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Photos Taken with a Sony 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens on a Sony a7 iii

The Sony 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA lens is one of Sony's high-end lenses. On full-frame sensors it offers a normal perspective and is especially good for low-light and selective focus shooting. Here are some sample photos I've taken with it.

Sony Planar T FE 50mm f1.4 ZA Lens Sample Images 1068x500 - Photos Taken with a Sony 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens on a Sony a7 iii

Categories: Lenses, Sample Images
Tags: Sony, Sony E-mount Lenses
Last updated about 7 days ago // Originally published about 3 years ago

I’ve recently been shooting with the Sony 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA prime lens (on the new Sony a7iii body). I’m posting a more detailed review separately, but here are some sample images I’ve taken with it to give a bit of a sense of the results in real-world shooting.

But firstly, a quick summary of some of its key features. This is one of the higher-end Sony primes. Its formal name is the Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens. It’s an E-mount lens designed for Sony full-frame sensors. And it’s fast, with a maximum aperture of ƒ/1.4 that makes it especially good for low-light shooting or when you’re after a very shallow depth of field. It’s constructed in such a way to make it somewhat resistant to moisture and dust. And it uses high-quality Zeiss optics.

Sony Planar T FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens

I’ve also posted some shots taken with Sony’s 35mm ƒ/1.4 ZA prime, which you can find here.

Sample Images Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens

These were all taken on a Sony a7 iii. They were minimally processed in Lightroom, but I haven’t applied any extra sharpening or any of the lens profile corrections such as distortion correction or chromatic aberration.

If you’d like a closer look, you can click on each image to open a full-size version.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 11.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.8. A shot to get a sense of the bokeh at close to wide open.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 8.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 6.3.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0. Again there’s no obvious barrel distortion or chromatic aberration on contrasty lines.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 4.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 11.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 8.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 8.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 3.5.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 11.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 3.2.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0. There’s no macros, and it doesn’t have a notably close focusing range, but you can still get away with some reasonably close shots.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 8.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.5.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 4.0. I included a bunch of difference edges in the background at difference ranges to try to get a sense of the bokeh at ƒ/4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 3.5.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 8.0. There’s remarkably little lens vignetting in the corners at any aperture, let alone by the time you get to ƒ/8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 11.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.0.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4. You can see some odd little spots in various places from small light sources in the distance.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 5.6.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 2.8.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.6.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 3.5. I was looking for two things in this short: barrel/lens distortion and chromatic aberration. There’s practically none of either.

Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA Prime Lens E-Mount

Taken with a Sony Planar T* FE 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA Prime Lens at ƒ / 1.4.

Find Them At

You can find the Sony 50mm ƒ/1.4 ZA prime lens at B&H Photo.

By David Coleman
Instagram: @havecamerawilltraveldc

Last updated on January 17, 2021

Categories: Lenses, Sample Images
Tags: Sony, Sony E-mount Lenses

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With the holidays fast approaching, there’s some great deals on photography gear and services available. I’ve put together a roundup of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 Photography Deals. It’s a running list as new deals are announced, so be sure to check back.

Canon announces new EOS Rebel T8i DSLR. Canon has announced their new T8i DSLR. 24MP APS-C cropped CMOS sensor, 4K24 video, and updated image processing and detection systems. It’s available for preorder from B&H Photo.

New Firmware for the Ricoh GR III. Ricoh has release firmware v1.31 for the GR III. Release notes are: “Corrected — When shooting with the multiple exposure, in rare cases the live view may not display correctly. Improved stability for general performance.” You can download it here.

New Canon 1D X Mark III Pro DSLR Announced. Canon has announced their new flagship model of pro DSLR, the 1D X Mark III. They’re sticking with a 20.1MP CMOS sensor, but it’s a new and improved version and boasts an incredible native ISO range of ISO 100 to ISO 102400 and an extended range that goes up to a jaw-dropping ISO 819200. With revamped autofocus, a new image processor, and all sorts of other bells and whistles, it’s no wonder that Canon is billing it as “The Ultimate EOS.”

New Manfrotto Pro Rugged Memory Cards. Manfrotto, an Italian probably best known for their tripods and studio accessories, has launched a new Pro Rugged range of high-end SD, microSD, and CompactFlash cards. While they don’t have a huge selection of sizes and speeds, the cards are aiming for very fast cards that can put up with rugged demands. For instance, they claim that their V90 rated SD cards can withstand three times the force (20kg / 45 lbs) of a regular SD card. I’ve ordered some to run through my speed tests.

New Sony Alpha a7 firmware released. A firmware update for the Sony a7R IV now lets you control external Sony flashes from the camera’s own menu system. Up to 15 flashes in five groups can be controlled via the camera. It also applies to the a7R III and a7 III.

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