Sony FE 50mm F2.5 G Lens Review

[Tim Mayo]

Following on from his 24mm and 40mm reviews, Bernard Déry (@bdery) takes an in-depth look at the Sony FE 50mm F2.8 G lens over on the blog:

Sony FE 50mm F2.5 G Lens Review - Alpha Shooters

In this review we take an in-depth look at Sony's compact FE 50mm F2.5 G lens.

www.alphashooters.com

Has anyone here already picked up this lens?

 

[Jeff A]

This looks to be a nice, compact lens. When I bought my A7 III, besides a kit lens, I ordered a Sony/Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 lens. This lens is pricey but I was amazed at the very positive reviews that I found for it, which always seemed to point out how "Pin sharp" this lens is, so my "Nifty 50" is a 55. I wonder how these two lenses would stack up to each other??

 

[pointreyes]

This looks to be a nice, compact lens. When I bought my A7 III, besides a kit lens, I ordered a Sony/Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 lens. This lens is pricey but I was amazed at the very positive reviews that I found for it, which always seemed to point out how "Pin sharp" this lens is, so my "Nifty 50" is a 55. I wonder how these two lenses would stack up to each other??

Per the following web site the 55 is probably a little bit sharper.

Sony Alpha Blog : Which Lenses to maximise the potential of your Sony A7RIV/ A7RV / A1 / A7IV…?

in Blue English / en noir en Français This article is split in 7 parts as it cover around 200 full Frame lenses tested on Sony A7RIV – Last updated in December 2022 L’article est consid…

sonyalpha.blog

Considering that the 40 G was in the same "rank" as the 55, I would not be surprised with some sample variation.

Note that the 55 is THE lens to get in the Sony line for infrared photography.

 

[Jeff A]

Per the following web site the 55 is probably a little bit sharper.

Sony Alpha Blog : Which Lenses to maximise the potential of your Sony A7RIV/ A7RV / A1 / A7IV…?

in Blue English / en noir en Français This article is split in 7 parts as it cover around 200 full Frame lenses tested on Sony A7RIV – Last updated in December 2022 L’article est consid…

sonyalpha.blog

Considering that the 40 G was in the same "rank" as the 55, I would not be surprised with some sample variation.

Note that the 55 is THE lens to get in the Sony line for infrared photography.

Interesting list. Out of my 6 lenses I have 2 Outstanding, 3 Excellent and 1 Good, the last one being the Kit lens. Thanks.