(Boring) lenses coming from Sigma for NEX. And a new Alpha mount lens.
Sigma is about to launch two new unspectacular lenses for the NEX system. The 19mm f/2.8 lens which at least from the size point of view is less interesting than the Sony 16mm f/2.8 pancake lens. And the 30mm macro lens which isn’t really a lens we needed since we already have the Sony 30mm f/3.5 lens. Damn Sigma, you should have done it better! You alreayd amke some awesome lens for Alpha mount! Like that nice 50mm f/1.5 for example. Next time ask SAR readers what they want 
Here is the press release text:
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN: Sigma’s new 19mm f/2.8 EX DN has the effective FOV of a 38mm lens on a full-frame DSLR, which should appeal to street photographers and photojournalists. Regardless of your choice of camera, the Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN features eight elements in six groups that include three aspheric lens surfaces to correct optical distortions, color aberration and unwanted field curvature. The new lens also sports an internal focusing system and Super Multi-layer coating to reduce flare and ghosting while maintaining high contrast levels even when set at wider apertures. Other features include a new linear AF motor that eliminates mechanical gears or drives for quicker, near-silent focusing, seven rounded diaphragm blades for an attractive blur in out-of-focus areas, a 46mm filter thread, and a minimum focusing distance of 7.9″ (20cm).
Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN: Extending a mere 1.5″ (38.6mm) from the front of the camera is Sigma’s new 30mm f/2.8 EX DN. This lens has a full-frame equivalent FOV of a 60mm lens when used on a NEX format mirrorless camera. The new Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN features seven elements in five groups including dual aspheric lenses and a double-sided aspheric lens that help control edge sharpness and chromatic aberration. As with Sigma’s new 19mm f/2.8 EX DN lens, the new 30mm f/2.8 EX DN lens includes Sigma’s newly developed linear AF system for smoother and quieter operation, Super Multi-Layer coating for optimized contrast levels and reduced flare, a 46mm filter thread, internal focusing and a minimum focusing distance of 11.8″ (30cm).
And than there is that new Sigma’s APO Macro 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM lens. It is the fastest 180mm macro lens on the market today, by about a half a stop. But the specialness of Sigma’s new high-speed macro goes beyond its f/2.8 maximum aperture.
Press release:
Shooting close-ups can be tricky, most notably when trying to capture life-size close-ups of skittish animals and insects without spooking them, or close-ups of small objects without casting your shadow on your subject. The longer focal length of Sigma’s 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM does away with many of these issues by allowing you to step back from your subject. The longer focal length also reduces optical distortions, which can be problematic when shooting close-ups, and also allows you isolate your subject from distracting foreground and background details, especially when used at its closest focusing points at wider apertures.
In addition to highly detailed life-size (1:1) image capture, Sigma’s 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM features three FLD glass elements, a floating internal focusing system, Super Multi-Layer coating, Sigma’s OS image stabilizing system, which enables the use of shutter speeds approximately four stops less than usually possible when shooting handheld, Hyper-Sonic AF focusing motors and a rounded nine-blade diaphragm for attractive bokeh.
Jason
4 months ago |I dont think it is possible for these comments to have been posted 2 years ago.
ItsaChris
2 years ago |@clyde so “First players to make excellent IQ 10mm f2.8, 20mm f2, 30mm f1.4, 45mm f1.0, 60mm f1.2, 90mm f2.0… WINS”
But
“Personally, I wouldn’t want it native.”
sounds like you are just not sure what you want in the mirrorless world (at least not yet), also contrast-detect AF eliminates front/back focus problems so you should be able to AF with ultra fast primes. Yes you can still focus on the wrong point but people are able to use AF even with the canon 85mm 1.2.
I almost think we need 3 well thought out sets of primes, High IQ set, Small set, and fast set, filling all the normal spots – ultra wide, wide, normal, short or mid telephoto.
if the sigma has great IQ (no mtf yet on there website) they will fill the wide/normal gap nicely.
Clyde
2 years ago |Personally, I wouldn’t want it native. I certainly wouldn’t trust any AF system to accurately hit precise focus at f1.2. Too many mirrorless cameras coming to lock into a native lens collection. I love this era of adapters, allowing me to build a glass collection and move it around to different cameras that come and go.
