see also:

• wide aperture 85mm field of view portrait lenses
• Sony FE E-mount full frame lenses

• expensive but excellent full frame portrait lens for Sony E mount cameras
• introduced 2016

• 85mm f/1.4
• dust and moisture resistant
• Nano AR coating
• 77mm filter
• 11 aperture blades
• close focus 0.85m giving 0.12x magnification
• 11 elements in 8 groups including one XA Element (surface precision of 0.01 microns) and 3 ED Elements
• virtually silent Linear SSM Focus System
• bayonet hood has a locking catch
• focus lock button to make it easier to focus then recompose
• aperture ring with optional clickless operation
• 820g
• $US1799

• https://www.ephotozine.com/article/sony-fe-85mm-f-1-4-g-master-review-29472
  • resistance to flare is excellent
  • beautiful bokeh
  • sharpness is similar across the frame but is sharpest at f/2.0-f/4.0 but still excellent wide open
  • CA (chromatic aberration) is almost zero in the centre of the field, and is contained to less than one pixel at the edges
  • +0.512% barrel distortion