Make sure this fitsby entering your model number. SONY E-mount With nine rounded aperture blades, a stepping ring motor, and compact design Perfect paring of high performance and pricing, Contemporary compactness, Art line Image Quality Accessories Included: Lens Hood, Rear and Front Cap For APS-C Mirrorless cameras including Sony E mount and Micro Four Thirds
I bought 2 months ago , according DxOMark is the sharpest lens that exists for E mount . my personal opinion, focuses fast enough , is excellent for low light conditions have not even had trouble focusing in low light on my sony a6000 , has a bit of distortion that is easily corrected in Lightroom 6.6 , the build quality is excellent , I give it 5 stars why it is a great product at a very low cost, especially because it is the sharpest lens that exists for E mount , only not recommend it for video because it has no stabilizer.
Zack Nicol
5
This is my most recent lens purchase and it has quickly become my go-to lens. It is a small, compact autofocus lens that I use for both portraits and landscape photography. The low aperture makes for a nice blurry background and a crisp, clean subject in the foreground. It is perfect for if youre shooting a person or group of people with a nice blurry background behind them. It is also super effective at shooting landscape. It delivers high-quality, crisp images and the autofocus is FANTASTIC. Plus, it costs much less (~$100) than other similar lenses. I cant recommend this lens enough.
Chicagoon
5
As many have said, this might just be the best prime lens for Sonys E-Mount / APS-C cameras. I use it on my Sony A6000, and its amazing. Quick pros and cons: Pros: Best-in-class aperture. f1.4 is currently the best available on the market, there is no more open lens in this range. Cheap. Compared to the competition, this lens is an absolute steal. Cheaper than the nearest Sony and Zeiss equivalents. Amazing quality. I never knew a lens this cheap, and promising f1.4, could ever look this good. Unless youre a serious photo pro whos crawling over the pixels in Photoshop, this lens is near perfect at any setting. What small flaws it does have, are almost all easily fixed (e.g. very minor, best-in-class, barrel distortion). Anyone using this for point-and-shoot or basic portraits wont need to do a thing, it looks great out of the box. Cons: No image stabilization. This is really both a pro and a con. You dont need image stabilization anyway if you shoot with a tripod, so no sense paying for it. If you know anything about setting up your camera, you probably already know how to setup a fast shutter speed using the 1.4 to avoid almost all concerns about shaky hands. However, lacking image stabilization means handheld shots are a fraction slower and less stable than they would be with the Sony-equivalent lens that does have image stabilization. Really, I wouldnt be worried if you know how to setup a lens, but the Sony is the easier "point and click" lens in the range. If youre a studio photographer with a lot of lighting who depends on each individual shot being perfect yet you dont use a tripod, then maybe youd need to worry. I just shoot in multi-shot mode to make sure I get a good one. Chromatic aberration. Also called "purple fringing", lenses with low enough f-stop values are prone to splitting the light on the edges of a subject, leading to a bleeding effect where sharp differences in light cause the object to have a purple outline. Note that this outline is normally pretty hard to see unless youre really blowing up the image (8x10?) or looking for it on a monitor. This is normal, and for this class of lense, this lense is still great for its class. If this is a major concern for you, either shop around, or learn to shoot around it (increase f-stop when shooting sharp light contrasts, for instance). Zoom by wire. Most e-mount lenses dont zoom on a 1:1 track with how you spin the ring, they relay that information to the camera which tries to guess what value youre reaching for. This is totally normal across the range, but some people seem to be bothered by it, so take note. This lens dials in just as well as any of its fly-by-wire competitors, and I find I can get exactly the results I want using the simple "show a zoom during focus" option on my camera. Overall: This lens has all the normal flaws of a 1.4 in this price range, but it costs less, and has the lowest f-stop you can get. Absolutely, bar-none the best prime lens for most users. Requires only beginner-level knowledge to make the most out of it. Spend one day looking up tips on shooting with lenses with low f-stops, and youll be ready for this.
Power User
5
I would like to give this 4.5 stars. Image quality wise, its more like 4, value and usability its more like 5. First, its VERY SMALL AND LIGHT. Im using it on the Sony a6000, and those two combined are so small and light it feels like cheating. Second, not all lenses can keep up with the crazy-fast focus and shoot performance of the a6000, but this little Sigma DOES. Its a sharp lens...what its not, is a crazy-sharp lens. Im spoiled by lenses like the Zeiss 55mm f1.8, and comparatively, this lens is good, just not great. Still, usability makes up for the minor failings in image quality. Very bright, very fast, very easy to use.
