Features:

  • Compact, lightweight fixed F1.8 lens.Angle of View (APS-C) 44 °
  • Minimum Focus Distance : 0.99 ft (0.3 m), Maximum Magnification ratio : 0.15x, Focal-Length : 1.38 in
  • New optical design for excellent peripheral sharpness and contrast, Built-in image stabilization
  • Silent and smooth high-speed focusing ideal for shooting movies. Superb focusing operation
  • Lens group or elements is 6/8. If auto focus cant lock on or focuses on the wrong subject, step in and take total control with direct manual focus.Image stabilization (SteadyShot):Optical SteadyShot
  • Lens not zoomable
One of the things I love about this camera is it's ability to bring out ...

I'm an aspiring photographer and earlier this year, I decided to upgrade my camera to the Sony a6000. I ordered this 35mm prime lens with the camera and I'm continuing to tap into the capabilities of this lens. One of the things I love about this camera is it's ability to bring out the color and details of our lives. Find me on Instagram --> @amoideen Pros: -Crystal clear images (see attached pictures) -Bokeh is astounding -Fast capture -Image stabilization -With the combination of the camera, this lens is able to handle light and darkness very well. Too often, you see pictures where tree lines are pitch dark or details are hidden in shadows. This lens will help bring clarity to those beautiful little details. Cons: -Fixed zoom....but hey, it's a prime lens

Love this lens!

Here some pics from my recent trips from grand Tetons, Yellowstone and San Antonio. This is my go to lens for quality, crisp pics. An excellent lens for the price!. I did use B+W 49mm XS-Pro HTC Kaesemann Circular Polarizer on some pics.

Results speak for themselves.

Great lens. Sharp enough for professional work. Amazing autofocus when used on my a6500. No complaints. All of the photos I attached were shot with this lens on the a6500 with natural light. Minimal lightroom editing. I shoot video in a studio for a living. I'm not a professional photographer but a friend asked me to shoot family portraits for them because I have a decent setup.

Get an Effect You Don't Want to Make Up in Processing

Having access to a wider aperture and a faster lens is a game changer. I can get much more of a bokeh effect as I can access a shallower depth of field. This prime lens is also much sharper than the wide-angle kit lens at 35 mm. I never bothered to try to simulate bokeh in post-processing, but now I know that I probably never will. Nikon and Canon have been in the lens game for a while, but Sony is really stepping it up recently. And you'll be able to take advantage of Sony's autofocus much better than with a third-party lens. I plan on using this lens for landscapes, but I also used it for a portrait of my roommate, and it looks very clear and professional. Very happy with this purchase. (Small concern: I did hear this weird noise when turning on my camera for the second time I used this lens. Anyone know what that might be?)

Great lens.

An excellent lens. Tack sharp and very quick to focus. Also with the OSS, have hands held down to 1/8 of second with no problem.

but the quality is amazing and I can tell right away this is going ...

I've owned my Sony a6000 for almost a year now and plan on building up my lens collection. This is the first lens that I've bought aside from the two lenses I got with the camera (16-50 and 55-210). I've only played around with it for a day, but the quality is amazing and I can tell right away this is going to be a game-changer for my photography. As an amateur, I can't go into much detail about the specifics of why this lens is making me so happy, but what I can do is provide pictures for you to decide!

Best Walk Around Prime Lens To Leave On

This has become the lens that stays attached to my camera in perpetuity until I need a telescoping zoom. Great pairing with the Sony A6000, and vastly better than any kit lens, so long as you are willing to work around the fixed focal length. It’s not the widest, and maybe a turn off for those who want that for landscape at a moments notice. But it’ll do in a pinch, especially if my manual focus pancake lens is left at home. If I don’t want to be out and about with my full kit bag, this lens on a crop sensor is as close as you will get to having a walk around ‘nifty fifty’ with you at all times (works out to about 52.5 on the crop sensor). Would highly recommend 👍👍

Great lens for video and otherwise - "nifty fifty"

MAKE SURE you update your lens' firmware (and camera firmware) to get the most from this lens. I have this, and the 50mm prime from Sony and I love both of them. I'm not an expert but I can tell you practically what these lenses are good for: - the 35mm is better for making sure you get SHOTS IN FOCUS (much more forgiving depth of field), it's better for video (because you don't want to use autofocus for video), and it gives you a wider field of view of course. It is similar to a 50mm on a 35mm. - the 50mm has more "reach" (zoomed in more if you like) and a smaller field of view. However, you get a MUCH shallower depth of field which makes getting beautiful bokeh very easy. That said, it can also make it a royal pain to get things in focus because especially at close range, the depth of field is super shallow. Still good for video, when you can't be right up in the action, but less useful than the 35mm. The 50mm is also going to show more hand movement (even with OSS) than the 35mm though OSS is EXCELLENT on both. The 1.8 aperture is good for indoors and low light situations, again, with the depth of field issue in mind for the 50mm. In confined spaces the 35mm would be better for both field of view and depth of field reasons ESPECIALLY in low light. I can generally shoot video at 1/50th at ISO 100 or 200 with some help from some small portable LED lights with no issues whatsoever. If you have any of the NEX cameras, then you probably know that you need to stay below ISO 400-800 for video unless you're a fan of noise. While it's fine up to ISO 1600, you really get a much nicer quality video in the lower ISO numbers. Past ISO 1600 you might as well be using a cheap camcorder. The 1.8 really opens up that door and when used properly can produce some really nice looking video. The 35mm also doesn't SEEM to moire as badly as the 50mm. I'm not sure if my 50mm is sharper than my 50mm or what the technical reason is, I just know that while moire is still present (that's a camera body issue not a lens one), it's not as bad in stuff I shoot with the 35mm. While I prefer my 50mm for the image it produces raw, I usually reach for my 35mm when I'm going to be walking around or maybe covering a birthday party or something silly like that. Mostly because I find that 35mm is wide enough for most indoor shots, though I might take my 16-50 with me in case I really need that super wide angle for some reason. If you can only pick one, between the 50 and the 35mm. I'd say that if you do a lot of video or shooting in something like a bedroom sized room (10x10) that you might want to grab the 35mm. It's more flexible than the 50mm. I do use the 50 quite a lot though. Oh, and the 35mm is roughly the size of the 16-50 kit lens, the 50mm is much larger and heavier to boot. That said, if you want that delicious bokeh, the 50mm is better for stills imho. As far as image quality...well, I'll leave that up to the pixel peepers and lens experts to explain. They look pretty sharp to me and BLOW THE KIT LENS AWAY.

Excellent all purpose lens

Excellent all purpose lens. I would recommend to anyone, who needs professionalism while traveling light, and can do without a zoom.

Amazing for low-light photos

As a novice photographer, I only have two lenses: the kit lens that came with my Sony a6000, and this one. The kit lens itself does really well taking daytime/outdoor photos, and this lens covers all the other use cases I would need (indoor/dim lighting, sunset and after, city lights). I don't know enough about photography to say anything more about it, but fortunately there are a ton of pros who have already expounded on how this lens is one of the best bang-for-your-buck lenses you can get.

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