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carstenw wrote:
It depends which site you look at. I just looked around on both the UK and US sites, and for teles longer than the 135 ZA, I see only 70-200, 70-300, 70-400, and 500/4. Where did the others go? Are they discontinued?
300/2.8 G just got a refresh to version II which should be arriving soon.
like I said, no 200 or 400 primes at the moment.
carstenw wrote:
There are also some high-end fast primes missing in the range from 24-50 or so, as well as high-quality wide primes. Generally, there is something at every focal length, more or less, but no range in the offerings, just one lens here, one there. It feels very empty.
Wait... ZA24/2 is there and very good, ZA55/1.4 has been announced due for release next year. 35/1.4 needs a refresh I agree...
carstenw wrote:
Anyway, my statement was more aimed at the fact that Sony has released an amazing number of bodies in the last few years, but few lenses. There appears to be no efforts underway to offer a larger range of high-end lenses, NEX or DSLR, no effort to overhaul mediocre performers, such as Nikon and especially Canon are currently doing, no effort to support specialist purposes, like tilt-shift lenses, and so on. Sony in general just appears to be doing the bare minimum in the lens offerings.
I have spoken to some key people and cannot comment on unannounced lenses, but suffice to say a lot will be announced next year.
They ARE making efforts to release new lenses, three new E mount lenses just got announced and will be available in the next 2 months.
As for mediocre performers, which lenses are you referring to? The 28/2.8 was discontinued recently which should tell you something. The 300/2.8 was an old Minolta design which is getting refreshed. I imagine the 35/1.4 is next on the block.
carstenw wrote:
As a contrast, look at Olympus or Panasonic in the mirrorless space. Lots of zooms, lots of great primes, and lots of new releases all the time, or look at the amazingly complete offerings of Canon and Nikon in the DSLR arena. Sony doesn't appear to be trying to pull even here. At all. Neat cameras, but I would never buy one until I was more sure of their lens lineup.
I enjoy comments like this so I can do things like this:
Panasonic Lumix G 7-14mm f/4
Sony 10-18/4
Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye
Lumix G 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
Sony Fisheye Adapter OR Samyang 8/3.5 although that's a little big
Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6
Sony 10-18/4
Panasonic Lumix G 12-35mm f/2.8 Power O.I.S.
Sony 16-50 f/3.5-5.6 Power Zoom OSS although slower but much cheaper
Olympus 12mm f/2
Sony 16/2.8 although not as good optically but much cheaper
Zeiss 12/2.8 a bit wider on APS-C than the Oly
Olympus M.Zuiko ED 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 EZ
Panasonic Lumix G 12.5mm f/12 3D lens
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 Pancake lens
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Panasonic Lumix G X PZ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S.
Sony 16-50 f/3.5-5.6 Power Zoom OSS
Panasonic Lumix G 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Mega O.I.S.
Sony 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Panasonic Lumix G 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Mega O.I.S.
Sony 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Panasonic Lumix G HD 14-140mm f/4-5.8 Mega O.I.S.
Sony 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 OSS
Sony 18-200 f/3.5-6.3LE OSS
Olympus 14-150mm f/4-5.6
Sony 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 OSS
Sony 18-200 f/3.5-6.3LE OSS
Olympus 17mm f/2.8
Zeiss 24/1.8
Olympus 17mm f/1.8
Zeiss 24/1.8
Sigma 19mm f/2.8
Zeiss 24/1.8
Sigma 19mm f/2.8
Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7
Zeiss 24/1.8 Albeit not a pancake!
Panasonic Leica DG 25mm f/1.4
Sony 35/1.8 OSS
Zeiss 32/1.8
Sigma 30mm f/2.8
Sony 35/1.8 OSS
Zeiss 32/1.8
Lumix G X 35-100mm f/2.8 Power O.I.S.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6
Sony 55-210 f/4.5-6.3 OSS
Olympus 45mm f/1.8
Sony 50/1.8 OSS not quite as long I admit.
Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro Mega O.I.S.
Sony 30/3.5 Macro OSS not in the same league optically.
Zeiss 50/2.8 Macro
Panasonic Lumix G 45-150mm f/4-5.6 Mega O.I.S.
Sony 55-210 f/4.5-6.3 OSS
Panasonic Lumix G X PZ 45-175mm f/4-5.6 Power O.I.S.
Sony 55-210 f/4.5-6.3 OSS
Panasonic Lumix G 45-200mm f/4-5.6 Mega O.I.S.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 1:1 macro
Zeiss 50/2.8 Macro
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm f/1.8
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7
Panasonic Lumix G 100-300mm f/4-5.6 Mega O.I.S.
So as far as I see it, they just need a super-tele zoom, a fast long tele, a longer macro (EDIT: Added the Zeiss 50/2.8 recently announced) and a moderate speed pancake wide to match 4/3. Or am I missing something?
Wins and losses on both camps with regard to optical comparisons. The new 35/1.8 and 10-18/4 are fantastic though.
With regard to the CaNikon comment, well, Sony have only been making DSLR's and lenses since 2006...
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