There has been a “Renaissance of compactness” recently, though, and while companies continue to produce the larger, more expensive professional grade lenses, many of them have also begun to supplement those options with smaller and lighter alternatives. ![]() Many people initially transitioned to mirrorless cameras because they liked the concept of having smaller, lighter gear that continued to deliver exceptional image quality, and in the early years of transitioning to bigger sensor full frame mirrorless cameras that compactness was often lost. I’ve praised Sigma and their iSeries for the recognition that not everyone wants massive, large-aperture prime lenses. * The tests and most of the photos that I share as a part of my review cycle of the 50G (as we’ll call it for brevity) have been done with the new Sony Alpha 1 which will serve as my benchmark camera for the foreseeable future ( my review here). As I said, this is a difficult one to pin down, but I’ll do my best to do so in this review. This is a lens that is going to seem overpriced to those who don’t “get it”, but in actuality this is a lens that competes more directly with larger, premium lenses in build and performance…it just happens to have a smaller maximum aperture. It is smaller and lighter and yet has the better build and is the only one of any competing lenses to have weather sealing. It is more expensive than the cheaper Sony FE 50mm F1.8 and FE 50mm F2.8 Macro options, but is also a much more premium lens in build, autofocus, and optics despite having a smaller maximum aperture. This review focuses on the Sony FE 50mm F2.5 G lens, a lens that is a little hard to categorize. ![]() In many ways these lenses most resemble the Sigma iSeries in both design and function very small autofocusing build with a surprisingly premium build. Each of them retails for roughly $600 USD, which, while not cheap, is considerably less expensive than the larger, heavier, more expensive large aperture alternatives. The Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G ( my review here) FE 40mm F2.5 G (my review here), and FE 50mm F2.8 G lenses are all very nicely built, fully featured, optically sound little prime lenses with smaller than typical maximum apertures. ![]() Lost in the midst of the high profile releases of the 35mm F1.4 G Master ( my review here), the Sony FE 14mm F1.8 ( my review here), and the yet untested (by me!) Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM is a trio of compact, smaller aperture prime lenses by Sony.
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