Sony Fe 85mm F1 8 Lens Review

In the sony fe 85mm f 1 8 lens sony employed an iris diaphragm with 9 rounded blades which has resulted in appealing bokeh.
Sony fe 85mm f1 8 lens review. The sony fe 85mm f 1 8 is a chunky lens but fairly light at 371g. Recently we reviewed the zeiss batis 85mm f 1 8 as it turned out it s quite an awesome lens. A round bayonet lens hood fits precisely surrounding a 67mm filter thread. However the zeiss lens isn t alone in its quest it has a couple of sony mates.
We do realise however that bokeh evaluation is subjective so we ve included several 100 crops for your perusal. This sony 85mm f 1 8 is a spectacular lens with flawless optics as good or better than the huge 85mm f 1 4 gm. The sony fe 85mm f1 8 is a short telephoto prime lens for sony s mirrorless cameras and corrected for use on full frame bodies. The fe 85mm f1 8 comes in at an attractive 599 99 cost compared with premium options like the 1 200 zeiss batis 1 8 85 and 1 800 sony fe 85mm f1 4 gm both of which have earned editors choice.
To this point the sony fe 85mm f1 8 has been somewhat of an oddity. There s the insanely expensive 85mm f 1 4 gm and a more mainstream option which we ll discuss here the sony fe 85mm f 1 8. This f 1 8 lens has great handling and it s super small light and inexpensive. It has a truly impressive 1 8 tstop transmission matching that of the maximum aperture and extremely high levels of sharpness both of which helped it achieve a high dxomark score and placing it alongside pricier alternatives such as the rival zeiss batis as well as the sony fe 85mm f1 4 gm.
Among the sony branded lenses for full frame mirrorless it arguably delivers the higher price to performance ratio and has occupied a pretty comfortable position in the old hierarchy of sony f1 8 batis f1 8 and gm f1 4 lenses. The electronic focusing ring lies immediately behind. The sony fe 85mm f 1 8 pint sized powerhouse bing putney 3 years ago in the early days of the a7 sony s full frame e mount lens lineup was a bit thin. A high performing reasonably priced option.
Also known as the sel85f18 the fe 85mm f1 8 was launched in february 2017 as an affordable and light weight portrait prime lens at least compared to the high end fe 85mm f1 4 g master.