UPDATED: At last! Sony Japan will start shipping the new 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS FE lens on March 12. This means Sony will announce the price of the lens and accept preorders in a very few days already! The other three new FE lenses should be released in April.
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excited
time to jump ship to E-mount
And yet another exiting zoom lens from Sony. Hurrah!
Now I want more! Is the 24 – 105mm range already covered? And I’m still waiting for a 35 – 70mm… Or maybe a 28 – 280mm… There is also room for a 35 – 350mm, and even a 38 – 380mm. Also… Make sure that every lens is available in a Sony and in better quality Zeiss version.
Now I’m getting excited. Please Sony! We desperately need more standard zooms with FE mount.
(This post might include some irony. But than again… So does Sonys FE lens lineup.)
Irony is not the right way to comment about Japanese companies, they take it absolutely seriously …
why would you need 35-70? with sharp 35/1.4 and plenty of mp you can crop and still have enough resolution.
The range is very versatile, but it’s so slow and the optical quality is expected to be as compromised as its versatility, at least for stills.
Is there any chance this will be better than the 24-70 or 28-70 just in the fact that they’ve maybe had time to come up with better designs or optimize for full frame E-mount?
No chance… No hope for a 10x zoomlens to surpass a 3x zoomlens.
I figured not but the 2 zooms came out essentially with the A7x series release. They probably saw the disappointing reviews for the 24-70 and maybe have made some changes? Sometimes superzooms suck at the longer range (maybe 100+mm) but decent at the lower end
10x vs 3x aside, let’s not forget this is not a Zeiss badged lens. No doubt that it will perform below the other two or Sony risks devaluing the Zeiss label.
The FE 24-70 already devalues the Zeiss label. Eagerly waiting for a version II.
You’re going be eager for about 8 years.
I came here to say this. While people complain about paying for the blue label, it does indeed count for something. It seems that when Sony wants to go compact, they develop the lens themselves. If image quality is the top priority, they let Zeiss take the reigns.
the crop 18-200 (first version) is as good as 55-210
Off course, it will out perform both and be half the price.
It was a legitimate question and this happens with other systems.
For example, the Nikon 18-140 and 18-300 (mega-zoom?) beat the 18-55 II at every focal length and aperture setting between 18-55.
But they are way more expensive lenses, yes?
Sure, just as this 24-240 will be way more expensive than the 28-70, and the 24-70 is only $1200 because of the blue sticker, so price is a bit of an outlier on that one
Unlikely, but I admire your optimism.
The best gift for your A7S!!
List price: $2450 just to make sure it is not too successful.
I hope they fixed the reported “softness” past 100mm.
This is a f6.3 superzoom. Seriously doubt it will be terribly sharp past 100mm. Really don’t know who will want such a zoom for full frame.
Agreed. This is for me the least compelling EF lens presented so far. But what the heck, some people might get happy about it. I just bought the Loxia 50, and there are probably people who don’t understand what those are good for either.
I would Buy It Right Now. If you need to be light, Even during work, this has the Oss And its full frame. Right now i use the selp18200. Even for photos. On a7s it s equal to a 5 Mp image. Becouse it s Apsc lens.
I don’t understand buying Loxia.. Why you would choose Non AF expensive lens when u can buy AF zeiss?
Because I shoot manual focus 95% of the time, even when I have a AF lens? And focus by wire sucks?
I think 55FE focus just fine.. may be at least for me.
somertimes its better to get the picture with a ‘not-so-good’ lens than not getting the picture.
Yes what you say is true but honestly I find missing out on one fleeting moment is not really worth getting soft photos after paying the price for a full frame with its large sized bodies and sensors. A m43 system with superzoom would be both cheaper and much more compact.
Not a fan of superzooms myself, but they are good sellers for several manufacturers. They also come in handy as backup lenses.
Oh yes, it will be as sharp as the Otus across the entire range.
If it’s sharp till 100mm, at least it can replace my kit lens.
Any chance there will be any primes in the wide end? Like 24mm, 21mm, 16mm? Stuff like that.
