18 Months With The Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM | The Best Lens for Wedding Photography

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Steve Michalak is a Boston based wedding photographer and owner of Storie Photo Collective LLC and Forge Academy for wedding photographers.

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Is the Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM the best lens for wedding photography and portraits? I would say yes.

Note: between filming and uploading this video the 50mm 1.4 lens was released for pre-order. Looks like a promising lens. But I'll be sticking with my 1.2, since it is still the clear winner of the two.

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Film Camera - Canon 1V: https://amzn.to/4g0MDug

Lenses (in order of my personal usage/favorites)
Sony 50mm f1.2 GM: https://amzn.to/4fYw1mK
Sony 35mm f.14 GM:
Sony 24mm f1.4 GM : https://amzn.to/4a7IHVd
Sony 70-200 f2.8 GMII: https://amzn.to/4fYCM8n
Sigma 85mm 1.4: https://amzn.to/3VkcMg3
90mm f2.8 Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/49l2z7Y
Film Camera (Canon) 35mm Lens: https://amzn.to/41hStCS

Cheaper Alternative lenses
35mm 1.4 Alternative: https://amzn.to/3wSMmrB
50mm Alternative: https://amzn.to/3wWyyMY

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