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Klaus, while I do love alt lenses, I felt I had gotten a bit lost with my A7R, because of how many you can actually use. I ended up with 6 different mounts! So I now standardize on 2: native FE and Leica R. The FE offers 2 fine primes, 35 and 55. The 35 gets a lot less recognition than it deserves IMHO. It consistently produces superb shots for me in all kinds of situations and, being so small and light, is an ideal walk-about lens. Leica R is the one range where I can get top-quality glass all the way from UWA to tele. While they aren't light, they aren't as large and heavy as DSLR lenses like the Zeiss Z*. And some of them are simply exceptional, like Elmarit 28 vII and Summilux 80 (note to Charles, I compared it to my M 'Cron 75. Wonder how it fares compared to your Lux 75?)
And, while far from cheap, Leica R are a far cry from the prices of new M lenses.
As to the future, Sony-Zeiss will release more FE lenses this year (they are a Sony design with a zest of Zeiss), and Zeiss themselves will announce a line of MF primes for FE mount. But no-one seems to know what specs or delivery dates.
Have fun!
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