Sony 14mm F1.8 GM Review

What is the new Sony 14mm f1.8 GM good for? Landscapes? Astrophotography? Real estate? Architecture? Maybe some vlogging? The answer is yes.
Sony 14mm F1.8 GM
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[@cameraprepper7938]

I have got the Sony 14mm 1.8 GM, it is a great Lens and I can recommend it.

[@artmaltman]

3 months no reviews? Please resume the reviews! Your reviews are the best. Perceptive, concise, and practical!

[@standfest_party]

Thanks for the review!

[@echoauxgen]

Just six years ago there was the Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f/2.8 or 12mm f/2.8 fisheye and Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6 ii leica m mount asph for those going beyond the 16mm f/4 norm. Then the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 a DSLR lens with built in adapter, worked best at f/2.8 anyway. The magic today with this lens is the comparing images with the old, first there was no LC for Rokinon or Voigtlander (then), the Rokinon kept vertical straight lines great BUT things were wide at the sides causing stars to be elongated at the upper sides called pincushion distortion and has mustache distortion (rolling horizon) can be corrected today in C1 where you will get a MW arch but foreground reduction and the Voigtlander also same side effects but if hanging lights or fans they twist to the sides so you have to shoot with them centered and none were chipped so to remember the lens you had to label the file. This lens, after firmware updates (there were round dove stars before the A7iii March update), has none of the above. Also unlike the Sigma things are focused near (the ground [sand/grass]) and super far (buildings/comm towers within city glow) in a night Milky Way capture with very sharp and colorful star groups within and along the pathway part when at 200 to 600%. Panos were hard to do with the old lenses due to distortion but this lens pano images are so good, clear and sharp that Lr, PS and ON1 RAW will stitch on the first try and even get ocean surf stitched when you had to use PTGui in the past. When in Portrait view you will capture stars above and in back of you giving a late MW arch a high roller coaster look meaning a one level only needed capture. If tilted up a foreground object (Lifeguard chair or driftwood tree) is not distorted, also. The spoiler: the 1224 f/2.8, f/4 and 1635 f/2.8, f/4 even the old 1018 f/4 @ 15mm or 12mm FF are just as good if you want to save $ and bag bulge. The thing is the faster the glass you need a faster SS for sharpest stars giving less light anyway! Due to light physics at edge of glass. Last ultra wide is not for getting it all in but for close subjects with a wide subject also. As far as astro MW we went widest for more of the way part but a good pano two or three image shot will do the same thing. Also a landscape things will be farther ways if not a good foreground subject also, again a good multilevel pano can bring things closer and you can crop 3:2 ratio.

[@jeniferwashingtontherealto6449]

Sigma 14 mm 1.8 is a very durable camera When supported by the optics A6600 is also high quality media entertainment equipment/productions instruments👍☝️🎬🎤🎧🎷🎻

[@jalexanderevans]

Wanna see how this compares to my Laowa 15 f2. Might be worth the upgrade.

[@senorfrog5605]

bruhhhh... wheres the content at? your channels underrated af. would love to hear more of your thoughts and insights regarding photography.

[@HyunRalphJeong]

Appreciate it man, sorry about that. Been just busy with work and a lot of stuff have been delayed because of the chip shortage. But gonna be getting back to my regular schedule shortly. Anything in particular you want to see?

[@senorfrog5605]

@@HyunRalphJeong I guess it’s a pretty generic query, and there are probably plenty of people that have covered it already, but I’d be curious to know your thoughts on the a7iv esp compared to the a7iii. It’s an obvious upgrade… newer hardware..newer features… blah blah blah. I know it’s a “better” camera than my a7iii, but when I bought my camera I felt like it was the best entry level full frame camera for the money hands down, and that it remained as one of the best for years even after Nikon and canon presented their entry level mirrorless full frames to the market. All of that to say, there’s no point asking you to waste your time to simply review an a7iv. It’s newer, so it’s probably “better”. But what I’d like to know your thoughts on is whether or not the a7iv brings the same value per dollar that the a7iii did. Thanks in advance

[@HyunRalphJeong]

@@senorfrog5605 Yep, definitely planning on trying that out. I think their official release date is the end of December so it might be a while until I get my hands on one but I'll keep trying haha.

[@alexfox575]

i just bought this lens sony 14mm. I noticed a sound when you press shutter button i hear mechanical "chik" closing aperture sound in lense while focusing. Is it normal?

[@KenjiYama68]

Could you reveiw the new Tamaron 35 to 150mm f2-2.8.

[@HyunRalphJeong]

I will as soon as i can get my hands on it :)

[@Mrbesth1]

Use phone and lightroom its same quality the phone like iphone 12 and poco x3 have same quality and phone is very cheap the camera and dslr and full frame is dead and killed by smart phone

[@obrys5494]

bullshit XD

[@jonhoward7627]

I really find the Sony styling undesirable. I know it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme but aesthetically it’s not good ha ha

[@wparo]

I agree. Pentax has the best ones. Followed by Olympus. I also like the white Canon and Nikon ones