Jonathon Delacour
Subscriber Member
It's unfortunate that this thread took a brief detour into DPReviewLand -- for which we can probably blame the unnecessarily divisive title -- so it was good to see things get back on track. Even though I'm a Nikon shooter, whenever I visit GetDPI there are always two forums I check before I look at the Nikon forum: 4/3rds Cameras and Sony. Why? Because I'm waiting for Panasonic or Olympus to release a small Micro 4/3rds model and a fast 20mm prime and because I'm genuinely interested in the Sony DSLRs and what you guys are doing with them.
I currently use a variety of AF and MF Nikkor lenses, MF Voigtlanders, and a Zeiss 28/2 ZF on a D300 and a D700. So I guess you might say I have an "investment" in the Nikon system. Except that wouldn't be true. I actually have an investment in lenses of particular focal lengths: 28mm, 40mm, 58/60mm, and 85/90mm. If it's wider than 28mm or longer than 90mm, I'm not really interested. I can get my favorite focal length (around 40mm) with the Voigtlander Ultron on the D700 or a 28mm lens on the D300. The 28mm Distagon on the D300 is magical but sometimes difficult to focus.
What I most envy in the Sony system is the same thing that appeals to most everyone in this forum: the AF Zeiss lenses. I think the likelihood of a 40mm ZA lens is about the same as that of a 28-90/2.8 ZA zoom: no chance at all. But a 28mm ZA Distagon on a 15-18 megapixel A700 replacement would be enough to bring me into the Sony camp. Yet somehow I feel as though I might be waiting a long time -- for the 28mm Distagon anyway -- since there is probably more demand for the 21mm, 25mm, and 35mm Distagons, the 50mm Planar, and the 50mm and 100mm Makro-Planar lenses. Still, one can hope...
I currently use a variety of AF and MF Nikkor lenses, MF Voigtlanders, and a Zeiss 28/2 ZF on a D300 and a D700. So I guess you might say I have an "investment" in the Nikon system. Except that wouldn't be true. I actually have an investment in lenses of particular focal lengths: 28mm, 40mm, 58/60mm, and 85/90mm. If it's wider than 28mm or longer than 90mm, I'm not really interested. I can get my favorite focal length (around 40mm) with the Voigtlander Ultron on the D700 or a 28mm lens on the D300. The 28mm Distagon on the D300 is magical but sometimes difficult to focus.
What I most envy in the Sony system is the same thing that appeals to most everyone in this forum: the AF Zeiss lenses. I think the likelihood of a 40mm ZA lens is about the same as that of a 28-90/2.8 ZA zoom: no chance at all. But a 28mm ZA Distagon on a 15-18 megapixel A700 replacement would be enough to bring me into the Sony camp. Yet somehow I feel as though I might be waiting a long time -- for the 28mm Distagon anyway -- since there is probably more demand for the 21mm, 25mm, and 35mm Distagons, the 50mm Planar, and the 50mm and 100mm Makro-Planar lenses. Still, one can hope...