Sony lenses timeline

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. . . . 2012 February - Sony 500mm F4 G SSM 1 lens 1 Full Frame . 2011 August - Sony DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM 1 lens 1 APS-C
2010 July - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 24mm F2 ZA SSM - Sony DT 35mm F1.8 SAM - Sony 85mm F2.8 SAM 3 lenses 2 Full Frame / 1 APS-C
2009 September - Sony 28-75mm F2.8 SAM May - Sony DT 30mm F2.8 SAM - Sony DT 50mm F1.8 SAM - Sony DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM - Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM 5 lenses 1 Full Frame / 4 APS-C
2008 September - Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA - Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G January - Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 ZA - Sony 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G 4 lenses 4 Full Frame
2007 September - Sony DT 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 - Sony DT 18-250 mm F3,5-6,3 - Sony DT 55-200 mm F4-5,6 March - Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80 F3.5-4.5 4 lenses 1 Full Frame / 3 APS-C
2006 June - Sony 16 mm F2,8 Fisheye - Sony 20 mm F2,8 - Sony 28 mm F2,8 - Sony 35 mm F1,4 G - Sony 24-105 mm F3,5-4,5 - Sony 50 mm F1,4 - Sony 50 mm F2,8 Macro - Sony 75-300 mm F4,5-5,6 - Sony 100 mm F2,8 Macro - Sony 135 mm F2,8 (T4,5) STF - Sony 500 mm F8 Reflex - Sony 70-200 mm F2,8 G - Sony 300 mm F2,8 G - Sony DT 11-18 mm F4,5-5,6 - Sony DT 18-70 mm F3,5-5,6 - Sony DT 18-200 mm F3,5-6,3 - Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85 F1.4 - Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135 F1.8 31 March / 1 April 2006 - Sony takes over the A bayonet 18 lenses 15 Full Frame / 3 APS-C
2005 August - Konica Minolta AF 35 mm F1.4G (D) July - Konica Minolta AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm F3.5 to 5.6 (D) - Konica Minolta AF DT Zoom 11-18 mm F4.5 to 5.6 (D) - Konica Minolta AF DT Zoom 18-200 mm F3.5 to 6.3 (D) 4 lenses 1 Full Frame / 3 APS-C
2004 September - Konica Minolta AF 17-35mm F2.8 – F4.0 (D) - Konica Minolta 28-75mm F2.8 (D) 2 lenses 2 Full Frame

Timeline

Sony - liczba obiektywów na rok, w tym pełnoklatkowe (ciemniejszy kolor)

Graph above shows amount of lenses released over years. In 2004 – 2005 period are Konica-Minolta premieres. Year 2006 brought first Sony lenses, 18 total, including 15 full frame – the full frame lenses releases are marked with darker gray on the graph. Years with Photokina trade show are marked orange.

We can also see how Sony released lenses in months:

Liczba premier obiektywów na miesiąc

On vertical axis you can see the amount of lenses released, on horizontal you see months. With lighter shade of gray I marked Konica-Minolta releases. June is an exception here due to massive lenses release after Sony’s takeover of the KM. Releases usually take place early and late summer, or near the beginning of the year. Between October and December there are no releases at all.

Sony and the competition

Sony has one of the smaller offers of the lenses (though if you’ll take into account all lenses on the A bayonet situation looks a little bit different), so in theory we should see an effort to match the competition. Reality however is quite… surprising:

Porównanie liczby premier obiektywów Sony, Nikona i Canona

Red line shows the amount of lens releases from Canon, while yellow are Nikon announcements. Total amount of releases over periods looks as follows:

2004 – 2012	Sony+KM: 42 Canon: 28 Nikon: 41
2007 – 2012	Sony: 18 Canon: 18 Nikon: 32
2011 – 2012	Sony: 2 Canon: 4 Nikon: 5

After first big entry in 2006 Sony a little bit gave up expansion of the lenses line-up comparing to, for example, Nikon, and instead focused on the cameras – till today Sony is far ahead from the competition, having roughly twice as much bodies released since 2006 as either Canon or Nikon

Sony lenses timeline

Timeline

Sony and the competition

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