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Archive 2021Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
p.16 #1Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
It's not the GM orange "G" but the regular "G"
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:19 AM
p.16 #2Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Its a G lens. Wasn’t it supposed to be a GM?
GM lenses have G written on them in orange i think.
Could it be 16/1.8 G?
GM lenses have G written on them in orange i think.
Could it be 16/1.8 G?
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:20 AM
p.16 #3Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
nandadevieast wrote:
Its a G lens. Wasn’t it supposed to be a GM?
GM lenses have G written on them in orange i think.
Could it be 16/1.8 G?
I think if it was the 16 1.8 it would definitely have a differently shaped hood. Seems likely that it's the 35 or 100 GM that's been rumored for so long.
Also I'm not sure from that low quality screen grab that we can be sure it's a G and not a GM.
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:39 AM
p.16 #4Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Take this with a huge grain of salt, but I asked my local Sony store retailer to alert me when the new 35 GM becomes available for ore-order and they said they don’t expect shipment until June. Then backtracked and said actually there has been no announcement yet and they will let me know when it becomes official. I have no idea how much they actually know about this beforehand. So again, it may just be them speculating. But perhaps they would know that there are no shipments imminently planned.
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:42 AM
p.16 #5Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
On the other hand, if it is just a G lens then a 24-70 f4 G would make a lot of sense as the others are all f4 standard zooms.
Which would be a bummer, as I have no interest in such a lens.
Which would be a bummer, as I have no interest in such a lens.
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:44 AM
p.16 #6Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Watch the actual video, it's clearly the colored GM logo not the G.
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:47 AM
p.16 #7Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Luballs wrote:
It's not the GM orange "G" but the regular "G"
Disagree, it looks orange to me.
Nicely spotted, the filter thread and mfd info give it away as something new. The rumored 35GM is a good guess.
It's not the GM orange "G" but the regular "G"
Disagree, it looks orange to me.
Nicely spotted, the filter thread and mfd info give it away as something new. The rumored 35GM is a good guess.
Jan 10, 2021 at 12:58 AM
p.16 #8Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
I saw the video. To me it looks like a G. Sony mount circle ⭕️ is orange as well as R on camera but not the G. Possibly it became white when they blurred it.
If its a 35/1.4 its quite small without the hood. As expected. Looks line i will end up owning 4 35’s eventually. Sigma f2, FE, this and CV SE
TheDeadTexan wrote:
Watch the actual video, it's clearly the colored GM logo not the G.
Edited on Jan 10, 2021 at 02:09 AM · View previous versions
If its a 35/1.4 its quite small without the hood. As expected. Looks line i will end up owning 4 35’s eventually. Sigma f2, FE, this and CV SE
TheDeadTexan wrote:
Watch the actual video, it's clearly the colored GM logo not the G.
Edited on Jan 10, 2021 at 02:09 AM · View previous versions
Jan 10, 2021 at 01:11 AM
p.16 #9Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
My 24mm f/1.4 GM lens badge has a very iridescent orange that is very very obviously missing from the pictured lens. However, there is clearly an orange tinge to the logo in the shot. I don’t think it matters because this is likely a preproduction lens.
Jan 10, 2021 at 01:23 AM
p.16 #10Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.
Jan 10, 2021 at 01:23 AM
p.16 #11Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
tzhang4284 wrote:
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.
Sigma's new 35/2 is pretty compact. Or Voigtlander's if you don't mind MF
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.
Sigma's new 35/2 is pretty compact. Or Voigtlander's if you don't mind MF
Jan 10, 2021 at 01:47 AM
p.16 #12Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
TheDeadTexan wrote:
Sigma's new 35/2 is pretty compact. Or Voigtlander's if you don't mind MF
Yeah the Sigma is definitely on the list but I think I'll wait and see what the 35mm f1.4 brings before making a purchase decision. I don't mind a larger 35mm lens that's still smaller than the Sigma 35mm f1.2 (tried that and I think it's far too big for a 35mm lens).
One thing to note on the G vs GM debate for this lens - from my experience, the GM lens hoods all have the little notch that's pictured whereas I don't believe that's true on any of the Sony G lens hoods on lenses I've used.
tzhang4284 wrote
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.Yeah the Sigma is definitely on the list but I think I'll wait and see what the 35mm f1.4 brings before making a purchase decision. I don't mind a larger 35mm lens that's still smaller than the Sigma 35mm f1.2 (tried that and I think it's far too big for a 35mm lens).
