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Indeed, but 28-45 isn't that much zoom..

And it's 1kg and 15cm long, and costs 1300 too. Most people will probably rather buy the non-art 28 and a 45 and carry both. But I think that's besides the point. If you're buying this I think it's because you really want exactly these bells and whistles.

The art line is like the "enterprise edition" of lenses :-)

Once I get a really good lens of a particular type I find it hard to use a similar lens that is not so good. I cannot get over the quality of photos with this lens

https://electronics.sony.com/imaging/lenses/full-frame-e-mou...

I like it even better than the much more expensive 135mm G Master I have except the autofocus of the 90mm is too slow to shoot volleyball indoors.

Sometimes I think I'd like to try a lightweight lens and/or a lens with a very wide zoom range, but in the end I can have convenience and come back with photos that aren't so good and a lot of times you get just one chance to take a shot so why take one that's less than it could be?

Its replaces 3 lenses your 35(mainly), 28 and 45 so worth it.

Unless you like the constraint of not being able to zoom. There's something to be said for having to move within a space physically in order to compose a shot.

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