Quote:What's so bad about their lens selection? It was fair to say that in the early stages of the system but I think it's fairly comprehensive now. More so if you add third party stuff (although admittedly, too little of that has AF).
If I look at the NEX tests here at PZ with native Sony AF lenses, here are the results I get:
- Sony E 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS: descent from 18 to 50 then pretty crappy after that.
- Sony E 16mm f/2.8: probably the worse lens tested on this site.
- Sony E 30mm f/3.5 macro: the worst result I've seen from a macro lens; center is good, but borders are abysmal.
- Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS: good lens.
- Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS: good from f/2.8 on; before that, borders are abysmal.
- Sony E 10-18mm f/4 OSS: ok lens.
- Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS PZ: one of the worst modern kit lens.
- Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS: I take the previous line back: this one is a champion.
- Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS: ok until 135mm if you close it down by 1 stop; after that it's abysmal.
There are also many holes in the lineup compared to what MFT and Fuji offer.
Furthermore, Sony seems to have one of the worse QC of any manufacturers.
Over the years, Sony have been releasing tons of new bodies, yet they didn't address the major issue: quality lenses (whether fast or slow) as well as a line-up covering most people's needs.
Even Samsung has a much better selection of quality glass.