One thing to note on the G vs GM debate for this lens - from my experience, the GM lens hoods all have the little notch that's pictured whereas I don't believe that's true on any of the Sony G lens hoods on lenses I've used.
Jan 10, 2021 at 02:04 AM
p.16 #13Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Background around G looks more orange in my own screenshot. So I think it is GM. Filter size and MFD makes it distinct from 24GM. Hood shape and size fits about 35 to 50mm focal length. Front element is not oversized given filter size and space between filter thread and lens. It will have some cats eye bokeh in corners if it is f/1.4. I do not think it could be wider aperture.
Jan 10, 2021 at 02:17 AM
p.16 #14Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
tzhang4284 wrote:
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.
If this is the 35mm GM I find it far from dissapointing. I also would say you will never find a "perfect compact 35mm" at 1.4 and AF if you think this is too big. I have the CV 35mm 1.2 if I want small but again if this is the GM it looks great. Slightly smaller than the Zeiss as hoped and still 67mm. That's a win for me. Take my money
Disappointingly and unsurprisingly for f1.4, this looks like a Batis 40mm shaped and size lens. Lots of options available at 35mm but still looking for the perfect compact 35mm lens.
If this is the 35mm GM I find it far from dissapointing. I also would say you will never find a "perfect compact 35mm" at 1.4 and AF if you think this is too big. I have the CV 35mm 1.2 if I want small but again if this is the GM it looks great. Slightly smaller than the Zeiss as hoped and still 67mm. That's a win for me. Take my money
Jan 10, 2021 at 06:59 AM
p.16 #15Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
j4nu wrote:
I don't see how namecalling helps your cause, but maybe it helps you in some way 
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Anyways, it's as simple as taking a look at the tables of released lenses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_E-mount_lenses
vs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_RF_lens_mount
So, you prefer the current situation where Sony releases 2-3 FF lenses a year and I liked the early, more frequent releases, I guess both are reasonable approaches.
It's probably impossible to keep the early pace forever, but I just don't think it's a good time now to slow down, when other brands are aggresively catching up...Why care so much about what other brands are doing? Really you make this out as some kind of race. The amount of lenses and cameras available for Sony shooters is staggering. Why do we always want more...more...more? Can't we just make great images with the gear that is currently available?Because if enough people migrate (back) to Canon, then we risk having a monopoly and we all loose then...
What? There are some system jumpers for sure (both ways I might add). But the premise that "sooooo" many would jump to Canon is actually comical
chez wrote
j4nu wrote
RoamingScott wrote
It also exposes gear chasers and perma-GASsers.ShootPDX wrote
People who complain about vendors "coasting" are people with either too much money or too little sense. .Anyways, it's as simple as taking a look at the tables of released lenses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_E-mount_lenses
vs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_RF_lens_mount
So, you prefer the current situation where Sony releases 2-3 FF lenses a year and I liked the early, more frequent releases, I guess both are reasonable approaches.
It's probably impossible to keep the early pace forever, but I just don't think it's a good time now to slow down, when other brands are aggresively catching up...
What? There are some system jumpers for sure (both ways I might add). But the premise that "sooooo" many would jump to Canon is actually comical
Jan 10, 2021 at 07:05 AM
p.16 #16Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
I fast forwarded to 11:11 minutes and listened. Next week they will have a comparison of high res bodies. Maybe the blurred out lens will be revealed by then. The other camera bodies all seemed to have zooms attached to them.
Jan 10, 2021 at 07:50 AM
p.16 #17Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
Next video they will blur out the a9R
bjornthun wrote:
I fast forwarded to 11:11 minutes and listened. Next week they will have a comparison of high res bodies. Maybe the blurred out lens will be revealed by then. The other camera bodies all seemed to have zooms attached to them.
bjornthun wrote:
I fast forwarded to 11:11 minutes and listened. Next week they will have a comparison of high res bodies. Maybe the blurred out lens will be revealed by then. The other camera bodies all seemed to have zooms attached to them.
Jan 10, 2021 at 08:16 AM
p.16 #19Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)
JVan_02 wrote:
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-launches-digital-presence-for-ces-2021-with-live-event-tomorrow/
Hmmmmmmm
I think I missed that:
Sony has registered three cameras and one new 35mm f/1.4 GM lens in Asia.
So it's registered already?
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-launches-digital-presence-for-ces-2021-with-live-event-tomorrow/
Hmmmmmmm
I think I missed that:
Sony has registered three cameras and one new 35mm f/1.4 GM lens in Asia.
So it's registered already?
Jan 10, 2021 at 08:42 AM
Jan 10, 2021 at 09:18 AM