Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM lens at Bhphoto. Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany. WexUK.
Marc Alhadeff tested the new Sony 24mm GM lens. This is his conclusion:
The Sony 24mm F1.4 GM is a new masterpiece from Sony and well deserve its GM label. It is certainly one of the best 24mm if we consider all criteria together
- Excellent sharpness wide open across the full field, even wide open (Note : for close distance corners are “only” very good at F1.4/F2)
- Fast and accurate AF with very good Eye AF performance
- Small and light
- Excellent bokeh and very smooth background blur
- Fast Aperture : F1.4 : perfect for low light
- Very small focusing distance + F1.4 = perfect for small depth of field
- Very good contrast and 3D effect at F1.4 for people portraits
- No field curvature
- Very low distorsion
- Very low coma (suited for Astrophotography)
- Suited for video thanks to click less aperture ring
- Very good color rendition (but Zeiss Loxia 25mm F2.4 is excellent)
- Very well built, weather sealed
There are however a few area where it is not “perfect”
- Very small amount of CA
- Resistance to flare is good but not excellent
- Vignetting at F1.4 & F2 (a future Lightroom Lens profile will correct it)
- Price (but in line with GM price range)
The lens is very versatile and will be the perfect choice for landscape, street photography, , low light, architecture, people reportage, full body portraits, astrophotography, and this both in photo and in video
Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM lens at Bhphoto. Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany. WexUK.