faster 35mm lens is actually one of the reasons I haven’t bought into the A7’s yet. If this is true, and the 35 1.4 ends up being a good performer, I’d actually consider upgrading.
I am also waiting for a fast 35 to get an A7.
You’ll wish you hadn’t waited once you see the files 🙂
I actually find that in my photography, I almost never shoot wide open. The 35mm f2.8 performs like a good 35mm f/1.4 stopped down to f/2.8, so you’re saying that you’d rather have a larger, heavier, much more expensive lens to attach to you tiny A7/A7R, just so you can get that extra light gathering ability?
You could buy the 35mm f/2.8 and any one of the number of cheap 35mm f/1.4 lenses out there, including the outstanding Rokinon/Samyang 35mm F1.4 and focus manually for those few times you actually need that fast of a lens. Both would still be cheaper then a new 35mm f/1.4.
Everyone is entitled to their own vision, but always using the ultra shallow DOF look for every shot is just lazy photography. Especially printed, it just looks ridiculous and amateur.
Maybe (hopefully) Kakaku got its information mixed up and the specs are right on all three lenses but the mount isn’t FE for all three lenses!
I could see a 16-35mm F4 and a 90mm F2.8 Macro being next for the FE Mount, and a 35mm F1.4 Zeiss being announced for the A Mount! The current A Mount 35mm prime is really long-in-the-tooth, it’s optical design (except for the coatings) is the same as the Minolta Maxxum 35mm F1.4 released in the 1980’s. The A Mount is definitely due for a Zeiss 35mm F1.4
Here’s hopin’
Hope you are right, a lot A-mount users are waiting for Zeiss 35mm f1.4
I was under the impression they’d all bought the sigma… A zeiss would be nice but it would have to be very special to justify the price compared to the Sigma…
Actually that makes a lot of sense!
The old 35mm f1.4 G has been discontinued in Australia for quite a while now (maybe 2+ months). Also the 28mm has been as well.
Could very well be a Zeiss 35mm f1.4 for Alpha mount.
I’m afraid that all the evidence I’ve seen points to these all being FE lenses. Sony are just treading water with A-mount now. New A-mount glass in the future will be rare indeed.
However, having said that, I’ve not seen the macro mentioned anywhere else, so that might be a wild card.
Except for that it says “E-mount” on the official Sony document ofcourse…
My Minolta 35mm f1.4 seized up recently, having mean making grinding noises for a while when focussing and certainly showing it’s age.
I could have bought a new Sony 35mm f1.4 with the same decades old digital design, or for half the price I could buy the far better Sigma; the decision was a no-brainer.
(even an old 2nd hand copy of the Minolta would have cost more than the brand new Sigma)
So I’d agree, Sony need a new fast 35mm if they intend to sell any – I can see no argument for choosing the current Sony offering over the Sigma (and even less so once Sigma produce the docking station for A-mount)
Or, if you weren’t so cheap, you could have brought the Minolta in for maintenance. Penny wise, pound foolish.
If the Sigma wasn’t such a big leap forward in performance that I was already considering, then I might have done, but I can now get the Minolta repaired at my leisure anyway.
And I’m using the Sigma now, and not regretting the decision at all; beautiful performance and also almost completely silent compared to screw drive.
Actually 5 of the first 7 lenses would cover the 35mm focal length if the rumor is true…
I think it unlikely we will see cheap Sony branded lense for FE. The extended roadmap I’ve seen for all 15 FE lenses to the end of 2015 contains only Zeiss and Sony G (premium) lenses. The 85mm f1.4 slated for 2015 is listed as Zeiss.
I’d be very interested in the 16-35, however, I’m not sure whether a super-wide-angle zoom with that range isn’t always too big a compromise. Of course, you could argue that it doesn’t matter whether you, for example, have a zoom from 16-35 that’s good from 20-28 (which would be the most important range for me), or have a more limited range from the start, but… is that so? I’m not sure, any optical engineers around here?
