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As of early August 2015:

Sony are actively working on more FE lenses tba in 2015, the first of which is a “wide aperture prime” (85mm f1.4?).

Sony have also stated they will release “faster zooms”, so expect a 24-70mm f2.8 and 70-200mm f2.8 in the future.

Zeiss have said Batis will become a range of lenses, chosen to fill Sony’s gaps; at least one more Batis is expected.

 

 

With autofocus:

[table]

Length

Aperture

Brand

L x Dia, Weight

DxO Score, MP*

Street Price

Review Consensus

16mm (28+Fish)

f3.5

Sony

149x89mm, 410g**

Not tested

£215+£369

The 28mm f2 with Fisheye Converter attached. Non-rectilinear. Insufficient reviews

16-35mm

f4.0

Sony-Zeiss

99x78mm, 518g

26, 15.8MP

£1079

Very good performance, but only commensurate with the high price

21mm (28+Wide)

f2.8

Sony

142x72mm, 370g**

Not tested

£279+£369

The 28mm f2 with Wideangle Converter attached. Typical quality of an add-on converter

24-70mm

f4.0

Zeiss

95x73mm, 426g

25, 15.0MP

£802

Barely superior to kit lens, should expect better at this price

24-240mm

f3.5-6.3

Sony

119x81mm, 780g

20, 9.3MP

£764

Standard quality for a superzoom, nothing groundbreaking

25mm

f2.0

Zeiss Batis

78x81mm, 335g

Not tested

£979

Initial reviews suggest excellent performance and decent AF. A bit large?

28mm

f2.0

Sony

64x60mm, 200g

34, 23.6MP

£369

Great sharpness particularly in centre, good value, but significant distortion in corners

28-70mm

f3.5-5.6

Sony

83x73mm, 295g

22, 16.1MP

£310

Or £200 with body. Pretty good for a cheap kit lens

28-135mm

f4.0

Sony G

163x105, 1215g

Not tested

£2200

Parfocal, t4.2, power zoom, considered great value. Huge - only really suitable as a Cine lens

35mm

f1.4

Sony-Zeiss

112x79mm, 630g

38, 23.0MP

£1349

Performance merely in line with the premium price.

35mm

f2.8

Sony-Zeiss

37x62mm, 120g

33, 21.7MP

£560

Very good overall, considering how compact it is

55mm

f1.8

Sony-Zeiss

71x64mm, 281g

42, 29.1MP

£635

Best-performing “normal” lens with AF in the world, similar to the (£3k & MF) Otus

85mm

f1.8

Zeiss Batis

92x81mm, 475g

Not tested

£909

Initial reviews suggest outstanding, the best f1.8 85mm there is. A bit large?

70-200mm

f4.0

Sony G

175x80, 840g

27, 22.9MP

£995

Decent AF and image quality on a par with the Canon IS equivalent

90mm Macro

f2.8

Sony G

131x79mm, 602g

40, 31.9MP

£969

Bokeh not to all tastes. Need to use 3-position focus limiter to counter slow AF. Extremely sharp

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*MP = Perceptual megapixel sharpness on a 36MP A7R. **My estimates. Street Price = lowest available (main source), includes all taxes.

 

 

Manual focus:

[table]

Length

Aperture

Brand

L x Dia, Weight

DxO Score

Street Price

Review Consensus

12mm Fish

f2.8

Samyang*

99x77mm, 525g

Not tested

£250

Fisheye. Fair-to-good performance

14mm

f2.8

Samyang*

122x87mm, 570g

27

£280

Best-in-class sharpness, but strong complex distortion

15mm

f4.0

VenusOptics Laowa

65x84mm, 410g

Not tested

£419

Unique focal length for a macro, compact. Insufficient reviews

24mm

t1.5

Samyang XEEN

148x118mm, 1185g

Not tested

£1800 (est)

Cine lens. Due mid-August 2015

24mm TS

f3.5

Samyang*

139x86mm, 734g

Not tested

£555

Tilt-shift. Poor wide open but good to very good stopped down

35mm

f1.4

Samyang*

138x83mm, 735g

30

£330

Decent performance, only let down by vignetting

35mm

f2.0

Zeiss Loxia

59x62mm, 340g

Not tested

£960

As sharp as the alternatives, yet gives a less clinical look

40mm

f2.8

Voigtlander Heliar

21x52mm, 132g

Not tested

£438+£650

Positive reviews, extremely compact, needs expensive VM-E ring to focus it

50mm

f0.95

Mitakon

87x69mm, 720g

Not tested

£499

Soft wide open and strange bokeh, but still impressive & unique

50mm

f1.4

Samyang*

101x82mm, 565g

Not tested

£310

It’s OK, but strong competition from multiple non-native lenses at this price

50mm

t1.5

Samyang XEEN

148x118mm, 1165g

Not tested

£1800 (est)

