Lens ID of Sony 500mm F4.0 G SSM (SAL-500F40G)

[matthiaspaul]

Hi,

the page

https://exiftool.org/TagNames/Sony.html#LensType

does not list the lens ID of the new Sony 500mm F4.0 G SSM (SAL-500F40G): It is 64.

Three more lenses to specifically look for, however, no lens IDs known for them at this time, so there's nothing to add to the list at present:

- Still unreleased:
  Sony DT 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (SAL-18135)

- Michael Hohner lists one more original lens variant not yet in your list:
  Minolta AF Zoom 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 (2659-???)
  http://www.mhohner.de/sony-minolta/onelens/af28-80f35

- Only a prototype, announced on 2002-03-19 and shown at various shows between 2002 and 2004, but never officially released:
  Minolta AF Zoom 28-70mm F2.8 G SSM
  If any, very few samples of this lens have made it into the wild.

Greetings,

Matthias

BTW. SAL and SEL codes should be written with a hyphen between the name prefix and the code. However, even Sony itself writes it without hyphen in alot of cases.

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Matthias,

Thanks!  I'll add this.  About the hyphen: Yes, I've noticed this inconsistency, but will go without they hyphen for consistency with the current ExifTool naming convention.

- Phil

[matthiaspaul]

Hi Phil,

I see that the SAL-500F40G and SAL-18135 have been added to the list meanwhile.

Here are two more IDs read out/collected over the past couple of months:

- Sony Alpha 300mm F2.8 G SSM II (SAL-300F28G2): Lens ID 66
- Sony Alpha DT 55-300mm F4.5-5.6 SAM (SAL-55300): Lens ID 68

Open:

- Sony Alpha Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM (SAL-50F14Z): (announced for spring 2013, not yet released)
- Minolta AF Zoom 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 (2659-???): (existance determined by part number, no sample found so far)
- Minolta AF Zoom 28-70mm F2.8 G SSM (announced on 2002-03-19 and shown at various shows between 2002 and 2004, prototypes only)

Greetings,

Matthias Paul

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Paul,

Thanks!  I've added these (without the "Alpha" in the name to be consistent with other Sony lenses).  They will appear in ExifTool 9.04

- Phil