Sony has announced a trio of compact lightweight prime lenses. These are all lighter and smaller than their closest G-Master equivalents thanks to their f2.8 and f2.5 apertures. The lenses are compatible with all Sony full frame mirrorless cameras for a travel friendly photography kit.
The Trio: Sony FE 28mm f2.8 G Sony FE 40mm f2.5 G Sony FE 50mm f2.5 G
The lenses are £629 each including VAT Put your name on our waiting list and our sales team will be in touch as soon as stock is available. Email us at sales@fixationuk.com or call 0207 582 3294
Compact and strong
Sony have made each lens around 170g and have not compromised on build quality with metal exterior barrels and a metal lens hood to keep the lenses robust. The iris ring markings and focal length information are all engraved in the metal work for longevity.
Uniform design
Their uniform size 68mm diameter x 45mm length, makes these lenses easy to add to a kit bag and the Designers at Sony have even kept the filter thread uniform 49mm for each lens so they can share polarizing filters or a Lee filter kit.
Image quality
There is no compromise in image quality with aspherical and ED (extra-low dispersion) elements in use to control chromatic aberration. With smaller optics these lenses will deliver consistent sharp images that stand up to the test of Sony’s high resolution imaging sensors.
We are excited to see these lenses and hope to have our first delivery from late April.
The lenses are £629 each including VAT Put your name on our waiting list and our sales team will be in touch as soon as stock is available. Email us at sales@fixationuk.com or call 0207 582 3294
Sony have added a 50mm f/1.2 lens to their G Master stable of full frame lenses. With a fast maximum aperture of f1.2 this 50mm lens will deliver beautiful bokeh and shallow depth of field to isolate your subject from the background, ideal for portraiture.
The Sony FE 50mm f1.2 GM is £2099 including VAT. To get your name in our order book contact our sales team on 0207 582 3294 or email sales@fixationuk.com
Lens Features
Sharpness
With three XA (Extreme Aspherical) elements the FE 50mm f1.2 GM controls the light even when shooting wide open for excellent image quality from corner to corner.
Smooth Bokeh
Sony use eleven curved aperture blades in their lens design to give a circular aperture. This offers the smooth defocus effects for objects in front of and behind your subject.
Nano AR Coating II
This optical coating from Sony dramatically reduces flare and ghosting even when shooting backlit subjects and under bright sunlight. You can rely on the Sony FE 50mm f1.2 GM to deliver clear images with excellent contrast in all shooting conditions thanks to this lens coating technology.
Fast Autofocus with Four XD linear motors
Four motors drive the heavy f/1.2 optical elements for rapid focusing and tracking. This high level of responsiveness is a great benefit for a lens with a shallow depth of field. The focus speed will also be a benefit for tracking focus for video.
Professional build quality
Sony G Master lenses are made for professional use. The FE 50mm f1.2 GM features dust and moisture sealing for indoor and outdoor use. The lens also has intuitive controls such as an aperture control ring and programmable buttons for rapid control or access to menu options. You can adapt this lens to suit your working style.
Close focusing with a wide field of view
A minimum focus distance of 40cm lets you capture details with a wide angle of view for a more dynamic perspective in close up shots. Ideal for adding the environment in to detail images that would be lost with a longer telephoto lens. This is a feature seen on Sony’s last G Master lens release the FE 35mm f1.4 GM.
The current lineup of Sony G Master prime lenses
A 50mm G Master lens from Sony was never a case of if? but when? This new announcement fills the gap between the existing 35mm and 85mm f1.4 G Master lenses, the prime lens range is listed in full below. To see a wider range of options for Sont full frame mirrorless cameras view our guide to Sony lenses.
