Sony 24mm F/1.4 GM Astrophotography Review (First impressions)
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Hi, I live in Powys and am just taking up astro with my A7 iii. After watching this several times I've just bought the Sony 24mm. You've cost me a fortune. Looking forward to learning how to use it and your vlogs have taught me a lot so thanks Alyn. I appreciate your help.
This guy costs me a fortune as well 😂😂😂
Great work Alyn, looks like an awesome investment. I hope all the other manufacturers are working on similar quality lenses.
I wish Sony would publish a roadmap of future lenses. I have zero Sony lenses because I didn't know what releases were coming. The secrecy benefits no one, and costs them sales.
Exactly!
I can agree with this. However, Sony is doing as good as it is because they listen to their shooters. Because there is no road map, they probably base a lot of their lens production based on what the consumers want. This spurred not only the 24mm f1.4 GM, but also the FE 100mm f1.4GM, the FE 135mm f1.4 GM, and the soon to be 35mm 1.8 G OSS. It would be nice if they would announce things more often though for sure.
@@ZeeJay yup, it's also nice to see that they shifted their priorities from creating lenses with super high resolution for 8k to the lenses we are seeing now, because of customer feedback
Worth every penny.Less distortion than my wife:-) Lower cost,maintenance,doesn’t talk back,less flare back,certainly sharper.Love this lens,okay the wife too.:-)
lol
The background of the size difference of this 2 lenses:
Sony is dedicated to the Sony mount.
The Samyang optical formula has to deal with the flanges of the DSLRs they support too.
We will see more very good lenses dedicated only to mirrorless mounts especially short focal lengths.
Definitely by the body manufacturers, may be also at some time made by the 3rd party lens manufacturers - when the DSLR market will be less important for them.
Wow, its awesome.... Thanks for always giving review and make us easy to chose the good one. AlynWallace inspire me always... Great comparison, great comparison. 👍
The price of sony 24mm f 1.4 gm is really astronomical.
Great technical review Alyn. I do think the Sony performance is consistent with its price. At f1.4 the ability to gather light and resolve high levels of detail is unbelievable.
G'day Alyn, I sold my Rokinon 24mm for this lens 2 weeks ago. Last night I got to finally test it out with a sunset and then night shots. I have to say It is very sharp. I used it on both my new a7iii and my trusty a7s for a comparison. I am still not convinced the a7iii can match the a7s for astro work but will try them out properly once I get out of the city next. Love your videos very much mate, when are you coming to Australia?
A7s better for noise for sure but you get more detail with the A7iii. Hopefully soon :)
Looks like a tasty lens. For me 24mm is a bit tight but I won't say no if you want to lend it to me ;)
Not quite as big as Nick Page's but size isn't everything hey ;)
I'm so torn on this versus the 20 1.8.
The 20 seems like the better astro option, but without as many other use cases.
What do you think of the Sigma 24mm compared to Sony's?
The sagittal coma on the 20mm is pretty bad for astro, noticeable shooting wide open of stars. There's virtually no sagittal coma on the 24mm Sony, and it's sharp edge to edge. I've shot the 24mm Sony vs. the Zeiss and the Sigma lenses, and the Sony is sharper than all of them, and lighter to boot.
I've used the Sigma 20mm and 24mm but not extensively, however, I wasn't happy with the aberrations in the corner. As David mentioned, the 20mm and 24mm are bad for sagittal coma. I'd say the Sigma would be a lot sharper than the Samyang but not as sharp as the Sony (the Sigma 20mm and 24mm are also excellently sharp in the centre but not as good on the edges like the Sony). So they fall in line with their prices. Sigma is also much heavier and bigger and doesn't take standard filters.
Huge thanks for the review! If you still got the 14mm f1.8 Sigma, they are a killer combo for timelapses.
Yup, that's what me and Adrien have been using here in Norway :) Next vlog will be killer
I use a 16-35 GM and A7iii and find the lens gives me wonderful astro shots. Is it worth purchasing a 24 GM in that case or is it relatively redundant?
