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A 55mm would make a great short portrait lens and be far easier to produce in spec/weight/speed/cost terms, and being AF would be deadly fast at f2 - so that is my pragmatic choice. I envision a fair-priced competitor to the Leica 50 APO, itself a 8/5 design.
I imagine many could get over any disappointment if either of these FLs appeared. Their latest and greatest have been top end portrait-ready yet broadly very capable lenses - Milvus 35/1.4, Milvus 85/1.4, Loxia 85/2.4 and Batis 135/2.8. 35s and 50-55s can/must be practical lenses, because they are the mainstay of many photographer's bags, lens kits are built around them.
What they do next is an important move for them. They have been playing catch up since the early Batis debacle, which put pent up demand front and center of their thinking, with flow on effects - they knew they could produce slower lenses quickly, hence the latest Batis/Loxia telephotos. A high end light 35/55 might be a different kettle of fish in design terms, but would entrench Sony FE very solidly in the enthusiast segment, and would lure more users from C/N than any other lens. Bodies attract users, lenses keep them there. A 28mm is probably better as a Loxia, and the market is flooded to capacity with wider lenses.
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