FE 24mm f1.4 GM
FE 35mm f1.4 GM
FE 50mm f1.2 GM
FE 85mm f1.4 GM
FE 100mm f2.8 STF GM OSS
FE 135mm f1.8 GM
FE 400mm f2.8 GM OSS
FE 600mm f4.0 GM OSS
The Sony FE 50mm f1.2 GM is £2099 including VAT. To get your name in our order book contact our sales team on 0207 582 3294 or email sales@fixationuk.com
The Sony A1 is a high resolution, high speed, mirrorless camera body with some impressive headline specifications and some remarkable technology under the bonnet. Built for professional photographers and videographers the A1 has something to suit photographers covering everything from weddings to wildlife via sports, portraits and news. Whether used for stills, video or both, there are features that will appeal to everyone.
Sony A1 Features
The Sony A1 specification exceeds any expectation of what a flagship camera body can offer. Sony has thrown out the notion of a trade off between shooting speed and resolution by combining a 50 megapixel sensor and a burst rate of 30 frames per second.
50.1 Megapixel Sensor
The high resolution sensor allows photographers to crop into their images without sacrificing detail. The sensor feeds in to an upgraded BIONZ XR image processor with eight times the processing power of the BIONZ X engines in previous Sony bodies. The 50.1 megapixel sensor exceeds the requirement for 8k video recording (which is 33.1 megapixels in photography-talk).
30 frames per second blackout-free continuous shooting
The impressive processing power of the camera is able to record 50 megapixel images at 30 frames per second while delivering a constant feed of image information to the electronic viewfinder so that you can view your composition throughout shooting. With the capacity to record high resolution still images at 30fps the Sony A1 can also record 8K 30p video and lower resolution 4K 120p for slow-motion.
Fast sensor readout for high speed AF and AE
The new sensor and processor enables 120 AF/AE calculations per second even while recording images at 30 frames per second. This means the Sony A1 will continuously track subjects and can adjust for flickering artificial lighting steadily, while taking a burst of photographs. To put this in context this is twice as responsive as the Sony A9 II camera body, the high speed camera lunched by Sony at the end of 2019. The Real-time Eye AF for humans and animals is improved, and a new Realtime Eye AF for birds has been added to the AF system.
High speed electronic and mechanical shutter
Sony have improved features in both their mechanical and electronic shutter systems. The electronic shutter provides silent and vibration-free shooting. Both the electronic and mechanical shutter offer anti-flicker shooting. For the first time in the Sony Alpha series the electronic shutter is compatible with flash synchronisation up to a sync speed of 1/200th sec. The mechanical shutter synchronises up to 1/400th sec, faster than any other full-frame digital camera.
Connectivity: Wi Fi, Ethernet and SuperSpeed USB
Filing your images, or transmitting footage is fast with a variety of connection options. Sports photographers working in press centres can file images via 1000BASE-T Ethernet LAN connection direct from camera. If you are on the move you can use built-in WiFi to send files from the camera. High Speed USB Type-C connection allows tethered shooting to a PC for smooth transfer of large files.
Sony has launched a new full frame G Master prime lens: Sony FE 35mm f1.4 G Master. A wide angle lens in the manufacturer’s premium G Master range, featuring the latest in lens-making technology for exceptionally sharp images. 35mm lenses go hand in hand with reportage style photography; this new lens from Sony is equally capable of recording general views and natural looking portraits.
To see more of the Sony lens range visit our Sony lens guide.
Close Focusing
Sony has refined the focus system to deliver a close focusing distance of 27cm which adds product photography potential to an already versatile lens.
This sample image from Sony highlights both the crisp plane of focus that this lens achieves and the smooth de-focused elements both in front and behind the focal plane. The sense of perspective is heightened because of the 35mm focal length.
Professional Build and Controls
Sony G Master lenses are built for professional use and the FE 35mm f1.4 G Master is no exception. The lens has dust and moisture seals to withstand use in tough conditions. The lens also has many controls to make it easier to use:
Focus Ring
Focus Hold button – to lock focus and re-compose or to start continuous tracking focus. This button can be customised in the camera menu to allow fast access to a range of different settings.
Focus Switch Manual / Autofocus
Aperture ring with aperture scale
Aperture click switch – this removes the aperture clicking into each stop for seamless f-stop adjustment ideal for video.
