arbitrage wrote: Howie4life wrote:
The latest SAR rumor I read has it as a G lens, which would be great.
The product code (what this entire rumor is based off of) shows it will not be a G or GM lens.
SEL35F18F indicates a non-G or GM as all of those have the G or GM in their product name. The F on the end is not used on other lenses but since there is already SEL35F18 corresponding to the APS-C 35/18, the extra F must indicated it is a FF lens.
EDIT: actually F is used on the 50/1.8 product code (SEL50F18F) so there is precedence for the extra F and that is likely because of the SEL50F18 APS-C lens.
The reason this rumor got started was because someone at SAR erroneously published the product code with a G at the end of it instead of an F (the F designation was originally reported by Nokishita). An SAR reader brought this error to the attention of SAR in their comments section and they corrected it, leaving no trace of their original mistake on the web site. Someone here saw the product code on SAR when it had a G at the end and posted here about the lens being a G series lens. Rumor now has a life of its own. If one assumes that Nokishita is accurate (and from what I hear they usually are), this will be a standard EF lens and NOT a G series lens.
Jun 27, 2019 at 05:46 PM
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