With peaking, and EVF, the frills of OSS and AF just don’t matter to me at all. And knowing that I can purchase one native lens to accomplish that is satisfying enough. One native auto everything zoomy zoom is enough. The rest of my collection can migrate alongside camera evolution.
Cliff
2 years ago |I’d be using it on a NEX VG20 and a possible future FS100. So, an A mount sized lens won’t bother me.
Mr Mom
2 years ago |Mike Kobal said he really liked using the 30mm and not for macro. So, I think, that is not all it is good for.
http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/?p=3254
“I really liked the 30mm macro as a standard lens, very high resolution, no distortions, no AF hunting and virtually silent. It also helped maintaining a comfortable distance to my subjects.”
Mr Mom
2 years ago |Is there any hint as to the prices of these Sigma lenses?
Beachrider
2 years ago |Also understand that Sigma lenses won’t be getting the in-camera CA/Distortion/Vignetting correction that the Sony lenses get from NEX5n.
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |Now add OSS and AF to it…
A native e-mount 60mm f1.2 just isn’t going to happen.
mugen
2 years ago |Nice lenses from Sigma, and in nice black finish, not bloody silver.
Clyde
2 years ago |David, the silver lens, second from right is a 60mm f1.2 Konica M39 mount. You can put this on your NEX with adapter.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2219182623_2a78a2b718_o.jpg
And here is the entire PEN FT lens lineup ready for your NEX right now, complete with 42mm f1.2 and 60mm f1.5.
http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Olympus_PenF_Lenses.html
futura
2 years ago |Yes indeed, the 30mm lens seems to be about 38mm long as compared to the kit lens with 60mm. And also weight is about 40-50g less.
(Pancake is 22mm for reference)
Alex
2 years ago |I actualy like the new sigma lenses for nex the 16mm from Sony is soft through out the frame, the Sony 30mm is a macro lens and that’s all it’s good for! So in excited to see the performance out of these little guys.
SRL
2 years ago |Zstan,
If what your saying is that the reason todays lenses are bigger than lenses made for my old Minolta 9000 is autofocus I must not worded my post properly.
Minolta in 1985 was one of if not the first major manufactor to incorporate autofocus and did so it the Minolta 7000 and the professional model 9000 in 1985.
The famous beercans (35-70 & 70-210) are just two of the many lenses of the time that did have autofocus and by today’s standards very small.
I can’t help but to laugh seeing my old 35-70/f4.0 lens next to my CZ 24-70/f2.8.
Granted there are big differences between a f2/8 and a f4.0 lens but still……
I question my are lens getting bigger and not smaller like everything else?
David
2 years ago |They will all be massive and cost a fortune
60mm 1.2.. rofl
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |2/3rds of a stop faster!
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |Andrea, f/2.8 is 2/3rds stop faster than f/3.5, NOT half stop. That could well be a big deal to some.
lorenzino
2 years ago |Or maybe people were expecting something more distance from the already existing lenses, such as a portrait 85 or 105 mm equivalent, or a good 105mm macro equivalent, etc. Or a nice super-wide-angle zoom (à la 8-16). Well, something different in a very lacking system…
Rover
2 years ago |Sony’s is a macro lens (however useless a 30mm macro might seem). Sigma’s is not, not by a long shot.
Steve Jones
2 years ago |I’ve got the Sigma 50mm f1.4 for use on my A700 and it is, indeed a very nice lens. However, it’s huge (for a 50mm), with a 77mm filter, and anything similarly designed would dwarf an NEX. No doubt a cropped-format version for an APS-C sensor could be made more compact, but I wonder how much market there would be for what will be a fairly large lens on a small body. Also the 50mm f1.4 is not stabilised.
Possibly the best hope for Sigma producing more short-register compact lenses is that the same optical designs can probably be used on several mirrorless mounts (Fujifilm, m4/3, NEX, NX) so the considerable costs of developing such optics can be shared over several lens mounts.
GaryW
2 years ago |I agree — the lenses don’t look that big. Both focal lengths look interesting, although I’d prefer a 24mm. Oh well. f2.8 is OK as long as the price is reasonably low.
rascal
2 years ago |agree with Marek. But there is no clue about the availablity of the 180 macro in Alpha mount…
Marek
2 years ago |To admin. I really do not like you mixing E-mount and A-mount news in one post. I’m not interested in E-mount and I’m pissed off because I have to read a lot of comments about NEX while searching for comments of A-mount users.
zstan
2 years ago |Autofocus capabilities…
DKNL
2 years ago |New lenses are never boring. It keeps the competition alive, and that is never a bad thing.
