p.3 #4 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
I’ve got it and love it but I held out for years because of the built quality and physical controls/features are sub-par. It is also limited being a 3rd party lens.
The Canon lens is interesting to me because it fast, modern, and well-featured for a current lens in their line-up. The IQ isn’t quite up to their L-series (from what I hear). Personally, I wish the 50mm GM had been a 45mm just to diversity the Sony range a bit instead of selling three fast, expensive 50mm lenses.
p.3 #5 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
joelRichards wrote:
I’ve got it and love it but I held out for years because of the built quality and physical controls/features are sub-par. It is also limited being a 3rd party lens.
Does the Samyang get you the photos you want?
Would a Sony 45mm f1.8 make photos possible which aren't possible with the Samyang? In which regard?
Do you have an A1 or A9 series camera (because the 3rd party limitation is only an issue if you shoot with one of these)?
p.3 #6 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
Native Normal Prime Lenses with AF For Sony FE mount:
Samyang 45mm f/1.8 AF
Sigma Contemporary 45mm f/2.8
Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.2 DG DN
Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM
Sony Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4 ZA
Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4 FE
Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4 FE II
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4 DG DN
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4
Sony FE 50mm f/1.8
Sigma Contemporary 50mm f/2.0 DG DN
Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G
Sony FE Macro 50mm f/2.8
Sony Zeiss Sonnar 55mm f/1.8 ZA
Laowa 45mm f/0.95 Argus
Zhong Yi Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 MKII and MKIII
Brightin Star 50mm f/0.95 FE
Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 E
7Artisans 50mm 1.05 E
Mr. Ding 50mm 1.1
AstrHori 50mm 1.4 Tilt
TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 E
TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 Tilt
TTArtisan 50mm 2.0 E
Brigthin Star 55mm f/1.8
p.3 #8 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
We are already seeing these MF prime lenses produced by Chinese manufacturers some of which some are quite interesting (super fast lenses). Once they succeed to implement Auto Focus (probably within 2-3 years) we are going to see a flood of Chinese AF prime lenses in the market of a wide variety of sorts: fast rather large and heavy, fast yet compact, slow and super compact. The image quality is going to vary too: some not so good (like this new fast Canon lens) but some to be unexpectedly and remarkably good. IMO, Sony should now put their efforts more into zooms or specialty lenses which require higher technological expertise and experience than primes hence not being within the reach of Chinese manufacturers for another couple of years.
p.3 #9 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
raminolta wrote:
Native Normal Prime Lenses with AF For Sony FE mount:
Samyang 45mm f/1.8 AF
Sigma Contemporary 45mm f/2.8
Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.2 DG DN
Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM
Sony Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4 ZA
Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4 FE
Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4 FE II
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4 DG DN
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4
Sony FE 50mm f/1.8
Sigma Contemporary 50mm f/2.0 DG DN
Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G
Sony FE Macro 50mm f/2.8
Sony Zeiss Sonnar 55mm f/1.8 ZA
+ Viltrox & Zeiss
Laowa 45mm f/0.95 Argus
Zhong Yi Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 MKII and MKIII
Brightin Star 50mm f/0.95 FE
Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 E
7Artisans 50mm 1.05 E
Mr. Ding 50mm 1.1
AstrHori 50mm 1.4 Tilt
TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 E
TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 Tilt
TTArtisan 50mm 2.0 E
Brigthin Star 55mm f/1.8
There are quite a few more here. Or is this a list of your own 50s?
p.3 #11 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
What is not going to be within the reach of many photographers 'for another couple of years' is the recent history (via cine), technical expertise (you have no idea, few do) and sheer scale of the Chinese manufacturers output (growing and diversifying fast every month).
To which we can add amazing value-to-performance ratios, glass choices and rendering styles aimed at beautiful imagery as a counterbalance to mere optical perfection (the cine background).
You are in good company however, many such cases. I first thought this was a 2023 post. It's quite a special time now. The establishment will have to lift their game and accept pricing reality just to compete in a market they thought they owned.
p.3 #12 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
philip_pj wrote:
What is not going to be within the reach of many photographers 'for another couple of years' is the recent history (via cine), technical expertise (you have no idea, few do) and sheer scale of the Chinese manufacturers output (growing and diversifying fast every month).
To which we can add amazing value-to-performance ratios, glass choices and rendering styles aimed at beautiful imagery as a counterbalance to mere optical perfection (the cine background).
You are in good company however, many such cases. I first thought this was a 2023 post. It's quite a special time now. The establishment will have to lift their game and accept pricing reality just to compete in a market they thought they owned. ...Show more →
Amen!
p.3 #13 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
OK, my list was incomplete. More Normal AF lenses:
Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 Air
Meike 50mm f/1.8 AF
7Artisans 50mm f/1.8 AF
Yongnuo YN 50mm f/1.8S DF DSM
FREEFLY 50mm f/1.8
Viltrox 50mm f/1.8
Meike 55mm f/1.8 Pro AF
Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 FE
p.3 #14 · Am I the only one who wants an E-Mount 350g 1.2 AF Nifty Fifty?
Nifty Fifty wrote:
In short, am I the only one who would love to see the Canon lens made by Sony?
Having seen enough photos taken with the 1.2/45 lens, I've come to the conclusion that I don't want something like that from Sony after all.
