Dpreview first impressions on the new Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE: “excellent sharpness wide open”
Dpreview posted their quick impressions on the FE 85mm f/1.8 lens:
- balances superbly on Sony’s a7-series bodies
- Focusing is silent and fairly quick
- excellent sharpness wide open
- Bokeh appears very smooth
- lot of purple and green fringing wide open
They also notices something interesting:
Of particular interest is our observation that this lens, currently, focuses wide open* on an a7R II (or, technically, opens up to F2 if you’ve selected an aperture smaller than wide open). This addresses one of our largest complaints with recent Sony lens releases that focus stopped down, often slowing focus in low light or forcing otherwise capable phase-detect AF systems to revert to contrast detect-only. It appears that, at least for now, Sony’s recent 100mm STF and 85mm F1.8 lenses address this issue, and without an image cost to boot
That’s a very good news!
New Sony FE lens preorder links:
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. PhotoPorstNeuwied.
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. PhotoPorstNeuwied.