Smooth Bokeh
The smooth bokeh is another hallmark of Sony G Master lens production technologies. XA lens elements (Extreme Aspherical), improved surface finishing on the elements, and an 11 blade aperture, combine to remove aberrations within out of focus parts of the image for the smoothest blur possible. In the portrait below the bookcase backdrop and lighting elements in the room are outside the plane of focus but the highlights do not have distracting geometric shapes which are produced by lenses with fewer aperture blades.
With more and more photographers discovering the wonders of full-frame Sony E-mount cameras, there are absolutely loads of great lenses being produced for them. Whether you’re using the super-speedy A9 II, the ultra-sensitive A7S III or the high-resolution A7R IV, you’re absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to lenses. So much so that it can be difficult to know where to start! So, we’ve put together a guide to help you.
In this guide, we’ll be taking you through some of our favourite lenses for Sony FE cameras. We’ve split the guide into three sections – wide-angle, standard and telephoto, so you can easily jump to the type of lens you’re most interested in.
Unlike our guides to Canon RF and Nikon Z lenses, we haven’t been comprehensive here, as there are simply too many Sony FE lenses to include them all! Instead, we’ve included a broad spectrum of lenses, from Sony and from third-party manufacturers, at a range of price points. So no matter whether you need the best of the best, or you’re working to a tight budget, there will be lenses for you.
Sony FE Lenses
We’re dealing specifically with FE lenses – E-mount lenses that are compatible with Sony’s full-frame professional cameras Alpha cameras. We’ll keep this guide up to date, so keep checking back for our recommendations of the finest Sony FE lenses you can get right now.
Wide-angle
Sony FE 12-24mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Sony FE 12-24mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Sony’s G Master lenses are not only some of the best E-mount lenses – they’re some of the best lenses around right now, full stop. So you can expect to see a fair few more of them throughout this guide!
The FE 12-24mm f2.8 G Master is a wide-angle zoom with professional-grade optics, designed to capture stunning details with minimal distortion. The optical design includes three XA elements, an aspherical element, two super ED (extra-low dispersion) elements and three ED glass elements, all of which adds up to an incredibly sharp image. The inclusion of advanced nanocoatings also helps ensure superior light transmission. Plus, an advanced autofocus system uses XD linear motors to make the focusing action fast, silent and accurate.
Best for: Landscapes, astrophotography.
Sony FE 16-35mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Sony FE 16-35mm f2.8 G Master
For a wide-angle that’s a little less extreme, try the FE 16-35mm f2.8. A high-quality lens for a huge range of shooting situations, the Sony FE 16-35mm f2.8 G Master boasts exceptional corner-to-corner sharpness thanks to its sophisticated optical construction. It consists of two glass XA elements (extreme aspherical), three aspherical and 2 ED glass (extra low dispersion) elements, all of which combine to effectively minimise chromatic aberration.
This combines with a dust- and moisture-resistant construction and a Direct Drive SSM autofocus unit to make for a lens that’ll perform in any situation you care to throw at it. A great, trusty optic for a working photographer to have by their side.
Best for: Landscapes, documentary, everyday shooting
Zeiss 18mm f2.8 Batis Lens
Zeiss 18mm f2.8 Batis Lens
A wide prime with superior optics – what else would you expect from Zeiss? The 18mm f2.8 Batis lens is designed to provide superior sharpness and quality across the entire image field, ensuring top quality across its entire field of view. Zeiss has employed a floating elements design for this lens, meaning it retains its quality across the entire focal plane, from its close focusing distance of 0.17m right the way to infinity. A handy OLED display provides a readout for focusing distance and depth of field.
Best for: Landscapes, interiors, architecture.
Sony FE 24mm f1.4 G Master Lens
Sony FE 24mm f1.4 G Master Lens
One of the most impressive aspects of this G Master lens is that it not only delivers the kind of professional-grade quality we’ve come to expect from these lenses, but it’s also amazingly portable. Weighing just 445g and measuring 75.4mm by 92.4mm, the FE 24mm f1.4 G Master also has a filter thread of 67mm. Somehow Sony has managed to include the Direct Drive SuperSonic Motor (DDSSM) focusing system, so the lens performs brilliantly in pretty much all categories. This lens is a truly impressive technical achievement!
