RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Sony is Also Making an APS-C 16-50mm/2.8 Lens

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Sony is Also Making an APS-C 16-50mm/2.8 Lens

Just see what Sony Rumors reports:-

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-hot-16-50mm-f2-8-ssm-to-be-announced-in-late-august-for-799/

It will come very probably as the rumour rating is the highest, according to them.

I think this is really a good news to Sonyians with cropped APS-C Sony cameras and in fact the focal range and the lens speed/maximum aperture is just ideal as a standard APS-C zoom. As compared to the Pentax DA*16-50/2.8 SDM, the Minolta SSM technology should be far more reliable as it has been proven, btw. Frankly, if the DA*16-50 SDM is not so infamous for dead SDM motors, I would have bought one long time ago, and ditto for the slow focusing speed of the SDM.

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Nubi · 713 weeks ago

Beating a dead horse again, Eh?

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RiceHigh 110p · 713 weeks ago

Yes, the horse is dead, but where is the new-born horse?

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masloff · 713 weeks ago

hi, so what you might advice for k5 in the same range as DA* 16-50?

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flomat · 713 weeks ago

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm 2.8 XR Di II LD Asp IF (check for a well-crafted sample)

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RiceHigh 110p · 713 weeks ago

Maybe we still have to choose the old reliable DA 16-45/4, which is only one stop slower but is close in range and has also the constant aperture.

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masloff · 713 weeks ago

and what about sigma 16-50 with same aperture? i hear mixed reviews about it, but the main thing I`m concerned is WR, `cos I like to shoot in dusty/wet regions...