Sony has expanded its APS-C lens line up with the introduction of the ability zoom G lens E PZ 10-20mm F4 G (mannequin SELP1020G), versatile G lens E 15mm F1.4 G (mannequin SEL15F14G), and the ultra-wide prime E 11mm F1.8 (mannequin SEL11F18).
All three lenses will likely be obtainable in June 2022. The E PZ 10-20mm F4 G is priced at £750 / €850, the E 15mm F1.4 G £750 / €850, and the E 11mm F1.8 £500 / €600.
Sony Press Launch
Sony Declares Three Standout Extensive-Angle E-Mount APS-C Lenses with the Introduction of the E PZ 10-20MM F4 G, E 15MM F1.4 G and E 11MM F1.8
New Lenses Supply Extensive-Angle, Excellent Picture Decision and are Compact for Creators as they Deliver Complete Variety of Sony E-Mount Lenses as much as 70
The primary new lens, the E PZ 10-20mm F4 G, focal size 10-20mm on APS-C or 15-30mm in 35mm equal focal size, is the world’s smallest and lightest[i], ultra-wide angle fixed F4 APS-C energy zoom lens. Excellent G Lens imagery, impeccable autofocus (AF) efficiency, and versatile energy zoom come collectively in a compact zoom lens that is still a relentless size all through the zoom vary and provides refined visible expression and operability for films in addition to stills.
The E 15mm F1.4 G, 35mm full-frame equal: 22.5 mm, brings lovely F1.4 bokeh plus excellent G Lens decision in a flexible APS-C lens with huge inventive potential. This compact and light-weight prime lens delivers dynamic imagery, glorious AF and management and is nice for each stills and films with a excessive operability.
Giant aperture, ultra-wide APS-C prime, the E 11mm F1.8, 35mm full-frame equal: 16.5 mm, delivers excellent corner-to-corner decision, beautiful bokeh and quick, dependable AF for dramatic expression and gorgeous selfies. It’s compact and light-weight so good for vlogging and capturing video on the go.
“All three new lenses are individually improbable. Years of expertise and in depth lens design know-how have come collectively within the E PZ 10-20mm F4 G to provide a exceptional energy zoom G lens that delivers standout efficiency and dealing with”, stated Yann Salmon Legagneur, Director of Product Advertising, Digital Imaging, Sony Europe. “With beautiful bokeh and glorious autofocus capabilities, the E 15mm F1.4 G actually delivers for content material creators while being compact and light-weight for straightforward dealing with and the E 11mm F1.8 delivers excessive picture decision and is gentle sufficient to take in all places – good for vlogging”.
E PZ 10-20mm F4 G
The World’s Smallest and lightest for Unequalled Mobility and Dealing with
The E PZ 10-20mm F4 G is 20% lighter than its predecessor (SEL1018), making it the smallest and lightest lens in its class with a complete weight of simply 178 grams – even with energy zoom. What’s extra, the lens makes use of inner zoom and focus mechanisms, and subsequently doesn’t change in size when zooming or focusing. Shifts within the lens’s centre of gravity are minimal, making it an awesome selection for steady vlogging and gimbal-mounted film capturing.
Excellent Picture High quality and Dynamic Views that Solely an Extremely Extensive-Angle Zoom Can Present
The E PZ 10-20mm F4 G gives a particularly large angle of view with a 10-20mm zoom vary and is designed to ship a constantly glorious optical efficiency from the centre to the periphery of each picture in any respect zoom settings. Three aspherical parts are ideally positioned to suppress discipline curvature and astigmatism, each of that are widespread issues in ultra-wide-angle lenses. The optical path additionally contains two ED (Additional-low Dispersion) glass parts that successfully subdue chromatic aberration. An ED aspherical ingredient additional contributes to excessive decision proper out to the picture edges. Additionally, because the lens’s most aperture is a continuing F4 in any respect focal settings, it’s potential to keep up steady picture high quality when capturing a film and delivers manageable shutter speeds at nightfall or indoors the place gentle is proscribed.
A round aperture and thoroughly designed spherical aberration work collectively to ship natural-looking G Lens bokeh that may contribute to spectacular imagery.
A Minimal autofocus distance is 0.2 meters with a most magnification of 0.14x, whereas minimal handbook focus distance is 0.13 ~ 0.17-meters with a most magnification of 0.18x.