The 28/2 will go to 21 and 16 with converters, but IQ might be compromised. Maybe Loxia will step up with a 21 or 24
The 28mm is to big with the adapter for my taste. Manual focus primes wouldbe great, I guess it is the future Loxia lenses Im waiting for
Not a word about A7000 ? again !!!
You mean the A7000 that’s merely a figment of some people’s imagination?
Where’s the R2 bridge camera? It’s been almost a decade since they released the R1. What’s wrong with you, Sony? It’s a slap in the face to all the loyal fans who have been waiting this long.
Sony is the world champion of announcing lenses and and presenting lens roadmaps. 😉
I have to agree with that… unpleasant, but so true !
For only $149! look at what canon is producing 🙂
whats the point of comparing a zoom lens with a very wide range to a 24mm lens?
Who is comparing?
Please forgive CanikonRule…. He cannot create short term memories.
You have a slow mind buddy, I will give you another day until you figure it out.
Give us all another lifetime, and no one will ever be able to figure you out.
More so, who compares a APS-C prime pancake to a FF zoom? “Look at that Prius! For only $24k it’s so much cheaper than the Tesla Model S!”
So irrelevant, don’t try to be smart.
It’s a POS aps-c lens, no one here gives a $hit.
The 40mm pancake? You’re comparing to a 10x zoom?
The only time I want a pancake is when I have twice slices of bacon to go along with it.
Sony have 20mmf2.8 & 16mmf2.8 for their apsc Emount too.
I pretty much prefer it to be 24-110 F4.5 constant. Or 28-120 F4 with great optical qualities. Macro ability 1:2 is a bonus.
I don’t know why they couldn’t announce this at CP+…
soooooo..what about the 90macro? or the 35? its been 20 days since i last complained about them not being released yet.
“The other three new FE lenses should be released in April.”
The wait is killing me! I am so ready to throw my money at the 35 1.4
I think this can be a fun lens for a family vacay. We should still get a 24-120 f/4 and a 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 as standard kit.
sure…it wont resolve a 50mp sensor like an otus
but a7s its only 10mp, with an ISO advantage that get you equivalent noise like an 24-240 f2.8-4 on regular ff
so… im glad sony took the chance with this lense
a7 line its great, ff its better than aps-c, but many people dont understand that bulk of sales comes from aps-c and versatile lenses with no so great iq sold better than great expensive ones
how many otus had been sold last year, how many kit zooms had been sold in the same time
search for the most sold A lense ever, its not the mighty 135 f1.8, its not even a zeiss one, or a G one, in fact its not even a fullframe lense, top 5 lenses sold in the A mount for the last decade since sony buy it from minolta and neither one its ff, zeiss or G
ask sigma and tamron what are their most sold lenses? not the ones that got great reviews, that everyone want them, no, ask for the lenses that pay the BILLS
if sony want a7 line to grow up, to gain market share, to make ff mirrorless the defacto standar, they need to push it to prosumers and consumers, and they need consumers lenses to do it
DSLRs are shrinking 20% each year since 2011, mirrorless are growing slowly but growing, if that trend sustain in 3 years both will sold at equal numbers, and then DSLR will keep falling to oblivion.
only catering to a niche (profesional pothographers) wont be healthy, and the current model cannot be sustained
sony and all camera manufacters for that matter, should stop asking advices from profesionals and listen to them too much or camera market will collapse, even more than already do, they need to target to masses, like samsung, toyota…
canon and nikon cant do it, sony its already doing it, pissing past minolta users and some sony A mount owners, its sad, but you cant think about the past if you are looking into the future or you will be left behind, even some E aps-c user are pissed for the lack of bodies and lenses, but i rather see sony releasing cheap ff E cameras at $1000 than releasing an a7000 with some version 2.0 lense at more than $1000, if sony E aps-c is pushed under the carpet like A mount, canibalized for a7 line up and cheap ff, well, so be it, sony its not in the bussines of making old photographers happy,its the biggest seller of sensors, its in their best interest to push ff at such lower prices that no one hesitate to buy a ff sony instead of smaller fujis, samsungs,canons, or even samallers olympus, panasonics, or nikon lol
sony only need to keep releasing ff bodies cheap, and then every company would need to start buying sony sensors or see sales fall of the cliff, bassically sony needs to mimic the rx100 story with current a7 line up, afterall, everyone now, even canon are buying 1″ sensors from sony, and sure they had not option, just like in 3 years no company will had an option but to buy sony ff mirrorless sensors, because like with the rx100 no one will settle for less
I can’t decide if I want to grab this lens for my travel lens or stick to my original plan of 28mm + 21mm converter and 55 FE. OR 55 FE and 16-35 haha. Going to Greece in June so I should decide soon.
