Primes difference between systems

[Jacques Cornell]

Hello,

I'm choosing the new ICL system. Can you help to compare and choose the best price/quality ratio of ILC lenses, please!

Standard compact prime for FF Sony-FE/Nikon-Z: Sony FE 40/50mm F2.5 G, Sigma 45mm F2 DG DN, Nikon Nikkor Z 40mm F2 - which is better and why?

High aperture standard prime: Sony FE 50mm F1.4 GM, Nikon Nikkor Z 50mm F1.4 - which is better and why Nikon cost only $500 when Sony $1200??

I don't have a lot of free money, what do you think about of using APSC primes at FF like Viltrox AF 56mm F1.7 or Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN instead of huge+bulky+expensive Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM II, Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art, etc?

Best enough compact universal zoom lenses for 2 those systems?

If you're pondering which system to adopt, take a look at Samyang's lenses for Sony FE mount. They represent excellent bang-for-the-buck, and many of them are smaller and lighter than the competition. I started with the original 35/1.4 and 85/1.4 (which were not particularly small or light) because at about $500 each they cost the same or less than other brands' f1.8 primes and performed quite well. Now I use nine of them, 14mm to 135mm, mainly for my professional event work. I've just replaced the 35/1.4 and 85/1.4 with newer models that are smaller and lighter. A new AF 35mm f1.4 Prima FE is just now coming to market, and it's only 470g. Should have mine in a week or two.

Dustin Abbott and Christopher Frost have posted thorough, generally favorable, reviews of many of these, and LensTip.com has test results for a bunch as well.

 

[InkedMarie]

Not tricky for those of us completely familiar with Nikon. I still lose track of which lenses are AF-S, and then have to check. Those just moving to Nikon have their work cut out for them.

This is the reason I told my husband to never buy me a lens that I didn’t give him the link for.

Marie

Yeah, exactly! My wife doesn't buy me any gear - she just hands me the giftcard and says "you know what to do with it"

This past Christmas, I gave him a few links for cheaper lenses and one more a more expensive Viltrox ($389 but that’s more than we spend on each other) and that’s the lens he got me!



Marie

 

[DVF Photography]

Not tricky for those of us completely familiar with Nikon. I still lose track of which lenses are AF-S, and then have to check. Those just moving to Nikon have their work cut out for them.

This is the reason I told my husband to never buy me a lens that I didn’t give him the link for.

Marie

Yeah, exactly! My wife doesn't buy me any gear - she just hands me the giftcard and says "you know what to do with it"

This past Christmas, I gave him a few links for cheaper lenses and one more a more expensive Viltrox ($389 but that’s more than we spend on each other) and that’s the lens he got me!

Marie

Which Viltrox is that? I'm a fan of Viltrox! I have the 20mm f/2.8, the 40mm f/2.8 and the 85mm f/1.8, and recently I bought me some macro extension tubes.
The 85 is my main portrait lens ;-)

 

[InkedMarie]

Not tricky for those of us completely familiar with Nikon. I still lose track of which lenses are AF-S, and then have to check. Those just moving to Nikon have their work cut out for them.

This is the reason I told my husband to never buy me a lens that I didn’t give him the link for.

Marie

Yeah, exactly! My wife doesn't buy me any gear - she just hands me the giftcard and says "you know what to do with it"

This past Christmas, I gave him a few links for cheaper lenses and one more a more expensive Viltrox ($389 but that’s more than we spend on each other) and that’s the lens he got me!

Marie

Which Viltrox is that? I'm a fan of Viltrox! I have the 20mm f/2.8, the 40mm f/2.8 and the 85mm f/1.8, and recently I bought me some macro extension tubes.
The 85 is my main portrait lens ;-)

The 35mm f/1.8. I already have the Nikon 1.8.

I plan to ask him for the Viltrox 20mm next year

Marie