Sony 35mm F1.4 GM Review - A stellar 35mm lens for Sony E-mount
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- The 35mm F1.4 GM is an outstanding lens for Sony's E-mount system. We review sharpness, bokeh, chromatic aberration, flare, and more. We compare it to the Sony / Zeiss 35m F1.4 too.
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03:09 if we look at the shadow we clearly see that Chris is actually very happy about the new lens
He's even dripping
Hahahahahahahahahahhahaha
I remember Chris once said, "Never wide enough, never tight enough. The story of my life".
The X100V Episode
@@marcdornbusch3206 ah yes, that episode. That camera happens to have the same focal length of around 35mm equivalent.
yeah and i always quote that
2:43 looks pretty 'wide' to me - if you know what I mean
@@Crispy_Bee lol
2:41..... who’s gonna tell him 😂🧐
Wow amazing. Thanks for calling that out lol 😂
It ain’t pretty but at least it’s thick.
I guess the old ZA lens has a slight advantage there! :D
They knew ,-)
Jordan be like kneading his hands and drooling
2:46 Jordan stitched you up with that Shadow, Chris. 🤣
01:25 "...kind of a buzzword for when you want to cover up a lens' interesting optical deficiencies" is a phrase that needs to appear a lot more often in photo reviews. Thank you, Chris!
Nice and to the point. I don't get why people who watch a good UA-cam review don't like it. Thousands of viewers, a couple of hundred likes. Most probably did like it. Even if one isn't crazy about it, liking it is a small price to pay ($0) to acknowledge the work of the reviewer and one's getting the service. One pays for a meal and leaves a tip every time one eats out. At least I hope they do.
When I heard rumours that a 35 GM was coming, I was more excited for Chris having to review it than I was for the actual lens hahaha
compact, f1.4, sharp. I'm sold.
Great review Mr. Niccolls. Basically all your work is great, honest and with style. That's why we follow you. Keep it up. Thank you
when I see the focus breathing, i am happy that my fe 35mm f1.8 is still the best 35mm for me as a video shooter.
Likewise with the Nikkor Z primes. Minimal to no focus breathing and excellent optical quality.
I have only recently begun to take my journey into photography more seriously. I have the Sony 20-70mm F4 and often shoot at 35mm. I’m looking to buy my first (and hopefully, only) prime lens that I will use for ever. This has been really helpful.
4:00 glad to see Roger Cicala's articles about field curvature having an impact. Where is the Japanese village shot?
Great video, love the photos too! thanks for putting this together!
I have this lens and absolutely love it!
Not the first time we have seen it on your channel! haha. Love the videos, keep them coming :)
I'm hoping in the future that Sony is going to make a 50mm 1.4 GM.
I always love your cold intros
I would love to get a hands on this baby! Thanks for the video.
I hoped to see: This episode was shot on Canon Powerzoom! 😂
wow! great ! i want this lens so budly!! this 35mm is closest perspective to human eye...
I thought 42mm was? So 40mm or 45mm lenses would be closest.
Afaik it's a range of focal lengths that give you that impression. I f you say normal = picture diagonal, the answer for full frame is 42 ;-)
No kidding, that's very close, 43.3mm or 28mm on APS, which makes 50mm (or 35 on APS) a bit too long.
To me 28mm (or 18mm on APS) is a bit of no mans land. Too wide if something is a bit away and not wide enough to fool around with wide angle look.
28mm on APS is close to the sensor diagonal. 35mm on APS (like 50mm on FF) is longer.
It's similar with 80mm on 6x6.
You forgot to mention Samyang 1.4 AF. Terrific quality. But really big and heavy.
How about the AF on this one?
It's not big for a 35mm f/1.4 and I find it focuses pretty quickly.
Never noticed that you guys were in Calgary lol only figured it out due to recognizing Ralph Klein park which is 5 min drive for me and ya glad you did this review as it will be one 2 new lenses I pick up in the near future.
What about the Samyang 35/1.8 though? Cheap, fast, sharp, small, light...
You forgot the Sigma 35mm 1.2. Which I actually bought about 2 months ago. Not foreseeing this lens being released. "Kick self here". I shouldn't complain. Super happy with the "Bigma". Would like to see a comparison though. Might also help with your silhouette Chris. ;)
and : Bigma :-D !!!!
I happen to love the 35mm focal length and noticed that Chris overlooked the Samyang/Rokinon 35mm 1.4 AF during his rundown of 35mm, fast, full-frame, Sony options. I own the Samyang and for roughly half the price of this G-Master it is worth considering. However, I suspect that the AF is better on the Sony lens and I am considering switching to the Sony 35, 1.8 because it is absolutely tiny compared to the Samyang.
What’s the sound of the AF like on the camera most of the time I shoot manual but good to know either way.
