Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM : Specifications and Opinions

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Dylan Bertolini

sent on 27 Ottobre 2025

Pros: Sharp, very fast, minimum maf distance, non-clinical yield

Cons: I could say not stabilized but it's not a real con honestly

Opinion: Taken as new by a friend, I wanted something more pushed to accompany my 28-70mm f2 GM, I must say that it turned out to be a perfect companion together with the 14mm GM, one of the fastest focuses ever seen, not excessively heavy, very sharp but without being clinical like many GMs, it has a very similar performance to that of the 28-70, I find it magical. It has that character in the blur and especially in backlight that is "dreamy". It's not as settled as the canon of course but in the end on ibis rooms it's not a problem. will definitely stay with me for a long time!

Thelonelyplayer

sent on 29 Giugno 2022

Pros: Extreme sharpness already from 1.8, absence of aberrations and flares, blurred

Cons: Weight, price, front lens dimensions

Opinion: I have had the 135 1.8 for a year and a half now. After doing two seasons of weddings, I started to think that maybe it would be better to centellinarlo, and make it available to customers only with a surcharge in the photo shoot. It is not possible to give up images taken with this lens without being charged more! Seriously, the extreme quality on the whole frame even at TA, excellent sharpness and microcontrast, personality to sell, pictorial blurry. I don't know what flaws it has, apart from the weight. There is also a fire limiter, to make the best use of it in all circumstances. For me the absolute top for portrait, waiting for the 85 1.2 ... The front lens, however, is really subject to dangerous shocks, it must be protected with a UV filter or at least always keeping the hood mounted.

Diego Camorani

sent on 27 Ottobre 2021

Pros: overall quality, versatility

Cons: a bit the price and weight but obvious for a 135 mm f1.8

Opinion: Well yes, versatile, which for a fixed lens seems a heresy and instead the sony 135 f 1.8 has proved to be such, at least as far as my use is concerned. 1) Perfect portrait lens but also to "steal" the portraits by making strett even at night.2) Excellent for close up, it replaces a macro very well and therefore less weight in the backpack. 3) Perefetto also thanks to its brightness for walks in the coniferous woods where the light is always scarce, (example: foxes, deer, etc .., in apsc becomes a 200mm 1.8!!). Both build and image quality at the highest levels as a gm must be and perfect in combination with the demanding sony a7r4. rating 10!

Giovibalti

sent on 08 Marzo 2021

Pros: everything, it's pretty much perfect

Cons: price, but for the quality it is justified, you are worth all the € spent

Opinion: For me a perfect lens, it has everything you could want from a 135, paired with the A7r4 has a frightening sharpness. At the end of the opening you can see no chromatic aberration, lightning and precise focus, blurry and detachment of the really beautiful plans. Balanced size and weight, feeling of solidity at the highest levels. It's a work of art to me.

Robi68

sent on 27 Gennaio 2021

Pros: All!

Cons: Don't have it. It's addictive.

Opinion: Top of the mediateles. It has practically no flaws, everything in this lens communicates absolute excellence. Exceptionally sharp already at TA, with a poetic, sweet and creamy bokeh and practically zero obvious optical defects. Incredible how the yield remains constant both to the various diaphragms, and to the variation of the distance of maf. MaF which, by the way, allows excellent close ups. And in manual the ring, even if it does not have a limiter, is clutched in an exemplary way. The A7RIII's 42 mpx only enhances its qualities. It costs dearly, but if you want the top that the market offers it is normal for you to charge. Absolutely balanced size and weight, feeling of solidity at the highest levels. Practically perfect optics.

Andrea Ighina

sent on 22 Luglio 2019

Pros: Size and handling, brightness, af speed, construction, sharpness, gorgeous blur.

Cons: at the moment nobody

Opinion: Bought a few months I got to test it in different light conditions and it always behaved well. Used in combination with the a7r3, it offers very beautiful and engraved files, blurred and detaching really beautiful planes. Weight within the kg and size all in all contained, when compared to Sigma art, make a medium to carry willingly. Used to using more the 85 I'm learning how to handle the different distances needed but I highly recommend to those who like to make portraits this lens.

Francesco Zambotti

sent on 21 Aprile 2019

Pros: Sublime, AF incredible and Precisissimo, sharpness already TA, blurred enchanting, well balanced, no aberrations even at full aperture, minimum distance of focus

Cons: Price but for quality is justified

Opinion: Sony has churning out a work of art, maybe the best 135mm for existing full frame, I'm not kidding. Already at F 1.8 has an incredible sharpness, at full aperture there is virtually no chromatic aberration (which instead is noted on 85 1.4 for example), zero distortion and Autofocus is something impressive, is silent and on the A7R3 with firmware 3.0 even if Not set on the partial selector that makes it even faster, allows you to focus in fractions of a second on details even small and fast as two butterflies "on the Fly" or a dog running with the AF over the eyes the focusing distance for a 135 allows a Otti But versatility there are very few flare in backlight even without lens hood, usually you create a semicircle rainbow in hand is well, is well balanced and is held well although obviously weighs a little Costs so much, and weighs enough if compared for example with the Ca Not F2, but we are on a different level and we talk about a modern optics that solves the 40MP of the R3, practically without defects.

Maurotandoiphoto

sent on 13 Aprile 2019

Pros: Spectacle, a blade, AF very fast and precise, made already a spectacular TA. Wonderful.

Cons: I Can't find

Opinion: The lens in question is very valid, already tried and tested the various Sigma 135 (FE and MC11) and 105 1.4 (FE and MC11), beautiful nothing to say. Compared to the latter (in particular the 135), I find the GM decidedly faster and more accurate in low light conditions. The weight and size are well balanced. The lens confirms that it is really nice sharp already to TA. The AF is precise, decidedly precise, beautiful contrafixed. Definitely recommended, for any info write me also in private.