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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / October 2006Proof that Full Frame dSLRs will be the norm
Ever notice how the Sony Alpha's newly designed lenses (not Minolta rebrands) are compatible with 35mm format? The lenses for 35mm format made sense for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, etc. because they had to worry about compatibility with their film cameras. Sony has no film SLRs. There is no financial gain or obligation to be had for supporting old, discontinued Minolta SLRs. Lenses for cropped sensors are cheaper to manufacture and easier to design. Why would Sony spend millions upon millions of dollars to manufacture big lenses that produce images more than three times the size of their sensor? The only reason these newly designed lenses would be compatible with 35mm format is because there's a Sony Alpha in the works with a 35mm sensor. And if Sony has one in the drawing board, it's safe to assume Nikon will have one of its own as well. > Ever notice how the Sony Alpha's newly designed lenses (not Minolta > rebrands) are compatible with 35mm format? The lenses for 35mm format [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > sensor. And if Sony has one in the drawing board, it's safe to assume > Nikon will have one of its own as well. It could be that Sony is just trying to capture the market of people that already own Minolta lenses, rather than bang heads with Nikon, and Canon. Are you certain that Sony is even making those lenses? Bill Crocker > Ever notice how the Sony Alpha's newly designed lenses (not Minolta > rebrands) are compatible with 35mm format? The lenses for 35mm format [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > sensor. And if Sony has one in the drawing board, it's safe to assume > Nikon will have one of its own as well. Simple - they didn't want to invest the capital necessary to develop a new line of lenses. Granted, they could have gone the Canon EF-S route and make the mount compatible with existing lenses along with a new format of lenses; but this still would have come at a cost - both in development and time to market. Mark And there's still lots of people with shooting film KonicaMinolta SLR's who might still need new lenses. Ones that work both with their current body as well as with future Sony digital bodies.. > Simple - they didn't want to invest the capital necessary to develop a new > line of lenses. Granted, they could have gone the Canon EF-S route and make You are confusing the Minolta lenses rebranded as Sony, and the completely new Sony lenses. There are several Sony lenses that are completely new. Some are designed for 1.5x crop sensors, like Canon's EF-S. Others are designed for 35mm sensors, like Canon's EF lenses. Why would Sony R&D design completely new lenses in two different formats? Certainly not for the sake of people using old Minolta SLRs. The number of people using old Minolta SLRs that willing to spend $1500 for new Sony lenses are miniscule. It's unlikely Sony is catering to *them* at the cost of millions of dollars in unnecessarily large lenses. >> Simple - they didn't want to invest the capital necessary to >> develop a new [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > You are confusing the Minolta lenses rebranded as Sony, and the > completely new Sony lenses. What new Sony lenses - do you have a link? And what makes you think Sony is actually designing and manufacturing these new lenses? >>> Simple - they didn't want to invest the capital necessary to develop a >>> new [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > And what makes you think Sony is actually designing and manufacturing > these new lenses? The only "completely new lenses" on the Sony site are the three Zeiss lenses, one of which is available in a Nikon mount as well (from Zeiss, not Sony) and one of which is designed specifically for the APS-C sensor size. Sony is charging Zeiss prices for them, so as a guess I would say that they're actually being made for Sony by Zeiss. >>>> Simple - they didn't want to invest the capital necessary to develop a >>>> new [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Sony is charging Zeiss prices for them, so as a guess I would say that >they're actually being made for Sony by Zeiss. Wrong. They are actually made for Zeiss (and Sony) by Cosina, allegedly to Zeiss standards of quality control. <plastic_razor@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > You are confusing the Minolta lenses rebranded as Sony, and the > completely new Sony lenses. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > for new Sony lenses are miniscule. It's unlikely Sony is catering to > *them* at the cost of millions of dollars in unnecessarily large lenses. I agree. It seems obvious to me that the next one in sony assembly line is the 7D with a FF sensor and a few new tricks... In my opinion, they are getting their feet wet with the A100 and get a feeling for the market before they release anything for the pro market. Even when you go to the official sony alpha website, they mention the alpha "family" of cameras... Cheers Padu > Ever notice how the Sony Alpha's newly designed lenses (not Minolta > rebrands) are compatible with 35mm format? The lenses for 35mm format [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Sony spend millions upon millions of dollars to manufacture big lenses > that produce images more than three times the size of their sensor? That you RichA? The fact is that the "new" lenses that Sony are offering are the most recent Minolta lenses. Just rebadged. And for that matter, a few of the K-M lenses that Sony now offer were cropped for the smaller sensor. Do a little research next time.  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