sonyalpharumors

seem like many ppls vote for the high end range lenses…
are they really going to buy it?

i think the 16-80 2.8 and 17-70 ssm 2.8 should be combined. kinda. sony needs one of these soon. i mean i need.

Why no pancake lenses? I know there is now e-mount but I was always jealous of pentax pancake primes for main slr’s at random f lengths – 42mm 57mm 38.5mm etc They make extra primes much easier to carry but can also make a big slr much less intimidating.

I am so happy to see these 35mm lens top on the list.
35mm f/1.8
35mm f1.4 ZA

I guess I am not the only one eagerly waiting for this……

@Kevin

I noticed the 16-80mm too… I’d guess it meant to say SSM… as I noted that in my and a few other’s comments on the run up to this poll

Wow, the 70-200 f/4 made it to the top! Here us Sony? The Customers say it’d be a great thing to have! I’d buy myself one for sure. Especially as F/4 makes it reasonably priced while there’s high hope for very nice resolution with this one

Hell – even take old Minolta lens, just use new-generation glass, new lens design and you’ll have thousands of these sold if the sharpness in corners at 200mm will be good enough!
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I’m bit surprised with poor Tilt&Shift lenses position, guess people don’t realize the benefits fully, and… not everyone are interested in macro/architecture photography enough but in either case – it’s nice to see at least T&S 24mm f/4 at the top half of the list.
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Wow, some of my propositions made it to the list! Sweet

200-400mm f/4 G SSM (11%, 73 Votes)
the nikon equivalent is about 5000$ and i highly doubt they sell too many, yet here it’s well regarded… the mistake was that we should have put in an approximate price for each lens and tell people to vote for lenses they would actually buy…the i doubt it would have gotten more than 2-3 votes.

What about equevalents for populair fullframe lenses.

50-150 2,8 SSM DT eqv for 70-210 FF ( the sigma DC HSM is super)

Also the old tamron 24-135 4.5-5.6 in a refurbished sam version would be a great winner.

Problem is that the name sony on lenses means a 30%-70% higher price. Examples of these are the tamron superzooms and 28-75 2.8 rebranded as sony.

28-300 F3.5-5.6 SSM for Video rec. !

I don’t know why there is tons of people asking for a 70-200 f/2.8 ZA.
You guys really break SONY’s heart.
What is wrong with the present 70-200 F/2.8 G?
Not to mention that the rare possibility of releasing such a lens.
Please, not to poll for lens that is impossible to be there and stop voting for lens that you will never buy it.
Otherwise this poll will provide no reference value to SONY.

I hope 100mm/F2.8 SOFT and DT17-28mm fisheye!

My take on the current List.

Lenses that will sell given according pricing and good quality:
* 70-200 f/4 (Zeiss or G) (18%, 281 Votes)
* 35mm f/1.8 (for a low-cost alternative to the G) (17%, 252 Votes)
* 35mm f/1.4 (Zeiss) (15%, 227 Votes)
* 24-105 f/4 (Zeiss or G) (15%, 225 Votes)
* 85mm f/1.8 (12%, 177 Votes)
* 135mm f/1.8 SSM (Zeiss) (9%, 132 Votes)
* 400mm f/4.5 G SSM (8%, 124 Votes)
* 300 f/4 SSM (6%, 86 Votes)
* 16-50 f/2.8 DT (5%, 74 Votes) (a bigger chance that a 17-50 will come)
* 28mm f/2 (5%, 70 Votes)

Definitely won’t appear in the next 20-30 years:
* 24–120mm f/2.8 (Zeiss or G) (14%, 214 Votes)
* 100mm f/1.8 (Zeiss or G) MACRO (12%, 183 Votes)
* 12-24mm f4.5 (Zeiss or G) (9%, 144 Votes)
* 12mm f/2.8 (7%, 102 Votes)
* 16mm f/1.8 (6%, 95 Votes)
* 18-180 mm 2.8/5.6 SSM (6%, 93 Votes)
* 135mm f/1.4 SSM (6%, 84 Votes)
* 17mm Tilt-shift f/4 (Zeiss) (5%, 77 Votes)
* 58mm f/1.2 (4%, 65 Votes)
* 58mm f/1.4 [T/2.4] STF (4%, 59 Votes)
* 16-105 f/4.5-5.6 SSM DT (4%, 59 Votes)
* 180mm f/4 SSM G Macro (3%, 53 Votes)
* 16-80mm F3.5-5.6 (Zeiss) DT (3%, 44 Votes)
* 150mm f/4 SSM G Macro (2%, 37 Votes)
* 24-240mm f/3.5-4.5 SSM DT (2%, 36 Votes)
* 50mm f/1.8 (2%, 34 Votes)
* 50mm Tilt-shift f/1.2 SSM (2%, 31 Votes)
* 18mm f/4 (2%, 28 Votes)
* 18-76mm f/2.8 – 3.5 DT (2%, 27 Votes)
* 50mm f/2.8 STF (2%, 24 Votes)
* 30mm f/2.8 macro (1%, 14 Votes)

