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Review on πŸ“· Sony SEL35F18: High-Performance 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens by Michael Baek ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A great option for this money, I definitely recommend it!

Everything is individual, of course, but in my opinion every owner of the Sony Alpha NEX should have it. Because he is from the category that I see. I shoot it and it's pretty good. =) Has some pros Lightweight and relatively compact. Not a pancake of course, but the dimensions are modest. Stabilizer thing! In principle, it’s not really needed for photography at such a focal length, especially with such aperture, but for video, it’s just class! Although video fixes are essentially not very convenient. Decent sharpness for me, starting at maximum aperture. They write here about vignettes, HA. All this is corrected in the editors at a time. Yes, and camera improvements also normally fight this. Strongly tailored, well sewn. Sturdy, outwardly metallic. I dropped it here from one and a half meters onto a wooden floor along with the camera, the lens down. The camera was on. As a result, my nerves and heart suffered =) After the fall, I did pair tests with a kit lens 18-55. At the same focal length, he remained better, as he was. By the way, I came across a rather sharp KIT, but at f 5.6, at 35 mm it is the same in sharpness as 35 at 2.8. For indoor portraits, this is it. Street . a bit narrow, but sharpness is good. Nature is what you need! Autofocus is faster here, compared to 18-55, but the speed is minor, noticeable only under certain conditions, when it is necessary from infinity to the near range and vice versa. In general, an analogue of "fifty dollars" in ff is what you need. Offset! Got cons: Price. Released on 09/18/13, so far, only in one color variant (black). I have a silver NEX 5R, it looks somehow aloof. I don't see any cons! unless the aperture could be larger. But it seems to me that the current AF on all nexes cannot handle a large aperture. And at such prices, it will cost like two cameras. Rather, a feature of the work of AF carcasses NEX. When multifocusing, it often smears at close range (at f 2.2 and more), because The depth of field is small. With Face Priority, always focuses on the hair, the face is slightly out of focus. Here it is better to focus either on the center or on a point.