RoamingScott wrote:
You can go get a great, slow lens in any mount at a decent price. There's no impetus for further development of such lenses, since lenses are how camera companies make their profits (bodies are loss leaders).
Canon got a bunch of backlash for going too far in that direction with some poorly conceived f8 and f11 teles, and it's hard to imagine many would want to approach that with their own lineup.
Voigtlander is also doing some interesting things in the slow lens space, you should take a look.
I'm done with adapting, had Contax, Leica R and Oly lenses in my canon days and Pentax K, Canon EOS and Canon FD early in my Sony journey, can't be doing with the bother.
I get there will always be a demand for faster lenses and by some means having a faster lens can do it all. But seems Sony especially are chasing speed. I know they have released the small g series, but nothing like a 400/5.6, the 24-105 is long in the tooth.
I guess there is the f4 trilogy of 16-35PZ, 20-70 and 70-200, and I have the first and last of that trio, so I guess I have some of my needs met already and I'm just spitballing. Isn't that what forums are for
Feb 26, 2026 at 06:35 PM
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