TBBMusicBlog I wanted to ask him the same question)) trying to choose between 2 lenses: 24mm 1.4gm and 16-35mm 2.8gm. 16-35 more universal and you have ultra wide angle. But f/1.4... I’m confused)
@@muratkunizhev4531 get a 24 1.4 and a laowa 15mm f2. you wont find yourself needing 16-35 , usually you'll either want ultra wide and crop in a bit, or zoomed in a bit, u can just crop in the 24 slightly and its ultra sharp and 1.4, also the laowa is phenomonal
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Hi Alyn, The Sony 24 1.4 seems ideal but would you consider a comparison with the new Sony 35 1.8 FE ? I know my request is a bit of a long shot, but I'm hoping the 35 will be good enough to do Astro panos and versatile for other applications. And it's well under half the cost of the 24 1.4 GM. Loving the content. Regards Wes
Finally got my copy of this lens a few days ago and it is extremely impressive!
Hi Alyn, I am planning to buy a wide angel lense for Astrophotography. What would be your top pick? Should I rather buy the Zeiss Batis 18mm or the Sigma 14mm F1.8?
Never done Astro with 24mm, too tight for me. I’ve always done with either Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 (on Canon) or Sigma 14mm f/1.8 (on Sony) although I use both of them on eight camera using the Metabones adaptor. Now that I’ve seen the comparison, I’m tempted... LOL 😂 (I don’t know if the price tag is justifiable for a third lens for astro ... 😆)
Hey alyn, what do you think of the new sigma 14-24 2.8? Would you recommend the Sony GM 24 1.4 over it? I shoot also a lot during daytime
Can you try out the Sigma wide-angle lenses for astrophotography? I've heard they are pretty good, but I have not seen any in depth reviews of them. Specially the 20 mm F1.4 seems pretty amaizing. Thanks for all the great work!
Deciding whether I should upgrade my rattly (and therefore probably decentred) Samyang 24mm on my A7iii brought me to your very watchable video. I also have the Leica 12-60mm on a GH5.
The A7iii has a low pass filter, the GH5 doesn`t. Low light considerations aside, it makes me wonder if the potential end sharpness gains of the Sony 24mm over my Gh5 system are not hindered by the low pass filter. Whereas on the A7riii it would be more worth it. What do you think?
I have the 16-35GM and 24-70GM, but I find myself carrying this the most. Maybe it's because I've only had it for a few months now and the honeymoon isn't over yet. But between the lightweight, can use filters, and it's super sharp at lowlight makes it a dream lens (pricey for a prime though).
It does really well for video as well. When getting footage of me at camp at night doing camp chores, it almost makes it look like dusk out when its pitch black.
Any way, I've seen several of your videos. So it's time to subscribe. I look forward to what you are able to do with this lens
Yup, I'm currently having the same love affair you're having! Thanks for the sub
Best review I've seen so far!
for a low budget, would you recomend Samyang AF 24mm 2.8 FE ? I have the 35mm and is perfect for hiking and landscape photography (I use to enjoy long-high altitude hikes and Sony A7II + Samyang 35mm 2.8 is my perfect combination)
I’ve been waiting for this. I’ve heard very good things 👏🏼
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So those rumours were true then! What a lens!
Hello Alyn, did you ever do the full follow up video on this lens?
just bought the sigma 14mm f1.8 :( should send it back and buy this one? I have the rokinon 14 f2.8
Where can I buy this lens!??? I need it. ☹️
Nice edits Alyn! These were both shot on your A7III right? Can you speak to experiencing any "star eater" issues? I think you've addressed it before
Doesn't exist on the A7iii. Can be averted on cameras it does exit by shooting in continuous shooting mode.
Hi,
Do you think it's possible to get a Sigma Lens 24mm f/1.8 for to test on milky way? Because I want to bought this Lens but I don't want any regrets !
Man, the performance of this lens is insane! I'm still deciding whether to buy the Samyang or the Sigma 24mm... I bought the Samyang twice last year, both were bad copies. After that I delayed my purchase, but now with the milky way season beginning again, I'm in the market for a 24mm again :D
Yup that's the issue with Samyang! And they often lose performance over time too :X
@@AlynWallace yeah i think I'll invest the extra 250 bucks for the Sigma... Plus, the autofocus might be of use as well in daytime
What astro filters would you recommend with this lens? Thanks!
Great video, is this the Crai Reservoir?