Best for: Documentary, reportage, street photography.
Sony FE 28mm f2 Lens
Sony FE 28mm f2 lens
A fantastic budget lens for anyone looking for an affordable, dependable wide-angle prime. The Sony FE 28mm f2 delivers impressive sharpness, and the f/2 aperture puts shallow depth of field in play. This is further helped by the nine-bladed aperture, which enables the creation of beautiful bokeh.
The fixed focal length of the FE 28mm f2 is what has enabled Sony to include such sophisticated optics in a lens of its class; the design includes three aspherical elements and two ED elements. Also, if you want to increase its versatility, you can use the optional converters to change it to a 21mm ultra-wide lens or even a 16mm fisheye, without any impact on optical quality. This cements the lens as a fantastic options for shooters working with a limited budget.
Best for: Landscapes, outdoor photography, shooting on a budget
Standard
Sony FE 35mm f1.8 Lens
Sony FE 35mm f1.8 Lens
The humble 35mm is one of the most versatile focal lengths around, and we really rate Sony’s homebrew version of this optic with an f/1.8 maximum aperture. The accurate tracking AF of this capable prime means it’s a great choice for movies as well as stills, while its moisture-resistant design ensures it’s hardy enough for outdoor shooting.
There’s a pleasing amount of customisability to this lens – its Focus Hold button can be reassigned to other functions if that’s not what you want for it. The lens weighs a slender 280g, meaning it won’t weigh you down too much on an extended shoot. Whether you’re roaming the streets or producing landscapes, this dependable lens will make for a great choice of companion.
Best for: Travel, street photography, everyday shooting.
Sony FE 35mm f1.4 G Master Lens
Sony FE 35mm f1.4 DG Master Lens
If you like the sound of a 35mm lens but need something that delivers higher sharpness and brightness in low light, then this is your port of call. The Sony FE 35mm f1.4 G Master Lens is an outstanding optic, made with the latest Sony lens making technology for superior sharpness. Fantastic for low light thanks to the f/1.4 maximum aperture, the lens also sports an eleven-bladed aperture for the creation of vivid bokeh.
The minimum focusing distance of the lens is 27cm, so it’s great for close-up work as well as wider, more expansive scenes. The optical performance is topped off with Sony’s Nano AR Coating II which wards off reflections and ghosting for superior light transmission. ED glass elements reduce chromatic aberrations and XA (Extreme Aspherical) elements deliver excellent image quality in a compact form. An outstanding prime optic.
Best for: Low light, documentary, reportage, weddings.
Sony FE 24-70mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Sony FE 24-70mm f2.8 G Master Lens
This G master lens is one of the finest examples of the workhorse 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, and professional in many different fields will get a lot of use out of it. With Direct Drive SSM, its autofocus is fast and accurate, and the design is resistant to dust and moisture. The circular nine-bladed aperture also means that it’s possible to create beautiful defocused effects with the lens, and create images with gorgeous bokeh. This puts it in play as a portrait lens, as well as being useful for travel, reportage, event photography… and just about everything else! It’s hard to think of any type of Sony Alpha user who wouldn’t have any use for this lens.
Best for: Events, portraits, weddings
Sony FE 50mm f1.4 ZA Planar T* Lens
Sony FE 50mm f1.4 ZA Planar T Lens
Sony’s fruitful partnership with Zeiss has produced many outstanding lenses, and one we particularly like is this nifty fifty. The FE 50mm f1.4 ZA Planar T* is a high performance lens that hugely impresses thanks to its Planar optical design, not to mention its f/1.4 maximum aperture. The T* coating from Zeiss minimises flare and ghosting, while the aperture ring provides hands-on tactile control. Images look absolutely superb from edge to edge and corner to corner, as you’d expect from a Zeiss lens, and this standard, natural-looking focal length means it’s also a good choice for video.
Best for: Street shooting, video, documentary.