Clyde
2 years ago |First players to make excellent IQ 10mm f2.8, 20mm f2, 30mm f1.4, 45mm f1.0, 60mm f1.2, 90mm f2.0…
WINS!
Clyde
2 years ago |Some claim that F2.8 is 2/3rds faster than f3.5… which is 1/3rd faster than f4.
It’s an enigma on Sony cameras. Set your cam for 1/3 increments, and it will read f2.8, f3.2, f3.5, f4… But set it up for 1/2 stop increments and it reads f2.8, f3.5, f4.
You get f3.5 either way.
Steve
2 years ago |Well either they are going to have very dark corners on e-mount or they are way oversized for 4/3. Very odd decision since Sigma already make DC lenses for 1.5x crop. I assume they’ve done this because of the rear element to sensor distance being similar between 4/3 and E-mount.
I have owned Sigma glass before – didn’t like the colours and quality control is poor, and they seemed too heavy for what they are. These lenses seem to be about right though.
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/30mm-f28-ex-dn?link=jan_m_1_cta2
The 30mm isn’t macro but the new focus motor sounds promising. Maybe the 19 will be decent ?
People here have been asking for e-mount primes and now here is one that wasn’t available before – a 28mm eq. Yet people are complaining. It says a lot about SAR eh ?
jfirneno
2 years ago |Hey, you’re right. But it wasn’t there when I looked earlier. This really was a scoop. Usually DP Review lists these things as soon as they’re announced. Kudos to SAR.
Actually a 2.8 180mm lens is quite an expensive item. It’ll be interesting to see what this baby retails for. I’m guessing $1800.
DP
2 years ago |They do have a 180 on their home page now, but no mention of mounts other than Sigma mount.
Might be nice–no way I can afford a used Minolta 200/4 anymore!
Spoon
2 years ago |It’s not the typo that bothered me the most, it’s the fact that the 50 F1.4 has no relevance to the NEX system or desired parameters that made me wonder the most. That lens is LARGE in capitals for a 50mm prime. For NEX systems, the 2 single most important qualities are size and IQ.
The 19mm is larger than the Sony 16 (yet still small enough IMHO), but it’s the corner performance that could be most interesting.
The 30mm is not just faster than the Sony, it looks shorter too.
SRL
2 years ago |Look; is it conceivable that the reason nobody including Sony makes lenses for NEX as small as many here want it because it can’t be done, or if it can be done is it at a price affordable?
I’ve read posts by people than understand both optics and physics better than I write about architecture issues.
For about a year now, lens manufactures like Sony and Sigma release products that get panned by people complaining of the large size and I agree.
Someone please explain why lenses are so big and getting bigger?
I have several lenses from my mid 80’ Minolta film cameras that are tiny in comparison and rarely require filters bigger than 49 or 55 mm.
What has changed?
SRL
2 years ago |I guess Sigma A-mount lenses are and option for some, but…
I’ve had bad experiences with Sigma quality, and sent them back to the good folks at B&H twice over the years and in less something changes I won’t even consider purchasing one.
And others write about issues with Sigma on new or future A-mount products released by Sony so why would I waste my time just to save a few dollars…………life is too short!
CRB
2 years ago |not more boring than the E mount ones made by sony..with the zeiss 35 exception…sigma could release a 35mm eq more compact than the zeiss….huge for the nex size….
David
2 years ago |They don’t look that big to me
SAR is so contradictory.. people keep whining about pancakes, but also whining about the 16mm pancake having bad IQ, and then whining when excellent lenses (like the 24/1.8) are too big
No pleasing you people
I’d just be grateful that 3rd party manufacturers are showing interest at all
David
2 years ago |Sounds large though
Consider that the new A-mount lens is a 16-50/2.8 for APS-C sensors.. it’s not exactly NEX-sized
I’m surprised nobody made a 35/1.8 that is small, or a 35/1.4 a bit larger (like the sigma 30/1.4)
Amateur Sony Shooter
2 years ago |I have been waiting for this 120-300 for a while, and finally decided to get the latest OS HSM Canon version (unfortunately). Let me tell you this is a spectacular lens, so sharp, so quick that I sold two of my best Sony zoom lenses for it (70-200g and 70-400g). If anyone is in sports/wildlife shooting, this is the only lens you need, because of its superb optical quality, fantastic OS, and zoom. Sigma really should make Sony version.
