Pre-order: Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM ($1,998)
Holger wrote:
At least in Julia Trotti’s video of the new GM, it also has a lot of flare...something also well controlled in the 50 ZA. Granted, I hold up the 50 ZA as the best 50 around (having shot Leica, Zeiss, Canon, Nikon, etc.), but I would have hoped the GM to be at least as good in these areas.
Sure, it seems like it focuses faster than you can decide what your subject is, and it is a tad wider aperture, but I feel like they left a few straightforward things on the table. It does not seem quite the revelation of the 135, 24, or 35 GMs.Shocked? Why do you think the number of aperture blades prevents cat eye bokeh?
https://www.cameralabs.com/sony-fe-50mm-f1-4-za-review/2/
shows you are wrong. The 50/1.4 shows it, too.
There are quite a few video reviews. I watched a lot of them and flare resistance was a positive point, see here, too.
https://www.lenstip.com/601.9-Lens_review-Sony_FE_50_mm_f_1.2_GM_Ghosting_and_flares.html
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/6776198643/first-impressions-of-the-sony-50mm-f1-2-gm?slide=13
I just think you should test it yourself to see that the GM is indeed better. Higher and more homogeneous resolution. Faster AF, as small and light but f1.2, bokeh at least as good, looks less busy (we have two 50/1.4ZAs).
"It does not seem quite the revelation of the 135, 24, or 35 GMs."
Really? Come on.
If you watch Trotti’s video, the GM flares a lot. Period. Watch it before you rant.
As for the ZA, the bokeh balls are nicely round...my shot below, so I speak from experience with the lens. I have no time for trolls. Sony makes good lenses. This may or may not be one of their better ones. Time will tell.
Groovy by Jim, on Flickr
Grenache wrote
I love the 50mm focal length, but I am shocked that with 11 blades and all kinds of fancy elements, the GM has cats eye bokeh as soon as the out of focus highlights are any distance from center. The 50 ZA hold circles nearly across the frame.At least in Julia Trotti’s video of the new GM, it also has a lot of flare...something also well controlled in the 50 ZA. Granted, I hold up the 50 ZA as the best 50 around (having shot Leica, Zeiss, Canon, Nikon, etc.), but I would have hoped the GM to be at least as good in these areas.
Sure, it seems like it focuses faster than you can decide what your subject is, and it is a tad wider aperture, but I feel like they left a few straightforward things on the table. It does not seem quite the revelation of the 135, 24, or 35 GMs.
https://www.cameralabs.com/sony-fe-50mm-f1-4-za-review/2/
shows you are wrong. The 50/1.4 shows it, too.
There are quite a few video reviews. I watched a lot of them and flare resistance was a positive point, see here, too.
https://www.lenstip.com/601.9-Lens_review-Sony_FE_50_mm_f_1.2_GM_Ghosting_and_flares.html
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/6776198643/first-impressions-of-the-sony-50mm-f1-2-gm?slide=13
I just think you should test it yourself to see that the GM is indeed better. Higher and more homogeneous resolution. Faster AF, as small and light but f1.2, bokeh at least as good, looks less busy (we have two 50/1.4ZAs).
"It does not seem quite the revelation of the 135, 24, or 35 GMs."
Really? Come on.
If you watch Trotti’s video, the GM flares a lot. Period. Watch it before you rant.
As for the ZA, the bokeh balls are nicely round...my shot below, so I speak from experience with the lens. I have no time for trolls. Sony makes good lenses. This may or may not be one of their better ones. Time will tell.
Groovy by Jim, on Flickr