![]() The Sony 35mm f/1.8 is designed to be a do-it-all “standard”, compact, walk-around lens the way it shoots really exemplifies this. Miscellaneous: 7-bladed quasi-circular aperture stopping down to f/22, 49mm filter thread, large ribbed “fly-by-wire” focus ring, internal focusing with no rotation of filter thread, metal mount, metal barrel, plastic hood, plastic filter thread, excellent pinch-type lens cap, all-black finish blends well with black NEXes (but dust/grime shows up very easily…) ![]() 98 feet/.3 meters, you cannot get any closer ![]() Seeing as neither have optical stabilization, the $450 asking price of the 35mm f/1.8 could be argued to be the better deal!īut a cheap(er) lens shouldn’t merit praise on its own, does the 35mm f/1.8 stand up to the power of the NEX-7’s huge 24MP sensor? Let’s take a look! Specificationsĭimensions: 2.5 inches/63mm in diameter, 1.77 inches/45mm long without hood, 2.75 inches/70mm long with hood, with a feather-weight of only 5.5 ounces/155 grams (hood may add another ounce or so)Ĭlose-Focus: Marked at. The Panasonic/Leica lens runs at about $500, while the Fuji is a whopping $600. All three lenses have essentially the same field-of-view, and are close in aperture speed (the Sony only 2/3 a stop slower). A couple to look at, the Panasonic/Leica 25mm f/1.4 and the Fuji 35mm f/1.4 XF R. Instead, the 35mm f/1.8 should be compared to fellow mirrorless equivalents. With their inherent design differences-mainly, working with a MUCH shorter flange distance-it simply costs more to design compact lenses that cover a whole APS-C sensor without severely compromising optical quality. Not only does optical stabilization make lenses more expensive than I thought (looking at Canon’s brand-new 35mm f/2 IS), but I am totally incorrect in comparing an SLR lens to a mirrorless lens. But a few of my readers brought up great points. In fact, in my first impressions of the lens, I had my doubts as to whether or not Sony was deliberately price-gouging when compared to the Nikon/Canon equivalents. With the field of view of 52.5mm in 35mm format, this is the only first-party “standard” solution for the camera apart from using their alpha-mount lenses via a relatively bulky adapter. Well, it seems Sony has finally done it, releasing their new 35mm f/1.8 for E-mount. What I was waiting for was a cheap(er), high performing lens that would give great performance at most settings in a small a package as possible-in other words, one that fit with NEX shooting style. The only problem was that all the autofocus lenses that have been released up to now from Sony have been zooms (large and/or slow apertures), primes with “O.K.” image quality (16mm f/2.8, 30mm f/3.5 macro), lenses I already have focal lengths well covered for (50mm f/1.8 OSS), or crazily overpriced optics (Zeiss 24mm f/1.8). I knew I would come around eventually to buying an autofocus lens for the NEX system. IMPORTANT: If you are unfamiliar with my lens review style, please reference this post first!
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