Sad but true, you need a degree of complexity for lens performance. Some people don't like the size of the FE55 which is a mere 280 grams, and is 7 elements in 5 groups. [BTW, FE35 is 7/5 also but of course too slow for many users.]
What Sony is saying to the market might be: we will make fine lenses but they cannot be truly tiny without compromises in lens speed and/or complexity/quality.
Put another way, go with us in FE for higher image quality with small-medium sized lenses (non-telezooms)...or if you want really small lenses, there are excellent APS-C and m43 camera systems which are 'good enough' for most users. Choose!
What Sony is saying to the market might be: we will make fine lenses but they cannot be truly tiny without compromises in lens speed and/or complexity/quality.
Put another way, go with us in FE for higher image quality with small-medium sized lenses (non-telezooms)...or if you want really small lenses, there are excellent APS-C and m43 camera systems which are 'good enough' for most users. Choose!