I’m not convinced it will be a 16-35mm. Maybe 16-24mm or even 14-24mm.
14-24 would be great (albeit, I fear, also large).
It’s a useful range and would be in keeping with similar offerings from Nikon and Canon.
The Nikon 16-35mm f4 is one of my favourite lenses. I can’t wait to have a look at what the Sony/Zeiss can do in comparison.
28-105 mm, weather safe, f 2,8…. best prestanda (Zeiss)…max price 1000 USD. Thanks!
Dream on.
Admin: Any news on the flashes? Especially after the A7/7R, compact/versatile flashes are sorely lacking.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nissin-i40-Compact-Flash-Revealed-in-Japan-425261.shtml
Comes also for Sony cameras with the new shoe. Seems to have most advanced features except for HSS.
Wow! That looks great actually! It’s small and looks easy to use, everything is a direct access. Pity it doesn’t come with build in radio receiver, so then they can introduce another radio transmitter device which allows multi flash control. We’re already in 2014, radio trans + receiver in flashes should be common now 🙁
Yes, with WiFi and NFC built in the cameras, it is difficult to understand why there is no radio control TTL possibilities???
gintony: Thank you for the link! 🙂 Looks great (maybe HSS will also be available when the Sony sample is offered)!
Another 35mm prime strikes me as a bit silly at present. A short FE tele (e.g. 105/1.8 for portraits) or an ultra-wide prime (FE) would make more sense to me.
OTOH, it is great to see more high quality native glass in the pipeline for the E-mount.
Same for me, a Zeiss f2 100mm or 135mm would be fine.
85mm f/1,4 would also be nice (even makes for a good portrait lens for E-mount APS-c).
I’d love a 85mm, 100mm, or a 135mm prime. I’d even settle for a slower lens if it keeps the size and price down.
Where is the 24 mm f2.8? And Sony: keep it small, like the 35mm f2.8, pleas!
If true then this concentration on FE is a further nail in the coffin for A-mount.
A7/A7R needs lenses, and quickly. The need for A-mount lenses is less – most (or more) bases are covered.
To be fair they have to play catch-up with FE lenses. It’ll be interesting to see which direction they go in – eg if it’s a 1:1 90mm f2.8 oss macro, that’s something to be taken very seriously. If it’s a 1:2 f4 oss, less so.
Doesn’t look like that so far.
When we see at least a 24-70 f/2.8 FE lens, then…
I think you all misunderstand. Sony CONCENTRATING on FE is another nail in A-mount’s coffin. It doesn’t matter what the lenses are.
Well, it’s gonna take a lot of nails to put A mount to “death.” It’s very sad to know that you might be shooting on a different mount on your Sony camera in 15 years. It’s also sad to know that if and when (unlikely) Sony declares “no further development” on A mount camera or lenses, your current camera and lenses will no longer function.
Super sad day, AlphaGuy : (
16-35 and 90 Macro are welcome.
And although a faster 35mm (compared to the 2.8) would be a nice to have, I doubt if the shown large aperture prime will be one.
Looking to what they already have in the line-up, I would more bet for a protrait lens aka 85/1.8
+1 More likely 85mm f1.8, any A-mount news for the upcoming Sony announcement?
Well it would kind of be equally weird to have a 90mm f2.8 and 85mm 1.8 then it would to have a 35mm f2.8 and a 35mm f1.4. I would be more excited to see a nice 24mm prime, 90mm macro and UWA zoom, those two primes would be better compliments to the existing 35/55 primes and the zoom a compliment to the 24-70/70-200.
Let’s meet at 90/2 for the macro, and I leave you the spot for a 35/1.4 🙂
I want a 120 mm Tilt Shift lens.
I would be interested in a 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss, but only if this lens would have a really (!) high IQ.
“I would definitely buy the 35mm f/1.5 Zeiss if they release it! And you?”
Me, I’d be pretty pissed off having just bought the 35/2.8 ;-).