Very improbable to appear in the near future:
* 70-200 Vario-Sonnar T* f/2.8 (Zeiss) (19%, 287 Votes)
* 16-80 f/2.8 DT (15%, 229 Votes)
* 50mm f/1.0 SSM (Zeiss) (15%, 231 Votes)
* 85mm f/1.2 SSM (Zeiss) (14%, 217 Votes)
* 14-24 F2.8 SSM (Zeiss or G) (14%, 212 Votes)
* 200-400mm f/4 G SSM (13%, 198 Votes)
* 17-70 f/2.8 SSM DT (12%, 183 Votes)
* 10-20mm (11%, 171 Votes)
* 24mm f/1.4 (11%, 168 Votes)
* 12-24mm f4.5 (Zeiss or G) (9%, 144 Votes)
* 50mm 1.4 with SSM (9%, 143 Votes)
* 200mm Aposonnar T* f/2 (Zeiss) (8%, 123 Votes)
* 20-120 f/4 G SSM (8%, 115 Votes)
* 24mm Tilt-shift f/4 (Zeiss) (7%, 113 Votes)
* 24mm f/2.0 (7%, 105 Votes) (zeiss version comming on tuesday)
* 14-28mm f/4 G SSM (6%, 88 Votes)
* 16-35 f/2.8 SSM (6%, 86 Votes) (already a zeis alternative)
* 85mm f/1.4 (5%, 73 Votes)(again a zeiss is availble sony won’t market 2 exact products, there is a sigma)
* 85mm f/2.8 STF (4%, 60 Votes)
* 35mm Tilt-shift f/2 (3%, 50 Votes)
* 70-300mm (3%, 43 Votes)
* 28-75/2.8 with SSM (3%, 40 Votes)
* 24-70mm f/4 (2%, 33 Votes)
* 90mm Tilt-shift f/2.8 (2%, 27 Votes)
* 17-40mm (2%, 24 Votes)
* 45mm Tilt-shift f/2.8 (Zeiss) (2%, 24 Votes)

Not going to really appeal to a lot of people cause of the price tag:
* 400 f/2.8 SSM (9%, 143 Votes)
* 200mm f/4 SSM G Macro (6%, 97 Votes)
* 15mm Distagon T* 2.8/15 (Zeiss) (4%, 61 Votes)

Note: The lenses in
“Definitely won’t appear in the next 20-30 years:” and “Very improbable to appear in the near future:” probably won’t happen cause of marketing issues and of building issues, most of them can actually be build, but it wouldn’t make sense to actually make them, that’s why those lenses are in the 2 categories.
Ps: i could be wrong but most of these lenses are really only pipe dreams, however nobody knows what the future will bring.

16mm f/1.8
if it’s a FF lens it won’t appear it’s too wide for that given F number.
and besides the e mount is a pancake 16mm f/2.8 and it’s design to fit a crop sensor, hence the it won’t appear, if it was a DT it might appear cause it would be a 24mm equivalent and thus making it interesting for street and landscape alike.
400mm f/4.5 G SSM it would be much cheaper than a 500mm or a 200-400 lens, the current discontinued minolta version is selling good enough on e-bay, i am not suggesting it will sell like a consumer prime, but yea it would sell, especially for nature & wildlife shooters. Given the new cameras that are set to appear this lens won’t be left without a decent camera.
T&S i don’t think they will come around too fast, for some of them i said they won’t come around in the near future, that meaning a few years time,
eg * 35mm Tilt-shift f/2 (3%, 50 Votes) it might be done but with f/2.8 not with f/2
* 90mm Tilt-shift f/2.8 (2%, 27 Votes) this lens i would expect to show up in 2-3 years time but i think sony will focus on a wide angle T&S lens first
* 24mm Tilt-shift f/4 (Zeiss) (7%, 113 Votes) zeiis version…hmm it might come around or maybe a G version but i am not too sure
* 50mm Tilt-shift f/1.2 SSM (2%, 31 Votes) pipe dream autofocus T&S? with a f/1.2 aperture? that will never come around.
* 17mm Tilt-shift f/4 (Zeiss) (5%, 77 Votes) canon’s version is unique and i don’t think sony will ever try to copy it.
any other things i need to make clear?

well i was specific about the exact lens
the minolta version was 2000$ so i guess a sony version could be around 2500$ a bit more even, and if they manage to price it around that point it would sell quite well
T&S again i was lens specific but i do see 1-2 TS lenses coming soon, my guess is that they will be wide angle ones.
i have no interest in T&S,but i would definately buy the 400mm f/4.5 if it’s reasonably priced

in my opinion, i only need 12-24 f2.8 and the 50-135 f2.8, especially for APS-C so i will get same range with 17-35 and 70-200 in FF, quite nice for simple setup for photojournalist with APS-C. I hope if Sony have that range, they have the low price under $1000.

@phil..yes you right, i also prefer 50-135 f2.8 (FF will be good) if available, i have try the tokina 50-135 on d90, it’s light and sharp.

Some not too costly zoom with 500mm on tele end. Something like 50-500 or 150-500 from Sigma.