![]() ![]() In fact, it’s tough to find any 35mm mirrorless lens on the market that can beat this lens right now. This lens is sharp, not too contrasty, has magnificent bokeh, and is very devoid of any flaws. Our general feeling about the image quality of this lens is that it is best paired with the A7r for pure pixel to pixel goodness. Low lighting and strong backlighting will throw it off. To be clear the lens and camera combination hits more frequently in good lighting situations. To be clear, we used the various focusing modes: wide, center, small moveable point, medium moveable point, and large moveable point. With the A7, the focusing is spot on with no issues. When we used this lens on the A7r, we tended to say, “Focus damn you!” more often than we’d ever like to. Instead, you’ll need to use Sony’s focus peaking or magnification to ensure that you’ve got accurate focusing. It is designed for autofocusing, but we really wish that there was a depth of field scale designed into it. That’s really all that there is to using this lens. It just makes so much sense.įor more on this session, we recommend checking out our LumoPro LP-180 review. Indeed, Android phone users will get some major convenience out of being able to share a charger between two devices. Besides, you can charge the camera very easily the same way that you would a phone. We’d probably put some Gaffers Tape on this to prevent it from opening. One problem that I found a tad alarming though is the fact that the battery door opened more than we’d like it to while shooting–and many times we didn’t even notice it. But if you so choose to go out and shoot with the camera, you’ll be fine. We’re not going to tell you to go out during an epic blizzard and try this–no, indeed you should be inside enjoying some hot chocolate instead. Now, we doubt many of you would take your hard earned prized cameras out into the rain to shoot, but the fact that it started sleeting and the combination still performed admirably is really saying something. In the half hour that we spent shooting (we tend to be very quick and know how to get what we want in the camera with little fuss) the camera and lens never ceased to function or even showed any signs of slowing down. One extremely stormy (rain and sleet) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Executive Editor Julius Motal and I went out onto a pier to shoot a model for the review. Indeed, we decided to test this being the completely reckless journalists that we are ). But where we were really surprised was where Sony said to us in our original press meeting that the lens and body seal is so tight that the contact doesn’t need rubber gaskets to complete the weather sealing. The manual focusing ring feels great and the overall size will be very comfortable in the hands of many. ![]() The Sony 35mm f2.8 has some surprisingly great build quality to it. Want to go into manual focus? You’ll need to press the back button to activate it. ![]() The sides of the lens are very devoid of controls–as is very typical of Sony. Never have lens hoods caused us so much frustration. Once again though, we recommend just forgetting about them. When they actually mount onto the camera, they look almost seamless in its design. In real life use, you’ll see one part falling off and you’ll become super pissed–essentially just doing away with the hood altogether. This is the weirdest designed lens hood that we’ve seen and we’re not sure why it was created like this. What you should know to start off is that the lens hood comes apart into two pieces–don’t ask us why. IT surely ins’t pancake at all, but much about it is very Sony in characteristics. Sony’s 35mm f2.8 lens is super compact and is probably the closest thing that the company might create to a pancake lens. Tech specs taken from the B&H Photo listing of the product. – Weird lens hood that comes apart into two pieces Gear Usedįor this review, we used the Sony 35mm f2.8 with the Sony A7r, PocketWizard Plus III transceivers, Lumopro LP-180, and a Profoto RFi softbox. – Only f2.8 I really wanted an f1.8 or f2. With seven aperture blades, weather sealing and one of the most mind boggling lens hoods in the industry, this is a lens that you’ll most likely fall in love with due to its pure performance in the right situations. Ergonomics aside though, this lens is also about some serious performance. But then on the other hand, some folks might want something a bit more compact. If you’re a bokeh fiend, you may say that this lens has too slow of an aperture. And it’s so far received some very mixed criticisms. The first prime lens for Sony to release for the new full frame E Mount cameras is the 35mm f2.8.
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