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Archive 2021 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)

  
 
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p.27 #1 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


There may be a little field curvature. Dpreview intimates around 3:56






Jan 13, 2021 at 11:51 AM
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p.27 #2 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


realVivek wrote:
Only 1/3rd more than the US price!



The US price doesn't include tax. Does the European price?



Jan 13, 2021 at 11:51 AM
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p.27 #3 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Yes and with only 5 (not a typo!) year warranty (most shops here).


Jan 13, 2021 at 11:56 AM
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p.27 #4 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Find out why the f1.4 G Master is Sony's best 35mm lens yet!




Jan 13, 2021 at 11:59 AM
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p.27 #5 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Steve Spencer wrote:
The US price doesn't include tax. Does the European price?


The UK price definitely does, I assume the price in Euros does too.

$1398 is £1025, add on 20% VAT and you get £1230, so we're paying £270 ($368) more, even taking tax into account



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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p.27 #6 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


If someone watched these youtube videos, please post a summary for us.


Jan 13, 2021 at 12:10 PM
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p.27 #7 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


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If someone watched these youtube videos, please post a summary for us.


Only downside is focus breathing for Video. Otherwise just buy it



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:13 PM
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p.27 #8 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Fred Miranda wrote:
If someone watched these youtube videos, please post a summary for us.



Guy will extend his pit stop, do that and report back.

Edited on Jan 13, 2021 at 12:16 PM · View previous versions



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:14 PM
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p.27 #9 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


realVivek wrote:
Yes and with only 5 (not a typo!) year warranty (most shops here).


What do you mean with 'only'? we get 2 years on Sony lenses...



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:14 PM
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p.27 #10 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


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It's incredibly sharp. Has an amazing rendering style. It focus breaths pretty heavily, the field of view will decrease as you focus more closely. Minimal LoCA. Rendering in nearly all manner looks just like the 24 GM.

Sunstars seem mediocre at best.

As the person that just recently bought your 24mm f/1.4 GM to regain my favorite lens, I am extremely excited to see this new 35mm GM.

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Jan 13, 2021 at 12:18 PM
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p.27 #11 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Can't wait to buy this on the B&S forum for $1000 in about a year when everyone decides "it's not the focal length for me"!


Jan 13, 2021 at 12:28 PM
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p.27 #12 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


According to cameralabs the Sony is superior to the Sigma 35 F1.2 (better corrected and sharper):

https://www.cameralabs.com/sony-fe-35mm-f1-4-gm-review/



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:33 PM
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p.27 #13 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


olalafoto wrote:
Find out why the f1.4 G Master is Sony's best 35mm lens yet!



Wow! Not many reasons to prefer the big Sigma I guess (besides $$$)...

... but the center sharpness test (

?t=751) seems a bit off to me, I don't rememer Sigma being that soft at infinity (I don't have R4 to test though)... Well maybe it's not the Sigma being soft, but Sony being that much sharper .

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Jan 13, 2021 at 12:36 PM
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p.27 #14 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


My interest for the Sigma 35/2 is starting to fade away...how about you?


Jan 13, 2021 at 12:39 PM
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p.27 #15 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Fred Miranda wrote:
My interest for the Sigma 35/2 is starting to fade away...how about you?


Haha, I'm stll in my return period - go figure ...
though Sigma f2 is still smaller and lighter, so might be a better fit for A7C.

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Jan 13, 2021 at 12:41 PM
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p.27 #16 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Well this lens turned out to be exactly what I wanted, at slightly cheaper than I was hoping.


Jan 13, 2021 at 12:44 PM
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p.27 #17 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Zooms should have no place in a hobbyists bag. They don’t get an image, they make it.

gocolts wrote:
Yep, this is where I'm at too...price and the fact that I have a Tamron 28-75 I need to get listed (just don't use zooms much) would make it an easy switch $$-wise, and I could still keep the 24 GM. But the CV 40 is so nice for landscapes...



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Jan 13, 2021 at 12:46 PM
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p.27 #18 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


twentysevenone wrote:
Well this lens turned out to be exactly what I wanted, at slightly cheaper than I was hoping.


Now let's just hope for low copy variance.



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:47 PM
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p.27 #19 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)


Wow, just read cameralabs review and looked at their samples. Looks like Sony delivered and I’ll be buying. Focus breathing seems only downside (I do some video).

Now for the 50GM and I am set with 24,35 and 50 GM which is 99% of what I shoot (rest are utility focal lengths for me).

Of course I hope everyone gets such great Sony lenses in future at their preferred focal lengths. Seems like Sony is headed there eventually!



Jan 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM
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p.27 #20 · Pre-order: Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM ($1,399)



Mine arrived yesterday. Never lost interest in a lens that quickly! Thankfully I have a friend which would like to have it. Will keep onto it until I receive a 35GM. The 35 1.4 ZA will be up for sale tomorrow.
Fred Miranda wrote:
My interest for the Sigma 35/2 is starting to fade away...how about you?




Jan 13, 2021 at 01:06 PM
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