Voohoo
2 years ago |All I need in my lens collection is a wide angle. I really want the 16mm because of it’s compactness. Not sure if I’m willing to sacrifice size for quality with Sigma’s 19mm. Hmmm…we shall see.
Twaddler Belafonte
2 years ago |f/2.8 Sigma is definitely better than Sony’s f/3.5.
ted
2 years ago |“You got it wrong. We want either fast lenses (OK to be big because of aperture), or f/2,8 pancakes. These Sigma’s are neither. Big and slow.”
this +1+1+1
Chris Lewis
2 years ago |+1
Chris Lewis
2 years ago |I quite like the look of the 19mm, quite a handy 28mm (ish) equivalent.
I also love the black finish (which imo is a WHOLE LOT NICER than the cheap shiny silver used by Sony for NEX lenses).
I hope there will be a 24mm or 28mm f2 pancake from someone, please!!! I don’t really care for the monster sized Zeiss 24mm.
Looks like the new Fuji X pro-1 with it’s 18/2, 35/1.4 and 60/2.4 will give Sony some very, very stiff competition, its only a shame that the Fuji is an “X” mount and not a NEX mount.
Cliff
2 years ago |Damn, a Sigma 16-50mm f2.8 constant aperture lens with good stabilization would have sold like hotcakes!
Sombody’s gotta make that lens eventually.
c.d.embrey
2 years ago |Still waiting for a 85mm f1.4/f1.8. My guess is that I’ll still be waiting two years fro now. I’d love a Zeiss 85mm to go with the Zeiss 24mm!
Jason
2 years ago |Not to mention a half stop faster. Why is everyone whining. At the end of the day, it comes down to more choices for this NEX system.
Rob. S.
2 years ago |I agree that these two lenses very probably will not deserve to be called the century’s greatest achievement in optical technology.
But, on the other hand, every new lens option is a good option. And both lenses, if sensibly priced, will add a little bit to the existing E-Mount lineup.
While not really ‘fast’ in itself, the 30mm Macro does offer half a stop more aperture than the Sony pendant, making it more attractive as long as the price will be similar or lower – which might be well be within possibilities.
And the 19mm, although not really ‘fast’ either, is the first 27-28mm equivalent prime lens for E-Mount. And if Sigma have done their homework, the lens could offer decent image quality at a substantially lower price than other options, whatever there is available for Leica M-Mount, designed for 35mm, expensive but still with a tendency for problematic corner rendition on digital sensors.
Jason
2 years ago |As mentions before, the Sigma 30 is smaller than the Sony 30. At 1.5 inches versus 2.44 inches of the Sony. That is about 40% shorter. -/+
jfirneno
2 years ago |I think the macro is 150mm not 180mm
elbe
2 years ago |I’d rather Sigma release Sony mounts for lenses that have already been released such as the 120-300 mm f2.8. It was first announced as a Sony mount and then removed–past two years I’ve had Sigma personnel tell me at PhotoPlus the Sony mount would happen “next month”…
ItsaChris
2 years ago |bingo.
sadly i dont know how 2 do the math but
30mm 1:1 – 13cm.
28mm 1:2.9 – 20cm
30mm 1:10.4 – 40cm
(a 1:2 100mm is 44cm – 1:1 100mm is 30cm)
so this lens is a 30mm – 30cm so thats a 1:4??? and the sigma 20mm has a 20cm min focus so i think thats a good guess, but I truly have no idea…
Rob. S.
2 years ago |In terms of shallow DOF half a stop can be a whole world – possibly just the difference between sufficiently shallow and not shallow enough. Just like the difference between 1.4 and 1.7/1.8 at 50mm – something some people still pay quite a lot for.
If the Sigma 30mm offers good image quality for a similar or even lower price than the Sony, it will be an attractive option.
Carl
2 years ago |The Sony 16mm is an underwhelming lens, so it’s entirely possible that the Sigma will better it. Well, assuming you don’t lose out on Sigma’s quality control lottery.
