3 New Lenses

[greenieadi]

1. DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6
2. DT 18-250mm F3.5-6.3
3. DT 55-200mm F4-5.6

All 3 for APS-C sensor.

[DewaKarma]

erksss...so jialat ah...all over f4...stand down..

[zcf]

All DT lens, so they will release more full frame lenses after the flagship come out?

[greenieadi]

Dunno why they must overlap the focal range for 3 lenses. Kinda waste. I guess the 18-250mm shld be enuff. The one I'm looking for from Tamron . I'll wait for pricing and review first, anyway.

[Trigger Happy]

DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6
sounds very useable for street & events!

[yokechye]

why har.. why not FF lens

[Galdor]

The DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 sounds like a replacement kit lens.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by Galdor The DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 sounds like a replacement kit lens.

it'd be a very solid kit lens! if its cz optics then the range is already better than 16-80... wonder about image quality and AF

[Galdor]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy it'd be a very solid kit lens! if its cz optics then the range is already better than 16-80... wonder about image quality and AF

If it's a CZ, then shouldn't be a worry.

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

No blue mark... no CZ...

besides that, y dun they have 55-200 f2.8 instead? since others already have 50-150 f2.8 already.

[Galdor]

Originally Posted by Del_CtrlnoAlt No blue mark... no CZ... besides that, y dun they have 55-200 f2.8 instead? since others already have 50-150 f2.8 already.

Yah lor. I prefer a 55-200 f2.8 instead too.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by Galdor Yah lor. I prefer a 55-200 f2.8 instead too.

then the lens would be at least twice the size, price and weight of the one pictured.

[zcf]

Originally Posted by greenieadi Dunno why they must overlap the focal range for 3 lenses. Kinda waste. I guess the 18-250mm shld be enuff. The one I'm looking for from Tamron . I'll wait for pricing and review first, anyway.

The review has been out for sometime already

Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II
http://dyxum.com/lenses/detail.asp?IDLens=374

Pricing around S$600~700.

[sulhan]

Hiee All,

Consumer who are not that savvy about f-numbers like most of the people here.
What they want to have is coverage - having already getting those clean enough higher ISO and antishake. THey dont need the f2.8 that most advance amatuers call for....

And these main bulk of people who buy these lens are people who make up volume that enables the price of bodies to come down.

1. DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 - covers 24-150 range
2. DT 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 - in place of the usual 28-300 F3.5-6.3 in the full frame consumer lens range
3. DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 - in place of the usual 75-300 f4-5.6 in the full frame consumer lens range

[Galdor]

Originally Posted by sulhan Hiee All, Consumer who are not that savvy about f-numbers like most of the people here. What they want to have is coverage - having already getting those clean enough higher ISO and antishake. THey dont need the f2.8 that most advance amatuers call for.... And these main bulk of people who buy these lens are people who make up volume that enables the price of bodies to come down.

That's true.

[Agetan]

ah... looks like advance user will have to wait till mid next year to satisfy with the lenses offering.


Regards,

Hart

[TME]

These are probably high quality consumer lenses... expect prices above $700 and they fill a very important niche - prosumers who do not or cannot pay for the G lenses or the f/2.8 lenses... these represent very good bang for buck and once u lock in users with a few of these high quality lenses, u've locked in your consumer base... we're all in the same boat right? With superb KM optics... we're just waiting for the next big 'un from SONY... and it has arrived...

[TME]

Originally Posted by yokechye why har.. why not FF lens

FF for 16mm... u know how huge the front element will be plus it's a 7X zoom... the lens will be so huge, it won't be a kit lens anymore...

[tchoonyong]

Originally Posted by greenieadi 1. DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 2. DT 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 3. DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 All 3 for APS-C sensor.

will all these lenses work on the old alpha 100 Series camera. Hopefully sony will try to make lenses from alpha 100 to work on alpha 700 as well as bringing downside compatible between 100 and 700 series just like what nikon do to some of their slr cameras. So as people will be willing to invest money on their dslr cameras.

[Galdor]

Originally Posted by tchoonyong will all these lenses work on the old alpha 100 Series camera. Hopefully sony will try to make lenses from alpha 100 to work on alpha 700 as well as bringing downside compatible between 100 and 700 series just like what nikon do to some of their slr cameras. So as people will be willing to invest money on their dslr cameras.

It will be using the same mount. Even my old Minolta lenses are able to use on the A100, so should be no problem on the A700.