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Bought couple of weeks ago, very handy, outputs are awesome…Really like it and looking forward to exploring.

Having shot the 85 1.8 for 6 years, I pulled the trigger on the new 1.4 gem. The slightly faster 1.4 aperture doesn’t tell the whole story. Better build quality, moisture resistant, more responsive AF, sharper, and exquisite tonal fidelity. Especially coupled with the newer Sony bodies (I shoot the A7RV and A7CR) the responsiveness is fantastic.

This lens is an awesome workhorse lens that you can you so many purpose .The bokeh is fantastic - creamy and the hight lights roll off is incredible. And it is pin sharp. I shot a few shoots just using 90% with this lens

What's not to like - very sharp, well built medium telephoto....and the price is reasonable (for a Sony G Lens). Essential kit.

I recently changed brands. I am extremely happy with this lens and camera combination. The sharpness wide open at F1.4 the color smoothness and rendition is world class and frankly exceeds other brands.

Great lens does job perfectly.. nothing in market close to it

Two months real world use. Exceptional results when using in conjunction with my A7R3 body. The quick adjustment of aperture and access to the programmable custom button on the lens itself has been both convenient and revolutionary in terms of utilizing the features with the camera body - without needing to take your eyes off the subject and/or composition. The design of the lens is heavy, thought this is expected when handling such a mass amount of optical glass.

From all the 85mm lenses I have this is the best of the best. Beautiful colours, beautiful bokeh, beautiful sharpness, beautiful everything. Heavy, bulky, slow. I love it.

It gave me a very beautiful picture of my daughter.

I first bought this lens because I got a discount and then I was still waiting for my camera to go with it. My A7 IV finally arrived so I could take the lens for a test drive. It is fair to say that this is the oldest in the GMaster series of Sony lenses, therefore its focus speed is not the fastest and it's quite loud (but that's compared to other Sony lenses, it's not all that noisy). The image rendition and sharpness is still excellent, not to mention its beautiful colour rendition which is typical for all the GMaster lenses. It's a great feature because if you choose to use several GMaster lenses in a photoshoot, there would hardly be any difference in colours among them. I also have to appreciate its bokeh. Yes, I admit that I'm crazy about bokeh when shooting portraits. For this reason I appreciate that the lens is f/1.4. The image is sharp even wide open, so no problem here. I also appreciate 11 aperture blades that create the creaminess of the bokeh. To summerize, I don't regret getting this lens by any means. For me it was a new impulse to enjoy the 85mm focal length once again.

Genuinely one of the best Sony Lenses I’ve owned, I mainly use the lens for street and landscape photography and have been nothing but impressed.

我對這枝Sony 人像鏡大致上感滿意，但對焦速度比其他GM 鏡頭如70-200 及 135mm 慢。

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This lens replaced a much loved f1.4 85mm A mount that I was using with the LA-EA5 adapter on my Sony A7R4, pleased it did as this one is sooooo much better in every respect which I was doubtful of, it certainly is deserving of the G Master badge & reputation! Focusing is really fast, bokeh is delicious & even wide open images are sharp. Build feels solid & weather sealing is a must have on lenses. Aperture ring clicks in increments & internal focusing is smooth & precise. This is my absolute favourite lens & bonus, it's not too heavy as a walkaround. With the A7R4 I can switch to APSC mode giving me 127mm reach, very useful feature of the camera meaning I can use this lens as more than an 85mm prime. All in all I love this lens, it's superb.

Really great for interviews, especially like the iris ring. Just wish Sony would hurry up and bring out the 24-70 T3.1 cine lens !!!

In my line of photographic work my go to lens is the 85mm, I recently changed systems over to Sony and purchased the 85mm f1.4 GM lens. This lens is so sharp with beautiful tone rendition and a fast f1.4 aperture. The Bokeh is fabulous from the 11 leaf aperture. This is a Killer lens!! totally recommend this product.

找到理想之鏡頭，沒有浪費金錢，網上評價高，很多資料可以在網上找到答案，相信可以使用此鏡頭獲得極大好處。

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本人只是興趣，偶爾拍照娛樂一番。擁有的鏡頭不多，但用上這組焦段和景深效果，對我來說手感和效果非常捧，暫是最好的一組 !

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Not had this lens for long but absolutely love it. The images are really sharp, as I expected, and the build is chunky so not too long. This balances my mirrorless camera better. I love the neat lens hood. It has a little safety catch that works well. I have lost too many on my travels.

銳利不在話下，色雖偏淡（可執），速度人像鏡亦不會太大期望，尚算可以，散景十分誘人，令人愛上，手感很好

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Image quality is superb, but the autofocus could be better. It's fairly slow and noisy, feels a bit clunky. But for the superb image quality it's something that you may feel fine overlooking.

