Now this is very bad news: According to the latest BCNranking report the mirrorless market sales decreased by 50% in March. Consider that Japan didn’t even shut down the full economy like EU and US are doing right now!
The graph above shows that Sony is leading in terms of market share but take that with a grain of salt because sales were extremely low anyway. And I am sorry to say I am not an optimist: I think the virus will come back in waves multiple times til we get a vaccine sometimes in 2021 :(
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a ton of general improvements in all areas
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More than a year ago Sony did explain the E-mount size allows for very fats lens design. Still the myth about “large mount equals better lens performance” still persists. SLRlounge analyzed the myth saying that larger mounts are better. The simple answer is that NO this isn’t the case:
It all comes down to this: regardless of whichever lenses are optically possible, or even probable, that’s not even the final piece of the puzzle. The final piece is, of course, …which lenses do you see yourself actually buying and using?
Whatever slight difference there might be in the theoretical limits, or whatever exotic optics actually come to fruition, most photographers are going to be more than happy with any system. Indeed, they’re much better off choosing a system based on criteria that includes literally anything else…
There are many photographers who already know they love f/1.2 primes, of course. I just said that if I were exclusively a portrait photographer, Canon’s RF mount would be the most tempting choice, even though I could surely get any job done with any of the very impressive portrait lenses for Nikon or Sony. And, although I don’t think I’ll ever own the Nikon 58mm Noct, I’ll still look forward to seeing if Nikon makes their own 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm f/1.2 AF optics.
Sony FE could also get some of those exotic lenses, whether from Sony or Sigma or someone else. They might not be able to achieve the same level of extreme corner sharpness, as a vague prediction, but they’ve proven everyone wrong with fast glass corner sharpness multiple times already.
At the end of the day, that’s all we can say with any certainty- Almost anything is theoretically possible on Sony’s E-mount. But, maybe, just maybe, it is slightly less probable that we’ll actually see as large of a collection of “inconceivable” optical accomplishments. If true, though, it wouldn’t even be primarily a limitation of the mount, ironically, it would be simply due to Canon and Nikon’s desire to stand out.
The Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD (1499 euros) is an excellent lens proposed at a very reasonable price. It completes perfectly the 2 other Tamron zooms but the quality of this zoom is clearly higher than previous Tamron Zooms. Indeed it supports perfectly the 61Mpix of the A7RIV whereas the 2 other zooms where showing their limits on the A7RIV
To achieve this performance at this price and this reduced size and weight Tamron had to make some choices: 180mm instead of 200mm No optical stabilization Lens extends when zooming No “fancy” buttons on the barrel No tripod foot (but you don’t need it considering the weight) Not compatible with Sony TC
All the above compromises do not influence at all the image quality that is excellent (sharpness and bokeh) and allow for a weight and price divided by 2 compared to the Sony GM
Pros Excellent sharpness on the entire field and entire range at all apertures Very small and light Very reasonable price Very good bokeh and soft background blur Extremely fast , silent and accurate AF Very low level of chromatic aberrations Moderate vignetting Very good resistance to flare Fully weather sealed
Average Color rendition little bit yellowish Not compatible with Sony TC1.4 & TC2.0 No button to switch to MF, to set a custom function, to limit focusing range No optical stabilization
Cons Huge distortion between 135mm and 180mm (no lens profile yet available as of April 2020) Lens does extend when zooming and the zoom ring is quite dampened , so no smooth zooming possible in video Does not look “Pro” if your are pro wedding photographer
The Tamron delivers similar performances to the Sony FE70-200 F2.8 GM in most cases and even surpass it sometimes (corner sharpness and sharpness at 180mm, portability) at half of its price. A superb Performance !
From reliable sources we know that Zeiss wants to further focus on the Full Frame mirrorelss system. I got no reliable details to share yet. All we heard from a new source is that Zeiss is considering to launch a sort of high quality Otus series for mirrorless cameras.
