in today's video I'm going to introduce you to Sony's newest ultra compact prime lenses
say hello to the new 24mm F2.8 G the 40mm F2.5 G and the 50mm F2.5 G
let's start by taking a look at the design all three of these lenses are approximately 68
millimeters by 45 millimeters in size with the 24mm weighing in at 162 grams
the 40mm weighing 173 grams and the 50mm weighing 174 grams holding these
lenses I can tell right away they have a premium feel to them even though they're lightweight they
have a rugged metal feel that reminds me of their 90mm G series macro they also did something that I
think is so cool which was that they managed to incorporate an aperture ring with click selection
a focus hold button and an AF MF switch these are features you'd expect to see in a bigger lens but
they somehow managed to shrink these down which I think is pretty awesome
the 40 and 50 millimeter G lenses have this newer style lens hood that reminds me of the hoods from the 35 millimeter 2.8
but with a bit of a different design the lens hood and the lens itself both have
a 49 millimeter filter thread so you can add your filters of choice with the hood on or off
the 24g has a more traditional looking lens hood that also sports a 49 millimeter filter thread
all three lenses are dust and moisture resistant and feature a seven blade circular aperture with
double linear motors and internal focusing which makes it a great choice for shooting both stills
and video to test these out I took these three lenses along with the Sony Alpha 7C and the
45 rm flash in this small sling bag to shoot some portraits with Anna Grace in downtown winter park
there were a few things that really stood out to me the first thing was the autofocus performance
all three lenses paired up with the alpha 7c did a great job at quickly finding her eye
within the frame and keeping her in focus it's still pretty crazy to think that I had three
full frame lenses a full frame camera and a flash inside of this small sling bag that
fits about three bottles of water I think this is going to be interesting
for lifestyle and travel photographers as well as videographers who want to use some of the smaller
gimbals out on the market another thing that was really impressive to me was the image quality even
though the average person looking at your photos will never look at your images super close I'm
the type of person that I like to pixel peep my images to make sure that the details are all there
here's some close-ups from each of the three lenses in capture one these are raw images so
they haven't been retouched yet but I wanted to show you these to see just how good the image
quality is and of course the quality of bokeh with all of these taken at their wide open apertures
another thing to keep in mind is that these lenses are really great on APS-C cameras as well
on a camera like the Sony Alpha 6500 which has a one and a half times crop factor
the 24mm lens is closer to 36mm the 40mm is closer to 60mm and
the 50mm is closer to 75mm if you need those longer focal lengths don't forget
that you can also use your full frame camera like the Alpha 7c and APS-C mode to give you some extra
reach overall I'm really excited to see these smaller options that don't compromise build and
image quality pricing will be 599 dollars in the us and targeted for release in may 2021. which
of these lenses are you most interested in let us know in the comments section of this video along
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