Sony E 15mm f/1.4 G Lens

The Sony E 15mm f1.4 G is a very welcome addition to the company’s catalogue of APSC lenses, delivering a slightly wider-than-24mm equivalent field of view coupled with a bright aperture.

So hopefully this new round of lenses is a precursor to a new lineup of truly improved Sony APS-C cameras that align better with their full frame sensibilities. I suspect a quality lens like the Sony E 15mm F1.4 G will shine all the brighter when those cameras arrive.

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  Nicely built lens with a feature set more like Sony’s full frame offerings, Quality degree of weather sealing, Dual linear motors produce fast, quiet focus, Low focus breathing, Consistently excellent sharpness and contrast, Good flare resistance, Good bokeh rendering, Good control of chromatic...

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  Slightly expensive, Strong barrel distortion

Sony E 15mm F1.4 G is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Wideangle Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with E Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Sony E 15mm F1.4 G lens good for?

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, AF/MF Switch on Lens, Aperture Ring, Focus Hold Button, Hood supplied, Very Fast Aperture, Minimum focus distance of, 0.17m / 6.7 inch

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, AF/MF Switch on Lens, Aperture Ring, Focus Hold Button, Hood supplied, Very Fast Aperture, Minimum focus distance of, 0.17m / 6.7 inch

The Sony E 15mm F1.4 G wide prime lens backs up its high price with sublime optics, quick focus motors, and strong weather protection.

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  Lightweight F1.4 prime for Sony APS-C, Sharp results at widest f-stop, Speedy, linear autofocus motors, Dust and splash protection, Aperture ring with selectable click stops, Linear manual focus and nominal breathing for video

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  No anti-smudge fluorine coating, Shows some flare, Raw images exhibit distortion

In this lens you get everything you should expect from such an instrument– a shapely, lightweight device with a very good aperture fastness that is sharp across the frame up from the maximum relative aperture.

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  solid, weather-sealed mechanical construction,, moderate dimensions and low weight for offered parameters,, excellent image quality in the frame centre up from the maximum relative aperture,, good image quality on the edge of the frame,, slight lateral chromatic aberration,, properly corrected...

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  significant vignetting,, very high distortion for RAW files,, a bit too high longitudinal chromatic aberration.

Designed for high corner to corner resolution, the Sony E 15mm F1.4 G APS-C lens gives a 22.5mm equivalent, making it a bright, wide-angle prime lens. Joshua Waller reviews this new lens.

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  Extremely sharp results, Weather-sealed construction, Compact and lightweight

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  Slight vignetting wide-open (in some situations), Price may be a little high for some

What a great lens. Clear, small, built decent for the price. Exactly what I wanted.

Really like this lens, it is very small and light, has a good wide angle for shooting and also has very quick AF