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Sony SEL50M28 FE 50mm F2.8 Full Frame E-mount Lens (Black)
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Brand | Sony |
Focal Length Description | 50 mm |
Lens Type | Macro |
Compatible Mountings | Sony FE |
Camera Lens Description | 7 |
About this item
- Full-frame 50mm macro lens with 1:1 magnification, F2.8 max. aperture for low-light and shallow depth of field, Get close with 6.25” (0.16m) minimum focusing distance
- ED glass effectively compensates for axial chromatic aberration, Robust and reliable dust and moisture resistant design, Focus-mode switch, focus-range limiter and focus-hold button
- Distance scale, Magnification scale and Distance index, Compact (2.78”) and lightweight (8.3 oz.) for high mobility, Great for scenery and portraits as well as macro shots
- 7-blade circular aperture design produce beautiful bokeh. Angle of View (0.11 feet) : 47 degree
- Minimum Focus Distance: 6.3 inches. Filter Thread Front: 55 mm
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Auto focus | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
Picture quality | 4.4 | — | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Image stabilization | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.4 | — | — | 4.2 |
Quality of material | — | — | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | — |
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lens type | Macro | Standard | Macro | Standard | Telephoto | Macro |
compatible mountings | Sony FE | Sony E | Sony E | Sony FE | Sony E | Sony E |
lens design | Zoom | Prime | Zoom | Prime | Prime | Prime |
focus type | Manual Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Stepper motor |
minimum focal length | — | — | — | 50 millimeters | 90 millimeters | 30 millimeters |
max focal length | — | 50 millimeters | — | 50 millimeters | 90 millimeters | 30 millimeters |
fixed focal length | 50 millimeters | 50 millimeters | 105 millimeters | 50 millimeters | 90 millimeters | 30 millimeters |
From the manufacturer
FE 50mm F2.8 Full-frame E-mount Macro Lens
Get close with this full-frame 50mm macro lens and wide F2.8 aperture and a 6.25 inch (0.16m) minimum focusing distance with a 1:1 macro capability. Delivering on a wide range of uses from landscape, portrait to macro, its compact and lightweight design, paired with a comprehensive selection of on-lens controls, including a focus-mode switch and focus-range limiter, contributes to versatile operation.
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Full-Frame 50mm Macro Lens and Wide F2.8 Max. ApertureThis high-performance 50mm macro prime lens is the ideal focal length for most photographers from close-up macro shots to landscapes and portraits. The bright F2.8 maximum aperture delivers excellent low-light performance and control over depth of field for beautiful defocussed backgrounds. |
Made for Macro and Close FocusGet up close for macro and interesting shots with 6.25 inches (0.16m) minimum focusing distance and a 1:1 magnification. |
7-Blade Circular Aperture Design Produce Beautiful BokehWhen changing your aperture to defocus the background, the background light sources appear blurred. While conventional aperture blades have flat sides creating unappealing polygonal shaped defocussed points of light, this ‘bokeh’ effect of the blurred background can be enhanced with circular aperture blades used in this lens. |
ED Glass ElementExtra-low dispersion (ED) glass dramatically reduces axial chromatic aberration and provides superior contrast across the entire image, even at large aperture settings and close focusing distances. |
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Aspherical lens designField curvature is carefully corrected by aspherical lens design which dramatically reduces spherical aberration while also reducing lens size and weight. Specially shaped 'aspherical' elements near the diaphragm restore alignment of light rays at the image plane, maintaining high sharpness and contrast even at maximum aperture and can also be used at other points in the optical path to reduce distortion. |
Robust And Reliable Dust And Moisture Resistant DesignSealing at all joints minimizes the chance of dust and moisture intrusion for maximum reliability in the widest possible range of shooting conditions. |
Comprehensive ControlsA comprehensive selection of on-lens controls, including a focus-mode switch, a focus-range limiter and a focus hold button contribute to versatile operation and advanced macro shooting capabilities. |
Focus-range LimiterThis function allows you to set a limit on the focusing range which can save you time during autofocus (AF) operation as the lens will not ‘hunt’ through the entire focusing range. The focus range can be set to; Full (lens will use the full range to find focus), infinity to 0.3m (far) and 0.3m to 0.16m (near). |
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Focus Hold ButtonOnce you’ve adjusted focus to where you want it, pressing this button on the lens barrel will keep the lens locked to that focusing distance which is also convenient for holding focus while recomposing. The preview function can also be assigned to this button through the camera’s custom settings. |