Refined Expression and Management for Motion pictures
The E PZ 10-20mm F4 G encompasses a new digital energy zoom system that ensures direct, responsive management and adjustable zoom pace. Even the subtlest zoom ring rotation is exactly detected and instantly transformed to precise zoom operation. Customers have an enormous quantity of management in all kinds of capturing eventualities with a zoom lever. Energy zoom minimises digital camera shake in order that solo shooters can produce easy, steady imagery and buttons might be assigned on suitable our bodies for handy zoom management[ii]. It at all times maintains stability and makes it an awesome selection for steady vlogging and gimbal-mounted film capturing.
Superior AF Efficiency Advantages Stills and Motion pictures
With astonishing AF efficiency that provides nonetheless and film shooters unprecedented freedom, it makes use of two linear motors for focus drive, delivering quick, quiet AF. Additionally, the main focus mechanism is inner, so the size of the lens stays fixed whereas focusing.
Quick, dependable AF can easily monitor topics when capturing excessive body charge films, and reliably observe fast-moving topics when capturing stills repeatedly at excessive pace. It reduces focus respiratory and angle-of-view variations are minimised for easy, steady film imagery.
Mobility, Operability, and Reliability for any Scenario
The compact power-zoom lens E PZ 10-20mm F4 G is designed to maximise management and flexibility for films in addition to stills with a spotlight ring, zoom ring and zoom lever. A customisable focus maintain button and focus mode swap have been rigorously integrated to simply adapt in altering capturing situations.
Customers can connect 62mm screw-on filters, comparable to variable ND filters, for extra inventive management and the lens has been designed to be mud and moisture resistant[iii] to supply further reliability in outside use.
E 15mm F1.4 G
G Lens Decision and Lovely Bokeh
The E 15mm F1.4 G lens has a large 15 mm view, 35mm full-frame equal: 22.5 mm, with spectacular G Lens decision. Three aspherical parts in a sophisticated optical design successfully compensate for distortion and ship glorious corner-to-corner decision, regardless of the lens’s large 15 mm view. Then the addition of 1 ED (Additional-low Dispersion) glass ingredient and one Tremendous ED glass ingredient suppresses chromatic aberration.
A big F1.4 most aperture, exactly managed spherical aberration and round aperture mechanism make it simple to provide easy, background bokeh for artist impact. The background might be blurred so topics stand out clearly or to create lovely bokeh balls in low-light scenes.
With a minimal focusing distance of 0.17 meters and most magnification of 0.15x when handbook focus is used[iv], spectacular close-ups might be achieved for each stills and films.
Compact and Light-weight for Excellent Mobility
The usage of aspherical parts and an efficient design, a big aperture and excessive decision have been achieved in a light-weight 219 g lens that’s solely 66.6 mm in diameter and 69.5 mm in size. A large angle of view, compact dimensions, and light-weight weight make it splendid for capturing starry skies, landscapes, structure, and indoor scenes, in addition to topics that require mobility comparable to sports activities.
What’s extra, an inner focus mechanism signifies that the lens size doesn’t change when focusing which improves stability and general dealing with. Unchanging lens size and a steady centre of gravity make this lens a good selection for gimbal mounting.
AF Efficiency That Makes Full Use of Physique Velocity Potential
Quick, exact, quiet AF and monitoring for each stills and films is achieved with two superior linear motors. This maximises the pace potential of the digital camera physique used to keep up correct focus, even on shifting topics.
The E 15mm F1.4 G makes use of Sony’s newest lens know-how to cut back focus respiratory – angle-of-view variations are minimised for easy, steady film imagery. It additionally helps the respiratory compensation operate offered in suitable α collection our bodies[v], minimising respiratory that may hinder post-shoot modifying.
Glorious Management and Reliability for Stills and Motion pictures
Linear Response MF ensures that the main focus ring responds immediately and linearly to refined management when focusing manually. Focus ring rotation interprets on to a corresponding change in focus, so management feels speedy and exact.
Regardless of its compact dimensions, the E 15mm F1.4 G contains an aperture ring for direct, intuitive management with an aperture click on swap that may be switched ON or OFF: ON for tactile suggestions that lets the person “really feel” the stops, or OFF for easy, steady, silent aperture management. The OFF setting permits easy and steady film imagery management and is good when silence is crucial.
A spotlight maintain button and focus mode swap are additionally offered for further flexibility. The main focus mode swap makes it potential to rapidly swap between AF and MF as wanted.