Very bad performance and old technology compared to the value 1. Slow focus 2. Hunting in low light 3. Can't breath to nail the focus 4. Very noisy 5.weather sealing is not guaranteed to be protected from the dust 6. Too much chromatic and colore fringing 7.very heavy 8. Expensive compared to the compatitors 9. Not the sharpest of the class

Bought this because I love portraiture and it is a great lens, not as good as I hoped for low light but I’m still getting used to it and the photos are coming out looking very professional.

using on AR4, it is fast focus, and sharp; and it is a very good portrait lens head shot and half body.

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The lens has focusing lens noise problem that I have never heard before. Sony needs to step up and resolve this problem. On the internet there are countless people complaining about this issue. This is not a cheap lens. (Never had problems like this with NIKON)

I call this the magic lens. That's all i have to say.

I bought this 2 weeks ago. The picture quality, autofocus and bokeh nice. But, Focus motor sound too loud and grinding.

My only one lens when came to Potrait and low light situation

85MM視角比較闊，容易控制，大光圈去到1.4可以輕鬆凸出主题成像超好，定點對焦慢要用連續對焦才解决到

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I'm happy with this lens - expensive - but good. Cash back is a problem. You have to wait 30 days (hoping we forget maybe?) Then type in serial number and photography serial number etc. They seem to look for any tiny reason not to pay out cashback. Bit shabby since we pay a lot to become Sony customers.

I bought this lens not long ago to get the most resolution out of my Sony a7R III camera. The lens is very sharp wide open at f1.4, though autofocus speed is slightly slower than the latest GM lenses. I use the lens mainly to photograph portraits of my growing family members. While the lens is a bit bulky with its hood, I can still fit it in my shoulder bag without any issues. Overall, the lens is superb with good features (AF/MF button, Click ON/OFF button) and I highly recommend it to those who need a short telephoto lens for portrait and low-light photography.

我一個月前買了此產品, 感覺良好, 很銳利, 但價格偏高...不夠競爭力. 但是我還是支持SONY的.^^..

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It is a touch slower to eye focus than the 70-200 2.8 but it produces gorgeous images.

但對焦摩打比較慢，比起新嘅鏡頭型號，摩打聲音比較大，貨呢個價錢如果有得 software或hardware upgrade就好啦. 令佢功能上追到其他嘅GMaster鏡頭

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Unfortunately the majority of my camera gear was recently stolen :( However, while I had this lens it was fantastic. The separation you can achieve at F1.4 is simply stunning! It really does make ordinary pictures look phenomenal. One day ill buy another copy of this incredible lens.

The Sony FE85mm F/1.4 is a stunning lens and is capable of producing some stunning images in relation to portraits. I love the rendering of this lens and how it feels. I hope Sony provide an update firmware to improve the speed of this lens and its low light performance. To be fair though most 85 lenses are not speed demons, but I am sure Sony could improve this lens with a future firmware update.

Thank you sony, I think that it very good lens and I very happy for this product

once u mount on your camera, u can't change to other lens for the portrait. Excellent bokeh that is unbeatable. I am very much appreciate the Sony have break through the optical technology to build such competitive lens. My next target is the 24mm F1.4 GM. and I am expecting Sony could make the ultra wide to 12mm fast lens.

After switching from Canon to Sony and using my old Canon 85 1.2L this lens along with my Sony a7iii focusing much better and is tack sharp! Very sharp and wide aperture

Excellent color reproduction and smooth bokeh. Aperture ring is very useful.

One of my favorite lenses for portraits by far. It was my first G Master lens and it hasn't let me down during my portrait sessions.

映人像個體明亮特出。而且背景散景很柔和。特別是在晚上攝影，燈影以圓滑波波展現。其中以半身的人像攝影及人像特摄影最靚。

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Very nice bokeh and excellent performance at low night. Though it is a bit heavy, it is still the best lens that I have so far.

Hands down my favorite lens. It's kind of heavy and the autofocus is a little noisy, but the image quality is outstanding. The bokeh is sooo smooth and the sharpness is out of this world. Owning this lens makes me so happy. If you shoot video or have a limited budget or want to travel light, go with the 85mm 1.8 which is also a super lens. But if your main focus is stills and you want the best out there, this is your goto lens.

光圈可以冇段或續格調整，方便不同工作需要！散景靚，對焦快及準，配合A7系及A9，非常匹配，係一支十分好嘅人像鏡頭！

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我開始愛上了此鏡頭丶鏡頭的精密度手工都很出色！相對的價錢不算貴、有某些牌子的開價反而堅離地 ! 總括來說丶此鏡頭已經出現了3年多丶希望SONY可以快快研究其它焦距的GM 鏡拿!

