Just woke up after two hours sleep. Those are two images from the Zeiss 24mm E-mount lens you sent to me. Click on the them to see the full size version!
UPDATE: Sony is making wonders when it comes to the sensor technology but they should learn from Panasonic how to make small lenses. Check here: http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-image-leak-panasonic-new-14-42mm-is-a-pancake/. I think it’s an amazing piece of engineering!
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Really wish Sony would start turning out some compact lenses for the Nex cameras. I just don’t see the point of getting one if you have to stick a big lens on it. Might as well go with a DSLR. And besides being too big this lens is also too expensive. They should offer it with the Nex 7 at a decent price.
They probably will make smaller versions of lens in time – one pro line and one compact line. It’s kind of strange to go to DSLR because of a lens that is larger than pancake. These lenses are still smaller than DSLR counterpart – and beside that – the quality of the images from this camera is probably equal to or better than any other dslr available. It probably beats the 7d in terms of image quality. Why go to a bigger dslr that gives a worse quality image.. having a hard time understanding that..
Yes! Pancake lens please !!!! Cheap price please !!!!
I don’t know if I would go to DSLR or SLT, but I also have been questioning the compactness of the NEX system, the whole idea of having the basics lenses as bigger as the body is a weird concept. I don’t own a NEX but it’s probably feel a little odd in your hands, if I was to seriously buy one, I’d probably go for a NEX-7, it has a bigger body – and of course, a lot more resources.
If I had too much money I would buy NEX 7 and Zeiss 24 1.8 and 50 1.8. Unfortunately I don’t so I guess Ill stik to D7000 and G 35 1.8 and 50 1.4.
Huge!! I wonder whats the weight.
it’s a beautiful rock
i wish i had the money~
I think a larger lens is slated for the NEX7, not the NEX3.
It’ll make sense soon — a Pro body and pro grade lens, and the NEX3C will look like the toy that it’s meant to be (that is, for p&s upgraders — cheap and simple) and the 7 will be where the action’s at for hobbyists.
Andrea: you are so hard-working !
I love her!
Andrea is a man, you know….
That makes more interesting to get NEX. 😀
This makes me want a NEX camera. Yeah, I have a Rokinon 35 f/1.4, and soon there will be a 24mm from Rokinon, but damn those things are huge as compared to some of the lenses you can put on a NEX.
As for size, people here must have never used a film body like the Nikon FE or a rangefinder camera.
I had a Nikkon FE2. Know what standard prime I used on it? A Nikkor 50mm f/2 AIS pancake. That lens was 1/3 the size of this Zeiss.
Sweet. Grab an adapter and put it on your NEX.
All that I’m saying is that it’s probably not as large of a problem as people are making it out to be. Sony IS to blame for added weight from the leaf shutter in the lens which was a hilariously stupid move instead of putting it in the body.
putting leaf shutter in the body would be dumb. They can only go so fast. If it’s in the lens, it’ll probably use leaf shutter up to a certain shutter speed and use the focal shutter if you need a faster shutter speed. I’d personally be surprised if they did include a leaf shutter in the lens..we’ll find out soon.
Please stay awake, Andrea. Coffee and malt whisky will help! 🙂
Anything on the NEX-7 yet?
André
I am awake. But I am soooooo tired. Good that I don’t have to work tomorrow. Took one day “vacation”.
Nice looking lens, but yes, way too big to use as a standard every day prime for a NEX body. Sony really needs to get it together. They don’t need a ton of pancakes, just a few, but I can’t bring myself to buy another NEX body until they have something like a 28mm f/2 pancake available.
Looks beautiful. Yes, it’s not a pancake, but I bet it will produce stunning images. There is more to compact size than pocketablity. Smaller cameras can be more convenient, more discreet, lighter weight, and above all else, they are cameras that you are more likely to bring with you.
I can only image that after getting an NEX-7 with the above lens (as soon as I can afford it), my a850 with 35/1.4 will be staying home much more often.
What is it with you people and pancake lenses. Pancake this, pancake that. You people may as well get a p and s. Is sony its able to create a lens that offers hours iq, yet compact in size, they would have probably done it by now to shut you people up once and for all.
Yes, Jason! Thank you! I’ve heard enough whining about pancake this and that. Most people aren’t going to own both NEX and SLR/SLT bodies, so going with NEX would definitely make sense from a portability standpoint. What is with this “pocketable” mindset. I promise you, slinging an NEX with any of the current lenses (minus the 18-200 of course) is way less obtrusive and cumbersome than carrying that A700. Try it.
I wish there were pancake lenses, but I don’t think I’d use them over anything else in particular. If people need small size there’s quite a few M-mount offerings that they can adapt.
/problem
(okay, no electrical connection to the body and no AF, but its not that large of an issue with peaking)
The pancake whining is indeed getting repetitive, but you have to admit that it’s a bit ridiculous for Sony to have really slim NEX bodies but no compact lens to go with them except for one. That one (16/2.8), though cheap, is neither very useful (unless you like 24mm equiv. a lot) nor sharp (http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1346).
On the other hand, Samsung, Panasonic, and Olympus seem to be able to make compact lenses for their mirrorless cameras just fine, like this one: http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-image-leak-panasonic-new-14-42mm-is-a-pancake/
And I don’t think pocketability is the main point either. I mean, don’t you want less overall weight/volume, more discreet, and better lens/body balance?
Well, one can’t expect a cell phone lens providing an APS-C image circle properly. Sony’s SEL-16F28 is quite good from f/5.6 to f/11 and together with the two converters it’s big fun. So far it’s the price worthiest compromise for E-Mount as 16mm Wide Angle, 12mm Ultra Wide Angle & 10mm Fisheye solution. Better image quality would result in bigger and much more expensive lenses and a lot of weight to carry around. But for those not interested in those converters and having a SEL-1855 already, the SEL-16F28 doesn’t make much sense, of course.
does nex-7 have built-in image stabiliser in the body?
NEX-7 + Zeiss = sexiest mirrorless camera! This will replace my Canon T1i + Sigma 30mm f/1.4 as my walk around camera. It’s about time the NEX gets a high optical quality lens.
I honestly don’t think its that big…
the 24mm SSM is the same length, but a bit fatter.. personally I’m probably gonna get the SSM and new Adapter, the adapter is the annoyance with the extra length, but nescessary evil.
I’m not interested in the Zeiss, but that new Panasonic lens is an incredible bit of engineering. If only they could get their sensors up to snuff.
Thanks for the heads up Carl. That new Panasonic lens is indeed remarkable. Wow!
How big is the image circle? Would it be big enough to cover APS-H (28.7mmx19.1mm) 1.3x crop factor? It would make sense with such a relative “big” lens. There was a rumor that Canon mirrorless will be using such format. Canon is developing a 120mp APS-H sensor at 9.5fps!
$1350 for the NEx-7 and 24/1.8! This is a bargain!!! I will definitely pre-order one ASAP!!
This puts the Fujifilm to shame! Just for a little more $$ you can get an interchangeable system and double the MP (12 to 24).
Thank you SONY!!!
its not 1350$, its 2300$