I expect the “bright prime” to be a portrait lens (85mm / 105mm or 135mm). This I’d not buy as I don’t believe there are any size/weight savings to be made with long lenses and I already have the Minolta 100mm/2.0 which is a) light b) small c) awesome.
16-35/4 would be most welcome.
15-40/4 would be even more welcome :-).
85mm 1.8 OSS please!!! T_____T
Hmm a G macro… Does this mean f2.8 and oss? If they backed it up with a 50mm 1.8 oss I’d be seriously tempted.
a cheap non Zeiss 50mm 1.8 OSS wouldn’t hurt. I would get an A7 and start with that :3
agreed. I want a cheap ‘nifty fifty’ style prime with OSS that I can use to intro myself to the A7 system and eventually step up to the high price lenses.
earlier the argument was a 50mm at $999 is not a huge deal for someone paying nearly $2k for a the a7, but already we’ve seen the A7 marked down to $1700 and sometimes with some kickers to boot (eg $300 trade in program). If I could get into the A7 system for $1500-1700 with a cheap 50, that would be awesome!
Likewise – the only boxes I need ticking are a fast 50mm and a 90/100mm macro, all with oss. I’m quite surprised they have made a standard or G 50mm oss, to be honest.
Well, a 90mm Macro would also be a nice lens for APS-C if the aperture is right…
A 90mm macro is an absolutely essential lens.
Shorter macros for ff do not allow enough distance from the subject.
Large aperture prime: They already have the 35/2.8. Doubt a 35/1.4 is that high on the priority list. Missing is a short tele large aperture lens.
I´d like a 21/24 prime as I prefer that over zoom.
+1 for a wide angle prime.
A small&light 24mm/2.8 would be perfect.
21mm FF primes are usually large (front element). An UW zoom would be a more practical choice if they can make it relatively small..
a very incomplete system that is worthless for any serious photographer. The lack of a UWA zoom is shocking. and a 16-35 is N-O-T wide enough.
You realise this incomplete system is about 4 months old, right?
16-35mm is perfectly wide enough for a lot of people… maybe just not for you.
Calm down Troll. U mad?
Lol you dumb. 16 is ENOUGH for most cases.
16mm is NOT wide enough for interiors. That is just the fastest growing photography market on the entire planet.
Sure it’s only 4month old but it had 4 lenses at launch. primes and normal zooms. with converters a tele zoom would be feasible since a tele zooms are already large and heavy a converter isn’t much of an issue. Instead of those 4 lenses they could just replace one of those for a ultra wide zoom.
I can’t replace my gear and get a sony a7 just because of it. I’m in the market for a new full frame camera and I’m forced to buy another brand because sony doesn’t have the lens options for me. they just lost about 3-4k in revenue. and I’m sure there’s tons of other photographers that are in the same position of me.
16mm is already as wide as any lens that Minolta/Sony have offered in A-mount for the last few decades, only 3rd parties have gone wider.
And if you do need wider the Voigtlander 12mm is working beautifully on my a7, with just some slight purple corners to correct in some shots.
Just out of curiosity, are you talking 16mm not being wide enough on a full frame or APS-C. Just curious.
Not sure why others need to criticize (sometimes brutally) people’s opinions. Sorry you are getting beat up about this.
Actually, I want to get a 12mm/F2.8
lol
Great! This is the way to make fail this system. Without words.
Please could you elaborate on that, Yoda?
Already done. At the moment we need some wide lenses, since we’ve already got a 55, a 70-200 f4 and a 24\70. Now a fast prime wide lens ( a 24 mm f2…..for example) and a portrait lens could be way more useful than a slow UWA zoom, a slow macro and – incredible- another 35 mm. Yes I do own even an Rx1r.
Well it all depends on personal needs. You might need those lenses, but “we” doesn’t really exist, as there is no universal list of lens requirements.
