Sony SEL50M28 FE 50mm F2.8 Full Frame E-mount Lens (Black)

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a local Photography Day event and Sony had a booth there. Attendees were able to try out lenses so I tried out the new Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro lens and fell it love with it -- so much so that I pre-ordered it and it came in yesterday. Today, a dark, cloudy day, I grabbed my tripod and set it up in front of a few flowers in my backyard. Along came a few bees and after fiddling around with my aperture, ISO, and shutter speed settings and taking a few dozen photos ... all I can say is ... wow! I was about 7-8 inches from the bee and the clarity of the images was amazing! While I have taken classes off and on and played around with photography over the years, I consider myself a newbie. Even so, this lens was easy to use both in auto focus and manual focus modes. In manual focus mode, it took me awhile to focus, as I had to turn the focus ring quite a bit (but I attribute that to user inexperience). In auto focus mode, it seems to take a little while to focus. But Im comparing the focus speed to the E 3.5-5.6/PZ 16-50 OSS lens that came with my Sony A6000 camera, so Im guessing slower focusing time for a Macro lens is to be expected. At any rate, I have no complaints. Its a great lens at an affordable price (comparatively speaking) and, so far, I love it!

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Fantastic image quality. It is a full frame lens and not designed for the Alpha so the focus is a little slower and no image stabilization. But that is the trade off for the price. If you need the stabilization, macro, and faster focus you will need to double what you pay and get the 90mm macro. The other nice thing is the size. Attached to my Alpha 6500 it is small enough to fit in a very small camera bag and light enough to carry every where.

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Look this lens is beyond sharp. Keep the AF on, on your camera body. Turn the Bodys focus to Manual focus. Use the switch on your body to spot AF, let the af get generally close. Then come in for the finishing touch in MF. Its really so quick and so sharp with these settings!

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Great, sharp lens, and offers good ability to use for both everyday, scenic and macro shots all in one. For me, this really beats the standard 50mm. Focus is plenty fast in my experience (A7II and A7RII), though others have reported different results. Love it.

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An excellent lens image quality wise. Once you get used to how to control it you will have a gem in your hands. Interacts superbly with the a7Rm2. The sharpness is superb even at the corners of the shot. In some severe scenarios e.g. foliage with a very bright background you might encounter some chromatic aberration up to f/5.6.

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My first macro lens, I love it! Could be sharper when maginified, but for this price it’s a pretty versatile lens with a wide focus range. Weightless as well, my lightest lens.

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This lens is lightweight and easy to use. I love the macro features and how you can lock it for 1:1 magnification. I am very pleased with the quality of my images

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Works amazing for macro work. Though you still have to get fairly close and the 50mm doesnt seem to have much use outside macro as I already have the Sigma 40mm.

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Still working with images. Easy to use Recommend

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I use this for copying my old 35mm slides. Great focus across the entire frame, and I havent noticed any loss of resolution with various apertures. Not a rigorous test, but I am happy with it.

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