News Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM Lens Announced

[Tim Mayo]

Sony has announced the World’s first telephoto zoom lens with a focal length of 50-150mm and a constant maximum aperture of F2.

The Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM lens costs $3,898.00 in the US, £3,799.00 in the UK and €4,400 in Europe.

The lens is already available to pre-order in the UK and Europe and pre-orders start at 10:00am ET, Wed Apr 23 in the US. First deliveries are planned for the end of May.

Further details can be found in the blog post:

Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM Lens Announced - Alpha Shooters

Sony has announced the World’s first telephoto zoom lens designed for wedding, portrait, indoor sports, photo and video professionals with a focal length of 50-150mm and a constant maximum aperture of F2. The Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM lens costs $3,898.00 in the US, £3,799.00 in the UK and €4,400...

www.alphashooters.com

Anybody here tempted by this?

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Wedding photographers are gonna love this... maybe? Most event photographers I've seen carry a body with a 70-200 f2.8 and something wider on another camera body. Could they do it all with this one lens?

 

[RogerSmith]

great lens for wedding photogs, maybe some sports like baseball? but I'm good with 70-200 for occasional wide wildlife

 

[Clix Pix]

Wedding photographers,family/newborn/infant photographers, event photographers, sports photographers., traveling photographers...... this lens is going to appeal to a whole lot of people for a variety of reasons. Yeah, it is expen$$$$ive but it also could for some people replace at least a couple of lenses, and that's not a bad deal. The fact that this is a zoom lens with a very nice and versatile range plus a constant aperture of f/2.0 is pretty amazing right off the top. Much will depend upon an individual photographer's shooting style, priorities, actual photography gear needs, budget considerations, etc., but I suspect that many will find a way to get this lens on their camera.

 

[AKVet]

This would make a great travel lens.

 

[Unframed Dave]

As per usual, I don't get it. Well, I sort of get it, but 50mm isn't great for a travel lens, you really want to be in the 30s for architecture or landscape. It's not a wildlife or general sports lens, it isn't long enough.

Even now, with wedding photography having moved on from where it was when I got married, folks will still want a group shot and 50mm won't be wide enough. 2 bodies are still going to be required.

Yes it's faster than my current 2.8's but won't really make any difference in the real world.

It looks sexy as hell in white. I call emporer's new clothes. Again, how boring am I becoming?

 

[AlphaWorld]

As per usual, I don't get it. Well, I sort of get it, but 50mm isn't great for a travel lens, you really want to be in the 30s for architecture or landscape. It's not a wildlife or general sports lens, it isn't long enough.

Even now, with wedding photography having moved on from where it was when I got married, folks will still want a group shot and 50mm won't be wide enough. 2 bodies are still going to be required.

Yes it's faster than my current 2.8's but won't really make any difference in the real world.

It looks sexy as hell in white. I call emporer's new clothes. Again, how boring am I becoming?

You are completely entitled to choose not to buy this lens. That's cool.

I have owned the 28-70mm f/2 since December. It's a fine lens, and I have found I really like an f/2 zoom. It is a superb lens in the studio.

I am looking forward to adding the 50-150mm f/2 to that - they seem like a natural pairing.

I enjoy using f/2.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

This would make a great travel lens.

I think of "travel lenses" as either lightweight/compact, or acceptable size given an all-in-one capability to replace multiple lenses. On the first criteria, it fails for me, but on the second it could work.

As per usual, I don't get it. Well, I sort of get it, but 50mm isn't great for a travel lens, you really want to be in the 30s for architecture or landscape. It's not a wildlife or general sports lens, it isn't long enough.

Even now, with wedding photography having moved on from where it was when I got married, folks will still want a group shot and 50mm won't be wide enough. 2 bodies are still going to be required.

Yes it's faster than my current 2.8's but won't really make any difference in the real world.

It looks sexy as hell in white. I call emporer's new clothes. Again, how boring am I becoming?

Agree on everything except the white lens color haha! I must be the only one that doesn't like that the best zoom lenses from Sony are white. I suppose it doesn't matter since I can't afford any of them.

I guess at the end of the day, it is awesome to have the option of using a lens like this. I tell my friends who use Canon and Nikon that if they come over to Sony they will have a plethora of lenses to choose from, both native and third-party.

 

[iamdlewis]

I think this would make a great indoor sports lens and a good 2nd body lens for outdoor sports. I think the Tameron 35-150 makes a better travel lens but for me I feel even that isn't good for me since I like wider than 35mm.

For now and into the foreseeable future not a lens for me.

 

[Pferd_furzt]

Sony has announced the World’s first telephoto zoom lens with a focal length of 50-150mm and a constant maximum aperture of F2.

The Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM lens costs $3,898.00 in the US, £3,799.00 in the UK and €4,400 in Europe.

The lens is already available to pre-order in the UK and Europe and pre-orders start at 10:00am ET, Wed Apr 23 in the US. First deliveries are planned for the end of May.

Further details can be found in the blog post:

Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM Lens Announced - Alpha Shooters

Sony has announced the World’s first telephoto zoom lens designed for wedding, portrait, indoor sports, photo and video professionals with a focal length of 50-150mm and a constant maximum aperture of F2. The Sony FE 50-150mm F2 GM lens costs $3,898.00 in the US, £3,799.00 in the UK and €4,400...

www.alphashooters.com

Anybody here tempted by this?

150 f/2 is insane, that's already causing more subject separation than 135 1.8

 

[AlphaWorld]

I think this would make a great indoor sports lens and a good 2nd body lens for outdoor sports. I think the Tameron 35-150 makes a better travel lens but for me I feel even that isn't good for me since I like wider than 35mm.

For now and into the foreseeable future not a lens for me.

In my head this is a lens for a variety of “indoor in a venue” type shooting, and some outdoor, but fairly close stuff (volleyball was suggested, probably beach volleyball, too).

I can picture people who work in dimmer light indoors wearing a dual harness with the 28-70 f/2 on one side and the 50-150 f/2 on the other. Put an A9 III on both and you are set for working under nasty LED lighting, too.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Ok, I have given in and ordered one.

Anyone else?

 

[THXGEEK]

Ok, I have given in and ordered one.

Anyone else?

Sooooo tempting....

...but I'm keeping my powder dry for the A1 II on order with B&H.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

As per usual, I don't get it. Well, I sort of get it, but 50mm isn't great for a travel lens, you really want to be in the 30s for architecture or landscape. It's not a wildlife or general sports lens, it isn't long enough.

Even now, with wedding photography having moved on from where it was when I got married, folks will still want a group shot and 50mm won't be wide enough. 2 bodies are still going to be required.

Yes it's faster than my current 2.8's but won't really make any difference in the real world.

It looks sexy as hell in white. I call emporer's new clothes. Again, how boring am I becoming?

I think I could do most if not all of my concert photography with this one lens. I always say that I prefer 1.8 primes, but I do a lot at f2 or even 2.2, on my 135, just to get both eyes in focus. And I manage with 2.8 zooms at times.

I think there is a real-world difference. For me, it would not so much be the aperture side (blur/bokeh) but a whole stop shutter speed: 125th instead of 60th, 250th instead of 125th. So I freeze the movement at lower-noise ISOs.

But I'm dreaming. Yes, I could use this lens, although my muscles would be a little uncomfortable at first,* but multi-thousand-pounds lenses are not on my horizon, not even if I climb a lighthouse on clifftop. It's a nice dream though.

I must be the only one that doesn't like that the best zoom lenses from Sony are white.

No, I agree too. And it doesn't matter for me either for the same reason


*Ah-haa! There's my justification to the spouse: i'd be buying it for health reasons, lol!