The Sony 50mm f/1.4 is the smallest and lightest of the 50mm lenses on test, and it has a very neat, uncluttered design. It's also got the best set of depth of field markers, covering f/4, f/8, f/16 and f/22. It's much less sophisticated to use, though.

The Sony 50mm f/1.4 is currently the only standard lens available in Sony Alpha mount. Most likely it is not a new lens but simply the relabeled variant of the old Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 RS plus ADI encoding.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera The Sony 50mm f1.4-f22 Lens (SAL-50F14) is a standard prime lens carried over from Minolta. It is currently Sony's "fastest" lens in the Alpha lineup crowning it the king of low light photography in the Alpha Mount (sharing that title also with...

Sony 50mm f/1.4 (Full frame, 35mm and smaller-format coverage, 55mm filters, 7.8 oz. /221g, 1.5'/0.45m close focus, about $450 ).

This is a very nice small and light weight lens. Image quality is excellent by f/2.8 and it has typical Minolta colors and a lot of 3D too.

Excellent sharpness; light and small; color; 3D

Focusing ring not good for MF

cant wait to try in on hands, would be my first fixed length lens, except fish eye

it's Zeiss; come on

3 more month to release date

Sony's older 50mm f1.4 lens was really a rebadged Minolta, and the company has been overdue on creating their very own version for the system. Earlier this year, they announced it. And Sony's new 50mm f1.4 is really as glorious as we thought it would be to start with.

Andy Westlake tries out Sony's latest premium fast prime designed for Alpha 7 users, the Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA

This high-performance ZEISS® 2" prime lens features a large F1.4 maximum aperture as well as spectacular contrast and resolution throughout every image. The large aperture makes it easier to shoot in low light and, in combination with an 11-blade aperture design, can produce gorgeous bokeh.

Back in 2006, Sony took over Konica Minolta's troubled camera business in a bid to become a major player in the market. Ten years on and its relentless experimentation and innovation have paid dividends, with the Alpha 7 full-frame mirrorless system rapidly establishing itself as a serious...