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Better Photography|October 2021
Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G is a smart, quick general-purpose lens in the G series lineup. Nilofer Khan puts it through its paces to see how it fares.
Nilofer Khan
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Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G

The 40mm is a focal length that sits comfortably between 35mm and 50mm and mimics the angle of view of human vision. The few companies that manufacture this focal length lenses include Sigma, Zeiss, and Canon. Recently, Sony joined this list with the launch of the FE 40 mm f/2.5 G, one of the three lenses in the company’s G series.

Features

It features 9 elements in 9 groups, including three aspherical elements, and a circular seven-bladed diaphragm. It also features two linear motors and a 49mm filter diameter. The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 0.28m in AF and 0.24m in MF. The maximum magnification ratio while using the AF is 0.2x and 0.23x when focusing manually. On an APS-C camera, the lens is an equivalent of 60mm. It comes with an inverted lens hood, and is dust and moisture-resistant.

Handling

Like the 50mm f/2.5, the 40mm f/2.5, too, weighs 173g and measures 68 x 45mm. In terms of ergonomics, the lens is identical to its siblings, and features a wide focus ring with fly-by-wire mechanism, a narrow de-click aperture ring with markings at the rear of the barrel, a customisable focus hold button, a focus mode switch, and a switchable aperture-ring click stop button. The rings move smoothly, and its aluminium body is quite sturdy.

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