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Sony FE 50mm F1.8

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Product Overview

Sony FE 50mm F1.8 is a normal prime lens for Sony E-mount. It covers the full-frame image circle. Introduced by Sony in 2016, it has 6 elements in 5 groups.
Unfortunately, Sony has opted to omit weather sealing for this lens, so owners should pay extra attention when shooting in incremental weathers.
A normal prime lens, the Sony FE 50mm F1.8 has the potential to be one of the most used and ultimately versatile option in a photographer's bag. Usually the easiest to design and to QC, it is a great option for landscape and street photography. Its bright maximum aperture also helps night and portrait works.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 71%
Pros
  • Light in the hand
  • Reasonably sharp
Cons
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • Slow autofocus
  • Poor build quality
  • Front extends when focusing

What external reviewers found

External score 77%
Pros
  • Good image quality
  • Very good focus accuracy and repeatability
  • Very light and compact
  • Compatible with all Sony E-mount and APS-C sensor formats
  • Wide aperture
Cons
  • Not especially sealed
  • No lens case included in the box
  • Focus breathing

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External Reviews

cameralabs[1]

Reviewer score 76% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from cameralabs have found:
The Sony FE 50mm f1.8 is an affordable standard prime lens for Alpha mirrorless cameras. It delivers standard coverage on full-frame bodies and becomes a short telephoto on APSC bodies, equivalent to 75mm. The lens focuses in around 0.7 sec on a Sony A7R II from infinity to 0.62m (1:10 magnification) Repeatability (the accuracy of focus on the same subject after repeated focus-acquisition) of this lens is very good.
Pros
  • Very small and light
  • Very good focus accuracy and repeatability
  • Very light and compact
Cons
  • Not especially sealed
  • Focus breathing

digitalpicture[2]

Reviewer score 78% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from digitalpicture have found:
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. Sony includes the ALC-SH146 Lens Hood in the box. The 50mm lens is lighter (6.6 vs. 9.9 oz / 281 vs. 186g) and smaller (2.7 x 2.34" vs. 2.54 x2.78" / 68.6 x 59.5mm) It is compact, maintaining the spirit of Sony's smaller MILC cameras.
Pros
  • Wide aperture
  • Good image quality
  • Compatible with all Sony E-mount and APS-C sensor formats
Cons
  • No lens case included in the box

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References

  1. ^ Sony FE 50mm f1.8 review. [cameralabs].
  2. ^ Sony FE 50mm F1.8 Lens Review. [digitalpicture].

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