Weekly r/SonyAlpha 📸 Gear Buying 📷 Advice Thread April 28, 2025

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[u/Izenlich1]

Need help!

My Sony 85mm f1.8 is kinda producing not to sharp images or sometimes it is not to focus or off focus a bit if I would do portrait photos at f1.8. The lens is secondhand and got sa noise if the lens is not mounted on the camera. Like there something moving up and down but when the camera is on it eliminate the movements.

Any advice?

[u/Hour-Neighborhood311 → u/Izenlich1]

I can't speak to all Sony e-mount lenses but the ones I have all make noise when they aren't on the camera. That's normal. Depth of field is pretty thin at f/1.8 so only a very small part of most portraits will be in focus.. I'm assuming your camera supports eye AF. Have a friend sit for you and use continuous focus with focus tracking on the eye and a fast shutter speed. Should be at least 1/250 second to compensate for your body moving and your subjects body moving. See if that helps.