We’ve seen some incredible lens designs in recent years, but last week’s announcement of a Sony 50-150mm f/2 GM got us wondering what the limits of reasonable lens development are now.
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There was a time that a discussion about an optic like Sony’s 50-150mm f/2 would have been discarded as impossible, but not only did Sony make it, it did so while keeping the lens size and weight manageable. We’ve seen you all suggest lenses that sounded crazy, but now… maybe we aren’t so sure. Beyond that, modern optical development has gotten so impressive that if a company wanted to sacrifice a little bit of aperture speed, it can do a heck of a lot (just look at what Sigma was able to achieve with its newly-announced 300-600mm f/4 lens). Chis Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I discuss.
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