You wont get a FE-mount 24/2.0. There exists one in A-mount though. It’s large, heavy and would make absolutely no sense on the A7/A7R. I hope for a pocketable 24mm/2.8 and dont mind if the UW-zoom is F/4.0 or even F/4.0-F5.6 as long as it’s compact and the price is right.
Without a fast wide angle this system won’t survive.
I don’t think I’m the only one which needs a fast wide angle.
It will survive just fine. It just might not be the best system for your needs.
Well, maybe. But this roadmap is a suicide.
I won’t accept to get no fast prime both in tele and wide focal range after an year or more that the system came out.
Perhaps you should just accept that this is not a system for you. It’s meant to be realatively small and portable.
Sony has:
A-mount for large and expensive lenses
FE-mount for small and expensive lense
E-mount for mainstream lenses + an oddbal “Zeiss”.
I doubt we will see any cheap FE lenses anytime soon, as it just makes no sense. Not as long as it’s feasible to sell a 2000$ camera body. Perhaps when the competition and market is ripe for sub-1000$ fullframe cameras.
At the moment I’m pretty sure Sony is making a very healthy profit. The manufacturing costs cannot be higher than a mid-range APS-C slr which are mechanically much more complex (mirror box, matte screen, phase detect sensors etc.). Sensor costs are relatively minor comparing to the complete product.
E-Mount is not about fast lenses.
It’s about compact lenses.
If you want fast, that’s A-Mount.
I’d say that more people would be interested in that “slow” zoom, than the fast prime.
Then you’d be wrong.
Ian, funny.
One guy who wants a fast wide prime or the hundred of thousands of landscape and architectural shooters who don’t care about anything faster than f/8? Hmm… Decision, decision.
I really don’t think I’m the only one disappointed to get no fast primes, here.
If I need a 24X36 is even to play with DOF….
You may not be the only one who wants a fast wide prime, but I bet the majority of people waiting on wider than 35mm are looking for lenses to shoot landscape and architecture. Fast wide zoom are not necessary for this group. Just sharpness.
Need a fast wide angle prime and a fast 85\135 mm, thanks.
You might be in luck. I reckon the large aperture prime will be an 85/1.8, not 35/1.4.
I suspect the rumour of a 35/1.4 is more wishful thinking, borne out of the disappointment of the “slow” FE 35/2.8, than it is based on real insider information.
Great if its true, however the bit about two of the announced lenses will already be available (in4-6 weeks) cant be true. UK shipping times for 70-200/4 are May-June!!!!! And that has already been announced.
That 16-35 needs to be stella from 16-35, as 24-30 on the 24-70/4 is pretty poor in the corners.
Hope it has OSS like the 10-18.
I’ve picked up the 10-18 and at 14mm it is completely useable on the A7r…
“Great if its true, however the bit about two of the announced lenses will already be available (in4-6 weeks) cant be true”.
I don’t think anybody said “available” in 4-6 weeks.
The 16-36 and 90 seem believable, but I would be seriously surprised if Sony released a F1.4 35mm lens. I think all of 20mm, 24mm and 28mm are more likely (probably a 28 rather than the 20 or 24 I would prefer).
Seems good ( if true ) for E-mount users! What I’d like to see is a “modernized” version of the current A-mount 100/f2.8 macro with SSM, and a new “G” 24-70/f2.8 SSM ( lower cost than the Zeiss ) for A-mount! Anyway, if nothing like that is announced for 2014, I guess I’ll get both Sigma’s 24-105/f4 HSM and 105/f2.8 HSM macro.
Looking at the lens line-up of the others it seems very probable that these are the next lenses. Nothing really spectacular but it’s what you need. And if the performance is outstanding, it’s absolutley fine.
I want wider! Like 12-24 16 isn’t wide enough.
You already have 13-16mm on the 10-18..
My copy of the 10-18 gave me smeared purple edges so I sold it and am using my Nikon 14-24 which is fantastic.
