Faster zooms to compete with canikon?

[Luke wl.]

Are there any plans or rumors for Sony/Zeiss to release their 16-35/24-70/70-200 in 2.8?

[Wesley]

Are there any plans or rumors for Sony/Zeiss to release their 16-35/24-70/70-200 in 2.8?

 

For FE mount? There is rumor for 24-70 2.8

Nothing solid for the other two yet.

[Luke wl.]

Guess I should have specified! Sorry yes full frame E mount.

[D700]

Guess I should have specified! Sorry yes full frame E mount.

 

I can't imagine ...

These lenses in f2.8 will be to big for small cameras.

And F4 ist enough for modern ISO Power!

 

Extraction is overall better with primes ...

[Wesley]

I can't imagine ...

These lenses in f2.8 will be to big for small cameras.

And F4 ist enough for modern ISO Power!

 

Extraction is overall better with primes ...

 

Attaching battery grip will make it larger. Take off for compactness.

 

And ISO getting good that f4 isn't bad to use.

[Michael_j]

The big deficiency is the lack of long focal lengths 300mm +

[Golem]

In case you haven't noticed, the Alpha system does not

"compete with Canikon". It's a different system. If you

need the offerings of "Canikon" then Alphas are not the

right system for you.

 

I hope Sony focuses on refining current strengths and

does not dilute the system with SLR-type expansiveness.

 

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[Luke wl.]

Golem, it absolutely does compete with them... Wether you see it that way or not. Yes it has some stronger points and some weaker but you have to be ignorant if you think they aren't trying to bring customers over from Canon and Nikon.

 

I don't see offering faster lenses as diluting, especially since the 24-70 is lacking in its current form already.

[benmao]

 

 

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Extraction is overall better with primes ...

 

Why?

[Golem]

Golem, it absolutely does compete with them... Wether

you see it that way or not. Yes it has some stronger

points and some weaker but you have to be ignorant if

you think they aren't trying to bring customers over

from Canon and Nikon.

 

I don't see offering faster lenses as diluting,

especially since the 24-70 is lacking in its current

form already.

No comment on the 24-70. Every system needs great

midrange FLs, regardless of the type of system.

 

As to "competing" ... yes you are right that Sony is

"trying to bring customers over from Canon and Nikon".

But by the nature of the Alpha system, Sony is really

targeting the Canon and Nikon users who are not best

served by staying with hardcore SLR systems, users

who had nowhere else to turn, just a few years ago.

Some of these would've been well-served by Leica if

money were no object ... but it is.

 

Then there are those who really NEED a kick-butt SLR

system ... and Sony is not offering them a new home.

They are best served staying with their current brand.

 

Formerly, there was only one genre of very versatile

photo system: The SLR. Now there's two, the new one

being advanced live-view cameras. As users migrate

to which of these two different genres best serves them,

there will be some users swapping brands. That is NOT

the same as the new system beating out or out-doing

the old system, thereby winning over the market share

formerly loyal to the old system as it dies away [which

it is not].

 

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[RRRoger]

Sony needs to complete the FE line before upgrading it.

I have heard that 8 more lens will be out in 2016