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 Re: G lenses - FE24 f/2.8, FE40 f/2.5, FE50 f/2.5 | |
Steve Spencer wrote:
bjornthun wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko f/2.8 wides are typically 170-180 grams.
I used to own Olympus OM film SLRs, so I hope Sony and Sigma can replicate much of that. I’d like Sony G/Sigma I-series 85/2.8, 135/3.5, 200/4, 300/4.5 as well. 
Yes, I very much agree and that is part of my puzzlement with these lenses. If they would have been an 85 or 90 f/2.8, a 135 f/2.8 or f/3.5, and a 180 f/3.5 or f/4, they would have added something quite new to the system. I would love to see small versions of some of these longer lenses and especially high quality small versions, but alas Sony has given us more lenses in the crowded 24-50mm range.
I do think that what they are going for is small and high quality--otherwise they would not be G-designated and with reduced apertures.
I think one of the complaints that Sony has been hearing is that their lenses/bodies have gotten too large and have gotten Sony away from the compactness and ease of handling that was one of the initial attractions for the Sony NEX cameras, then the Sony APS-C cameras, and then the first A7 bodies.
I don't think Sony wants to or that they should give up or slow down on the big, very high quality lenses, like the 50/1.2 GM or the 12-24/2.8 or the 600/4. They want to be the best pro camera system.
But I do think they want to reclaim compactness and I think that is what these lenses are after. The A7C has been a success for them, probably to be followed by other versions, and I think it illustrates a design strategy for them: You can get best in class image quality (and the A7C has the best image quality sensor that Sony sells, per Bill Claff's measurements) in a compact form IF you are willing to compromise on some other characteristics. Like the EVF in the A7C or like max aperture in this new series of G lenses.
These lens, at least as I am imagining them, are very appealing to me. Yes, I would still want the big, max ap lenses like the 50/1.2. But I would love to have a set of smaller, very high quality primes and zooms (like the 24-70 -- see Fred's review) that are compact and easy to carry, easy to travel with, easy to handle, and that don't make candid subjects feel like you are aiming a bazooka at them.
I hope that is what these lenses will be. (And that is why I withdrew my A7C from the buy-sell board when these new G lenses were announced).
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