@@dakunclear My copy of the Samyang 35, f1.4 makes a very quiet ticking sound as it focuses. Usually 3 or 4 ticks in rapid succession. I cannot hear it if the camera is at waist level, but as I bring my head closer to the lens I can hear it. It is not too bad and I would not worry about it disturbing anyone other than myself. I find that the AF works really well in video mode which is a major selling point for me. It racks beautifully and stops with precision. If I were doing event photography for a living I would probably consider a native Sony lens as an alternative mostly for the slight accuracy bump, but the AF is still pretty impressive especially for a third-party, E mount lens.
Sony continues to kill it! 👍👍 Matching/beating the competition, but at a smaller size and lighter weight!
"Matching/beating the competition"
When Canon and Nikon release their f1.4 offerings for RF and Z mounts respectively, then we'll see then or if Sony ever releases an f1.2. Till then the Nikon and Canon f2.8 trinity zooms beat the Sony offerings.
not really. For example, Nikon 35mm 1.8 S has less focus breathing issue than this GM lens. This is one of the usual weaknesses of GM lenses from Sony
Nice one. I like this 35mm F1.4 but would you agree that this lens has some vignetting at all 4 corners? I notice this strongly when taken on a bright day with a blue sky.
Chris, I must admit I hear you man, I have a 35mm myself which is mostly collecting dust as I prefer the 28 or the 50/55 myself. But can you guys talk about this particular focal length pointing out YOUR view of pros & cons of a 35mm lens (FF format that is). I'm glad to hear that you're on the same wavelength Chris!
I think it's still a bit of a tough sell when the Sigma 35mm f1.2 exists for the same relative price... That said, if size/weight are important this looks pretty appealing.
I don‘t know how they overlooked this one...maybe because they focused specifically on a 1.4 aperture...
That lens on these tiny Sony bodies sounds like hell
Agree. I also noticed that DPReview seems to skip Rokinon/Samyang lenses. They have a good number of AF primes for E-mount cameras. These are far from perfect, but they appeal to many hobbyists.
@@IvanRiveraStagea Samyang/Rokinon are great if you like manual focus, or enjoy doing your own QC. I've had about 7 Samyang lenses... all the MF ones are good but the only AF one I liked was the 45 1.8. They are not quite there yet
@@future62 is the Rokinon/Samyang AF (85 1.4 and 35 2.8) good or for example, as bad as a Sony FE 50 1.8 on a A7 mk1?
Thanks for comparing it with the old FE35zeiss.. i still have that and wondering if I should change because 35 is my go to lens...
Meanwhile... Still waiting for a new version of RX1... or they stop working on that line already.. COme on Sony..
If you have a good copy, you dont neet anothet lenses
Don't pile onto the Canon PowerShot Zoom too hard. Those of us who are into birding and wildlife but don't always want to carry our "real" camera gear with us appreciate something pocketable but with a long zoom lens. I just wish it played nicer with phones. It's an interesting concept even if the execution is imperfect.
I've been shooting with rokinon 35mm 1.8, and love it, but this looks nice too
@2:45... did you guys plan that phallic shadow or was that a happy accident?
Looks at UA-cam Subscriptions page... 6 of the first 8 videos are Sony 35mm f/1.4 GM
The Canon PowerShot Zoom is a wonderful concept for us birders who never want to miss a shot even though we don't always want to drag our heavy gear around.
Thanks for such detailed review, i am using Sony FX3, comparing Sony 35 1.4 GM and Sony 35 1.8 for video shooting and film making purpose only. If I don’t mind the focus breathing issue on GM, just considering the video image quality. Does these 2 lenses make any noticeable differences? Someone tell me the video image on FX3 is only 4K 10bit so on video I would hardly notice any differences, but I would like to buy GM if it does perform any better on video image quality. Thanks
Question? I’ve just recently have been seeing results of my shoots at 1.4 .. thinking that eye auto focus will have me covered. But no so much, standing maybe 7-10 feet away. Images look fine at first glance, but once zoomed in face or eyes are not tack sharp.. any suggestions for 1.4 portraits
In talking about Sigma, how did you miss the 35 1.2, the one that was built native for FE and not just a DSLR adapted version like the Sigma 1.4? I know you're talking about 1.4s, but can't see any reason why the new GM is being talked about as affordable, when its priced the same as the as the faster and stunningly sharp Simga 1.2
Check out Gordon Laing's video comparison, the Sigma doesn't fare too well against this Sony. The Sony is considerably sharper with zero distortion and the AF on the Sigma is poor in comparison.
