Full-Frame Sony FE 50-150mm f/2 GM image thread

[AlphaWorld]

I've been using the 50-150mm f/2 for a couple of months, and I've been enjoying it a lot.

A bit surprised there wasn't already a thread here on this lens. It is is a triumph of lens design. I think the objective for the lens design was to create the best possible lens they could, released from constraints like a need to support teleconverters or OSS.

Shot at 50mm, f/2, 1/2500, ISO 250 - yeah, not normal choices for a landscape style shot. I've pulled back the highlights and whites a bit because the light was classic hard Australian sunlight, washing out the tree. I really like the water, though - I normally see lots of ripples in this river.

OK, so I realised playing at f/2 wasn't suiting the shot, so I tried a variety of apertures. Here's what happens when I take it all the way to f/8 - four stops.

This is 50mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 3200 - f/2 to f/8 is four stops, and ISO 3200 would be 4 stops up from ISO 200, but we were at ISO 250 on the one above, but we were at 1/2500, and this is 1/2000.

I didn't match the framing, but I'm showing you the whole frame again to make this as comparable as possible. I'll crop out the distractions for myself.

 

[AlphaWorld]

OK, here's an example where f/2 can be justified.

I think this is a grebe.

This was shot at 150mm, f/2, 1/4000, ISO 250 on the A9 III.

First the full frame.

And now a 100% shot:

That gives you an idea of how sharp this lens can focus, and how much separation we get between the subject and the background.

No adjustments at all in post-processing - not even adjusting levels.

 

[Paul stuart]

yes lots of seperation better than a 135mm f1.8 probably close to 300mm f2.8 in relative terms dof