“G Lens”— the culmination of Sony optical expertise
What is the “G Lens”?
The “G Lens” is Sony’s original camera lens, designed and manufactured to the highest standards of optical performance. Through original Sony technologies, the “G Lens” achieves superb clarity and sharpness that maximises the performance of Sony’s advanced imaging sensors and camera systems.
Wide-angle 28 mm “G Lens” with 5x optical zoom
The lens of WX1 covers a wide range of focal lengths from 24 mm to 120 mm (35 mm film equivalent), making it suitable for various types of shooting including landscapes, portraits and snapshots. In particular, it offers a wider minimum focal length, starting at 24 mm with a lens speed of f/2.4.
Extend your reach with powerful optical zooming
The breathtaking quality of “G Lens” extends to powerful 5x optical zooming. You’ll enjoy smooth, seamless zooming from 1x to 5x without the aberration and distortion that spoils high-magnification zooming in conventional lenses. Even the finer details of faraway objects can be captured with utmost clarity.
1x 5x optical zoom
Capture more of your world with wide-angle shooting
Capture the world around you in stunning wide-angle images. The “G Lens” combines a minimum focal length of 24 mm and a large f/2.4 aperture to deliver wide-angle images of crisp, razor-sharp quality. Whether shooting dramatic landscapes or groups of friends in small rooms, the “G Lens” is the right choice for outstanding results.
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High contrast brings out the details
One of the leading determinants of lens quality is lens contrast, which refers to the ability of a lens to differentiate between small details. Thanks to an extra-high refractive index lens element and aspherical lens element, the sophisticated “G Lens” delivers exceptional lens contrast.
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Extra-high refractive index lens element
This lens element contributes to exceptional lens contrast at all focal lengths from wide-angle to telephoto. A much higher refractive index than regular glass is what makes the difference.
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Aspherical lens element
The aspherical lens element in Sony's "G Lens" achieves much higher lens contrast than conventional spherical lenses. It effectively corrects spherical aberration, minimises bleeding and prevents distortion during zooming.
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Superb limiting resolution
The lens of WX1 features excellent limiting resolution. Since lens contrast increases in proportion to limiting resolution, the WX1's lens also delivers beautiful high-contrast images. This limiting resolution is clearly illustrated in the following charts, with distance from centre measured on the horizontal axis (image centre: 0%, 4 corners: 100%) and limiting resolution (LPH*) measured on the vertical axis. The "G Lens" exhibits high resolution from centre to periphery.

* Lines per image height