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This lens is small in size, but performs in a big way! I photograph anything from cityscapes to portraits, and this focal length is ideal for my style of photography. To find me on Instagram, search @josewphotography. The autofocus is silent and lightening fast!! Just for reference, I own fully manual focus lenses for my SONY α6000 (by choice) from Rokinon and MINOLTA. My Rokinon collection includes the 12mm f2, the 85mm f1.4 and the 135mm f2. My MINOLTA lens is the AMAZING 50mm f1.4. Adding the SONY 35mm f1.8 is a big relief since I photograph events where people are moving non-stop. I've mastered manual focus since I've done it for so long, but the accurate autofocus that this 35mm provides helps a lot. I decided to get it when I reminisced on how I used to love my Nikon 35mm f1.8 on the D3300 that I used to own (before switching to SONY). I am so glad to have this lens and will put it good use. It was worth every penny ($355)Read full review
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I bought this lens just before the birth of my 1st daughter, for use with a Sony A6000 (APC-C, 1.5X crop) body. Good bokeh, great with OSS and love the pictures it lets me take in low light conditions. Focal length worked excellent to take pictures in hospital of new born, mother & 1-2 family members. Was considering SEL50F18 due to cheaper price - so glad I finally went 35mm instead. 50mm would have been far too tight or distant (interaction) on many occasions in both hospital as well as home. With this experience my next lens will definately be a Sony 28mm f/2.0 rather than 50mm f/1.8. I definitely enjoy closer interaction and 28mm will allow for some wider context photos when baby grows older. Should also note I own kit lenses 16-50mm and 55-210mm, none of which I felt the need nor desire to use over the 35mm this first week with our new born.Read full review
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Performance - This lens produces sharp images. The focus motor is quiet, iso is kept low with the wide aperture. Ergonomics - This lens is lightweight, so it does not throw the camera out of balance or cause hand fatigue. The focus ring is wide, smooth, and easy to turn. Value - Mediocre; 30mm 2.8 other brand lens could be had for half the price, and would produce decent images. I see no real reason to own both 50mm and 35mm lenses, as they are both portrait lenses. I prefer the 35mm, but it's not worth double the price in my opinion. Buy again? - I would never pay full price for this lens. If Sony ever comes out with a wider low light OSS lens at a reasonable price (not zeiss price), I'd buy that one in a heartbeat.
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I got this lens for my Sony A6000 to have a good option for low light photography and get some nice background blur. Often I am using the lens for spontaneous moments of my children, indoors and outdoors as well. Autofocus speed is great - this is difficult to compare, because it depends on camera setup and lighting conditions - with the A6000 it cooperates with PDAF focusing. For video, continuous focusing also works like a charm. In low light, and when I need the 35mm standard angle of view, I am better off with this lens then with the Zeiss 16-70mm. The very compact size of this lens is also appealing! What is less-than-perfect about this lens? Well, build quality is okay, but rather thin metal on the outside, and two different shades of black - actually, I don't care about this. Manual focusing is "by wire" i.e. coupled electronically - no mechanical contact between your hand and the focusing mechanism. Picture quality: I think this lens delivers very nice images, sharp, good contrast, little distortion, little flare, little aberration. Aperture f1.8 is very usable, except for macro. The lens looks strange with the concave, and rather small front element, does not look similar to a large aperture DSLR lens, but the picture quality is in the same league as DSLR lenses with similar focal lens, aperture, and price range. Bokeh is sometimes strange: usually soft, creamy bokeh as one expects from this kind of a lens, but occasionally, the aspherical lens element causes the bokeh to have that "onion ring" look (search for aspherical lens bokeh images to see what I mean). I can live with that - the aspherical lens element is there for a good reason... Overall, I am impressed by this lens, and I am using it very often, due to its size, low light, autofocus, and picture quality capabilities.Read full review
Great lens (maybe the only one you'll need) for the Sony a6000. Very sharp, clear, definition is superb, excellent contrast and color saturation. Surprised I could do some macro photos with this lens as well. Perfect focal length matches what I am seeing with my eye. Doesn't do landscapes well for that pick up the 24mm. This lens will work for everything else.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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