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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:56 pm
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http://presscentre.sony.co.uk/pressreleases/sony-expands-full-frame-lens-line-up-with-launch-of-24mm-f1-dot-4-g-master-prime-2706850

https://www.dpreview.com/news/7468800145/sony-announces-lightweight-fe-24mm-f1-4-g-master-prime

https://www.dpreview.com/samples/4200184242/sony-24mm-f1-4-gm-sample-gallery?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_source

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/4837244851/hands-on-with-the-sony-24mm-f1-4-g-master

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by Scott Fairbairn on Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:23 am
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It'll be interesting to see if coma is corrected as they suggest. If so, it will be a great lens for astro-work, even better if they fixed the star-eater algorithm in their cameras!
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:58 pm
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:It'll be interesting to see if coma is corrected as they suggest. If so, it will be a great lens for astro-work, even better if they fixed the star-eater algorithm in their cameras!
The only people that the star eater phenomenon really impact is anyone wanting to use these cameras for scientific purposes.  This thing is so massively overblown by the internet amplification factor.  For anyone using their photos in an artistic endeavor, it makes no difference whatsoever as you really aren't worried whether or not magnitude 7 or 8 stars are in your picture or not.  In fact I would argue that for artistic purposes it's a blessing because you get a little more black in the mage rather than some very faint stars that are almost indistinguishable from noise in the image.

So yes, it should be fixed and no, it doesn't make a darn bit of difference unless you are doing scientific documentary type of photography.
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:44 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
Scott Fairbairn wrote:It'll be interesting to see if coma is corrected as they suggest. If so, it will be a great lens for astro-work, even better if they fixed the star-eater algorithm in their cameras!
The only people that the star eater phenomenon really impact is anyone wanting to use these cameras for scientific purposes.  This thing is so massively overblown by the internet amplification factor.  For anyone using their photos in an artistic endeavor, it makes no difference whatsoever as you really aren't worried whether or not magnitude 7 or 8 stars are in your picture or not.  In fact I would argue that for artistic purposes it's a blessing because you get a little more black in the mage rather than some very faint stars that are almost indistinguishable from noise in the image.

So yes, it should be fixed and no, it doesn't make a darn bit of difference unless you are doing scientific documentary type of photography.

I've never used Sony for astro work so I have no idea whether it's an issue or not, but I do dislike it when manufacturers produce a raw file that isn't truly a raw file. 
 

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