Focus Mode SwitchAn AF/MF focus mode switch on the lens allows fast and easy selection of auto and manual focus without having to take your eye off your subject or having to go into menus. |
Macro ConvenienceMagnification and distance scales enhance convenience with precise magnification and distance indications on the lens that can be an important aid for macro photography. |
Small, Lightweight and VersatileThe compact (2.78 inch) and lightweight (8.3 ounce) design means you can always carry this lens with you, while the 50mm focal range and fast F2.8 aperture is perfect for scenery and portraits as well as macro shots. |
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Footnotes1 Although the design is dust and moisture resistant, absolute protection from dust and moisture is not guaranteed. |
Legal2016 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony is not responsible for typographical and photographic errors. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved. Sony, the Sony logo, (alpha) logo, and SteadyShot are trademarks of Sony. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 4.09 x 3.43 x 4.69 inches |
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Item Weight | 12 ounces |
ASIN | B01LC8GMV4 |
Item model number | SEL50M28 |
Customer Reviews |
4.3 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #759 in SLR Camera Lenses |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 1, 2016 |
Manufacturer | SOAB9 |
Country of Origin | China |
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Product Description
Get close with this full-frame 50mm macro lens and wide F2.8 aperture and a 6.25” (0.16m) minimum focusing distance with a 1:1 macro capability. Delivering on a wide range of uses from landscape, portrait to macro, its compact and lightweight design, paired with a comprehensive selection of on-lens controls, including a focus-mode switch and focus-range limiter, contributes to versatile operation.
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Customers like the sharpness, ease of use, and value of the camera lens. For example, they mention it's a great lens, works amazing for macro work, and is worth the spend. That said, some complain about the noise and focus.
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Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it is a great lens for macro photography, with excellent corner-to-corner sharpness. Some say that the autofocus is OK. Overall, customers are happy with the quality of their images after using this lens.
"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...." Read more
"Lens is very sharp and is great for general purpose landscapes and still lifes...." Read more
"I am in love with this lens , best macro lens and easy to use. I am using it in my Sony alpha 6000 camera...." Read more
"Overall this is a really nice lens. The size and weight are perfect for a Sony Alpha body and doubles as a really nice street photography lens...." Read more
Customers find the lens easy to use. They say it works amazing for macro work, and it interacts superbly with their a7Rm2. They also appreciate the macro features and how you can lock it for 1:1 magnification. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"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...." Read more
"I am in love with this lens , best macro lens and easy to use. I am using it in my Sony alpha 6000 camera...." Read more
"...f/2.8. This is nice and it helps with DOF and when shooting in low-light conditions..." Read more
"...It is also good for just general use. The only reason I did not give it five stars is because it is a bit slow autofocusing...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the lens. They say it's worth the price and the pictures are crisp, clean, and clear.
"...The real question for me was is it worth the money, and that's where the three stars comes from...." Read more
"...Lens quality is worth the price." Read more
"Very nice lens for the money. Seems to wrk well" Read more
"Worth the spend. The pics are crisp, clean and clear." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the weight of the camera lens. They mention that it is perfect for a very small camera bag and light enough to carry every where. They also say that it's a nice combo of portability and quality.
"...it is small enough to fit in a very small camera bag and light enough to carry every where." Read more
"Overall this is a really nice lens. The size and weight are perfect for a Sony Alpha body and doubles as a really nice street photography lens...." Read more
"...This is a nice combo of portability and quality...." Read more
"This lens is lightweight and easy to use. I love the macro features and how you can lock it for 1:1 magnification...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the focus of the camera lenses. Some mention that it's plenty fast, while others say that it struggles to find focus. The limiting focus range is very useful in general photography and greatly improves the speed. However, some say that the autofocus capability is not that great, especially in low-light, and that it is very sensitive and hard to achieve perfect focus.
