Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens

I am appalled by reading the first handful of reviews on this lens -- a product that I labored over pre-ordering having used and loved the Zeiss Batis 85mm. At the end of the day, I've tried every one of Sony's best lenses and found that in aggregate, my favorite images come out of the 90mm G-Macro (that is prior to owning this lens). Even when compared to the Batis, with the trademark Zeiss warmth, micro-contrast and spiraling background bokeh -- the colors, sharpness, detail and overall beauty was better on the 90mm Sony. Understanding the technology that went into this lens and the trust in Sony visual products above all else, I took a chance and I've never been happier with any camera product than with this lens. The bokeh/sharpness juxtaposition is outstanding. With minimal effort, you can get OOC images that are spectacular. Overall, easily better than the Batis. For the first three reviewers on this page, go buy the Zeiss Batis 85mm. It's built to be an autofocus lens. Literally it has fewer features than any of my owned Sony lenses and is really really easy to get great OOC portraits or other shots from. The problem -- it's focal distance is pretty far from the subject and while the autofocus is lightning quick (though IMO not meaningfully quicker than this lens, which adds to the puzzling read of the previous reviews) it's prone to over emphasizing one element because of the speed and focal distance concerns -- meaning you'd have to bump the aperture up to 2.8 or whatever you think you can point-and-shoot if that's your goal. Realistically though, why are you getting a $1200 autofocus Zeiss lens? If you want a camera that takes effortless pictures without you doing anything then why even on a Sony a7rII or sII that would even be able to stand with a lens like this? Sony's products are for perfectionists, they allow for total control, have the best full-frame sensors in the world (Canon and Nikon flagship pro cameras use Sony sensors...) and now their glass is better than anything I've ever seen. If you want total control, thoughtful innovation (click-aperture ring is not only amazing but also dead silent in video post processing...) and products from a company that designs the most important visual elements for the world's most recognizable companies then you are crazy not to be using Sony's a7r/sII and these lenses. If you want something to shoot a soccer game or have some colorful 1080 video without having to think or be artistic about it -- listen to these first three reviews. If you care about your images and are obsessive about quality and detail, you will feel like this lens (and probably the other two G-master's though I haven't used them) was custom made for you. To support, here's a casual shot I took leaving a studio earlier today -- simply holding the camera and liked the backdrop. If you can get image quality like this effortlessly, what else do you need?

This is a great lens and I am sure that it will be on my camera more than my other lenses, although this is not a perfect lens. The image quality produced by this lens similar to Rokinon 85mmF1.4 and Nikon 85mF1.4G. May be it is sharper with more contrast at F1.4. However, this lens is still behind my Zeiss 135mmF1.8ZA which creates more "pop" photos due to higher micro contrast, and specialized Zeiss color, IMO. I've been happy with Rokinon 85mmF1.4. This lens does not make me happier or makes me say WOW. It just gives me little more convenience in some cases due to its auto focus capability. +SonyFE85mmF1.4 focuses fast than Ronikon (sure). +It also focuses faster and more accurate than Zeiss 135mmF1.8ZA ( with LAE4). During focusing, it also makes less noise than the Zeiss135mm. +It is not quiet or silent like Nikon85mmF1.4G, and it has about the same focus speed. +The confirmation beep from A7 is louder than the noise this lens makes during focusing. But yes, the focus noise is absolutely present. Only deaf photographer does not hear it and say this is lens is quiet when it focuses. When composing a photo, I pay more attention to the composition, focus point, light direction, etc rather than intentionally listening/detecting the noise coming from the lens. Moreover, the focus noise is not up to the level that really distracts or bothers me. If I take photos at wedding, specially in the church, I can always set the lens to manual focus mode and I will not miss anything. The image quality it produces truly made me keep the lens! The focus noise is not strong enough to convince me to give up this piece of art glass. The marketing department from Sony did not do a good job because the product does not make many of its costumer satisfied due to the focus noise, specially when they paid $1.8K for the lens. I believe if there is another similar version with better motor, quiet focus, with a few more hundred dollars, people will pay for that rather than this noisy product. Sony, please focus on the product quality first. I hope the reputation of this lens is more positive, but seems like it isnt. For those photographers who are interested in 85mmF1.4, I recommend to get this lens, relax and shoot. Forgive the focus noise, you will be happier when looking at the photos this lens produced. Good luck!

寄送速度快，包裝保護的很好，使用正常，對焦速度很驚艷，只是對焦聲音有點大聲可能影響錄影

Sharp!Sharp!Sharp!!!!Want absolute best?Get it...A bit expensive,especially compared to the sony 85 mm f1.8 and the Batis 85 mm 1.8 but the better build quality,a stop brighter and the aperture ring more than makes up for it!!!!

We got shipped a damage one, although we got a refund. It was a headache overall.

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Purchased it, but never cared for it and 85 is my favorite lens length. Slow to focus and pretty boring results really compared to all the people hyping it up (they really just hype it because they bought it and want to feel special or they’re paid to). Either way, the Sigma DGDN is way better and I’d opt for that over this or VERSION 2 of this.