I think many people would happily buy an 85 GM Mark II, with updated AF and well that’s about all it needs. Maybe a touch more sharpness, the newest coating, but really just the XD motors.
After the 16 let’s hope we can get a 2 for one. GMs 50 and 85 at the same time.
But really let’s stay on topic and enjoy that those of us who preordered today will hopefully have their lens in hand in a little over a month.
Chris_88 wrote:
Looks like Sony finally answered to all those asking for that 35 1.4 GM. Not sure whether this lens is for me, as I've realized I more often reach for the 55 1.8 than the 35 1.8, when I need AF. I also have the CV 35, which is my go to 35mm for landscapes.
Then again, I'm happy that they made this lens (can we now stop complaining about a lack of great 35mm primes in e-mount, please ?). Like Fred and others, I'm positively surprised that they managed to come up with what looks like a very reasonable compromise between performance, rendering, size and weight.
It's funny how things have changed, no? Initially, the expectation was that e-mount would allow Sony to come up with more compact designs primarily or exclusively in the range of (U)WA focal lengths. Sure enough, they did so with some of their UWA zooms and the 24 GM. This wasn't going to work with the 35 GM, but apparently it did.
Any (optical) insights/educated guesses what that would mean for a future 50 GM? It seems to me that with the arrival of the 35 GM and the rumored release of that 16 1.8 GM, the only major fast aperture, standard FL combinations carrying a GM label that are missing are the 28 and 50 FL's (plus more primes between 200mm and 500mm).
I think many people would happily buy an 85 GM Mark II, with updated AF and well that’s about all it needs. Maybe a touch more sharpness, the newest coating, but really just the XD motors.
After the 16 let’s hope we can get a 2 for one. GMs 50 and 85 at the same time.
Chris_88 wrote:
Looks like Sony finally answered to all those asking for that 35 1.4 GM. Not sure whether this lens is for me, as I've realized I more often reach for the 55 1.8 than the 35 1.8, when I need AF. I also have the CV 35, which is my go to 35mm for landscapes.
Then again, I'm happy that they made this lens (can we now stop complaining about a lack of great 35mm primes in e-mount, please ?). Like Fred and others, I'm positively surprised that they managed to come up with what looks like a very reasonable compromise between performance, rendering, size and weight.
It's funny how things have changed, no? Initially, the expectation was that e-mount would allow Sony to come up with more compact designs primarily or exclusively in the range of (U)WA focal lengths. Sure enough, they did so with some of their UWA zooms and the 24 GM. This wasn't going to work with the 35 GM, but apparently it did.
Any (optical) insights/educated guesses what that would mean for a future 50 GM? It seems to me that with the arrival of the 35 GM and the rumored release of that 16 1.8 GM, the only major fast aperture, standard FL combinations carrying a GM label that are missing are the 28 and 50 FL's (plus more primes between 200mm and 500mm).
Jan 14, 2021 at 06:12 PM
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?). Like Fred and others, I'm positively surprised that they managed to come up with what looks like a very reasonable compromise between performance, rendering, size and weight.