Stewe
2 years ago |Where are those primes like 35/2 or 50/1.2? Where rokkors? Where beercans? All their attention on body’s but neither on lens. It’s really disappointing to know that Sony has all the licensies from minolta’s golden years and not using them past 6 years and to have Zeiss like strategic partner and then release only 5 lens. Sony must to understand that good body is nothing without good glass. For nex you of course could use almost anything you wish. For a-mount there are a lot of empty slots in equipment.
Sticking Zoom
2 years ago |They create the same lens for both systems, m4/3 and NEX. But by specifying the intended equivalent focal length in the press release shows where their priority lies
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extra|ordinary
2 years ago |Thank you Sigma!
Call me unspectacular, but the 19mm looks like a winner to me. Would f/2 have been preferred? Yes, but f/2.8 is more then sufficient for most situations.
ItsaChris
2 years ago |LOL
I want the moon, but I don’t want calypso… Its got a funny shape.
David
2 years ago |Yeah exactly
19mm is a decent focal length on crop sensor
And the 30 looks smaller than Sony, but also black
ItsaChris
2 years ago |agree. but I am use to it… and the admin does a great job of finding out everything about the camera b4 its released.
The 19mm does not look like a bad option. right now I dont like lens sonys has chose to release 16 – 30 macro -50. the 50 is too close to the 30 yet too far from the 16mm to have a 2 lens set even the 16mm is almost to close to the 24mm, its just on the edge (but for the most part I dont count the 24mm just bc of the price compared to the other 2 lens, it needs its own $600+ lens set.).
the 19mm and 50mm might be a nice two lens set.
I will wait to see what sonys next roadmap will be but would love to see a +60mm (90mm max) and a faster, smaller 30mm.
Portmixus
2 years ago |@admin
I know you said that Sigma said the 30mm lens is a macro…but sigma always but a “macro” description if they can (and even too often) and this lens has a MFD of 30cm?
I still don’t believe it’s a macro
Jason
2 years ago |Why boring? The 19 is an odd little thing, but the 30 looks very interesting. Why? The 30 Sigma is MUCH smaller (1.5 inches) than the Sony version. It is not a pancake, but is is very compact. Measure the depth of the 16/2.8 and compare to 1.5 inches. For superficial reasons, I prefer the Sigma black over Sony’s silver. Matches my 5n much better.
I hope it is priced similarly as the Sony version.
Maximus
2 years ago |come on, it’s a simple typo, just one button away. 1,4.
Andrea, we appreciate your work ! Thank you and happy new year.
Geir E
2 years ago |You want pancakes, but don’t want to take the quality penalty, you want fast lenses, but can’t take the size penalty, you get middle sizes, middle aperature lenses and find them boring. You guys are strange.
Lofote
2 years ago |I doubt Sony is stopping them. They even provided E mount lens specification for the 3rd party manufacturers this year.
Z-man
2 years ago |The 19mm wouldn’t be too bad of an idea, I wouldn’t pay much for it ..
But why don’t they make a highly usable lens first?
Like .. and I’ll say it again .. An F2.8 zoom with OSS!!
And yes, it would be great to have that 30mm 1.4 in Nex size/mount.
or the Tamron 60mm macro: F2 is plenty fast already.
Vivek
2 years ago |Sigma Lenses for NEX and m4/3rds = DOA (Dead On Announcement).
QDFB
2 years ago |We need Sigma to offer something different – like a 18-100mm F2.8-F4 or 16-70 zoom to provide something not already on offer from Sony or Tamron. An “EX” Sigma with a decent range but sacrificing some reach for quality. These two lenses are of no interest to me – I already have the Sony 30mm Macro and the 16mm pancake and 24mm Zeiss.
Scotty
2 years ago |Any idea how much these will cost?
NEX5
2 years ago |You got it wrong. We want either fast lenses (OK to be big because of aperture), or f/2,8 pancakes. These Sigma’s are neither. Big and slow.
I used Samsung 30mm for several days (friend has it on NX10) and it’s fine by me. Especially for the price.
Rover
2 years ago |Kinda “eh” methinks. I won’t go out of limb to buy any of these mirrorless lenses if they are out in E mount – I have a kit lens for these FLs and 30mm is way too short to be a useful macro lens. What the heck were they thinking.
And Sigma planning to release a 18-200 of their own? Good Heavens.
