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This is the linear drive motor - unsettling as you’ve discovered but totally normal.  Once connected to the body it is powered up and doesn’t move freely. The 20G is the same.

Landscapes, cityscapes, astrophotography, the occasional outdoor engagement set. The Sony 135GM has opened up a whole new world of shooting to me. I'm primarily a wide-angle photographer, but 135mm ...

I’m really hoping for that 16GM. I’d also like to see a fast 45G or GM.  I’d sell my 24GM for any of those three. Appreciate your response.

Nice review. I’ve been stuck on this lens for a while. I have to 20G, the 85GM and the 24105G. How do you find the 35/f1.8 for black and white? You have the one example, do you have any others? You ...

I shoot mountain, flowers, forests, trees, the Milky Way and used the camera for NEOWISE. I've shot engagement photos and urban/street settings as well.  The camera really does not fail me at all. ...

The 20 F/1.8 would be my suggestion.  It has one of the best manual focus experiences of any Sony native lens, and much less color fringing the the 24 F/1.4.  The 24 F/1.4 is sharper on center and ...

GM is expensive, yet so impressive. I haven’t shot as much on the rIV but the results are beautiful, yet lots of images on the rIII and it delivered incredible results.

Absolutely brilliant lens, it has definitely produced some of my best photos whether on the a7rii, a7riii or a7riv.  I use it the most at 16mm, as it is not just sharp, but creates dramatic ...

Both are incredibly versatile lens, but after close to 1500 images I have to give the astro role to the 20G. It isn’t as sharp on center as the 24, but more consistent edge to edge. The real ...

Definitely one of the superior 50mm lenses, and definitely a more consistent build spec than the 35 Zeiss, but yes, no real examples of it in astrophotography applications.

While I don’t have any personal shooting experience with the Sigma 35, I have seen other astro photographers getting good results with it. Jack Fusco and Darren White are both Sigma users, Fusco ...

Shot both, the 55 is an excellent lens, but in 18 months on have four or five images that I genuinely enjoyed viewing and printing. Rented the Sigma because I like that focal length for ...

40/F1.4 GM

I see this is an old post, just wondering how this has worked out?  I feel like I’m in the same boat - the bright monitoring used to be phenomenal on my a7iii, and now not so much. I hit my custom ...