08-27-2010, 12:24 PM
[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1282762798' post='2163']
As I see it, [url="http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/260-sony-a33-a55/page__view__findpost__p__2121"]the A55 looks like the perfect second camera for me[/url]. As such, I won't need many lenses for it. Two will do, a semi-wide (17-25mm) and a short tele (50-80mm). As the A55 is a small and light camera, so should the lenses be. However, the requirement list doesn't end there (I'm spoiled, I know...). I want them to be fast (f/2 or faster), I want AF and I want them to be sharp when used wide open.
The short tele was an easy find - Tamron 60/2 macro - but the other proved to be a difficult nut to crack. Zeiss 24/2? Too big. Sigma 20/1.8? Too big and not sharp enough wide open. Zuiko 21/2 + adapter? No AF. Sony 35/1.8 or Sigma 30/1.4? Too narrow. Leica 25/1.4? No APS coverage, no adapter, no AF. Zeiss 18/3.5 or 21/2.8? No adapter, no AF, too slow.
So, even if I am keeping the cost out of this, it seems I have no options. Please tell me I'm wrong...
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Unfortunately, what you want does not exist yet.
We're all waiting for Sony to release more lenses. I think they released more cameras than lenses this year...
They started a series of decent compact primes:
But the wide-angle part is still missing. Maybe it will come next year.
And maybe the A88 (FF) will also arrive and you'll pair it with a Minolta 28 F/2.0 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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As I see it, [url="http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/260-sony-a33-a55/page__view__findpost__p__2121"]the A55 looks like the perfect second camera for me[/url]. As such, I won't need many lenses for it. Two will do, a semi-wide (17-25mm) and a short tele (50-80mm). As the A55 is a small and light camera, so should the lenses be. However, the requirement list doesn't end there (I'm spoiled, I know...). I want them to be fast (f/2 or faster), I want AF and I want them to be sharp when used wide open.
The short tele was an easy find - Tamron 60/2 macro - but the other proved to be a difficult nut to crack. Zeiss 24/2? Too big. Sigma 20/1.8? Too big and not sharp enough wide open. Zuiko 21/2 + adapter? No AF. Sony 35/1.8 or Sigma 30/1.4? Too narrow. Leica 25/1.4? No APS coverage, no adapter, no AF. Zeiss 18/3.5 or 21/2.8? No adapter, no AF, too slow.
So, even if I am keeping the cost out of this, it seems I have no options. Please tell me I'm wrong...
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Unfortunately, what you want does not exist yet.
We're all waiting for Sony to release more lenses. I think they released more cameras than lenses this year...
They started a series of decent compact primes:
- DT 30mm f/2.8 Macro
- DT 35mm f/1.8
- DT 50mm f/1.8
- 85mm f/2.8
But the wide-angle part is still missing. Maybe it will come next year.
And maybe the A88 (FF) will also arrive and you'll pair it with a Minolta 28 F/2.0 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
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