I know there are more affordable comparable lenses in the

It blows the kit lenses out of the water.

One of the best Sony lenses for the price

Great lenses, and better than the 16-50mm zoom that is included in the starter kit

This is one of the sharpest lenses from Sony for the NEX series cameras.

Great lense

but I guess that does not say a lot as most lenses are pretty bad for this system

It's a shame that we have such small and lightweight cameras with such bulky lenses

One of the best e mount apsc lense

Also the optics on this approach that of the 24mm Zeiss and I really with that lens were as affordable as this one (or if Sony made their own version to make it more affordable).One note comparing this to the 35mm f/1.8, they're both great lenses

Excellent lenses at a very good price.

Samsung NX cameras are similar in size to the NEX series and Samsung has managed to make some pretty good and small prime lenses, so it is possible when made a corporate priority

I know it's possible to design more compact primes lenses, because Sigma is doing it for NEX E mount

In many low light circumstances where my zoom lenses would be useless, I can shoot with this lens at 1/125 shutter and the photos are crisp and have no motion blur

The is an awsome lense, which is good for portrait photo.

I am a very long-time Leica user, early on as a professional in NYC, so that I am partial to compact, fast lenses.

I am a long time fan of Sony NEX cameras, and I have owned and used many of the Sony brand E-mount lenses available for the NEX cameras, including the Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle, the SEL1855 E-mount 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS, and the SEL55210 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3

There are so few really good lenses available for e-mount which are affordable that the SEL50f18 is a real treasure

It is a bit more expensive than other 50mm f/1.8 lenses, but has built in OSS that is very effective and performs superbly.

It's by far the best lens that I own for it (can't afford Zeiss lenses)

great lense for its purpose

One of the best lenses available for the E mount system

This is one of the best lenses I've ever owned.

All the 50mm prime lenses are compact and fits nicely on nex cameras

I use this on the nex 5r and its one of my favorite lenses.

Logical lense... reliable, easy, lightweight.

goes for the best prime lenses on the Sony A6000

To me this lens is what the Sony mirrorless system should be all about--compact lenses with great optics

An excellent prime lense that allows me to take excellent portraits and capture points of interest close by with vivid detail of the subject along with smooth bokeh.

Love this lens--I skirted around getting a 50 mm because I didn't want another fixed lens, however, I was convinced by the f-stop (not as good as some 50mm lenses out there, but very nice nonetheless).

Now sure, prime lenses lack the ability to change the focal length, but what they lack they make up for in quality

My favorite E Mount lens (although there are only like 6 available at the moment)This lens takes amazing pictures even in tough lighting conditions (I've almost never used a flash with this lens).Cons -Auto-focus can be a bit slowWith the 1.5 crop factor it's closer to a 75mm lens (a 50mm after the crop would have been better

Perhaps the quickest way to drastically improve your photos with an E mount camera like the Sony a6000, a5100, a5000, etc

Great E Mount Prime Lens for the A6000.

My favorite E Mount lens (although there are only like 6 available at the moment)This lens takes amazing pictures even in tough lighting conditions (I've almost never used a flash with this lens).Cons -Auto-focus can be a bit slowWith the 1.5 crop factor it's closer to a 75mm lens (a 50mm after the crop would have been better

Perhaps the quickest way to drastically improve your photos with an E mount camera like the Sony a6000, a5100, a5000, etc

Great E Mount Prime Lens for the A6000.