mFT lenses are soooo expensive! Right then....

String wrote:

Porky89 wrote:

Jorginho wrote:

Did anyone bother to look at the Sony G 70-200 F2.8? It is 2600 euro. I am not saying it is not worth it because it could be flawless or close to it....But it seems a tad more expensive then our 35-100 or 40-150 F2.8 lenses isn't it.

One would expect a 70-200 f/2.8 full frame lens to be expensive - and a premium quality one even more so.

The fact is that as an old-timer I find ALL current lenses mind bogglingly expensive. Time was, a high quality 50mm f/1.8 from any of the top camera marques would cost little more than beer money. Not now!

I'm an old-timer as well and I find glass prices much more affordable now than they ever were. Yes the 50 1.8 are a bit of an anomaly; Canikon pumped those things out by the thousands; it was the standard lens when you bought an SLR. They are currently made of plastic, including most of the elements inside. They are also pretty poor when shot wide open.

Yes, the 25 1.2 is an expensive lens however I'm seeing it compared to the best from Leica (Buchan-Grant, Robin Wong) so taken in that context, its an absolute bargain.

20 years ago, and yes I had kids at home/mortgage/etc., however I still had a fair bit of disposable income. Never (ever) could I have entertained the idea of a (equivalent) 600mm f4 lens let alone a full set of 2.8 zooms and/or a set 1.8-1.2 primes. And the thought that I could shoot them all wide open would have only been a dream.

I was thinking more of 40 or 50 years ago!