New Sony f1.4 G Master Prime

Sony has claimed that the new wide-angle lens is the lightest in its class at 445g, maintaining sharpness throughout the aperture range, even wide open at f / 1.4. The lens is part of Sony’s G Master series.

Sony f1.4 G Master Prime

Although the E-mount lens is designed with full-frame cameras in mind, it is also suitable for use on APS-C based systems. Its light weight will apparently make a good match with the latest generation of mirrorless cameras. The lens consists of 10 groups with 13 elements with two XA (extreme aspherical) elements. The latter feature is claimed to suppress sagittal flare from point sources. As a result, Sony claims that this makes it the ideal lens for landscape photography.

Sony says it has developed a new high-power direct drive system with three times the thrust of the previous generation, allowing it to respond much more quickly and quietly than before. While Sony is pushing the landscape photography angle for the new lens, it also notes that it’s no slouch in the close-up stakes either, with a minimum focus distance of 0.24 meters. While we’re waiting to see examples, Sony is also keen to highlight the quality of the bokeh effect.

The lens has a manual aperture ring on the body, and it is possible to enable and disable aperture clicks. In other words, if you are working with video, you can disable the clicks to allow a completely uniform aperture setting. In addition, the focus ring has also been designed with manual focus adjustment in mind. Sony calls the design “Linear Response MF”.

If you want to learn more about this new lens or about the Sony company, you can visit their official website.