Seriously, it isn't just the weight on your shoulder. I want a smaller, lighter weight system for when I travel by plane. I don't trust my gear down in the bags in the hold. The 20-70 looks perfect for the kind of shooting I do when I travel overseas.
that's it in a nutshell
However I am debating with myself on and on about the distortion at the wide end. It's maybe my perfectionism and interest in the best money can buy at a small footprint that are in conflict.
I guess the smaller, lighter and smarter part will finally win and I have the lens on pre order anyway.
Price is irrelevant since my experience is that you'll get back a good deal of the investment even after years of using gear. I sold my precious Canon lenses with a
total loss of some 30 % after using them for
13+ years. In other words a loss of maybe € 5 k translating into some
€ 30 per month or in other terms
€ 1 per day - that's less than a cup of coffee from your own high end portafilter with good coffee beans and still water from the brand of your choice - let alone the brown unidentifiable things you get to go
Please stopp debating about the cost for a hobby and in case you're a pro please make sure you understand the basics of entrepreneurship. Think in terms of return of investment rather than expenses.
I guess this is a very unique lens with a value proposition that's 2nd to none in the market.
Question remains whether you start with a high enough MP sensor to compensate for the loss in anti-distortion correction.
High res bodies become more and more the foundation of a usefully end result. Imagine starting with a 24 or 33 MP body and loosing 10 % linear resolution or roughly 20+ % in pixel count by warping the image to the final result.
I guess this lens will become my go to lens when doing international business trips where I carry my A7R IV as part time interest to utilize the time spent for the job wisely.
When traveling on photo purpose the GM primes are my goto solutions anyway - hard to beat a GM 35 or 50 by any lens on the market - but that's not the purpose of this tool.
I was about to acquire the 28 .. 60 for it's portability - this tool seems to be better on all fronts and it's still comparable lightweight and compact for what it is.
In case we needed a proof point for Sony's willingness to excel in size and weight we have it with this little gem.