Re: Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM II Announced—Pre-Orders Now Open!
tsdevine wrote:
And people seem to forget that the GM was also $1800 when it was released. So arguably the expense from the GM II is just new release lens pricing. Invariably the older lens can then be obtained much cheaper used, or even new....since it isn't the latest version. Not that it was somehow a lower price at release.
(In the end this doesn't matter, other than it's sort of unfair to consider the GM II to be "more" expensive. It's just not discounted.
Mystik wrote:
My take is that the lenses are pretty close in terms of rendering. Not as stark of a difference between the Batis and the 85GMI.
I think the question to consider is whether the GMII is worth the squeeze in terms of cost if you either have the GMI already or can acquire it for half the price of the GMII. Especially because although the difference may be kind of minimal, in some respects the GMI is a better lens. The GMII is an $1,800 lens so its not something to take lightly.
What the sample shots don't convey is how much better the AF and overall handling is. That's where I'm kind of torn. Going back my portfolio, 85GMI has been a bread and butter lens for like 6 years, but 85mm lenses are almost exclusively posed portrait lenses for me. I find the focal length awkward for most other things as it's too long to use indoors usually and doesn't have the useful reach of a true telephoto. So the AF improvements aren't necessarily a must have for me.
I don't have a 50mm in my kit so my inclination is to return the GMII, keep the MKI, and add 50 1.2GM. Or maybe I just stay 2K (with taxes) richer
Oh yeah it's the same price as when the GMI was released, but today's market GMI can be had used in good condition for just under $1K or new for $1,200, and it renders better to boot. The real consideration is again, whether you need thr AF of the MKII or not
Sep 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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