Lastly, the E 15mm F1.4 G is designed with mud and moisture resistance[vi] offering further reliability for outside use in difficult situations.
E 11mm F1.8
Very good Decision and Beautiful Bokeh
The E 11mm F1.8’s ultra-wide angle of view is good for inside pictures and pictures that make expressive use of depth of discipline. Three aspherical parts and three ED (Additional-low Dispersion) glass parts, obtain constantly excessive decision from the picture centre to periphery, regardless of the lens’s ultra-wide 11 mm angle of view, 35mm full-frame equal: 16.5 mm. The aspherical lenses are rigorously positioned to compensate for distortion and ship glorious corner-to-corner decision even with the aperture large open. The addition of ED glass additional suppresses chromatic aberration and successfully reduces color fringing that’s extra prone to happen within the picture periphery.
The big F1.8 most aperture of this lens makes it simple to attain deep background bokeh. Customers can blur the background, so that they stand out clearly when vlogging, or create lovely bokeh balls in ultra-wide evening scenes. Exactly managed spherical aberration and a round aperture mechanism additional contribute to the sleek bokeh produced by this distinctive lens.
With a minimal focusing distance of 0.12 meters and most magnification of 0.2x[vii] the lens can ship spectacular close-ups for each stills and films.
Compact and Light-weight to Shoot on the Go
The E 11mm F1.8 boasts a big F1.8 most aperture in a compact, light-weight lens. It weighs181 g and is barely 66 mm in diameter and 57.5 mm in size – an ideal match for compact APS-C format our bodies.
Optimised for Film Capturing
Two superior linear motors present quick, exact, quiet AF and monitoring for each stills and video, maximising the pace potential of the digital camera physique used to reliably keep correct focus even on shifting topics.
Sony’s newest lens know-how enormously reduces focus respiratory[viii] and angle-of-view variations are minimised for easy, steady film imagery. What’s extra, an inner focus mechanism signifies that the lens size doesn’t change when focusing making it simpler to maneuver in near topics and work in restricted areas for brand new inventive potentialities.
The E 11mm F1.8’s ultra-wide 11 mm angle of view, 35mm full-frame equal: 16.5 mm, makes vlogging towards a large background simpler than ever. Its small dimension and light-weight weight are nice for mobility and dealing with for prolonged walk-around capturing classes.
Linear Response MF ensures that the main focus ring responds immediately and linearly to refined management when focusing manually so it feels speedy and exact.
Excellent Management and Reliability
Regardless of its compact dimensions, this lens provides versatile, intuitive management with options comparable to a spotlight maintain button and focus mode swap. An alternate operate chosen by the person might be assigned to the main focus maintain button from the physique menu. The mud and moisture resistant design[ix] gives further reliability for outside use in difficult situations.
The E 11mm F1.8 additionally accepts entrance filters, which is a function that’s typically missing on ultra-wide-angle lenses.
Pricing and Availability
The E PZ 10-20mm F4 G will likely be obtainable in June at a wide range of Sony’s authorised sellers, for an estimated retail value of £750 / €850 EUROS.
The E 15mm F1.4 G will likely be obtainable in June at a wide range of Sony’s authorised sellers, at an estimated retail value of £750 / €850 EUROS.
The E 11mm F1.8 may also be obtainable in June at a wide range of Sony’s authorised sellers, for an estimated retail value of £500 / €600 EUROS.
[i] As of June 2022, Sony survey of interchangeable ultra-wide-angle APS-C zoom lenses for mirrorless cameras (when able to shoot).
[ii] Zoom operation relies on the physique used. Check with the assistance information for particulars
[iii] Not assured to be 100% mud and moisture proof.
[iv] 0.2 meters and 0.12x when autofocus is used
[v] Compatibility information at: https://www.sony.internet/dics/brea… Obtainable in film mode solely. Angle of view and picture high quality might change barely when this operate is used. Compensation might not be capable to cowl all conditions.
[vi] Not assured to be 100 % mud and moisture proof.
[vii] 0.15 meters and 0.13x when autofocus is used
[viii] It additionally helps the respiratory compensation operate offered in suitable α collection our bodies. Compatibility information at: https://www.sony.internet/dics/brea… Obtainable in film mode solely. Angle of view and picture high quality might change barely when this operate is used. Compensation might not be capable to cowl all conditions.
[ix] Not assured to be 100% mud and moisture proof
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