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a lot of people like me
are very fond of the focal lengths 35mm
whether DSLR or mirrorless camera
whether it is Sony or Nikon
35mm has always
been my first prime lens
if I am only allowed to bring one lens,
35mm definitely is my first choice
early this year, I purchased a Sony 35mm f1.8
though I said I was not going to consider this 35mm f1.4 GM
in my previous video
but after some mental struggle
finally I could not resist and I bought this 35mm f1.4 GM
in this video I would also emotional
from the rational point of view to share
some of my experience
and let you know which one will I keep,
Hello, everyone, my name is Kelvin!
at the beginning of the video, I will explain why I want to buy this 35mm f1.4 GM
when I purchased 35mm f1.8
35mm f1.4 GM was not released yet
and I also thought I will only
use Sony A7s3 as a video camera
for photos, I will use Nikon
so the Sony 35mm f1.8 lens will be cost-effective for me
but recently I have started using Sony camera to shoot some of my projects
and also I am looking forward to the a7m4
so 35mm f1.4 GM
came to my
wish list
their price difference is relatively large
aperture is not the same
positioning is not the same
in accordance with the normal way of thinking
the expensive one is certainly better than the cheaper one
and the newer one is better than the old one,
just go ahead with the GM one, if you can afford one,
there is no need to compare it,
but according to some of the YouTuber's review,
any my personal experience,
35mm f1.8 is better than the 35mm f1.4 GM in some perspective
and also, people will take this f1.4 GM
to compare
Sigma 35mm f1.2 and the latest 35mm f1.4 DG DN
and Sony 35mm f1.4 ZA
However, according to my personal emotions as well as rational comparison of
I do not consider any of them,
because the Sigma 35mm f1.2
is too heavy
and the Sony 35mm f1.4 ZA is a bit old
and also, in most the case
I personally prefer the original lens from Sony.
to talk about their appearances
for design,
I personally prefer the 1.4 GM
this G master logo,
can make your clients feel that
you are a professional photographer
aperture ring
focus ring
manual and automatically focus switched paddles are fully furnished
and the design for f1.8 is much low-key
but I personally prefer this lotus-shaped lens hood
the f1.8 lens is very compact
only 280g
and 1.4GM
although it is not too heavy and large,
but it is double the size of f1.8
and almost double the weight as well,
if I use 35mm f1.8 on Gimbel to shoot video,
I will feel more relaxed,
but if you also have a 24mm f1.4 GM then
might not need to re-balance the lens when you switch to
35mm f1.4 GM
regarding the filter size, I prefer 35mm f1.4 GM's 67mm diameter
rather than the 55mm diameter of the 35mm f1.8
for me personally
will be more convenient for
67mm diameter lens when using nd filter
for photos,
I personally love the feel of the GM lens as well.
the quality sharpness
at full aperture
either center or edge sharpness
1.4 GM are better
We can composite the shot whatever we want
regardless of the subject is
in the center or at the edges
we still able to get a clear and sharp image
but 35mm f1.8 actually is not bad at all
for everyday shooting even professional photoshoot
I think that is sufficient to meet the needs o
but there is no comparison there would be no harm
and also
for the video shoot,
only playback on Internet,
I believe the vast majority of the audience is unable to distinguish
which lens we used
in terms of dispersion purple fringing
35mm f1.8s is pretty bad,
but the 1.4 GM is also not perfect
I have to say that the Nikon Z-mount lenses
it is much better in this section
for anti-glare,
both f1.8 and f1.4 GM
do not perform well even with lens hood
when shooting video
we took off the hood use nd filters
35mm f1.8 perform better
so I was very surprised
for bokeh,
personally, I prefer the 35mm f1.4 GM bokeh
than 35mm f1.8 one
You can make your own decision
based on the sample images
and also, the maximum aperture of 35mm GM is f1.4
so it has advantages for background blurry.
For my daily job,
I often need shoot business meetings and functions
in a relatively dark environment or at night
when I was using Nikon,
with Nikon's f1.8S prime lens
sometimes still need to go to push the ISO 4000 or even higher
but
I personally prefer to use a larger aperture lens in the Sony system to shoot
rather than pushing up the ISO
but in fact, Sony high ISO is pretty awesome as well.
in terms of the nearest focusing distance
of only 22cm 35mm f1.8
and 35mm f1.4 GM was 27cm
If you are using manual focus
can be shortened to 25cm
personally, I think this is a few centimeters difference
in the impact of the actual shooting
is hard to tell
in terms of focus, I personally feel that
whether photographs or shoot video
of the performance of the two is not bad
but I feel AF of the
35mm f1.8 is faster
35mm f1.4 GM twitch at some point need to search the target
it really makes me feel very unexpected
the higher price, and the newer lens, focus speed is even slower than
a 3 years old lens
Sony just surprised me again,
and this is one of the reasons that make me feel is not a "master" lens
in term of focus breathing,
a lot of people complained about it,
and I also don't know why this is a guideline to judge
if it is an excellent or bad lens
a lot of people also say it is a 35-40mm f1.4 GM
so i would like to use both lenses
to shoot in different environments
and shooting style,
to see what is the main differences.
is no doubt that,
35mm f1.8 performances much better in focus breathing control
in different shooting distance
and 35mm f1.4 GM
is obviously poor performance
particularly when the subject is very close to the lens,
and we need to shift the focus point from foreground to background,
but if the subject
is 1 meter or more from the lens,
this breathing effect will be
relatively weakened
in the actual shooting
I personally think it can barely accept it
if you are interested, you
can look at this a little short film
from Japan's YouTuber
in this short film
is difficult to see any focus breathing issue
but honestly
for this focus breathing problem,
also, let me tangled for a long time
been unable to decide whether I should keep both of these lenses.
and again, I have to say that the Nikon Z mount lenses
done a much better job for this.
To conclude, I haven't owned these lense for a long time
when I did not have a 35mm f1.4 GM
I really feel 35mm f1.8 is good enough
especially use it to shoot video
cost-effective as well
when I have a 35mm f1.4 GM
although I only have 12 million pixels A7S3
but its charm does not prevent me take it out
to take pictures to record my family
daily lives and
even use it to shoot some commercial event,
and also,
I still prefer the f1.4 lens rather than f1.8 lens
I think
we should keep both of them if we can afford so
when the need for a daily photo
35mm f1.8 lightweight design
excellence focusing speed
as well as good image quality
is very suitable to carry
it is sufficient to meet most of the demand
for commercial job
or to shoot with Sony A1 or higher pixel camera
35mm f1.4 GM
is definitely the best choice for Sony 35mm prime lens
for video shooting
35mm f1.8 aspect is undoubtedly the best choice
as well as excellent control and
focus breathing effects of the current price has dropped
significantly, but if you want to shoot 8K or
the higher standard in the future
and also, if you have 24mm GM
85mm GM
50mm GM lens
I think the 35mm f1.4 GM
although not
perfect, but I personally think it is worth starting
at even now,
I think Sony is deliberately done this and two lenses imperfect
deliberately so that they are not the same positioning
one is for video,
one is for photo
hope that we can purchase both of them
and after some consideration,
I will go for the 35mm f1.4 GM
and sell this 35mm f1.8
Let me know what you think, and what is your choice
and leave me a comment!
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