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I have a lot of lenses as "stop gap". Actually, considering how long it takes for Sony to come up with any decent lens they are more or less "permanent".
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No Leica glass at that speed, however.Well not sure cost wise they are 800 dollars and 1.2 to boot but I agree some nice Leica glass in this range. This might sell very well. Of course as Tre said there is a 90 coming and it's native and has AF but that's not till August. Yuk
I might have lifted that off of Guy.No 135mm 1.8 any more? If not, why the hell not?? ;-)
I don't know about you but I like the blue tagged glass that I've kept (55FE and 135/1.8 Sonnar.) I don't care if Zeiss or Cosina makes the 50 Loxia/ZM - it's an amazing piece of glass and definitely worth the price IMO. At the very least I like to have a familial signature and color in my lenses.The 90/2.8 macro and this 85/1.2 are like apples and onions.
We need a Sony AF 85/2 and a faster one (with no pretentious blue tags). The sorry state of the E mount story continues.
I have a few lenses in 85mm FL range. Waiting for that Sony FE 85/2, 105/2 and 135/2 along with a 21/2, 24/2, 35/2 and 50/2. Blue label, red tag, bird name , Mitakon, whatever, etc, OK, more the merrier but I am not budging. Let us see some regular AF lenses that are compact.I don't know about you but I like the blue tagged glass that I've kept (55FE and 135/1.8 Sonnar.) I don't care if Zeiss or Cosina makes the 50 Loxia/ZM - it's an amazing piece of glass and definitely worth the price IMO. At the very least I like to have a familial signature and color in my lenses.
FWIW the 28FE is cheap enough that I'm gambling on it and the UWA adapter too. The 90 Macro is a definite buy for me despite only being f/2.8 which I'm mostly against but I imagine it'll be impressively sharp from wide open but if not I still have a Leica 90 Summicron Pre-AA for portraits.
AFAIK, 10+ aperture blade construction doesn't necessarily equate to bokeh royalty in terms of smooth transitions or shape of highlight points when stopping down. And speaking of Mitakon here's an example of their 85/2 Creator at f/2.8:With a 11 blade aperture this maybe the bokeh king.
you are right of course, that 11 blade don't necessarily mean smooth bokeh. but look at this sample image!AFAIK, 10+ aperture blade construction doesn't necessarily equate to bokeh royalty in terms of smooth transitions or shape of highlight points when stopping down. And speaking of Mitakon here's an example of their 85/2 Creator at f/2.8:
Good to see another 85mm option and, possibly, the only native 85/1.2 for A-mount. It better beat 85/1.4ZA IQ for the asking $800.
Good point! It is the size and the shape of the diaphram rather than the number of blades that matters the most. The 9 bladed aperture of the current Sony FE lenses all are pretty much rounded. They did get that right. :thumbs:
I did look at other samples on their webpage as well. Very good center sharpness and CA control for f/1.2.but look at this sample image!