@@joewellham1 I don't need to see Gordon's video. But, if those are his conclusions, he sounds like someone who likes to talk about gear more than use it. There's a lot of those people on UA-cam. The Sigma is tack sharp. Period. And, The AF on the Sigma is amazing - I've used it for backcountry skiing/snowboarding for action shots for resorts (clients, paid shoots and very demanding AF situations). Fantastic AF - on par with my GM 24 and the GM 135 (I don't own that one, but I've rented it). In the real word (for shooting for clients), I find the Sigma 35 to be as good AF as any native lens I've used and significantly better than some other highly touted lenses. I haven't updated this gallery is a while (have a lot more shots form the 35 I dig), but you can see some examples with it here: firsttracks.smugmug.com/Sigma-35-12/
Sony, please make a 28mm GM for Chris 🙏
Does the breathing take you out of focus if you're just using AF?
If it stays in focus and just shifts focal length, I can live with that.
That's what I'm attempting to figure out.
Struggling to understand how you could spend a chunk of the video talking about the old, adapted sigma 35 1.4 and not mention the sensationally sharp, similarly priced, built for mirrorless sigma 35 f/1.2? Any serious buyer is going to be comparing these lenses.
Go check out gordan’s video. Fast conclusion: 35gm is sharper at 1.4 compared to sigma35 1.2 at F4.
This video called me broke in 16 languages.
2:45 me and my dirty mind
The full frame e-mount Sony Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 T* OSS ZA of 2015 is five year old. A very old lens which needs an update.
I would love a Sony a1 / Sony a7rIV comparison with this top-notch last 35mm.
Nice camera strap, share the link? Thank you.
It seems that the LCA from the sample images were caused by high shutter speed and the electronic first curtain...
I have the SONY FE 35MM F/1.4 ZA ZEISS DISTAGON T* LENS worth upgrading and why ?
When Chris mentioned that there was no other alternatives for a fast 35mm, he was forgetting Sigma’s 35mm f1.2, which was natively designed for mirrorless (as opposed to being adapted from the DSLR models)
And weight more then a kilo
When is this lens suppose to come out?
Next pls do the Tamron 17-70 2.8 review.
Is this a good lens for video? I’m recording product reviews. I saw on another review someone said this is for photography and I notice your talking a lot about that.
it's good if you have focus breathing correction, which is on the FX3, A74, A7R5, the newest ones... if not then it breathes too much.
Making the flange longer, you say? I thought this was a family channel!
How did this lens compare to the 35mm Sigma f1.2
24 gm 1.4 has chromatic aberration too 👍🏻
Any Jordan video review?
Yeah better colours. I can finish watching this show, unlike the previous one.. maybe we got use to these colours.
I wish there were a 28 gm
Go w zeiss batis 25mm
Sony made great GM lenses. Congratulations to all Minolta engineers
great video
How does it compare to the Sigma 35mm 1.2 Art?
Weights half less, much smaller... that miiight be the biggest deal. The gm is the one to go if you ask me (unless you can only rely in blowing all the space on the image to make a "good" picture)
Is focus breathing really that bad on this lens?
why are they abandoning zeiss?
Why no one is comparing to Sigma f1.4 HSM ART ? Same aperture and roughly the same size.
Sony is 3 x 3.8" / 76 x 96 mm
Sigma is 3.03 x 4.72" / 77 x 120 mm
I have the Sony GM 35MM 1.4, and I use this focal length a lot so I am looking to invest in another 35MM. Which option would you choose? SIGMA 35MM 1.4 DG DN or SONY 35MM 1.8
When I saw 35mm and E-mount I thought sony finally put a competitor out to the Sigma 30mm contemporary...
Surprised me it was about a fullframe lens. I like 35mm equivalent, but I prefer zooms anyways...
Watching it in 240p... Ah. those were the days! What was the question again?
Guys, you forgot about the Samyang/Rokinon 35mm f/1.4.
I didn't. 2 bad copies. Would not recommend
I have one in the quality is terrific. But it’s big and heavy. Much bigger than this new G master.
I have 1 and it's fantastic. Focuses super quickly too
Did you intentionally upload the video at the exact same time as the Northrups did with their video on the new 35? That's suspicious! Greetings from Germany, I do much appreciate your videos!
We both released our videos when the embargo was lifted.
There were plenty of videos released at around the same time, I also saw a (short) one from a German channel.
@@thatjordandrake I see! Thanks for the reply. Keep up your great work!
Guess Im getting old when I cant tell the difference with pics on social media made with other 35mm 1.4 , except for the rounded bokeh. Almost everything else depends more on how I edit. I had the 85 1.4 GM . Now I have the Samyang 85 1.4 at maybe 1/3rd the price and cant see much difference, except that the Samyang is lighter.
I use my camera to make money, not for social media. I have no interest in social media at all.
For those of is with 24mm 1.4 - why not just crop to 35mm (on the camera crop mode) instead of purchasing a whole new lens?
