Masahiro Hosoi, Sony Lens Designer
Meet Masahiro Hosoi, Sony Designer of the 28-135mm f/4 Full Frame (24x36mm) Zoom Lens. It could be what you would call “disruptive technology.” How can a 35mm cine zoom have a suggested price of a mere $2,500 when it ships in December? Admittedly, it comes in Sony E-mount only (18mm flange focal depth.) It will be the “kit lens” for the new Super35mm format Sony FS-7 digital camera, and is already a darling of the full-frame (24x35mm) A7S world.
Focus can be switched from auto to manual by sliding the focus ring forward or back. A linear autofocus motor is extremely quiet–no gears to make noise. SSM (Super Sonic wave Motors) are used for quiet zooms and iris control. The 28-135 uses double aspherics — aspheric surfaces on both sides of a lens element.
- NAME: FE PZ 28-135mm F4 G OSS
- FOCAL LENGTH: 28-135 mm
- LENS GROUPS / ELEMENTS: 12 – 18
- ANGLE OF VIEW (APS-C): 54° – 12°
- ELEMENTS/GROUPS: 18 elements / 12 groups
- APERTURE: F4-22
- APERTURE BLADES: 9 blades
- MINIMUM FOCUS DISTANCE: 0.95 m (Full MF)
- MINIMUM FOCUS DISTANCE (WIDE): 0.4 m
- MINIMUM FOCUS DISTANCE (TELE): 0.95 m
- FILTER DIAMETER: 95 mm
- SIZE: Approx. 4 x 6.5″ (101.60 x 165.10 mm)
- WEIGHT: 42.86 oz (1215 g)
- Optical Image Stabilization (OSS) up to 4 stops compensation
- Powered Electric Zoom Control
Juan Martinez and Tatsuro Kurachi dream of lenses. Could they be dreaming of the next model–perhaps one that covers 18-100 mm?
28-135 on Sony A7s: Juan Martinez, Sony Senior Product Manager, and Tatsuro Kurachi, Director of Product Marketing and Management.
28-135 FF 24×36 lens? It will be kitted for Super 35 cams?. Super 35 is not 24×36. Looks like it means a lens with 28-135 FF FOV for Super 35.
Correct. The Sony 28-135mm covers Full Frame Still (aka Leica Format) 24×36 mm. Just like ZEISS Compact Zooms and Primes, and Schneider FF Xenons, Canon, Nikon, etc. When you put the 28-135 on a Super35 mm format camera–which has an 18×24 (4:3) or 15×24 (16:9) aperture, it is still a 28-135 mm lens. (Optical law: a 28 mm lens is always a 28 mm lens no matter what camera you put it on.) It’s just that there’s a bigger image circle.
Hello
this lens must also fit the VG900 especialy as the Autofocus from the SAL 24-70/2.8 doesnt´t work “straight” with the VG900 and Adapter