FE 24MM F1.4 GM Lens The Sony Alpha FE 24mm f/1.4 prime lens is yet another valuable addition to Sony's line of G Master lenses, specifically designed for use with full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras and APS-C sensor models. With a wide-angle focal length and an exceptionally bright design, the lens is suitable for a wide range of subjects and shooting situations. The 24mm perspective is just wide enough to capture more of the scene without presenting too much apparent distortion while the complementary f/1.4 maximum aperture offers increased depth of field control and enhanced low-light performance. The circular aperture also features a total of 11 blades, allowing the lens to produce perfectly round out-of-focus lights and smoother bokeh. Aside from supporting hybrid autofocus with both contrast and focal-plane phase detection AF, the lens has a Direct Drive Super Sonic Motor (DDSSM) system that provides quick, silent, and high-precision AF performance. Three extra-low dispersion (ED) and two extreme aspherical (XA) lens elements significantly reduce chromatic and spherical aberrations for enhanced image sharpness and clarity. The glass elements are also Nano AR-coated to control lens flaring and ghosting, thus increasing image contrast and color fidelity even when shooting in harshly lit environments.Compact G Master wide prime lens w/ stunning wide-open resolution The FE 24mm F1.4 GM realizes consistently high resolution across the entire frame and delivers soft and natural bokeh - a signature feature of Sony's G Master lens series. It also boasts a new optical design comprised of 10 groups with 13 elements, including two XA (extreme aspherical) and three ED (Extra-low Dispersion) elements. The incorporation of two XA elements ensures that point light sources can be accurately reproduced, making the FE 24mm F1.4 GM a compelling proposition for astrophotography. For impressive clarity, Sony's unique Nano AR Coating is applied to reduce lens flare and ghosting, even in landscape shots where the position of the sun can be problematic with a normal lens. F1.4 max apertureThe F1.4 max aperture maintains exposure and depth of field, allowing you to isolate your subject from the foreground and background with amazing light gathering capabilities when shooting wide open. When changing your aperture to defocus the background, the areas out of the focal plane appear blurred. This 'bokeh' effect of the blurred background is enhanced with circular aperture blades used in this lens.11-blade circular aperture contributes to gorgeous bokehThe 11-blade circular aperture maximizes the beauty of this large-aperture prime-lens, contributing to impressive images in which the subject stands out against a smoothly defocused foreground and background, as well as perfectly round points of defocused light. Conventional aperture blades have flat sides that create unappealing, polygonal-shaped defocused points of light. a lenses overcome this problem through a...