Well I would have but there isn’t a native 85mm prime available at the moment
We’re in agreement. That’s what they’re for IMO. You can fill in the e-mount gaps.
Yeah, I have the 55mm and the 50mm f1.4 sal, and had the sel50. The zeiss is eye wateringly expensive but it’s nice. It actually focuses in low light, which the 50mm apsc Sony wouldn’t (on the nex7), which defeated the purpose of it for me. Subjectively the sal gives a smooth minolta rendering and the zeiss is sharper, but I might be hallucinating.
If it wasn’t for needing to pay £200 for an ea4 (to replace the ea2 I’d sold) I’d happily have stuck with the 50mm but that made the zeiss cost £300 quid which was just about bearable.
As you have the ea4 then the 50mm is much cheaper option. The minolta branded on in particular. The minolta 50mm f1.7 (had one of those too) is an even better option. You’d be hard pushed to tell it from the 1.4.