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The price tag is probably high because of the extra R&D costs they need to recoup. They haven't had the chance like Fuji or Sony to spread it across many years.

Except A7 and X-T1 didn't cost 3.4K.

Indeed, especially superior in that 28-70 f2 lens :-P

It's not a Leica shop. It's a shop that sells all camera equipment Inc. Leica.

Why even buy a 16-35mm GM if only plan up shoot f5.6-8. the 16-35mm f4 would suffice and save you a lot of money.

Apart from the infamous Zeiss 35mm/1.4 I don't think there's much issue with any other lens they produce

While I don't agree with Basket's statement, you can't compare Nikon to Samsung.
Nikon is hugely dependant on their camera sales unlike Samsung or canon or Sony for that matter

@Roger:
There aren't many rebadged Minolta lenses. Only a handful if that. You shouldn't make such factually incorrect statements.

@Deliverator:
The question is, is it sharper in the edges because it's a larger lens with more glass elements to make it sharper in edges or because of the wider throat?
Other way to look at it is...

Exactly. I rather carry less things and less dangling bits from the camera which will comprise the already shady weatherseal.
A company should strive make things easier for the customer not harder....

prejudiced much?

Hopefully this'll give Sony a kick to do something about offering some useful features in their cameras like time-lapse, focus stacking etc.
Also add some f/1.8 primes.

If sony does not change in...

Thank you Rishi for pitching in :-)
Certainly hope Roger or someone else with more optics knowledge would pitch in also. May be he is already writing an article on it so who knows ;-)

I wonder if...

@Fly18:

What does this have anything to do about trust!?

Rishi said - "That's actually one of the awesome things of about having that wide throat you can have a 0.95 lens".
Unless explained...

Who is going to buy a f0.95 for edge to edge sharpness!

regardless that lens is not small. You can have small sharp lenses on a smaller mount as proved already.

Anyway we are going off-topic...

What's your point dr?
There's f0.95 lens for e-mount.

"photographers who are reliant upon their photographs remaining safe when their SD cards are removed from the camera"

and left in the trousers before washing them?

@15:18 - "That's actually one of the awesome things of about having that wide throat you can have a 0.95 lens"

Erm... can you explain please? There are other f0.95 lenses on other mounts that...

This has nothing to do with samyang

I had the Sony a-mount version the old tamron 28-75mm. I also now have the FE version and it's vastly superior. No comparison.