Because of the extra distortion in the 24.
Didn't tamron make a 35mm f1.4 for mirrrorless? Or am I off?
On my A6400 this could be a great lens
Hiii here one of your fan from INDIA and m a owner of Nikon Z6ii i want to buy a potrait lense and m confused in Z 85mm and Z 70-200...will u plzz help me out
Both are good and viable, but one is almost three times the price and three times the focal range. If you don’t know the benifits of a 70-200 over a fixed focal length portrait lens I would start with 85, or buy a cheaper F mount 70-200 initially.
Back to the Sony 35mm!
Yeah but as a videographer... im not really doing that many rack focus shots really 🤷♂️ . is anyone else?. and is it that bad to have the breathing?
The price is shockingly good.
No technical table !? Size, weight ?
Awesome 👌👌👌
Another clinical lens suitable for forensic work
I miss nosehill park.
I see it's a jeans day instead of tan pants
Hey guys ! For video do you think its the right one ?
I don't know...that's $550 more than the Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 and yes, while the Nikon is a 1.8 instead of 1.4, I think it's better optically. I think Sony should give their buyers another lower priced and optically better lens. I would assume though if Nikon releases a 35mm 1.4 for the Z mount it's going to be a little pricey too...but I personally would rather have the 1.8 and save quite a bit of money and still have an optically excellent lens (that's weather sealed and has hardly any focus breathing too). That being said, if you need or want it, the new Sony lens will be great.
regarding 35mm lens:
sony gm 1.4 is better than nikon 1.8, no question here...
additionally, sony has also 1.8 which is cheaper than nikon 1.8
options, options, option in sony system: there is also Zeiss 1.4, Zeiss 2.8, Sigma 1.2, Sigma 1.4, Sigma 2.0, Samyang 2.8, Samyang 1.8, Tamron 2.8 ...
I'm not a big fan of the 35mm either -which is why my Samyang 45mm is my favorite Sony lens bar none. (Speaking as a Canon shooter)
The joke with Sony Zeiss lenses must end. Sony doesn't need Zeiss.
Nice review but at the end you missed a great native FE f1.4 35mm option from Samyang for 1/3 the price.
5:30 "the only choice you really had ... for a fast 35 mm was the Zeiss" ... are you forgetting about the Sigma 35mm f1.2?
it was an adaptive lens - a dslr lens with adapter all together
@@mytravellinfo no
The 1.2 has no DSLR variants, only E and L. The other 1.4 lenses with exception of the newer 85mm technically are DSLR lenses with built in adapters (or longer flange if you prefer that).
Soon.. RF 35 1.2. canon: hold my beer
Hold my warm, alcohol-free (i.e. crippled) beer 🤣
I wish there’d be more 40mm lenses.
Me too. Absolutely love that focal length, the batis 40 is 🔥🔥🔥
I read that Nikon has a small 40mm prime on their lens roadmap.
@@jochenkraus7016 probably f2.8 not super exciting but good for Z users. I gave up on Nikon long ago and they’d need a compact 40mm 1.8 to get me even remotely interested in that system. Their standard f1.8 primes in the Z line are all too big for what they are, they forgot that mirrorless should be at least a little smaller than DSLR stuff. To each their own I won’t diss Nikon users but the company is lacking in vision
@@vincentrivera I’d totally go for it if I’d be a Sony shooter.
@@VariTimo same, I switched from Sony to Fuji but I miss that lens
Mmmmh... I'll stick with the Leica R summicron 35mm for a bit longer. I don't need a zoom lens in a 35mm prime lol
I’m with Chris; can’t get excited about a 35mm. Most meh lens for me. Off topic but if fujifilm had an x100v 50mm equivalent, I’d be all in.
Dont go to jail. Ask Sony to send another copy. Great review.
Could you say something about the recently published DXO Marks' numbers on Sony A7S III ? They are strikingly bad. Thanx
“Not that expensive”. It’s $1,400.
Clearly Chris has lost his perspective of pricing since he's stopped doing the currency conversion to Canadian pesos
It's not compared to the competition, this is what he means and it is true, for what it's worth
They must have really good salaries there in drtv.
It's cheaper than the Sony-Zeiss, so there's that.
@@Ildskalli ye, but that doesn't make it "not that expensive". it is 1700 Euros in Germany. lol.
there is no way i am going to spend that much money on a prime lens. as much as i love 35mm focal length, it is nothing special.
I'm gonna guess your from Calgary?!?
Dayymm Daniel
2:42 the shadow want to tell us something
I guess samyang/rokinon isn’t in the running for 35mm 1.4??
I want a review on Chris’s fantastically fantastic hair.
Sigma 35mm F1.2: Am I a joke to you??