Sony – FE 50mm F1.8 Standard Lens (SEL50F18F)
January 19, 2020 - Comment
This 50mm Full-frame E-mount Fast Prime Lens offers a focal length that is perfect for portraiture and a range of other subjects. A bright F1.8 maximum aperture, 7-blade circular aperture and aspherical element deliver impressive image quality with beautifully defocused background bokeh, all in a surprisingly compact and lightweight package. Minimum focus distance is 1.48
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Works great with A7 Works great with A7. For the price, you can’t beat it.Before you whine about the performance, put the current firmware on both your camera and lens (as of this writing, that would be 3.20 and .2 respectively), and then go into the settings and enable Phase Detect.AF is fast up to F4, after that the camera needs more time to hunt. For someone like me coming from a Canon 40 2.8 STM w/Commlite adapter, this is not a big deal, and is still way faster than any adapted…
Beautiful and sharp Incredible lens. Beautiful and sharp! This was my first buy getting the Sony a6000. Keep in mind that with an aps-c sensor this is pretty close to an 85mm. I do lots of portrait so it was perfect for me. Not so great in close tight corners such as indoor photos that are limited to space.It’s extremely light and doesn’t feel cheap, the materials are made of a hard plastic but has a great matte feel. You won’t have to worry about finger prints, the focus ring is top notch, very smooth…
Auto-focus on this lens is probably the worst of any native FE lens, but it’s still a buy For the price you really don’t have another native lens option. As others have stated the auto-focus on this lens is probably the worst of any native FE mount lens. First it uses a DC motor, so lots of pulsing to focus. Also the motor is fairly audible so not the best choice in video. For the price the image quality is excellent. Bokeh is smooth and non distracting. The lens design is some what of a ‘classic’ so it is more susceptible to flare than many modern lenses.I have actually…