Pre-order: Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM ($1,998)

Dave Sanders wrote:

HelBen85 wrote

j4nu wrote

Dave Sanders wrote

HelBen85 wrote

Holger wrote

We will see, I doubt it. We have field curvature to consider, too. The 50/1.4 has a significant midzone dip, shown by DPreview in their review and lensrentals optical bench measurements.
For me at f1.2/f1.4 I would like to have the inner 2/3rds of the image circle to be sharp and dont care about the very corners at all!

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/media/2016/07/sonysonysml.jpg.

I agree, with a lens like this, the edge resolution is not that important, even if I like to photograph landscapes with an open aperture because of the look.
Maybe / probably Lenstip received a weaker copy.
(According to their samples, my Sony Zeiss is at least equivalent to the f1.4 in the midzone. In the center, the GM is even better than the GM. Here is a picture, if you are interested, you can show me the horrible midzone dip: https://www.flickr.com/photos/helmhagen/50907551708/in/dateposted-public/ and that is quick and sloppy manually focused by hand while skiing, so it is possible to get even sharper results at f1.4.)

Photos posted on Flickr won't show anything. That photo, for example, doesn't display on my 4K monitor as critically sharp anywhere, let alone the midzone. But I know that is Flickr, not you, the camera or the lens.

You need to post a 100% crop or a RAW for download.

Besides, it's a fact that ZA has a midfield resolution dip.

Which is differently pronounced, depending on the specimen and I've tried a few.
It is an example in 4k resolution with an open aperture. The midzone dip doesn't seem that bad on my copy. In any case, you can see the bad corners in the Lenstip examples more quickly. Which is differently pronounced, depending on the specimen and I've tried a few.
It is an example in 4k resolution with an open aperture. The midzone dip doesn't seem that bad on my copy. In any case, you can see the bad corners in the Lenstip examples more quickly.
I stick to what I see rather than what others tell me. I can live with this kind of horrible midzone dip

I think the issue is that the midzone dip doesn't fully go away. Very few shoot critical landscapes at f/1.4. Stopped down, the 50/1.2 has even, sharp performance across the field. Obviously, further investigation is needed. We can all hope Fred has one on the way

I think the point people are making is that the 50/1.2 is sharper in the center wide open, sharper across the field stopped down. Win-win. Both lenses are outstanding, both too expensive for me and for what I use a 50mm for. I'd rather have the CV 50 APO.


I see it the same way.
After the few examples I've seen of the 50mm GM, I think it's a fantastic lens and I've never said something like this so quickly, I'm usually extremely critical ...
I really like the look of the first pictures.

I don't care at all whether the edges drop off a bit. I just wanted to say that I noticed this and that I know my 50mm ZA very well and consider the sharpness of the 50mm ZA at open aperture to be more homogeneous based on these first images. In this forum you usually devote yourself to such details.

Anyway, I like the GM very much and I will pre-order it. Also something I've never done before.