get them all
Братко, сад постајеш стварно зао. 🙂
сръбския не ми се отдава… български не знаеш ли? 🙂
Не знам да говорим Бугарски, али разумем. Разбирам 🙂
or just get all of them
If you tape the 55 onto the 16-35 plus add a cheap 2x tele you’ll have 212mm of reach.
Are you going to use this to photograph or to stick up your butt? The results will probably be the same. Crappy brown photos mixed with chunks of corn.
You’re the only one who makes any sense among all these trolls and morons.
Where does the corn come from?
It’s a plant, a species of grass actually. Hope this helps.
Mexico?
I would say 24-240mm + 55 FE
Finally, a something which seems like a useful kit lens for FE cameras.
This is the perfect kind of mediocre lens that will be gobbled up by the Sony fanboi. Mushy 11+7 bit 14 megapixel mush. Cheez-whiz for the masses.
please show us your pictures ruined with 11+7 compression in real life.
There are still so many glaring holes in the aps e mount lens lineup. No fast affordable 35-40mm equivalent, preferably with OSS for video- Olympus has the 17mm and Panasonic has the 20mm. And no affordable 85-90 portrait lens with OSS- Olympus has the 45mm and Panasonic just announced a 42.5 f1.7 with OIS that retails for $399. I’m sick of the super expensive Zeiss branded lenses and the slow zooms. Give your APS users a couple more fast primes that don’t cost a fortune.
Canon Delighting You Always! Just a friendly tip.
Too little too late. Sony is going down fast after this debacle. So sad!
What…?
Will you guys use this lens for professional work? I would like to ask in videographers perspective since A7S can compensate with 6.3
No, not appropriate for (professional) video in my opinion. not constant aperture, no manual aperture control, no manual focus option (follow focus), no power zoom. the new PZ28-135 is what you should jump for in the professional sphere, of course more $$$ and not as long at the long end, but it is really cheap compared to everything else similar and will be a lens you can use for years to come, rather than a lens like this that you would outgrow the first year of your (successful) videography / cine business. This lens is great for the walkabout casual photographer that carries only 1 lens.
For professional work? Most definitely no. In addition to the issues mentioned by TomV, this lens is focus by wire, which is quite unusable for a lot of pro video jobs, and I highly doubt this lens is parfocal, another deal breaker for pro level video jobs.
it would be nice to have powerzoom 😀
Sony should make some toy lenses like the ones Pentax makes for the Q system. Or a body cap lens like Olympus. Those are obvious gaps in the line-up.
The whole system is a toy so no need for toy lenses.
meh…six of one, seven of another.
Are there any size and weight specification for these upcoming lenses? I’ve seen the product photos and videos but did n’t see any reference to these. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
size: http://briansmith.com/sony-fe-35-f1-4-28-f2-90-macro-24-240-mm-lens/
that means its a little bit shorter than the shown canon lens which is 12.3cm long.
Thanks
you can’t have everything in a lens, but for sure, this one is needed.
Many people, me included, would buy this lens to use during holidays…
Tokina made a 24-200mm lens. Goes for about 2 bills or less. Then you have the minolta 24-105mm. Dang fine optics is what that one is.
You need the LAEA4 adapter to use those two lenses and ill bet money both those lenses won’t be as sharp or contrasty as the new Sony lens.
Tokina 24-200 is not that great. But you can grab a minolta 24-105 for like 150.00 bucks- which is almost identical to the Sony version- which is a pretty good lens. This lens is all about native options and for that- I’m interested to see how it performs.