Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM

see also:

• Sony FE E-mount full frame lenses
• Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame lens
• Samyang 14mm full frame lenses
• Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D lens

• announced April 2021
• could become the best lens for astrophotographic landscapes of the Milky Way?
• similar price to the 1.1kg Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame lens but much lighter and much more compact as well as having better optical performance!

• close focus 25cm
• 14 Elements in 11 Groups in cl. two XA (extreme aspherical) elements along with two ED (Extra Low dispersion), one Super ED, and one aspherical element
• very sharp in centre at f/1.8
• 9 rounded blades giving reasonable sunstars at f/11
• lovely bokeh when closely focused
• great for astrophotography with almost no coma, chromatic aberrations, or glow even in corners¹⁾
• Rear gel filters
• Nano AR Coating II
• 460g; 83mm x 99.8mm
• $US1598

• Youtube comparison with Sigma 14mm by Gerald Undone
  • corners not as sharp and stopping down to f/8 does not solve this
  • sharpness and vignetting best at f/2.8-4
  • much less barrel distortion than the Sigma
  • much less onion ringing in bokeh than the Sigma and circles not as distorted in corners
  • nil longCA much better than the Sigma
  • minimal lateral CA
  • vignetting improves significantly at f/2
• https://www.cameralabs.com/sony-fe-14mm-f1-8-g-master-review/
  • geometric distortion and vignetting were both kept to a minimum even on uncorrected RAW files
  • little to no evidence of chromatic aberrations
  • can boost the far corner sharpness by closing the aperture a stop or ideally two
  • some focus breathing is visible as you rack from near to far where it causes a magnification of the image as you focus closer
  • nice star shapes even in the corners