Just to chime in on this thread, I still have my 55 which I bought not long after the release of A7R. To be honest, I rarely use it now (although I used it quite often at the beginning since the choice of native FE lens was so limited back then). There are two issues for me: the FL is a bit too narrow for a 'normal' lens, and character wise is just so so. Yes it is damn sharp with smooth bokeh, however it doesn't have that special character and rendering. I was more captivated by the Cron 50 that I had (and sold) earlier.
At the moment it mainly functions as a portrait lens for my wife's a6500, although sometimes I still use it whenever I want to travel very light with one lens setup. A very good lens though, and "classic" in the way that it is one of the first two FE lenses available, but nothing more that
Jan 11, 2018 at 03:59 AM
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