Mark of New Jersey
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Will FE lenses work in the new a6300
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mcslsk
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Yes, why shouldn't they?
Ray Maines
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They will be big, heavy, and expensive, but they'll work. Maybe even better than ASP/C lenses.
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Becksvart
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And get used to the different fov.
A bit like a micmac graveyard, they'll be back; you know, but perhaps not entirely as the ones you loved.
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RGBaker
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One? No less than eight FE lenses have OSS, and "coincidentally" there's significant overlap between those that do and the ones most likely to be useful on APS-C bodies - the 70-200mm lenses, 24-240mm and the 90mm macro...
The only FE lens I can think of that would be nice on crop body and doesn't have OSS is the new 85mm... and, well, given the price of that thing, and the fact that it's probably mostly be going to be used in studio, on tripod, with strobes, it's not exactly a huge loss either.
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So much misinformation early in this thread. So many people ready to jump on the "Oh they're so big..."
Yes they will work. They are all E mount.
No they aren't all bigger and heavier.
No they aren't bigger and heavier than they need to be.
Yes they don't all have OSS. OSS is not life or death. It really only comes into play at long focal lengths and low light conditions.
35mm is 35mm full frame or crop. On a crop sensor, a 35mm will have the equivalent field of view as a 52.5mm on a full frame sensor. Both the FE and E 35mm (even though it won't cover the whole sensor) will have a 35mm field of view on full frame. Unless you have shot 35mm film or a full frame digital for years and are used to "standard" focal lengths, this make no difference and isn't really worth worrying about the "perceived fov full frame equivalent."
APS-C has the advantage of being able to use all of the e-mount lenses to cover a variety focal lengths.
For what it's worth, I have a handful of manual primes. My one E mount prime is the FE28f2. I find the focal length more interesting than the 35mm. My next prime will probably be the FE55f1.8 for the same reason. I find 50mm standard a little boring as well.
Try not to get stuck on the technical performance and test chart ratings of lenses. There is way more to a photograph than sharpness.
Cheers.
Yes they will work. They are all E mount.
No they aren't all bigger and heavier.
No they aren't bigger and heavier than they need to be.
Yes they don't all have OSS. OSS is not life or death. It really only comes into play at long focal lengths and low light conditions.
35mm is 35mm full frame or crop. On a crop sensor, a 35mm will have the equivalent field of view as a 52.5mm on a full frame sensor. Both the FE and E 35mm (even though it won't cover the whole sensor) will have a 35mm field of view on full frame. Unless you have shot 35mm film or a full frame digital for years and are used to "standard" focal lengths, this make no difference and isn't really worth worrying about the "perceived fov full frame equivalent."
APS-C has the advantage of being able to use all of the e-mount lenses to cover a variety focal lengths.
For what it's worth, I have a handful of manual primes. My one E mount prime is the FE28f2. I find the focal length more interesting than the 35mm. My next prime will probably be the FE55f1.8 for the same reason. I find 50mm standard a little boring as well.
Try not to get stuck on the technical performance and test chart ratings of lenses. There is way more to a photograph than sharpness.
Cheers.
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Becksvart
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Of course a FF lens is bigger than it needs to be to cover a APS-C sensor.
The FF lens will "waste" some light and project it somewhere in the mount and not the sensor of the APS-C body because it projects a bigger image circle than is needed for an APS-C sensor.
It's not hard to imagine that a lens that only has to cover the smaller APS-C image circle can be designed smaller than one that covers the FF image circle.
Of course the image circle is not everything and lots of factors play a role in the lens size and weight.
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Becksvart
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No, since the sensor is smaller the imaging square is smaller within the circle the lens can draw.
http://improvephotography.com/8411/field-of-view-full-frame-crop-sensor-dslr/
Edit. I was (quite clearly) writing about the same lens on two different sensor sizes, so if "FOV will be the same too on a APS-C body" means the fov of an FF and an APS-C lens on the same APS-C body then yes, if on the other hand it meant "..the same too on a APS-C body as an FF body" then no.
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RGBaker
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Thanks for the correction -- i clearly wasn't paying attention. I should have said 'not all the FE lenses are big, and many have OSS ..."
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Becksvart
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Yes, but if someone says "but with FE lenses there's an upgrade path" then I'd like to caution, which I did in my first comment, that the same lens will give a different view on FF from APS-C. I suppose I was a bit confused (although not angry : ) ) and related the "What will be field of view??" question to that - the same lens on APS-C and FF, rather then a lens designed for FF and a lens designed for APS-C on the same camera.
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