Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS

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Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS
Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS.jpg
MakerSony
Lens mount(s) Sony E-mount
Technical data
Type Prime
Focus drive Autofocus
Focal length50mm
Focal length (35mm equiv.)75mm
Image format APS-C
Aperture (max/min)f/1.8-22.0
Close focus distance0.39 metres (1.3 ft)
Max. magnification1:6 (0.16x)
Diaphragm blades7
Construction9 elements in 8 groups
Features
Manual focus override Yes check.svg Yes
Weather-sealing X mark.svg No
Lens-based stabilization Yes check.svg Yes
Aperture ringX mark.svg No
ApplicationPortrait, Low-Light
Physical
Max. length62.0 millimetres (2.44 in)
Diameter62.0 millimetres (2.44 in)
Weight202 grams (0.445 lb)
Filter diameter49mm
Accessories
Lens hoodPlastic lens hood, ALC-SH116
History
Introduction2011
Retail info
MSRP $298 USD

The Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS is a short telephoto APS-C prime lens for the Sony E-mount, released by Sony on August 24, 2011. [1] [2]

Contents

Build quality

The lens has a mixture of high quality plastic and aluminium body. It is a comparably compact lens with a metal mount and a silent, fast autofocus. Being a small telephoto lens with a focal length equivalent of 75mm one of its purposes is portrait shots.

It features OSS (Optical Steady Shot).

Image quality

Wide open the lens is rather soft but stopping down to f/5.6 yields very sharp results. That way portraits shot wide open render soft with a very nice bokeh [3] . This lens gives amateur users highest quality pictures for a budget lens in this focal length, high end users may find wide open softness and chromatic aberration, but for most of users it will surpase expectations when stopped down.

Distortion is very low and vignetting negligible, but the culprit of this lens is chromatic aberration which is very strong wide open and becomes acceptable only by stopping down towards f/5.6 [4] [5] .

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References

  1. ↑ "Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS SEL50F18 Review". www.imaging-resource.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS". photographylife.com. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  3. ↑ "Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS for Sony E mount test/review on Sony Alpha Blog". Sony Alpha Blog. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS SEL50F18 Review". www.imaging-resource.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Sony NEX 50mm F/1.8 OSS review". kurtmunger.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.


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