Sony 50mm 1 8 Full Frame Review

9 jul 2016 9 00am by john riley sony fe 50mm f 1 8 in interchangeable lenses sony sel50f18f e mount full.

Sony 50mm 1 8 full frame review.

Versus the sony fe 50mm f 1 8. You can also adapt a good legacy 50mm for under 50. However there wasn t an affordable nifty fifty lens for sony s full frame mirrorless cameras until the fe 50mm ƒ 1 8 debuted in march 2016. Alternatives to the sony fe 50mm f 1 8 lens.

This sony 50mm f 1 8 is a flyweight full frame normal lens. From there the sky is the limit. It s not as cheap as the 50mm f 1 8 lenses you ll find for canon or nikon but in some ways it s arguably better. Sony fe 50mm f 1 8 build and handling weighing just 186g the fe 50mm f 1 8 is distinctly lightweight as full frame lenses go thanks to its predominantly plastic barrel construction.

As a rule of thumb more money gets you better optical quality better build quality better reliability and faster lenses. The sony fe 50mm f 1 8 is newer costs 100 less has better optics and covers full frame however the fe version has no optical stabilizer. As an fe lens the sony fe 50mm f 1 8 lens is compatible with all sony e mount cameras including both full frame and aps c sensor format models. If your camera has built in sensor shift stabilization or you have a full frame camera get the newer fe 50mm f 1 8 instead.

It s great for people who want to carry as little as possible. The lens design is 6 elements in 5 groups with a. Read our sony fe 50mm f 1 8 review to find out if you should add this lens to your camera bag. The sony e 50mm f 1 8 oss msrp 299 99 is the best affordable e mount prime lens sony has produced to date and the only stabilized 50mm f 1 8 on the market.

The reviewed sony fe 50mm f 1 8 lens was online retail acquired. It weighs less than one quarter as much as the beastly zeiss t fe 50mm f 1 4 costs one sixth as much and takes the same pictures under real world conditions. It s also a fast f 1 8 for great results in low light. The cheapest af full frame e mount lenses are the sony 1 8 50 and the samyang 1 8 45.

There are a lot of 50mm and close to 50mm lenses available.