Sony - G Master FE 24mm F1.4 GM Wide Angle Prime Lens for E-mount Cameras - Black

This is a lens I have wanted ever since I started taking photos with a camera. Its output is unmatched - the wide aperture allows effortless photography even in low light, and you can't really match this level of bokeh and depth of field with a lesser lens. Paired with a high-resolution sensor like the 61 megapixel one on the A7CR, it produces such sharp images that you can crop in and get the equivalent of excellent 35 mm or 50 mm photos effortlessly - it's a Leica Q3 with the ability to change lenses! The only cons I could think of are threefold: first, chromatic aberration is a little out of control but is remedied with postprocessing corrections or in-camera creative looks; second, the lens itself is just a little large, which makes less of a difference with the non-C line of Sony full frame cameras; and the third issue is that the autofocus is just a tiny bit less surehanded in low light than the newer GM lenses - and maybe even less confident than that of the APS-C 50 mm 1.8 OSS lens I also own. That's not a problem if you're pretty adept at manual focus - there's a dedicated AF/MF switch on the side that eventually becomes second nature to toggle, and you can move quickly when you start to notice the AF is getting wishy-washy. It's for this reason that I'm looking forward to whatever Mark II version of this lens is currently cooking, but from a pure output standpoint, I don't think this lens can be beat, and for me it's worth the slight added bulk on my compact camera. Would recommend over and over again.

What a sharp full frame lens to pair perfectly with my a7RIV. I'm no pro by any means but this lens has helped me take some great quality pictures. Works extremely well in low light. I travel frequently and have picked up photography as a hobby to capture the beautiful landscapes. The color definitely pops more with this lens than my previous Nikon cropped sensor lenses. The detail is there! Even zoomed in the pictures retain their quality. This is a very pricey lens, however if you can afford it I would splurge on it. The focal length is good for many different types of photography.

One of my favorite lens! Although you’re sacrificing zoom in/out abilities, it makes up for it with high quality crisp photos! I love the how fast the auto focus is for fast paced shooting, and light the lens is compared to others I currently have!

Excellent lens with amazing quality that you would expect to find in a prime lens. I have it matched with my Sony A6600 and I am very happy with the purchase. I use it mostly for real estate and marketing videos/pictures which turn out great. Hoping to use it for landscapes and astrophotography soon.

No disrespect to G MASTER GEEKS but if you do this more for a hobby and for fun and maybe somewhat get paid in the future I'd go with the 20mm G lens over this lens literally owned both of these and it was no different..YOUTUBERS who are paid to tell you things will say GM GM GM ....sony did such a great job on the 20mm 1.8 that is 2yrs newer in technology that it should be labeled a GM ...in my opinion this lens was not worth 500 dollars more...you don't have to be professional to have 20/20 vision or have the eye for photography...I put average because its a great lens but way too close to a 20mm 1.8 this lens is actually sharper at 1.7 which matches the sharpness of the 20mm do as you please but I won't make 1500 doing this for my hobby so I took this back to avoid 15% restocking fee and kept my 20mm 1.8..