Telephoto
Zeiss 85mm f1.8 Batis Lens
Zeiss 85mm f1.8 Batis Lens
A fantastic optic in a useful portrait-friendly focal length, the Zeiss 85mm f1.8 Batis Lens is an outstanding choice for anyone who wants to photograph people. Be it studio portraiture or wedding photography, the 85mm f1.8 Batis is a fast, capable lens that will keep up and deliver images of superb quality.
A handy OLED display on the body of the lens helps the user keep track of focus distance and depth of field. The autofocus is fast and quiet, and the lens body is equipped with weather seals to make it suitable for outdoor shooting. Its minimum focusing distance of 0.8m makes it super-versatile, so you can get close to your subjects without fear.
Best for: Weddings, portraits, events.
Sony FE 70-200mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Sony FE 70-200mm f2.8 G Master Lens
Just like the 24-70mm, the G Master version of the 70-200mm f/2.8 workhorse lens is one of the best in the business. Whether you’re photographing sports, weddings, events, concerts or whatever else, this is a lens designed to get the job done in an exemplary fashion. It delivers excellent sharpness at all points in the zoom range and throughout its entire focal plane – Sony boasts that it reaches hitherto unknown heights of resolution thanks to its XA (extreme aspherical) element with 0.01 micron surface precision. Focus at distances as short as 0.96m, enjoy super-fast AF and take advantage of Optical SteadyShot image stabilisation. This is truly a lens to do it all.
Best for: Sports, events, weddings, music.
Sony FE 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens
Sony FE 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens
If you’re not fussed about an f/2.8 aperture but could do with a bit more reach, try the Sony FE 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens as a credible alternative to the 70-200mm f/2.8. It delivers solid optical performance throughout its focal range, with a Nano AR coating to reduce ghosting and flare.
It’s an excellent lens for tele-macro photography, with a close focusing distance of 0.9m and a magnification factor of 0.31x. Autofocus is also fast and quiet, thanks to the linear actuator, and Optical SteadyShot is on board for shake-free images.
Best for: Macro, portraits, events.
Sony FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 OSS G Master Lens
Sony FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 OSS G Master Lens
We’d recommend 100-400mm lenses to pretty much any working professional – you can read some of our guides to lenses [https://www.fixationuk.com/the-best-100-400mm-lenses-available-right-now/] and interviews with photographers [https://www.fixationuk.com/why-i-love-my-100-400mm-lens-richard-pohle/] to find out why this is one of the most useful, versatile focal ranges going. Sony’s G Master 100-400mm is a spectacular example of this type of lens, delivering excellent clarity at every point of the zoom range. The linear motor and Direct Drive SSM (DDSSM) autofocusing system is fast and accurate even with fast-moving subjects, and the body of the lens itself is built to withstand the elements. Bring distant subjects into sharp focus – this lens gives you the reach you need.
Best for: Wildlife, events, sports.
Sony FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens
Sony FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens
If you like the versatility of a 100-400mm lens but feel you’re likely to need a little more reach, the 200-600mm FE lens is a great solution. You get that extra focal length but don’t lose sharpness and clarity, as the optical construction includes five ED elements and one aspherical element, suppressing chromatic aberrations and distortion. Distortion can often be a problem with super telephotos, but Sony has worked to minimise this and make the FE 200-600mm a fantastic professional lens.
Best for: Wildlife, sports.
Sony FE 400mm f2.8 OSS G Master Lens
Sony FE 400mm f2.8 OSS G Master Lens
This is Sony going all out. No holds barred, no expense spared – it’s optical perfection at 400mm. The Nano AR coating eliminates flare and ghosting, while the XD Linear Motor ensure autofocus is blisteringly fast and unerringly precise. Weighing just 2,895g, this is impressively light for a lens of its class, with a magnesium alloy construction that balances light weight with superior strength. The quality is exemplary inside and out. This isn’t just one of the best Sony lenses – it’s one of the best lenses, full stop.
Best for: Wildlife, sports, ultra-high resolution shooting.
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