"...For me, this really beats the standard 50mm. Focus is plenty fast in my experience (A7II and A7RII), though others have reported different results...." Read more
"...It is a full frame lens and not designed for the Alpha so the focus is a little slower and no image stabilization...." Read more
"...The limiting focus range is very useful in general photography and greatly improves the speed of the auto focus. Lens quality is worth the price." Read more
"...Auto focus is a slightly noisy and slower for normal distance subjects, but OK as long as they don't move much. Switch to manual focus for movies...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the image quality of the lens. Some mention that the pictures are crisp, clean, and clear, with excellent detail and contrast. However, other customers say that the picture quality is meh at best, too contrasty for portraits, and has missed the mark on landscape shots.
"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...." Read more
"...Maybe a little too contrasty for portraits, but shoot those wide open, and it could be OK... First thing on this lens for my A7R2, is use Single..." Read more
"...I think it's great. Bokeh looks smooth and colors and contrast are acceptable. Many of the photos attached have very little editing to them...." Read more
"Very nice lens producing high quality photos and bright macros...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the lens. Some mention that the IQ is pretty good as long as you can nail the focus, while others say that it's pretty cheaply made, the build quality is mostly plastic, and it'd not be as durable.
"...IQ is there." Read more
"...Build quality is mostly plastic but at this cost, this is typically what you get for a lense these days...." Read more
"...IQ is pretty good considering the cost and build. 5) f/2.8...." Read more
"...Note that the lens body is made of plastic so it's not as durable...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the camera lens. They mention that the autofocus is noisy at macro range.
"...Otherwise, the AF thing will NOT stop grinding. Auto focus is a slightly noisy and slower for normal distance subjects, but OK as long as they do..." Read more
"...Being that it's a plastic lens, f2.8 aperture, and autofocus that's noisy compared to other Sony lens, plus slow and misses a lot when really close-..." Read more
"...My only complaint so far is with the autofocus: the motor is slow and noisy, and keeps hunting. Once, the motor froze and refused to focus...." Read more
"...Slow, noisy and never really sure of itself, that it has focus. After experiencing the 24-70mm f/4 poor edges, I opted for this for now...." Read more
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More updates. Turn OFF "Live View Display" and that speeds up AF tremendously in lower light, at least for single AF modes. I'm actually not sure why that's camera setting is not documented well. But from playing with it, if you turn ON "Live View Display", the camera will always stop down the aperture ahead of time before doing anything, so it will be trying to focus at the smaller aperture's lower light level and greater depth of view and hence slower. Otherwise if you turn that feature OFF, it will focus first at FULL wide open aperture (much faster and accurate and snappier) when the shutter button is partially depressed, before stopping down to the set aperture.
For general distance moving targets, AF speed is best set to SCN "Sports" Mode.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018
More updates. Turn OFF "Live View Display" and that speeds up AF tremendously in lower light, at least for single AF modes. I'm actually not sure why that's camera setting is not documented well. But from playing with it, if you turn ON "Live View Display", the camera will always stop down the aperture ahead of time before doing anything, so it will be trying to focus at the smaller aperture's lower light level and greater depth of view and hence slower. Otherwise if you turn that feature OFF, it will focus first at FULL wide open aperture (much faster and accurate and snappier) when the shutter button is partially depressed, before stopping down to the set aperture.
For general distance moving targets, AF speed is best set to SCN "Sports" Mode.
I'd say it's better than half as good as the Sony 90mm FE macro which is twice the price, but in general I'd say Sony's lens cost a little more than they're worth. If this was say $350, or f1.8 (or even f2.0 like the 28mm FE) I might say it's more reasonable and a 4-5 star lens. No, you wouldn't ever shoot macro at that aperture, but it would definitely help this lens in the portrait and street photography area. Considering you can get the Sony 50mm f1.8 which seems like it has the same AF motor and extension tubes for around $250, this is a hard sell at $500 regardless of how nice the photos are.
BUILD:
It's plastic, but feels durable. The real question is how well does the front seal keep out dust and moisture over time. The barrel sticks out quite a ways when fully extended which means a lot of chances for dust and moisture to get in to the lens. Though there's no lens hood, the front element is sunk far enough into the lens that the lens itself acts as a hood. I had no flaring issues when shooting in the sun and back lit photos, so it does it's job.
FOCUSING:
AUTO- When shooting portraits or objects more than a few feet away it actually is quite fast, and locks on almost every time. The closer the object is the longer and harder it is to get a focus, and when it misses it really misses, and the lens needs to fully focus out and then back which feels like an eternity, especially when I just got done trying the FE 90mm for a few days. The motor is pretty noisy compared to all the other Sony lens I have but nothing I'd consider unbearable.
