Sony FE 50mm F1.8 Lens - 2024 report by Whydis

Sony FE 50mm F1.8 Lens

Style:Lens only This 50mm Full-frame E-mount Fast Prime Lens offers a focal length that is perfect for portraiture and a range of other subjects. A bright F1.8 maximum aperture, 7-blade circular aperture and aspherical element deliver impressive im...

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Color

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Open

(6 reviews)
Price

(18 reviews)
Bokeh

(15 reviews)
Quality

(27 reviews)
Deal

(8 reviews)
Weight

(8 reviews)
Image

(30 reviews)
Photo

(14 reviews)
Value

(9 reviews)
Lense

(13 reviews)
Focus drag

(5 reviews)
Autofocus

(21 reviews)
Hunt

(8 reviews)
Problem

(5 reviews)

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Reviews around color (5.00 of 5)

  • The Zeiss (resolve up to 26MP) will outresolve the image sensor on your A7/II so your only benefit is the better color
  • For the lens, I tested it against my Zeiss Loxia 50 (an excellent manual focus lens for the Sony FE mount) on a Sony A7R II and the Zeiss is unsurprisingly sharper with better colors/contrast but the difference was small at best - you'd have to be a real pixel peeper like me to see a difference
  • It renders like a modern lens: good flare resistance with great contrast and colors.
  • The color, bokeh and sharpness are really good, and 50mm is my favorite focal length for both photos and videos
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Reviews around open (5.00 of 5)

  • Though it's slightly soft wide open, it does portraits superbly
  • The lens formula is a modified double gauss, not perfectly corrected for spherical aberrations, so it's naturally slightly soft wide open, on the other hand the lens has very nice bokeh
  • Optics, this lens seems to have fairly good optics wide open, it seems more even compared to the canon, which has a fast and massive drop on the edges.
  • Image quality a bit soft wide open, & the motor noise was noticeable.
  • It's a little soft wide open at f/1.8, but we can't expect perfection for $248
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Reviews around price (4.66 of 5)

  • Highly recommend this lens, amazing price and amazing results.
  • This is my first lens, and I don't regret because the price is excellent.
  • For the price it's hard to beat this lens.
  • Handy lens with a good price gotta some cool portraits... love it
  • It is ridiculous that this lens is made in China, and I bought it in Amazon US and shipped it back to China, because Amazon US has the best price
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Reviews around bokeh (4.59 of 5)

  • but overall you can get some decent bokeh out of this lens too and for the price its hard to complain honestly.
  • but overall you can get some decent bokeh out of this lens too and for the price its hard to complain honestly.
  • Extremely nice bokeh and unless you are pixel peeking, one would be hard pressed to tell the difference in your photos
  • It has arguably better optics wide open, better CA control, and cleanest bokeh of the budget 50's.
  • The bokeh may not be as smooth as some would like however
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Reviews around quality (4.55 of 5)

  • While I do miss the zoom the picture quality is much better now on my new Sony camera with this lens.
  • Good quality lense for the price, perfect for portraits!!
  • Outside of the bokeh, the optical quality is great regardless of price.
  • The quality of the photos are great for the price of the lens which also makes it the perfect lens for beginners
  • But it's no where near as slow as it was after updating my camera software!
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Reviews around deal (4.26 of 5)

  • This is a good deal for a hobbyist photographer who doesn't need pro-grade glass.
  • Little bit of noise when focusing but not a big deal if your not worried about it
  • Not as sharp as i would hope but you can correct that in post
  • All in all, $200 is a great deal for a lens like this, if you think of it as a starter lens before a larger purchase.
  • I think for the price, it's actually a good deal if you learn to ignore the noisy focus motor the "bouncy focus"
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Reviews around weight (4.26 of 5)

  • Very sharp lens and light weight... a little slow on auto focus
  • Really sharp, light weight, fast focus, quiet and versatile.
  • Though feels a little light weight and cheap but was satisfied with the image results.
  • Super light weight but feels good and puts out some amazing work.
  • very sharp and light weight ,great shallow depht of field ,I would have given a 4 star if it was not for the noise it make when focusing, and it worth the $198.00 no more maybe less.
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Reviews around image (4.22 of 5)