My 10-18 on A7r with PhotoclubAlphas profile for Lightroom is fantastic!
It’s one class better than Canon 16-35 that I use via Metabones and on my Canon 5D3.
Another year of stagnation of A-mount then…great… 😉
Now this is great new Admin, bring on this 16-35 ASAP Sony.
The standard kit Sochi photographers is four camera bodies each outfitted with different lenses: 16-35mm f/2.8, 24-70mm f/2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8mm lens, f/300mm F2.8 lens. This serves as guide lines for us. It’s a start.
Of course Sony can’t compete with Nikon/Canon yet but wait another four years 🙂
People wanted any rumor so we get an SR2. Good luck with that. 😉
Equally unsurprising is how the a79 rumors have dried up. The marketing manipulators at Sony corporate typically won’t leak anything worth beans until 2-3 months prior to a release (meaningful reliable info 2-3 weeks) confirming we won’t see it until at least June.
Given the conflicting mirrorless/SLT rumors I wonder if the delay is Sony’s typical a-mount disinterest and neglect or an indication their engineers are struggling figuring out that line’s AF future. 😉
Yah, I remember Admin said something like will post A79 rumors immediately after the A6000 official launch.
All I really need is 2 more lenses
1) a wide angle (16-35, 16-24) F4 is OK I guess.
2) an f2.8 OSS telephoto (ie. 70-200)… which I’m not hopeful of getting.
You have plenty of 70-200/2.8 OSS lenses. Sigma is probably you best choice as ti will have full AF with EA-4 adapter.. Then there is Canon 70-200/2.8 and also Tamron produce USD lens variant for Canon I believe.
If you only need AF Sony recently released update to their award winning 70-200/2.8
LA-EA-4 is inconspicuous with this size of lens.
Thanks Kiril – I’ve been debating the value of OSS. I don’t have it (VR) now on my Nikon 80-200 but by all accounts I’ve heard it sounds like it a definite ‘nice to have’.
I’ll definitely check out that Sigma.
Kakaku isn’t Japanese so if you really have Chinese people telling you they are from Kakaku you may want to double check their validity. Kakaku is a Japanese site. I would like to see the source material to check how they are presenting this chart; i.e. as a wish list, a guess, or an actually announcement from Sony…
I meant to say “Kakaku is Japanese” in the first sentence.
The 35/1.4 is coming as soon as the last RX1(R) is sold.
Sounds good. Don’t know if this is true but lets hope so!
Now Sony, show A6000 some love and give us a 14mm F2.8 prime ($349), a 85mm F1.8/F2.8 prime ($299) and a 16-50mm F2.8 constant zoom ($849), khxtbai!
Agreed on that. The 85/90mm will probably be a FE lens. The 16-50 would be amazing, and would be a very good lens to launch with a true nex-7 successor (which would all be weathersealed, like Fuji).
Even if Zeiss is not involved 85mm 1.8 for $299 would never come true. It’s Sony! They will charge more for such a lens. Maybe 100-300 more.
The Sony SAL85F28 goes for $298 but I would be fine with $100 more.
Btw, I didn’t do any comprehensive market research regarding those prices 😉
I just finished a long trip with National Geographic Society and the lens I used more than any other was a Canon 16-35 F2.8 (other than when we were on Safari, where I used a Canon 400mm more).
Although I enjoy manual focus, I did miss the autofocus (AF via the Metabones adapter is just too slow to use most times) in certain environments. So, I would like the 16-35 from Sony, but would like it more if it was F2.8. Main thing is it needs to be at least as sharp as the Canon.
ok, I’m confused now, should I sell my 35G and buy Sigma 35 Art or I should wait to get this FE 35 1.4? lol
Or should you look at the name of this site (sony alpha RUMOR) and then look up what SR2 means, maybe good not to use this list when buying or selling anything…
If it is going like planned we will see 5 more lenses until end of the year :3
85mm 1.8 might come true but I am afraid it will be Zeiss FE and therefore twice as much $ T__T
Amen on needing A mount 35mm lens update! The ZA 24 is better on APSC body than the 35G is on the a99. That’s sad. The 35G sucks
This will be not so good.