MANUAL- Now this is probably the biggest plus to this lens in my opinion. Using fast turns it still takes two full turns to go from min to max focus. On a normal lens this would be really annoying, but for macro and trying to achieve tack sharp focus this works really good for me. The focal length also helps with this. That was my biggest complaint in the Sony 90mm macro was that the focus was very sensitive and hard to achieve perfect focus without working hard for it. (but that's macro for you)
Note- The closer to the minimum focus you are, the more light fall off you have, that is the darker the photo gets, so the more you need to adjust ISO, aperture, or shutter speed to compensate, so you need really good lighting or a ring light. The additional issue with this is that you're so close to your object at min focus that you're almost touching it with the lens so an on camera or even hotshoe flash is probably going to cause a shadow from the lens, though I didn't test this out. Thankfully I had good lighting at the time.
IMAGE QUALITY:
I think it's great. Bokeh looks smooth and colors and contrast are acceptable. Many of the photos attached have very little editing to them. Just white balance and a small boost in color. For portraits I really like it. I managed to get a lot of good handheld macro photos which would be a lot more difficult with a 90mm or 100mm macro lens.
Overall this is a good lens. If you're looking for a cheap Sony native macro lens that doubles as a portrait and street photography lens and are fine with the f2.8 aperture, this could be it. If you're willing to use adapters for non-Sony lens, macro tubes, or want to be as far from your object as possible, this might not be the lens for you. Hopefully this review helps.
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016
I'd say it's better than half as good as the Sony 90mm FE macro which is twice the price, but in general I'd say Sony's lens cost a little more than they're worth. If this was say $350, or f1.8 (or even f2.0 like the 28mm FE) I might say it's more reasonable and a 4-5 star lens. No, you wouldn't ever shoot macro at that aperture, but it would definitely help this lens in the portrait and street photography area. Considering you can get the Sony 50mm f1.8 which seems like it has the same AF motor and extension tubes for around $250, this is a hard sell at $500 regardless of how nice the photos are.
BUILD:
It's plastic, but feels durable. The real question is how well does the front seal keep out dust and moisture over time. The barrel sticks out quite a ways when fully extended which means a lot of chances for dust and moisture to get in to the lens. Though there's no lens hood, the front element is sunk far enough into the lens that the lens itself acts as a hood. I had no flaring issues when shooting in the sun and back lit photos, so it does it's job.
FOCUSING:
AUTO- When shooting portraits or objects more than a few feet away it actually is quite fast, and locks on almost every time. The closer the object is the longer and harder it is to get a focus, and when it misses it really misses, and the lens needs to fully focus out and then back which feels like an eternity, especially when I just got done trying the FE 90mm for a few days. The motor is pretty noisy compared to all the other Sony lens I have but nothing I'd consider unbearable.
MANUAL- Now this is probably the biggest plus to this lens in my opinion. Using fast turns it still takes two full turns to go from min to max focus. On a normal lens this would be really annoying, but for macro and trying to achieve tack sharp focus this works really good for me. The focal length also helps with this. That was my biggest complaint in the Sony 90mm macro was that the focus was very sensitive and hard to achieve perfect focus without working hard for it. (but that's macro for you)
Note- The closer to the minimum focus you are, the more light fall off you have, that is the darker the photo gets, so the more you need to adjust ISO, aperture, or shutter speed to compensate, so you need really good lighting or a ring light. The additional issue with this is that you're so close to your object at min focus that you're almost touching it with the lens so an on camera or even hotshoe flash is probably going to cause a shadow from the lens, though I didn't test this out. Thankfully I had good lighting at the time.
IMAGE QUALITY:
I think it's great. Bokeh looks smooth and colors and contrast are acceptable. Many of the photos attached have very little editing to them. Just white balance and a small boost in color. For portraits I really like it. I managed to get a lot of good handheld macro photos which would be a lot more difficult with a 90mm or 100mm macro lens.
Overall this is a good lens. If you're looking for a cheap Sony native macro lens that doubles as a portrait and street photography lens and are fine with the f2.8 aperture, this could be it. If you're willing to use adapters for non-Sony lens, macro tubes, or want to be as far from your object as possible, this might not be the lens for you. Hopefully this review helps.
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