I am looking to do astrophotography in the Dominican Republic. Just met your channel and now I’m wondering what lens I should buy for this. I own a A7r2 and am currently comparing the Venus Laowa 15mm 2.0 and the ROKINON 20mm 1.8. Any suggestions?
Tough call man, both good choices, jsut depends on your preference for focal length, wide or a little tighter
I use the laowa 15mm f2 and I've been impressed. It does suffer from a bit o coma and vignette but what lens doesnt wide open
Hey Alyn. Just got this lens last week and have been taking some milky way shots. I often get sharp stars at F1.4, but in certain shots I get 1-side sharp and the other side out of focus. Maybe I haven't nailed focus or maybe a bad copy - have you seen similar behavior with this lens? Also which star or area of the image do you magnify & focus on to nail focus at f1.4? Thanks a bunch
Always focus on star in middle of the frame. If one side is soft your lens may be decentred so take it back
Hey Alyn I'm planning on an upgrade from my d3300 with 18-55 kit lens to a Sony full frame and would love your thoughts on the 24mm GM vs the 16-35 GM for landscape and occasional milky way use. The $800 savings on this compared to the 16-35 is significant for me.
24mm is better for milky way, 16-35 offers more versatility. The answer to your question is subjective to you I'm afraid
Hi, and thanks for your videos 👍 One question, Sony 24 1.4 or tokina 20 f2 AF FE?
Regards
The Sony has an XA element which is awesome
Yes just bought mine cant wait.😜
Question: I've never used a FF lens in a crop mode. So the 1.4 becomes 2.1. Ok, my question... If I were to use the crop mode and get a F/2.1 image, is that the exact same as using a FF setting with a F/2?
The crop mode just crops the amount of the sensor used to capture. For photos it's the same as just cropping in Lightroom
@@AlynWallace Ok, so you lose resolution when you crop?
Thanks Alyn for that review, lets hope Sony puts out an similar 14/15/16mm 1.4!
Yeah I'm hoping for a similar 16 or 18mm! 14mm f/1.4 is very unlikely, it would be too big, heavy and expensive. Even an 18mm f/1.4 is a silly decision for a company but maybe an 18mm f/1.8
@@AlynWallace If you can organise an 'Celere 18.5 t1.5' and test it?
Loving this lens at the moment. Looking forward to using it on the Snowdonia and Turkey trip.
Ps: I'm still married but on the sofa.
😂 enjoy the dog house pal, I'll look after you in Snowdonia and turkey haha
Alyn Wallace, I'll hold you to that dude. It's the only time between now and then I'll get to sleep in a bed.
Hi Alyn, great intro to the lens & love your videos, always inspiring me to get out in the cold nights. I’ve got a Zeiss batis 18mm f2.8 & very tempted to swap after your thoughts here. Have you tried the Zeiss, if so what do you think, worth it?
Asking if it's 'worth it' is subjective to you and your wallet but I would pick the Sony 24mm any day. Maximum aperture of 2.8 has its pitfalls, especially in vignetting and light transmission
Alyn Wallace appreciate the response, u mentioned you usually shoot 2.8 in the vid even if the lens can go faster, I love how sharp the Zeiss is in the corners wide open but the Sony 24 at its widest looked nice & sharp also in the corners plus your getting the extra light. Very tempted but as u say even after selling Zeiss will have to add to it to get the Sony.
Hi! Is is at all possible for you to compare the Sony 24mm f1.4 to Zeiss Batis 25mm f2?
The Batis is smaller, lighter and cheaper but the IQ is still very good.
No sorry I have no intention, or money, to buy the batis 25mm
Hi, I would have liked to see the ISO and shutter speeds on these images to compare. The F1.4 shots were darker than your F2.8 shots so something else was changed and it would be nice to see that info. Also, I have to Sony 24-70 GM and I would love to see a comparison of that lens at 24mm 2.8 vs your lens! Very nice video!
The shutter speed and ISO values are of no use when checking a lenses performance but were kept constant for corresponding shots. The 24mm prime would produce a much brighter image at f/2.8 than the 24-70. How the 24-70 performs in terms of abberations I have no idea though.