I wish 105 Macro and 85 wide aperture.
There are really no tele lenses at all for E mount neither E nor FE.
It seems I will have to switch sides agin to DSLR. I just want to shoot simple portraits.
Have a look a the Samyang lens that was mentioned just recently on this website:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/samyang-85mm-f1-4-e-mount-full-frame-lens-now-in-stock-nex-6-price-drop/
Never understood these long range wide zooms. Make it 16-24; smaller and cheaper.
Totally agree.
I understand that people want UWA zoom lenses to extend to the WIDE range (like 14, 12). But I don’t get the point of an UWA that goes to 35mm with all the added compromises in optical quality. Especially for a system that offers a sharp 35mm prime the size of a cupcake.
Maybe the 35 1.4 will be one of the 2 that will be announced at the end of the year. They need a moderate tele portrait lens. An 85 1.8 would be great. I just sold my Nikon portrait lens so I really need an E replacement. Come on Sony, don’t mess around with indecision. 35mm is well covered already, esp if the wide zoom is 16-35.
I would buy the 35mm. However I wouldn’t invest in the system until there was a fast (F1.2/1.4) 85mm to go with it.
Whatever the wide zoom is, please, please make it world class! It could potentially be the most important lens for FE. Leave out OSS if it helps improve IQ.
70-200 f4 seems nice , of course if it has not effect of 18-105 f4 distortion .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZaoGIUBD_0
I am happy with my 35/2.8. I would have preferred a 21 or 24 or even 14 or 18 prime. I am glad about 90 macro. 16-35/f4 is a nice one, especially for me… being a landscaper. But I am really happy about the macro, so I can now stop using my Oly 50 macro.
I want a 16-50 f2.8 e mount. When are we gonna see that? I know it’ll be big but I have other lenses when I want to go compact. That laea2 adapter is ugly and I don’t want to use it to use a mount lenses.
E-Mount is for compact lenses. If you want a f/2.8 zoom, that’s A-Mount.
55-210, 18-200, 18-105, 16-70, fe24-70 are not what I would really call compact. When I want compact I’ll go with my pz1650, 16 and Sigma 30. The size on a 16-50 2.8 wouldn’t be that huge compared to the other zooms. I wouldn’t mind carrying around a slightly larger lens for times when I just don’t to constantly swap lenses.
Is this going to be the same as the NEX series, where we will start seeing redundancy in the 35 and 50mm range? I understand that there should be different price points within the range so everyone can have a 35 or 50 but I think they should release some range that hasn’t been covered first, then add to the similar range. The whole idea in my mind is that this system (with a nice diverse range of focal lengths) will further rock the market. Either way, I’m still on board and will get an A7r pretty soon.
There will quite obviously be an f/2.8 line of compact primes alongside an f/1.x line of fast primes.
Quite likely there will be 35/2.8, 50/2.8, 85/2.8 and then 24/2, 35/1.4, 55/1.8, 100/2.
So far, nothing indicates Sony is indeed trying to replace A-Mount.
Not until we see FE 16-35 f/2.8, 24-70 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8 lenses…
The kill the a-mount crowd just wants Sony to focus on them. However, who actually thinks Sony will put together a FE/E mount lens system remotely as complete as a-mounts any time soon? Then ponder all the complaining the a-mount system is missing too many lenses! 🙂
Not sure about all that but I plan on keeping my A-mount gear and just adding FE-mount to supplement it.
A mount users should focus on shooting and less on whether their mount will disappear. These equipment are not investment. They are entrance fees. When you pay your entrance fee to an event, you don’t expect to receive money back when you leave, do you? When you buy a car, you don’t expect 80% of the value when you resell in 5 years, do you? Photo gear are not good investments.
