Sony 50-150mm f/2.0 GM Lens Announced: A Game-Changer for Portrait and Wedding Photography

Sony has announced the FE 50-150mm f/2.0 GM lens. Sony has never announced such a lens before with a focal range from 50 to 150 and having a constant f/2.0 aperture range.
This is the best professional portrait lens a photographer can ever have in a Sony FE Mount camera. It will give unparalleled performance during a professional partner shoot, a wedding event, or even in sports photography.

Pre-order / Buy Sony FE 50-150mm f/2.0 GM Lens from B&H Store

Let’s explore the key features of the 50-150mm f/2.0 GM lens.

• Constant f/2.0 aperture: So it offers the best low light performance in its focal range, and at the same time, it gives you flexibility of 50 to 150mm. So it’s a kind of very unique combination of multiple prime lenses you are getting in a single zoom lens.
• G Master optics: Sony has used the finest optical elements possible, which include extreme aspheric XA lenses that deliver edge-to-edge sharpness while holding minimal chromatic aberrations.
• Fast and accurate autofocus: With the implementation of 4 XD Linear autofocus motors for rapid and silent focusing, the lens takes no time to lock autofocus on the moving subject.
• Compact and lightweight: Why are we saying compact and lightweight for a lens that weighs 1340 grams? We are saying from a perspective—if you are buying a 135mm f/2 lens of Sigma for Sony E-mount, you have to carry approximately the same weight and the size too. In approximately the same weight and size, you are getting an amazing zoom lens in your hand which is capable of zooming in/zooming out from 50 to 150mm at f/2 aperture.
• Rugged design: It’s completely weather-sealed so you can shoot in dusty and moist environments.

Why is this lens a game changer?

See, it is one of the unique and it’s better to say a revolutionary lens for many reasons. If we consider a single reason, that we are getting an f/2.0 aperture in a daily-use zoom lens which covers approximately 50–150mm distance, which was never possible before.

Tamron 35-150mm f/1.8–2.8 vs Sony 50-150mm F2.0

• The Tamron 35-150mm f/1.8–2.8 lens. That’s the budget alternative, Sony 50-150mm F2.0. Centre sharpness-wise, Tamron will produce a great result. But if you want to have corner-to-corner sharpness and best-in-class optics, + brighter aperture at tele-end F2.0 vs F2.8, then for sure Sony is the best option.
• The other major difference is the price tag. The Tamron 35-150 f/1.8–2.8 is available at $1599 at the B&H Store, whereas the Sony premium lens will cost you $4000. So if you can pay the price, then it’s completely okay. But if it matters, then Tamron is the best.

Who is this lens made for?

Sony 50-150mm f/2.0 lens is tailored for professional photographers—those who are into:

Wedding photography: So in wedding photography, it actually replaces the requirement of multiple prime lenses in your camera bag. Once you have this, it’s perfect and good to go for all kinds of candid and professional-looking portrait shots.

Portrait photographers: A portrait photographer generally carries lenses like 50mm, 85mm, and 135mm, and they pick and use the lenses depending upon the situation they are shooting in. So this lens will literally eliminate the requirement of having multiple prime lenses in your bag, and it will give you prime-like quality.

Event and concert photographers: If you do event or concert photography, specifically in dim light or low-light environments, then this lens is the best and the most versatile zoom lens available to you.

Indoor sports photographers: Compatible with teleconverters as well as features 4X linear autofocus motors, for blazing fast autofocus performance + AF tracking.

And finally, our Tamron 35-150mm—if you don’t want to spend that much, of course, Tamron is an excellent choice.

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