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Who owns (or has owned) Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

Started 4 months ago | Questions thread
lococola Regular Member • Posts: 156
Re: Who owns (or has owned) Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

grsnovi wrote:

What other macro lenses have you shot?

Did you take any images?

What body did you have it on?

I've shot 3 other lenses on three other bodies and I have a focus rail and plan to stack.

I guess I'm still curious.

Did you pay 399 for it?

- Gary

I also have a Sony 90mm. Shooting on an A7R V. I do need to do some further experimenting with the Laowa in better light, the photos that I took today are not worth showing. I bought it directly from venuslens.net, so yeah, $399.

For me, the difference between the Laowa and the Sony is clear though. The Laowa 25 really is a specialty macro lens for specific situations, and focus stacking is required. I should add I am mainly interested in using this lens at 5x macro. Whereas the Sony 90mm is a more all-round macro lens that you can shoot hand-held out in the field. Autofocus and manual focus ring is so much more practical than having nothing on the Laowa. And the Sony is pretty good for portraits too for example.

That said, I have seen Youtubers shooting with the Laowa 25mm outside, but most likely at 2.5x. Since I am mainly interested in the 5x macro, for me that means, studio only, and on a rail. At least, I hope I can get some usable images out of the lens in those conditions, we'll see.

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