Now, having said that, it’s pretty clear what Sony’s intentions are. Now, that they have fast AF system for mirrorless (via A6000), you can bet the A9R will be pretty significant when it’s released in the next 2 years. I still wouldn’t stress out if I liked the gear I used.
It’s not about selling your gear to get your money back…
When you buy a camera, you expect that the manufacturer will be releasing new lenses and cameras for the system, so all gaps in the lens line-up will be eventually filled and all features missing from your camera will appear on newer bodies. That’s what all the complaints are about.
I get you, but this is Sony. They drop A-mount on the floor. They drop APS-C E-mount on the floor. They’ll probably one day drop FE on the floor. The only path to stability is Canikon.
The best bet is to put your faith in two systems. It was probably a mistake, but I recently sold my Nikon system. I now have APS-C E and FE. After hearing Sony will focus on FE, I am both happy and sad. Happy that FE will be built. Sad that APS-C E is kinda dangling. Also, there’s nothing stopping Sony from doing the same to FE. So now, I’m thinking should I replace APS-C E with Fuji or Olympus or Nikon just in case FE also gets the shaft in a few years. Having a second non-Sony system can remove the dependence on Sony.
Look around. Other than canikon, who else is stable? Olympus? Fuji? The both abandoned their DSLR users. This is why canikon is canikon and the choice of smart pros. Let’s face it, SLT was a big mistake for Sony. They went from solid 3rd to distant 4th because of SLT.
Don’t forget that you can use the FE lens on the APS-C mirrorless bodies. The only negative of this direction is they may not develop enough new, less expensive, lenses.
On my recent big trip, I used my NEX-7 quite a bit, alongside the A7r.
I don’t think APS-C E-mount is dangling, and if you are invested in FE also, I would worry even less. Sony see mirrorless as the future for them, meaning E-mount. If I was invested in a Nikon APS-C and FF system say, I would tend to purchase FF lenses anyway, to maximise their usage across both frame sizes.
I do think there will be less development of cheaper, Sony branded lenses for APS-C, but that is true for Nikon and Canon also now.
What do you mean, 4th? Who’s 3rd in DSLR, then?
I’d like to see 24/2 or 28/2 in coming years tbh. Would fit a nice duo with the 55
I don’t really believe that there will be another 35mm lens this soon. I bet there will be a superzoom, Sony likes superzoom, see how many 18-200 E mount lenses there are?
Give us an affordable 50mm f/1.2 like Nikon’s manual focus 50mm f/1.2 for our FE lens. I’d sell my left nut for that! … but in all seriousness, I really think AF isn’t a must because the Sony Alpha a7 MF is easy due to peaking. I’d love to buy a fast 50mm f/1.2 that is smaller and cheaper simply because it’s MF instead of AF. Throw in some great fluffy bokeh with wide-open sharpness & it’s a win.
Nikon is 1 inch, half the size of Sony FF. It’s a different story.
He never mentioned the Nikon 1 system, and the 1″ sensor you describe is much smaller than half the size of FF.
He was referring to the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AI-S, a full frame lens.
I really want the 16-35 f/4 tho I would have prefer 12-24 since that’s the point of a wide angle lens…..f/2.8 would be nice but given how all of the Zeiss FE lenses are on the “slower” side, f/4 is ok as long as the IQ is as good as the FE55f1.8!
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It’s never going to have the image quality of the 55mm prime. Just saying.
I would love a FE 85 f1.8 or f1.4 portrait lens. That lens is a must for me. I already own both the current two fix FE lenses. I love the 55 and 35m for the quality and portability.
This argument is ridiculous. Sony’s A mount series has both FF lenses as well as other lenses that are for APS-C cameras (DT series such as the Zeiss 16-80) only, so why should it surprise anyone that there are both full frame and APS C lenses in the E mount series? Sony doesn’t seem to have abandoned either mount and continues to bring out new cameras and new lenses in each format. Why not enjoy the variability rather than scorn the choices?