L Mount 50mm lens announced priced at only US$170

[IronFilm]

Every system needs a cheap nifty fifty! Either for the beginner starting out, or even just as a back up lens for someone more established. 

That was one of the issues with L Mount, their lenses are too high priced. But now one of those pieces of the jigsaw has been solved:

The Meike 50mm F1.8 Full Frame Auto Focus L-mount Lens (already available in Z Mount and E Mount)

https://meikeglobal.com/products/50mm-f1-8-auto-focus-lens-for-portrait-photography

 

[Emanuel]

E-mount has this native one with a plus: OSS

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1001008-REG/sony_sel50f18_b_50mm_f_1_8_lens_black.html

[MrSMW]

I'd be more interested in a 35mm.

The only real weak(er) links in my current armoury of lenses is I don't have anything faster than f/2.8 zooms which is fine for 95% of what I do, but after dark, I probably could do with something faster.

On that note, they are big(ger) and heavy, but still under my self-imposed 'a lens cannot weigh more than 1kg' limit, I am most interested in a pair of Sigma 28-45mm f/1.8's because they are available in L Mount for my video needs and E Mount for my stills needs.

But I have run out of funds for this year, so aaaaaargh 🤪

[newfoundmass]

I'll be interested to see how the autofocusing works.

I think Panasonic's 1.8 primes are decently priced, as they are better built than their Canon and Sony counterparts, but I also don't think it'd be a bad idea to release more affordable compact primes that are more competitively priced. A third party manufacturer probably shouldn't be the ones releasing a nifty fifty in the sub $200 range when your competitors have ones.

[Al Dolega]

On 7/13/2024 at 2:15 AM, Emanuel said:

E-mount has this native one with a plus: OSS

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1001008-REG/sony_sel50f18_b_50mm_f_1_8_lens_black.html

That's E-mount (APS-C). The FE model is $100 cheaper, but no OSS:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242613-REG/sony_sel50f18f_fe_50mm_f_1_8_lens.html

[Emanuel]

8 hours ago, Al Dolega said:

That's E-mount (APS-C). The FE model is $100 cheaper, but no OSS:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242613-REG/sony_sel50f18f_fe_50mm_f_1_8_lens.html

Yes, and they are much distinct pieces of glass despite their same focal length:

 

[Emanuel]

Here's the 1st part a year earlier:

 

[IronFilm]

And now Meike has released an 85mm lens for L Mount:

 https://meikeglobal.com/products/meike-85mm-f1-4-auto-focus-lens?variant=45431946903780

Rather "expensive" at $499!!

Hopefully with time it will see a big price drop, and/or a cheaper f1.8 version