ArtoS
2 years ago |Very interesting lenses from Sigma. If there has earlier been a 19mm lens, I would have already bought Nex 5N.
Sigma 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM is a dream macro lens at least for me. I have Minolta 100/2.8 Macro and Zeiss 135/1.8 and that Sigma 180mm Macro would be ideal addition to those. Earlier I had Minolta 200mm 2.8 APO but with Sony A77 that lens AF didn’t work propertly, so i sold it to a A900 user. I hope that they leave OS to Sony version.
Don
2 years ago |+1 It’s not just the focal length, but the quality of the glass, and the 16mm, while better than some other lenses I’ve used at that range, still isn’t exactly pristine.
agorabasta
2 years ago |The 19mm FL is actually much better for a walkaround lens than a 16mm – much more ‘normal’ perspective. Add here the limitations present in Sony’s 16mm, and this 19mm looks like a winner. That’s if it really delivers as the ‘EX’ label promises.
RTI
2 years ago |Very unprofessional… Sigma makes no “50/1.5″; I’m a long time reader of this site, I shouldn’t be bothered by the stuff you post, I should get used to it, but I’m not…
admin
2 years ago |f/2.8 is a half stop faster than f/3.5. No real big deal.
z
2 years ago |http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sigma-30mm-macro-for-nex-displayed-in-paris-and-sigma-18-200mm-hsm-for-alpha-coming-soon/
Daemonius
2 years ago |You realize that 16/f2.8 is nothing to write home about and Sigma 30/f2.8 is definetly faster (and ergo more usefull) than 30/f3.5, right?
Im not fan of Sigma, I dont even like them, but I wouldnt bash them for trying.. they have good chance to produce better lens for NEX than Sony (which really shouldnt be hard).
Im curious how good or bad those lens will be.
Jean-Michel
2 years ago |Most of Samsung lenses don’t have really good quality.
The new Fuji 35mm 1,4 is not at all a pancake.
Really strange this obcession about pancakes… Impossible to obtain a large aperture with pancakes. Moreover, OS and AF in a lens make it bigger. Then we have to choose.
Jean-Michel
2 years ago |Yes, the press release seems to be about 4/3.
Now, these lenses could be interesting for 28mm (FF) users. As for the 30mm, which is closer to the true standart than the 35mm (too long for me), we need to know what is its quality. Rob made good shot with the 30mm, which revealed the weaknesses of this Sony lens. Need to wait for some tests…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232068010/in/photostream/
NEX5
2 years ago |Oh for Christ’s sake!
What’s happening in their brains? 2,8 aperture? Do I really have to go out and buy Samsung NX20 and 30 f/2? Or that new Fuji with 35 f/1,4 lens?
These two Sigma’s are not even pancakes! If they are not fast, why aren’t they at least pancakes like 16/2,8?
ZenTravels
2 years ago |I don’t really agree with that they are boring. Those lenses are also released in the M43 mount but they make much more sense for the NEX system. The 19mm might be bulkier than the Sony pancake but the IQ should be much better, and 28mm eq FOV is more usefull for street photography for instance. From the press release, nothing indicated that the 30mm 2.8 is not a macro lens so It should focus much faster than the Sony, and should be a great general purpose lens. Off course pricing will also be key, If they’re expensive than yes It will be a sigma fail, but if priced right, it will be more pressure on Sony to quickly release those long awaited fast primes!
Steve
2 years ago |The press release says 19mm is 38mm = meaning they are talking about a 2x crop = so the release seems to be about 4/3 not nex ?
awmenard
2 years ago |Sigma really? C’mon what about a 35 f1.8?
Is Sony stopping 3rd party’s from releasing lenses that are not already out? I don’t get the whole let’s play it safe and release what is already out mentality!!!
Do I really need to buy the LAEA2 for auto focus purposes
Woodent
2 years ago |Actually, the 19mm is a viable offer for NEX. Look at the place of various 28/2.8 in full frame systems like Leica. If the edge sharpness is good, the lens would make a darn good wide street shooting option
spam
2 years ago |19mm and 30mm isn’t that bad for NEX. It’s not pancakes lenses, but they are at least fairly compact primes. Both 27/28mm and 45mm equivalent are fairly popular focal lengths, much more suited for NEX than for mFT that already have better speced lenses with similar focal lenghts.