hiepphotog wrote:
Well, this lens could be one that Sony will make a statement with. Just like the Canonikon DSLR day, the "slower" lens won't get the red L/gold G designation. But it doesn't mean it has to be bad in term of IQ. Sony has progressed so much in lens designing that they might just be able to make a great lens here with some sort of weather sealing, fast and silent focus, and corner-to-corner sharpness at WO. They could sacrifice distortion (to be corrected with a profile) and vignetting to achieve the IQ goal while keeping the lens small and light. If they manage to make something almost as good as the Nikkor Z 35 while being smaller, lighter and cheaper, they would crush the lens mount size hype. It's way better than producing a big and heavy "me too" 50/1.2. It also shows that the G and GM designation is for additional non-essential features (like speed, better weather sealing, latest AF motor, better construction, less compromises in distortion and vignetting, etc.) and less to do with the IQ.
I don't mind vignetting in the corners but hopefully it doesn't extend that far into the middle of the frame, or the f1.8 aperture will be more like T2.4 or T2.8 throughout most of the image. The 28mm f2 is like this and it's yet another reason I never bought one.
Jun 29, 2019 at 11:23 PM
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