09-28-2011, 07:40 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1317188318' post='11914']
Oh, their optics department is surely big. Bigger than most. Just think of their video stuff.
Consumer-wise they are a marketing company and it's easy to do that with cameras, less so lenses.
So I think it's in their genes that they care less here. That's unfortunate, of course.
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I don't see what logic would make them design Video lenses but not Photo lenses if they could. But I don't see either why not commission Zeiss to make at least one A-mount lens per year (it was zero this year).
I'm a quite happy A900 owner, with almost 50.000 shots in about 2.5 years. But I have a hard time recommending Sony to other people.
Oh, their optics department is surely big. Bigger than most. Just think of their video stuff.
Consumer-wise they are a marketing company and it's easy to do that with cameras, less so lenses.
So I think it's in their genes that they care less here. That's unfortunate, of course.
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I don't see what logic would make them design Video lenses but not Photo lenses if they could. But I don't see either why not commission Zeiss to make at least one A-mount lens per year (it was zero this year).
I'm a quite happy A900 owner, with almost 50.000 shots in about 2.5 years. But I have a hard time recommending Sony to other people.
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