Cine lens. Due mid-August 2015

50mm

f2.0

Zeiss Loxia

59x62mm, 320g

Not tested

£680

Nearly as good as the Sony 55mm; many prefer Loxia’s alternative look

56mm

f1.6

Lensbaby Velvet

94x72mm, 400g

Not tested

£419

Extreme softness and corner blurr / vignetting, typical of Lensbaby’s look

85mm

f1.4

Samyang*

101x78mm, 570g

31

£190

One of the weaker performers in Samyang’s range despite good DxO score

85mm

f1.2

Mitakon

120x80mm (est), 921g

Not tested

£540

Fastest native 85mm. Insuffcient reviews

85mm

t1.5

Samyang XEEN

148x118mm, 1250g

Not tested

£1800 (est)

Cine lens. Due mid-August 2015

100mm

f2.8

Samyang*

149x73mm, 730g

Not tested

£369

Macro. Insufficient reviews

135mm

f2.0

Samyang*

148x82mm, 845g

Not tested

£360

As good as other Samyangs…note difficulty of quickly focusing manually at 135mm f2

500mm

f6.3

Walimex

119x98mm, 703g (est)

Not tested

£149

Mirror design = onionring bokeh & weak contrast. Rebadged Samyang? Insufficient reviews

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*Samyang is also known as Rokinon and Bower. Data is for the 2013-onwards UMC models; 14, 24, 35, 50, 85 and 135mm also available in near-identical Cine versions.

Edited by SAF Admin
Update by LeButler - thanks!
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What is your lens lineup at the moment?
And which of the existing or new FE lenses could be interesting to add?

 

This is my lineup for the A7s:
legacy M-mount with manual focusing: 12, 21, 50, 90 and 135mm
A-mount: 50 macro, 135 STF
FE-mount: 55

 

And what I am interested in:

 

24-240
All-in-one lens, stablized, for trips, when you don't have the time to change.
I hope for good tele performance, so it also could be very interesting on APS-C.

 

28
This should be a nice lens to take photos at family events using AF.
And stopped down it surely will do it's job for landscape shots.

A versitale lens (even more with converters).

 

Joerg

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  • 6 months later...

Updated the list today.

Except for telephoto, there are no actual length gaps in the FE lineup these days, although people will always want more options.
Hopefully the set of 7 new lenses about to be announced will include:

 

  • 24-70mm f2.8 (priority #1, highest quality)
  • 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
  • 40mm f2.8 pancake like Canon's
  • 50mm f1.8 cheap, non-Zeiss option
  • 70-200mm f2.8 (priority #2)
  • 85mm f1.4
  • 300mm f4 (I personally would prefer a 400mm f5.6)
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+1 for the 300 (or 100-400), but I'm not that interested in the 2.8 zooms anymore.

 

They were my mainstay on my 5Dm3, but having gotten used to small primes, i wouldn't go back. (Assuming they are big, as an F2.8 zoom surely has to be on full frame.)

 

I would be more interested in a 20mm F3.5 ish lens that is small, like the voigtlander 15mm but not so extremely wide.

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I bought a Metabones adapter to use with the A7RII, but I am liking FE lenses so much I plan on returning it and selling all my Canon lenses.  I am a bit torn about losing the Canon 24-70 2.8 II, but it's just so big and heavy.  I too hope Sony comes out with a 24-70 2.8 zoom. 

 

Has anyone used the 28-70 kit lens on the A7RII?  How does it perform?  You can get one brand new pretty cheap on eBay.  Might be a good option. 

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[...]I'm not that interested in the 2.8 zooms anymore.

 

They were my mainstay on my 5Dm3, but having gotten used to small primes, i wouldn't go back.[...]

 
24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 are such mainstays in the DSLR world, some photographers won’t ever consider switching to Sony if the system doesn’t have those options - even if they arguably make less sense on smaller mirrorless bodies.
 
I was thinking they need a headline-grabbing lens…if they could make the new zooms just marginally (irrelevantly) faster than the industry standard, eg f2.6, that would really catch people’s attention.
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