Description

Description

• A very fast standard prime lens for Sony Alpha full-frame and APS-C mirrorless cameras.
• Part of the G Master series, Sony’s top tier of lenses, with exceptional optical performance and build quality.
• Featuring a bright maximum aperture of f/1.2, which enables shallow depth of field, smooth bokeh and low-light shooting.
• Comprised of 14 elements arranged in 10 groups, including three extreme aspherical (XA) elements and one extra-low dispersion (ED) element.
• Featuring a Nano AR II coating to minimize internal reflections and reduce flare and ghosting.

Image Quality

• It delivers outstanding image quality, with superb sharpness, contrast and colour across the frame and throughout the aperture range.
• It has very low levels of chromatic aberrations, distortion and vignetting, thanks to the optical design and in-camera corrections.
• It produces smooth and pleasing bokeh, thanks to the f/1.2 aperture and the 11-blade circular diaphragm.
• It has good resistance to flare and ghosting, thanks to the Nano AR II coating and the lens hood.

Build Quality

• It has a high standard of build quality, fully living up to the G Master designation that Sony have given it.
• It is relatively light and compact for a 50mm f/1.2 lens, weighing 778g and measuring 108mm in length.
• It is weather sealed, with a metal lens mount and a rubber seal around the mount.
• It comes with a petal lens hood that bayonets firmly into position.

Other Features

• It offers fast and quiet autofocus, with four extreme dynamic (XD) linear motors and a responsive manual focus ring.
• The 72mm filter thread does not rotate on focus, which is convenient for using polarizers and graduated filters.
• Manual focusing is possible in a focus-by-wire fashion, with a linear response focusing ring that provides fine control.
• It has two customizable focus hold buttons, an aperture ring with click on/off switch, and a silent aperture control.