Showcase Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 G Master

[Henipah]

For something a bit different I've been trying some astrophotography.

From left to right: Mars, M8 Lagoon Nebula, M20 Trifid Nebula:

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Taken with an untracked a6000 at a salt lake close to Perth, Western Australia (moderately dark sky).
47 x 2.5 second exposures, f/1.4, ISO 6400. Stacking and post-processing done with Photoshop CC.

 

[Henipah]

One more bird shot I was pretty happy with:

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a6000, f/1.6, 1/4000s, ISO 100

 

[christilou]

A7RII G85mm 1.4 Umbria

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[christilou]

A7RII Michelangelo's David

85mm 1.4 wide open

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[christilou]

A7RII

Touch of Brass, Lucerne

ILCE-7RM2    FE 85mm F1.4 GM    85mm    f/2.0    1/320s    ISO 100

 

[Amin Sabet]

I just got this lens today. I had read that it wasn't a very fast focuser, but it's plenty fast for anything I would use it for. Some summer pics of the family:

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[Ad Dieleman]

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Although all are nice family pictures, the first one looks like someone is meditating in mid-air, levitation has finally come to fruition! Downright funny that.

I also noted that your kids don't have a tablet or a laptop with them, no waterproof stuff available? No detox problems?

 

[Amin Sabet]

the first one looks like someone is meditating in mid-air, levitation has finally come to fruition! Downright funny that.

LOL, I was thinking that too when I saw it .

I also noted that your kids don't have a tablet or a laptop with them, no waterproof stuff available? No detox problems?

Ha, I give them a hard time for all the electronics, but I have to admit they do a lot of running around outside too .

 

[Clix Pix]

Love those mid-air shots! Looks as though everyone is having a fun time at the pool!

 

[Amin Sabet]

Thanks, Connie! Yes, lots of fun .

 

[Amin Sabet]

Bubble bokeh

ILCE-9    Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM (SEL85F14GM)    85mm    f/1.4    1/2000s    ISO 100

 

[Clix Pix]

Oh, that's really cool!

 

[Amin Sabet]

Oh, that's really cool!

Thanks, Connie! Sony Eye AF is great at keeping the focus on the eyes rather than the bubbles for a shot like this. I tried getting this king of shot last week with my Micro 4/3 kit, and a lot more often ended up focused on the bubbles.

 

[NickCyprus]

Thanks, Connie! Sony Eye AF is great at keeping the focus on the eyes rather than the bubbles for a shot like this. I tried getting this king of shot last week with my Micro 4/3 kit, and a lot more often ended up focused on the bubbles.

A7iii right Amin?
I want to pull the trigger for it (especially since I hear such great comments about its eye af accuracy) but I don’t know if i can convince myself to change my shooting style on the weddings and go from AF-S to Continuous tracking...

 

[Amin Sabet]

A7iii right Amin?

A9, Nick, I got a pretty awesome deal on a used one.

I want to pull the trigger for it (especially since I hear such great comments about its eye af accuracy) but I don’t know if i can convince myself to change my shooting style on the weddings and go from AF-S to Continuous tracking...

I've always been an AF-S guy, but the way Sony does AF has me using AF-C for the first time.

My A9 is set up to default to AF-C with flexible spot lock-on AF (spot movable with joystick), but other modes are just a button press away:

• The C3 button toggles me from flexible spot to wide or vice versa (still AF-C)
• Holding down the AF-ON button while shooting puts me in Eye AF (still AF-C)
• Holding down the AEL button while shooting puts me into AF-S mode using whatever spot I had chosen in AF-C

It's a very flexible setup that makes it a breeze to get the best of AF-C and AF-S

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[Amin Sabet]

ILCE-9    Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM (SEL85F14GM)    85mm    f/1.4    1/1000s    ISO 100

 

[Amin Sabet]

Couple pics of my two girls:

ILCE-9    Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM (SEL85F14GM)    85mm    f/2.0    1/640s    ISO 100

ILCE-9    Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM (SEL85F14GM)    85mm    f/1.4    1/1250s    ISO 100

 

[Antonio Correia]

One day, if I survive the COVID, I will buy one of these lenses.
I own already the 24 GM and the 135 GM which are... excepcional, exceptional...
Cheers !