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Image above: The current [shoplink 5586]Zeiss 16-80mm for APS-C Alpha cameras[/shoplink]
Last week we told you that Zeiss would launch the 24mm f/1.7 for NEX within the next few months. Now another trusted source told us about the next NEX lens! It looks like Sony and Zeiss do have the plan to introduce the 16-80mm for NEX in 2012. We don’t have details about aperture and price yet. The current 16-80mm lens has an aperture of f/3.5-4.5 and price varies from country to country: Check the current 16-80mm lens price at [shopcountry 5586]. let’s hope Zeiss will release the lens as early as possible!
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41 Responses
Are they just changing mount or there are more modification to original?
Complete new design!
It would have to be a new design, since the A-mount version uses screwdriver focusing – and it would also need OSS, now that the 18-55 mm has it.
Even better would be a modified Sony R1 lens (altough probably not possible as that sat even closer to the sensor). On the current APS-C cameras that would turn into 22-109mm (35m equiv) with even superior optical performance than the 16-80 (better edge to edge at the wide angle, less CA and distortion).
I wish they would make an image stabilized pancake lens.
What would be better is if they’d just put in-body image stabilization in their NEX-7 like they do with the A-mount. I understand in-lens has advantages in some ways, but the cons that it makes lenses larger, heavier, and more expensive far outweigh the pros to me.
A 1.4 35mm would save my day!
More primes please, stop wasting my time with stupid slow zooms, I have no use for them.
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how about 11mm-105mm f0.95-f2.0?
that would look like the sony 500mm G mounted on a NEX, like that recent video posted on SAR
U read my mind.
Another oversized lens for this, supposedly, “pocket” camera..
It’s not meant to be a pocket camera.
Tagline: DSLR Quality In Your Hands.
If this has OSS and a decent aperture it would be a real steal, considering a price of under 1000$
If the 16-80 for Nex is a zeiss then i wonder what the black G High performance zoom lens would be? Which is also scheduled to be released in 2012
Absolutly!
I also would like a prime lens that is not as wide as the 16mm.
24-30mm for example.
And be it f/3.5 – I don’t care.
As long as it is super compact.
i would love a pancake lens for NEX but make it f/2 at least 😛 i mean panasonic could do a 20mm f/1.7 and samsung could make a f/2 pancake i doubt son can’t…
I meant to reply to the above post, but nothing bad happend so ….
;o)
Panasonic has a smaller sensor, so it’s easier.
I have not yet looked into the Samsung pancake.
i always love this lens for the A mount, yes its not fast at all, but the colour/contrast it produce makes a good combo for A55/33, just buy a 35 1.8 for low light
i will wait for this lens to come!
So 3 transtandard zoom ?
2010 – The 18-55mm kit lens
2012 – the G zoom and the zeiss …
I think this zeiss lens is redundant with the G zoom, thus, if it is in some Sony roadmap, it had to be low propiority.
Has voightlander announced lenses for NEX? I hope they come out with a 1.0 or .95….
It will be like in the A mount
1 cheap kit lens: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
1 quality lens with a good range with slow apperture: zeiss 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5
1 quality lens with a shorter range but fast apperture: 16-50mm f/2.8
Sony DT 16-50 f/2.8??? You’re making a confusion with Pentax.
Yes and no. Sony said that they will announce a new high quality standard zoom lens and, the only quality standard lens missing in the Sony linup is a 16-50mm f/2.8 😉
Nice to hear zeiss s working on this HQ zoom. This is propably the same G labeled lens from roadmap.
This Rumor cannot be true, since Sony Road Map clearly indicated the standard zoom will be a G Lens, not a Zeiss.
Why not just make bunch of primes M-mount size? I use Voigtlander lenses pretty much 100% of time. They are small, well build and with great IQ.
What a silly survey. If it’s a great quality and low price lens, would you buy it? I don’t care what the specs are, I’m buying any lens that fits that description.
Furthermore…regarding the new Zeiss NEX f1.7…why did they choose to go with 1.7 instead of 1.4?
Is the .3 difference really that much more expensive for Zeiss to develop or is 1.7 just some sort of artificial limitation set by Zeiss?
We don’t know if it is f1.7, yet, but, yes, choosing f1.7 over f1.4 allows cost savings and size reduction.
I’d guess that when they build these lens they know 2 things at the beginning… the Price and the Size… I think that those will dictate the Brightness.
I wish it were the other way round, but i guess they are a business, and gotta make money.
I want to replace my 16-80mm…. Its one of my favourite lenses, but my ones focus is a little off, and a loose.
Cosina-Voightlander created a .95 for the M4/3 cameras…. hope they make one for the NEX mount!
u know u could get the M-mount adapter and go for the Voigtlander 50/1.1
not a 50mm equiv on the nex and not 0.95, but it’s cheaper than the 25/0.95 (at least in my country) and it’s a full frame lens, not the pathetic 4/3, so you can use it on leica cameras if u ever decided to go that route! Much better deal imo.
I thought about that myself, but the non-50mm equivalent breaks the deal there.
I think it’d be huge lens for any APS-C camera.
This lens sounds like a re-tread. The 16-80mm Zeiss is solid, but could be a lot better if it was faster perhaps f/2.8-3.5 with SSM. Perhaps widen the range to 105mm. The Alpha continues to be ignored.
I find this a little hard to believe for a few reasons, first with the build quality of the lens itself is not all that tight. My copy seems reasonably well made, and it is still a little sloppy.
Considering the NEX comes with metal construction kit lenses, there would be a disparity if they offer the current 1680za in E-Mount.
Secondly, the lens itself is not all that fast and Zeiss have steered away from using OIS in their lenses, I don’t see them using that now, however if this rumor is true it may suggest a NEX7 with SSS instead.
It would be nice if a new revised 1680za was offered in both E & A mounts corresponding with A77 and NEX7 releases.
Waiting for new lenses is like watching paint dry. They just want you to buy the adapter and a mount lenses, thats the only thing keeping new lenses out of your grubby little hands.
I have little interest in Nex line cameras because of the lack of bright compact lenses designed to work without any adapters. It looks ridiculous with jumbo oversized glass and fails to be compact and portable. So no I would not buy such a lens.
Sorry, but I find the poll to be an extremely stupid question.
“If quality is superb and price not to high will you buy the lens?”
If the quality is superb and the price isn’t too high, then what’s the catch? Of course everyone would say yes.