Ok, that makes sense. Still love to see a comparison if you know of someone with that lens. Thanks for the reply!
Alyn, great video and review. I have the Sigma 14mm which is an awesome lens. Are you saying that the Sony 24 is MADE for Astrophotgraphy? It's more than the 1.4 but the actual production of the lens?
Funny enough the sigma 14mm was made for astrophotography (one of the chief engineers at sigma is an astrophotographer). I'm not saying the Sony 24mm was made for astrophotography, although in their marketing they did mention the lack of aberrations in astro as a strong point, but just because it wasn't made for astro doesn't stop it being contender for the best landscape astro lens. Though a subjective statement to make as it depends on your personal preference of focal length
Thank you for taking the time to reply..I hear what you are saying..My hopes is to take one of your workshops next year..Can't imagine what I will learn..enjoy some clear skies if you are heading out.peace.@@AlynWallace
there is no CA blue as you mentioned (13:15), this is gazes around stars in Pleiades ...
After using the lens heavily for nearly a year now I can confirm that it is CA. I appreciate the stars in Pleiades are blue and that they are surrounded by blue gas but you can very much see it's CA given the position of the aberration along the axis.
@@AlynWallace thanks for feedback. Is that corrected in LR with the lens profile? This lens seems performing so well compare to my 24/1.4 Samyang....
@@patrickl3140 at the time I made the video there was no lens correction profile
hopefully we will see how it has performed soon if you took it to Norway as you seemed really chuffed with it
It's loving up to my hopes!
Lmao you hit me with that surprise by pulling it our and buying it 😂😂
Hi Alan, I have a Canon 5d my iii. How does the Samyang perform on the native body? I currently own a Canon 28mm f1.8 but have not yet tried it for Astro photography. Do you have any experience with it? THU.
I don't I'm afraid. The Samang will be a bit better on a native body for sure
How would this compare to the sigma art 24 1.4 for sony?
I've used the sigma but not extensively. Without doing a direct comparison by opinion would be that the sigma would give it more competition for sharpness and detail especially in the centre. But the Sony would kill it on performance in the corners, for both sharpness and aberrations. The sigma 24mm has some heavy coma though others would find the levels acceptable especially for the price difference
Bought this lens after watching this review (and read other reviews), which is disappointing, because at f2.8 my 24 GM renders the stars similarly to your Samyang in 2 corners. The coma and astigmatism are still there at f2.8. So I guess just not a lucky buy for me. I can't imagine how to convince Sony service that it is a 'faulty' lens and ask for a replacement LOL
Definitely worth trying to return and getting a replacement because that doesn't sound right. The only other possibility is that you're not focussed accurately on the stars as that can sometimes induce/exaggerate abberrations
Do you have a tutorial for astro panoramas? Also, any workshops?
Astro panorama tutorial is in the works hoping to put it out in time for milky way season :) workshops are on my website
@@AlynWallace Brill! All the UK workshops seem to be full at the moment so I've signed up to the mailing list in hopes of a milkyway workshop being added :-)
When is the video for the Norway time lapses coming? Hope to see some good stuff soon.
Soon (:
@@AlynWallace so how's the experience there?
oh man, I have the 25mm / F2 Batis :D. I'm really looking for reasons not to sell it for the Sony lens :D.
Sony gang. GGGGGGG- Gmaster!!
This lens has been on backorder for months, I wish Sony would make some form of announcement regarding restocks.
Pre order it! You’ll get it in a month or two
Yup stock has been a bit of an issue, guess Sony didn't expect it to sell as well as it has
@@thisbetterwork5 i did, pre ordered last week
Hey, great video!. I would really appreciate if you could comment on buying this lens vs the firin. I'm looking to buy the Sony and an stro lens in the next couple of weeks.
The Firin is fantastically sharp, nice and small and not too heavy. My biggest issue with the Firin was that it didn't really feel like an f/2 lens because the light transmission is not great (heavy vignetting and small front element means not a lot of light gets in). It also has some pretty noticeable aberrations (coma) in the corners at f/2 and f/2.8. Still a fantastic lens but images will be noisier compared to the Sony 24mm and I didn't find a great benefit in using the Tokina over my 16-35mm f/2.8 so I'll probably be selling it soon. But that's just my fussy opinion, it's still a great lens
@@AlynWallace Thanks man! Interesting about the coma on the firin...I did notice nobody but stan moniz (tokina embassador) seemed to use it. The 24 seems great, but I wondered whether it would be too tight, so I thought maybe i'd go for the best 14mm or 20mm I could find. Do you ever find the 24 too tight? If you've got suggestions, i'd really appreciate it.
