SonyFE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens

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Sharp!Sharp!Sharp!!!!Want absolute best?Get it...A bit expensive,especially compared to the sony 85 mm f1.8 and the Batis 85 mm 1.8 but the better build quality,a stop brighter and the aperture ring more than makes up for it!!!!

This is an expensive specialty lens. It is relatively heavier, has a faster aperture, a slower AF, and is more expensive than the Batis 85. This is not a "travel" lens. It is a great lens for portraits. The images are superb, with great perspective and image isolation. You may want to shoot in Aperture priority and set the minimum shutter speed to say 1/125 sec or higher. At wide apertures, the focus plane is so small, only one eye may be in sharp focus. Using eye focus, it is possible to capture a moving toddler indoors and the hit rate is understandably low.AF Speed: AF speed is relative. Someone's too slow AF is someone's fast enough AF. Here are test results comparing AF focus between the FE 55 and the GM 85, A7Rii, Firmware 3.2 indoors AF-S, AF-Wide, pre focus off, from 15 feet to 4 feet, in seconds:Ap. 85GM 55FEF1.4 .58 (3) <.3F2.8 .63 (3) < .3F4 .67 (3) < .3F8 .69 (3) .44 (3)F11 .86 (3) .51 (3)F16 1.12 (3) .62 (3)The 85 GM focuses stopped down. The FE55 focuses near wide open. The data show that the FE55 AF is much faster at F11 and F16. I am unable to easily reproduce data in AF-C mode on moving subjects.AF Noise: There is some AF noise in my copy. An "N" of 1. Nothing that I find objectionable. Although the manual focus is focus by wire, I do not hear any focus motor noise in manual focus mode. Early models using early firmware may have had more AF noise. If your model makes AF noise with Firmware 3.2 in manual focus mode, I would return it. I have posted a clip shot in video mode with fast focus changes here:[...]The lens hood is an improvement over the FE55 as it has a press lock.I try to travel light with only a single lens. On the A7Rii my travel choice is the FE 35 2,8. If I wanted an 35/85 two lens travel kit, I would avoid this lens as it is too heavy.

This is a great lens and I am sure that it will be on my camera more than my other lenses, although this is not a perfect lens.The image quality produced by this lens similar to Rokinon 85mmF1.4 and Nikon 85mF1.4G. May be it is sharper with more contrast at F1.4. However, this lens is still behind my Zeiss 135mmF1.8ZA which creates more "pop" photos due to higher micro contrast, and specialized Zeiss color, IMO.I've been happy with Rokinon 85mmF1.4. This lens does not make me happier or makes me say WOW. It just gives me little more convenience in some cases due to its auto focus capability.+SonyFE85mmF1.4 focuses fast than Ronikon (sure).+It also focuses faster and more accurate than Zeiss 135mmF1.8ZA ( with LAE4). During focusing, it also makes less noise than the Zeiss135mm.+It is not quiet or silent like Nikon85mmF1.4G, and it has about the same focus speed.+The confirmation beep from A7 is louder than the noise this lens makes during focusing. But yes, the focus noise is absolutely present. Only deaf photographer does not hear it and say this is lens is quiet when it focuses.When composing a photo, I pay more attention to the composition, focus point, light direction, etc rather than intentionally listening/detecting the noise coming from the lens. Moreover, the focus noise is not up to the level that really distracts or bothers me. If I take photos at wedding, specially in the church, I can always set the lens to manual focus mode and I will not miss anything. The image quality it produces truly made me keep the lens! The focus noise is not strong enough to convince me to give up this piece of art glass.The marketing department from Sony did not do a good job because the product does not make many of its costumer satisfied due to the focus noise, specially when they paid $1.8K for the lens. I believe if there is another similar version with better motor, quiet focus, with a few more hundred dollars, people will pay for that rather than this noisy product. Sony, please focus on the product quality first. I hope the reputation of this lens is more positive, but seems like it isnt.For those photographers who are interested in 85mmF1.4, I recommend to get this lens, relax and shoot. Forgive the focus noise, you will be happier when looking at the photos this lens produced. Good luck!

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