Lens options for FS100

First I must mention that my interest in primarily on the stills side and I came across this site to see if I can find reasonably priced Leica M glass for my NEX-5 and decided to create an account and post in this particular thread because I thought I have some experience with some of the glass you are interested in. My interest in video is very limited unlike my interest in both A and E-mount lenses.

On a full-frame stills camera like the A850 those two make perfect sense. The 24-70/2.8 goes from ultra wide to portrait range while the 85/1.4 excels at portraits. Both lenses are extremely sharp wide open and the 85/1.4 has a beautiful bokeh. On NEX-5 which has a similar sized sensor to FS100, the 24-70/2.8 loses its ultra wide characteristic.

Sony will announce an A-mount 16-50/2.8 (on August 24 with mid-October availability priced much less than $1000) which is supposed to be video optimized, which may address the issue Dermot mentioned above with the aperture opening wide first before stopping down. I think this would be an ideal substitute for both the 16-35/2.8 and 24-70/2.8 together on a crop sensor like S35. My suggestion would be pairing 16-50/2.8 with 85/1.4. In any case, i would suggest waiting for August 24 to see what Sony announces. If you can't wait till the new lenses are available, 24-70/2.8 should serve you well as a general purpose lens and you can add 85/1.4 later if you decide to do so. For the rumors and info about the new gear, you can check sonyalpharumors.com .

Dermot: What is the firmware version on the LE-EA1 adapter itself? It should be ver.02 to support AF. Also, none of the Sony A-mount lenses have image stabilization as the A-mount camera bodies have sensor based image stabilization.
 
That update only applies to the stills camera's - unfortuantly for the folks who shoot R-n-G or steadaycam and prefer to use the autofocus in return for it choseing somewhat randomly what it thinks i want in focus....
 
Dermot said:
point taken, but still does not apply to the FS
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My point was that the firmware update is for the adapter, NOT the camera it's attached to. (although to update the adapter you must also update the device it's attached to so they "talk" adequately)
They started with the -3 and -5 and then the C3, then the VG10......is the fs100 next to get the upgrade path? (I would suppose so, IF Sony considers the FS100 "lo end" enough) but sony is clearly doing
everything they can to make the e-mount work with as many lens' as possible (with as much functionality as possible) and trying to get lens manufacturers to produce for the e- mount.
 
has anyone used a zeiss zf 50mm 1.4 yet? found a good deal and thinking about replacing my old nikon 50mm 1.4 nonai. ive heard they have the same optics as the cp2's in a less friendly housing.
 
It says in your gear list you already have the Nikon 50mm 1.4? Is that not the AIS 1.4? You can't go wrong with the Nikon 1.4. Buy it and use it. If it's not good enough, sell it. You wont sell it...

edit: Sorry, somehow I thought this was a new thread starting with your post...
 
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The only problem with Nikon is the reverse focus. If you have a reversible gearbox and use only FF, that's OK, but if you focus directly, it can drive you mad…
 
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