Since I already have the Samyang 12mm F2 (18mm 2.8 equivalent) for my Fuji XT1, I figured i'd try to go f2 or wider for the Sony, but i suppose i'm not married to that.
@@AlynWallace I subscribed to your channel by the way and had a look around. Good stuff!!
Maybe a used one.. The new price is more than I paid for a new A7iii ..
Love your videos! How didn't I find your channel sooner?? :) Just a little thing: Can you set the info overlay in Lightroom to show "Exposure and ISO" and "Lens settings" or whatever is relevant for the comparison? (press Ctrl + J)
Will do thanks for the tip
I've been using Sigma art series for a while, specially the 20mm, I think it's even better than the Sony lens.
Good lenses for sure but no way better. Sony lens is lighter, smaller, takes filters, is sharper (especially in corners) and has much better control of aberrations of the stars in the corners. I was disappointed with the coma and sagittal astigmatism of the Sigma 20mm and 24mm. However, great lenses if the Sony is out of budget.
Only if Sony lenses work on Nikon :P I admit as well yes the sigma has some coma issues but nothing that can't be fixed in Post
@@Zenderful touché!
Not a fan of your opening video grading here, way too dark, strange colors and hard to see outdoor footage. i have the 24mm GM and it is stunning in image quality.
It was filmed at night lol I'm an astrophotographer
Merhaba Alyn!
It's very normal to compare with Samyang 24mm 1.4 but Samyang is an old lens.
Samyang 20mm F1.8 way more sharper than Samyang 24mm f1.4
According to result Sony excellent and Samyang 24mm sucks but I believe 20mm F1.8 better than Sony ( according to price/performance value ofcourse).
Merhaba Gökhan hos geldin :) the Samyang 24mm is definitely sharper than the 20mm, I just think my lens is a bit old and used and is not performing as well as it used to. Also it's more fair to compare 24mm f/1.4 to 24mm f/1.4 (and the fact I no longer have a Samyang 20mm), but I really hope Sony make a 20mm f/1.8 as well!
@@AlynWallace hosbuldum. But I'm not new around. I'm following you almost a year :) love yours works.
Clearly we have very different experience.
I used Samyang 24mm T1.5.
Then I bought Samyang 20mm F1.8 because 24mm isn't wide enough. I can't even compare both these lenses but mine is cinematic version maybe that's why I didn't like it or it was a really bad copy.
I'm not sure about that but I'm very happy with Samyang 20mm + A7R combination.
@@sebatube4891 ah supermis cok sagol ya. Samyang are known for bad quality control so some of their lenses are better than others sometimes! But generally the 24mm should be better than the 20mm but sadly not as wide
@@AlynWallace i always love samyang actually. They always cheap and good angle
Finally!!😂
Off topic mate but have you seen the new William Optics RedCat 51? It’s a 250mm f4.8 hybrid lens/telescope, quad optics so near perfect field flatness!
Not the best for single exposure but on a tracking mount I bet it would be epic!!
You know you’ll eventually go down the rabbit hole one day ;)
Yeah looks interesting man
Had this lens on backorder now for months.... ugh
Yep tough to find stock!
When is a Sony Gmaster lense cheap? Never... jajajaja, but hey are very good do.
Yeah the price definitely sucks!
Alyn Wallace I'm from Brazil, I'm following you on Instagram and TH-cam, I wanted to ask you kindly, that you put subtitles in Portuguese but recordings on TH-cam so I can follow, can you do that? I will be very happy, hug!
Doesn't TH-cam automatically make subtitles? I dont have the time or resources for this I'm afraid
@@AlynWallace do not do it, when I put it to see, there was not, unless you put TH-cam to automatically translate, that is you have to put, there TH-cam translates, be afraid not young, rest assured!
Be afraid, not young, rest assured!
Wise words.