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    Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM

    Apr 13, 2021 5 minutes

    After launching its original Alpha 7 twins in 2013, Sony initially had the nascent full-frame mirrorless market all to itself. It set about building a fairly conventional lens range, led by high-end f/1.4 primes and f/2.8 zooms. In 2016 it released the Zeiss-badged FE 50mm F1.4 ZA, but while we were blown away by the lens’s superb image quality, we couldn’t help but lament its excessive size and weight.

    It wasn’t until 2018 that Canon and Nikon joined battle in this lucrative sector. Both highlighted the fact that their new mounts are much larger in diameter than Sony’s E mount, and suggested that this enables the design of ultra-large-aperture lenses. As if to emphasise the point, both firms also released premium 50mm f/1.2 primes ahead of f/1.4 designs.

    Presumably stung by

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