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成像滿意! 成像夠好 borken都非常靚! 但相對 FE85 同 ziess batis重量有點重同大支 而且對焦速度較慢

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If you love portrait & bokeh, Don't miss it! Also great for video record.

The image quality is very good. The seal to prevent rains makes it very friendly for a outdoor usage. But the focusing speed is very bad. If the target is keep moving. The only way you can get the clear image is to decrease the aperture. The image quality at F1.4 is still not good enough to a G Master product.

Had this Len for bout 2 years all i can tell you is......check out my gallery on Instagram @trapboifuse don’t know why it’s not $2500

Having recently moved from Nikon to Sony I needed to purchase a new 85mm lens. As a wedding photographer the 85mm range is an important one for me and most of the portraits of our couples are taken using this focal length. I first purchased the Sony FE85MM f/1.8 which is also a strong performer with very quick autofocus and is razor sharp but I missed the better bokeh that I was able to get when using my previous 85mmm f/1.4. After looking in store I decided on 85mm GM Lens after comparing it to another third party lens. This lens was a little more compact than the third party option and also has the focus hold button which I really like as it I assign eye a.f to this button. Since purchase we have photographed a few weddings and engagement sessions with this lens and I have been extremely happy with the performance. It renders out of focus areas beautifully and is very sharp. The autofocus speed isn't as quick as the f/1.8 Sony but that would be the case with most 85mm lenses. For me this is the best 85mm lens available for e-mount. It's an expensive lens but well worth it.

I bought this lens and the manual focus doesn't work. Auto focus will, but in manual the focus ring does nothin.

It's not cheap but optical preformance is out of this world.

It seems that all great glass is heavy and normally expensive. The 85 F1.4 GM is both great and heavy. If you don't want to settle, it is the 85 to get for the Sony FE system. I do have the Sony 85 F1.8 as well if I want to travel light.

選擇sony 85 焦距都好煩惱, 原因是sony e-mount 出左3支85焦距的鏡頭, 各有千秋. 1. Sony 85 1.8 --> 平, 性價比高 2. CZ Batis 85 1.8 --> 有 zeiss 標誌, 色水靚 (我都係zeiss fans) 3. sony 85gm --> 光圈1.4, 散景一流 其實我用開 sony zeiss 的鏡頭, 85gm 的色水對於我來說好唔慣. 但仍然都選sony 85gm, 原因係: 1. 光圈1.4 (光圈大, 可發揮多D) 2. 散景一流, 影出來, 有 "感動的感覺" ; 真的, 散景真係超正, 10個人, 有9.5 人都話正. 影人一流, 膚色都好靚(用STD),而且, 就算影小朋友走來走去, 都中焦. 3. 色淡, 可以PS, LR, Capture one. 4. 一步到位, 唔洗心思思 / 唔洗用緊85 1.8時, 常常諗85gm 5. 只要用分期付款方法, 無咁肉赤 如果想揀一支定焦玩, 不妨試下85gm. 在室內, 有光源, 試下以下setting: M mode: F1.4, ISO800, 1/200, 用 EyeAF 對焦(因應情況再set呀). 會光少少的, 大概 是EV+1, 但影出來好正 另外, 影 3 - 6歲小朋友, 室內可影大頭或半身, 若室內大少少, 甚至可影全身. 有了這支鏡, 你可以 "油排" 玩.

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One the best portraits lens in the game! Game changer and faster than other brands at focussing!

After much deliberation I part exchanged all of my APS-C equipment and bought an A7-3 and this lens. The lens is magnificent, it is heavy but re-assuringly so, the quality of the images are all that I hoped for. I take many pictures in low light (dawn and dusk) and prefer to avoid external light sources, absolutely no problem for this lens. Highly recommended.

手感很好,全開光圈色散表現控制很好, 但對焦不算快,但相信各廠在這焦距的鏡都係差不多, 有做防水防塵,在下雨時不會太擔心, 同枝1.8比畫質基本唔會差好遠, 但呢枝1.4光圈的散景同呢個造工係無得相題並論, 如果打算長用的話呢枝首選,平用有質素就1.8.

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85mm f/1.4的鏡頭都不小，其中最大的原因來自於要支撐f/1.4超大光圈的鏡片組。85mm f/1.4GM的鏡頭重達820公克，直徑與長度為9 x 10.8公分。裝在A7系列上是絕對頭重腳輕的(應該說，大概未來的GM系列全都會如此)。建議各位如果擔心握感問題，還是裝個電池握把囉！

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做工很好，不易入塵，散景完美過渡，成像銳利，全開光圈畫質優異。 缺點可以說是重，對焦不快。 物超所值。

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Absolutely LOVE this lens! Skins tones and colour pop is second to none - truly beautiful.