Matthew G. Fleming
5
Incredibly great lens. I use it with a humble A6000 camera, and the results are much, much better than anyone would have a right to expect, given the price of the camera and lens. As many have noted, it is extremely sharp, but also produces beautiful colors and dynamic range. I have a few other lenses for the A6000 and almost never use them, except for the occasional macro (for which use an ancient Nikon AI 55 mm macro lens and Fotasy adapter -- works great!) and long telephoto (Nikon 80-200 f/4 AI -- works great) shots. (I have the Sigma 60mm f/2.8, which is also a steal, for portraits but dont take a lot of those.) As to how this lens compares with the Sigma 30 mm f/2.8, I dont know. That lens is cheaper and would probably work well, because I rarely use apertures wider than f/2.8 anyway. Im sure the Sony 35 mm is fine. But youll have to pry this beauty from my cold, dead hands. I intend to be buried with it.
Willie V. Hughes
5
Sigma lenses rock. Ive got the Sigma 30mm F1.4 and the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 and use them interchangeably on my Sony a5100 (a surprisingly little powerful camera package). The heft and build quality of Sigma lenses is impressive, but their optics are even more impressive. A little slower to focus with auto-focus than Sony OEM lenses, they still focus fast-enough for continuous video use. You cannot go wrong with this lens if youre looking for an around-town portrait lens that can also be used for low-light conditions. I use this lens for professional head-shots and portraits, and also for tight video work with a creamy bokeh and cinematic look.
Mark M
5
I bought this to pair with a Sony A6300 after being unsatisfied with the sharpness of the FE28/2 and the SEL35mm/1.8. The Sigma was highly recommended and in terms of sharpness its a nearly impossible to beat APS-C lens for the Sony APS-C system. The caveat is that the Sigma 30/1.4 does not focus as quickly as the FE28 or SEL35, and Ive found that it has accuracy issues in low-light more than the FE28 and SEL35. In addition to the focus being less than optimal in low-light I wish the lens were 35mm as I have become very accustomed to that focal range and 30mm is slightly wider than Id like. With that said I own the Rokinon 12/2, Sony SEL 50/1.8 and owned the aforementioned lenses. The Sigma 30/1.4 has rarely left my A6300 since buying it, I consider it a must own for sharpness on Sonys APS-C lineup. I do miss the color rendering, and the focusing quality of the FE28, and the image stabilization of the SEL35/1.8. If youre an APS-C shooter on Sony then here is my recommendation go with the 28mm/2 if you want focusing accuracy and speed and dont mind a slightly wider focal length than 35mm. Go with the SEL 35 if you want image stabilization. Go with the Sigma if you want absolute sharpness.
Richard Matthews
5
EEEERRRR MY GEEERDDDD!!! This lens is flipping fantastic. Best lens Ive ever owned. Hands down. Perfect focal length on the a6500. Fast focus (even in the dark). Amazing bokeh. Great colors. Shallow depth of field for portraits is wonderful. I chase my kids around with this lens all day. Photos and videos. Its on my camera most of the time at the moment. Im ready for Sigma to make me a 50mm and an 85mm of this lens. It would be awesome.
Amazon Customer
5
I love this lens. The 1.4 is great for low light and shallow dept of field. I use my camera mainly for studio photography of the tattoos I’ve done. But ever now and then I take portraits. The autofocus is fast and the quality is unmatchable. Here’s some of the photos I’ve taken with this lens and my Sony a6300.
Christopher Perez
5
I purchased a Sony a6500 bundle that came with the excellent Sony 18-135 zoom and the 50mm 1.8 lenses. Both are great lenses but my setup was missing a prime in the versatile 50mm equivalent range (the Sony 50mm acts like a 75mm lens on the a6500 because of this camera sensor’s 1.5x crop factor). This Sigma 30mm performs like a 45mm lens which is close enough to the 50mm range. And with that gaping f1.4 aperture it delivers some beautiful bokeh when desired. I have been using it for automotive photography and also closeup still life photos. The Sigma 30mm 1.4 now completes a trio of lenses that will serve me for 99% of the photo situations I’ll encounter. If I add another lens, it will most likely be the Sigma 16mm 1.4. For under $300 this is a lens you will be proud to have in your camera bag, although it will probably spend most of its time attached to your camera grabbing great photos.