  • It's just that getting that stellar image is sometimes difficult with this lens.
  • The image is not sharp at f1.8 and chromatic aberration is obvious
  • This is an affordable lens that provides very nice images
  • The len produce sharp image at this price and near quality of 55mm f1.8 len
  • If you stop down a couple stops, it's perfectly capable of capturing sharp images
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Reviews around photo (3.78 of 5)

  • It's the type of set-up you can carry in a small bag or lightweight strap, quickly snapping photos as you go about your day without being a burdensome, while never missing a shot because the camera/lens could not keep up.
  • Love it but still getting used to what range I need to be at for good up close photos
  • It takes very clear photos, at 1.8 aperture the price cant be beat
  • but too many times I needed the camera to do the work for me because I didn't have time to manually focus without losing the photo I was seeking
  • Keeps searching, searching, click, then a blurry photo.
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Reviews around value (3.75 of 5)

  • and I'd still call it a good value if you can't afford the better options
  • and I'd still call it a good value if you can't afford the better options
  • Not as sharp as i would hope but you can correct that in post
  • But it's no where near as slow as it was after updating my camera software!
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Reviews around lense (3.34 of 5)

  • good lenses for this price, autofocus on a6000 works quite good (in AFC mode
  • Not as sharp as some pro lenses in the 55mm range but you can get some quality results.
  • It's so much lighter than the much more expensive ~50mm prime lenses for Sony
  • I was sold with several reviews recommending 50mm prime lenses, although the picture quality is fantastic, I still don’t find much reasons to spend on this one, I find the 25-55mm lense included in the A6000 bundle is very handy
  • Good quality lense for the price, perfect for portraits!!
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Reviews around focus drag (2.18 of 5)

  • But it's no where near as slow as it was after updating my camera software!
  • Even paired with my firmware-updated A7SII, the focus drag was unbearable.
  • (not the G just the basic) are fantastic as well
  • The focus drag is unbearable
  • Not as sharp as i would hope but you can correct that in post

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Reviews around autofocus (1.98 of 5)

  • However, the autofocus really is so slow and doesn't really find the right focus a lot of the time.
  • Decent image quality; autofocus is slow and the motor is really noisy
  • PROS:-This lens is plenty sharp on my A7S.-Autofocus works well above 3-4/fCONS:-Overpriced
  • Not as sharp as i would hope but you can correct that in post
  • I knew I would most-likely get a passable image with slow autofocus, probably sharp at about f/4
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Reviews around hunt (1.29 of 5)

  • AF is slow, and hunts quite a bit, sometimes never finding focus at all where Nikon's 50mm nails it no problem (tested side by side).
  • not that bad - biggest issue is that while hunting the loud AF noise can be annoying
  • I was satisfied with the image quality for the $$.2 stars with the current focus hunt - 3.9 stars without
  • Even the Zeiss 24 was soft at 1.8.Quick Tip: Update your camera body AND the lensAs soon as I put this lens on and started using it I noticed some very sporadic focus hunting going on
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Reviews around problem (1.00 of 5)

  • I mention that it's cheap?-----------------------------------------------------------------CONSIt does not have OSS and hence why it's slow on the A7 (not a problem on the A7RII)Not the quietestMotor noise could be a problem for quiet videos---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Why you should buy this
  • Focus is a touch slow, but it no problem for portraits and landscapes
  • But after I used it for a while, I would say it's a really problem, sometimes very painful and made me feel very sad to miss those opportunities
  • For an experienced photographer, its flaws aren't really a problem

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More about Sony FE 50mm F1.8 Lens

  • Style:Lens only This 50mm Full-frame E-mount Fast Prime Lens offers a focal length that is perfect for portraiture and a range of other subjects
  • A bright F1.8 maximum aperture, 7-blade circular aperture and aspherical element deliver impressive image quality with beautifully defocused background bokeh, all in a surprisingly compact and lightweight package