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Brand	Sony
Lens Type	Standard
Compatible Mountings	Sony FE
Max Focal Length	50 Millimeters
Min Focal Length	50 Millimeters

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Large F1.8 maximum aperture enables beautiful defocusing effects, 7-blade circular aperture creates beautiful defocused bokeh
Compact, lightweight design ideal for full-frame E-mount cameras, Aspherical element controls spherical aberration and coma
Double-gauss configuration suppresses field curvature & distortion, Metal mount adds solid durability as well as a sophisticated feel, Fast DC motor focus actuator system drives all lens groups
75mm (35mm equivalent) focal length with APS-C sensor. Angle of View (APS-C) : 32 degree
In-the-box: Hood (ALC-SH146), Lens front cap (ALC-F49S), Lens rear cap (ALC-R1EM)

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FE 50mm F1.8 Lens


Smooth defocusing The F1.8 maximum aperture opens up a world of beautiful prime-lens bokeh. The large F1.8 maximum aperture is also an advantage when shooting night scenes or in dimly lit interiors. When used with an α series camera body that features in-body image stabilization, even greater low-light capability enables handheld capture of clear images in dark scenes without having to use excessively high ISO sensitivity.	7-blade circular aperture The 7-blade circular aperture maximizes the beauty of large-aperture prime-lens, contributing to impressive images in which the subject stands out against a smoothly defocused background bokeh.	Refined optical performance The lens has an innovative optical design to achieve clear, high-quality images by effectively minimizing distortion and chromatic aberration. A double-gauss configuration effectively suppresses field curvature and distortion, while a precisely placed aspherical element controls spherical aberration and coma for excellent optical characteristics right out to the image periphery. An aspherical element in a new optical design controls all types of aberration (spherical, coma, distortion), rendering the subject with superior sharpness.


Solid Durability Designed for reliability in a wide range of environments, the metal mount adds a sophisticated feel as well as solid durability.	Fast, agile focusing Fast and accurate autofocus is achieved with a newly developed DC motor focus actuator system which drives all lens groups for optimum focus precision and speed as well as quiet operation.	Legal & Footnotes 2016 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. 1 NA

Compatible Models

ILCE-6600/ILCE-6100/ILCE-7RM4/ILCE-6400/ILCE-6400L/ILCE-6400M/ILCE-7M3/ILCE-7M3K/ILCE-7RM3/ILCE-9/ILCE-6500/ILCE-6500M/ILCE-6300/ILCE-6300L/ILCE-6300M/ILCE-7SM2/ILCE-7RM2/ILCE-5100/ILCE-5100L/ILCE-5100Y/ILCE-7M2/ILCE-7M2K/ILCE-7S/ILCE-6000/ILCE-6000L/ILCE-6000Y/ILCE-3500J/ILCE-5000L/ILCE-5000Y/ILCE-3000K/ILCE-7/ILCE-7K/ILCE-7R/NEX-5T/NEX-5TL/NEX-3NL/NEX-5R/NEX-6/NEX-F3K/NEX-5N/NEX-5NK/NEX-7/NEX-7K/NEX-C3K/NEX-3A/NEX-5A

Depending on the model, the operation may be restricted or additional accessory products may be required.


	ILCE-7RM3	ILCE-7M3	ILCE-7RM2	ILCE-7SM2	ILCE-7M2	ILCE-6500
Product Name	α7R III 35 mm full-frame camera with autofocus	α7 III WITH 35 MM FULL-FRAME IMAGE SENSOR	α7R II with back-illuminated full-frame image sensor	α7S II E-mount Camera with Full-Frame Sensor	α7 II E-mount Camera with Full Frame Sensor	α6500 Premium E-mount APS-C Camera
Lens compatibility	Sony E-mount lenses	Sony E-mount lenses	Sony E-mount lenses		Sony E-mount lenses	Sony E-mount lenses
Sensor type	35 mm full frame (35.9 x 24.0 mm), Exmor R CMOS sensor	35 mm full frame (35.6 × 23.8 mm), Exmor R CMOS sensor	35 mm full-frame (1.41" x 0.94"), Exmor R CMOS sensor	35 mm full frame (35.6 x 23.8 mm), Exmor CMOS sensor	35 mm full-frame (1.41" x 0.94"), Exmor R CMOS sensor	APS-C type (23.5 x 15.6 mm), Exmor CMOS sensor
Megapixels	Approx. 42.4 megapixels	Approx. 24.2 megapixels	42.4 megapixels	Approx.12.2 Megapixels	42.4 megapixels	Approx. 24.2 megapixels
Weight	657 g / 1 lb 7.2 oz	Approx. 1 lb 7.0 oz / 650 g	20.53 oz (body only)	20.6 oz (Body Only)	20.53 oz (body only)	Approx. 1 lb, Approx. 453 g

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Customer Rating	(3088)	(1248)	(1962)	(744)	(584)	(1042)
Price	From $201.81	$348.00	$359.00	$548.00	$117.15	$473.00
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Sold By	Available from these sellers	Amazon.com	Digital Goja	Amazon.com	Clear Colors	Amazon.com
Color	Black	Black	Black	—	Black	Black
Compatible Camera Mount	Sony FE	Sony E	Sony E, Sony E	Sony E	This lens is designed for Sony α camera system E-mount cameras. You cannot use it on A-mount cameras	Sony E
Focus Type	Autofocus	Stepper motor	Autofocus	Autofocus	Autofocus	Stepper motor
Item Dimensions	2.7 x 2.34 x 2.7 inches	2.44 x 2.44 x 2.44 inches	3.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 inches	4.49 x 3.82 x 4.49 inches	1.2 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches	1.77 x 2.48 x 2.48 inches
Item Weight	6.56 ounces	7.13 ounces	—	0.65 lbs	—	5.47 ounces
Lens Type	Standard	Telephoto	Wide Angle	Telephoto	Wide Angle, Normal	Wide Angle
Maximum Aperture	f/1.8	f/1.8	1.4 millimeters	1.8 millimeters	f/3.5	1.8
Maximum Focal Length	50 millimeters	50 millimeters	16 millimeters	85 millimeters	50.00 millimeters	35 millimeters
Minimum Aperture	22	22	16 millimeters	22	—	22
Minimum Focal Length	50 millimeters	50 millimeters	16 millimeters	35	16.00 millimeters	35 millimeters
Photo Filter Thread Size	49 millimeters	49 millimeters	67 millimeters	—	—	49 millimeters

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This 50mm Full-frame E-mount Fast Prime Lens offers a focal length that is perfect for portraiture and a range of other subjects. A bright F1.8 maximum aperture, 7-blade circular aperture and aspherical element deliver impressive image quality with beautifully defocused background bokeh, all in a surprisingly compact and lightweight package. Minimum focus distance is 1.48 feet. Maximum magnification is 0.14x. When using a flash always remove the lens hood and shoot at least 3.3 feet away from your subject

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Product Dimensions

2.7 x 2.34 x 2.7 inches

Item Weight

6.6 ounces

ASIN

B01DLMD5O6

Item model number

SEL50F18F

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3,088 ratings

4.6 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#15 in SLR Camera Lenses

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

March 31, 2016

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Sony

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Suntoryjim

Works great with A7

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2016

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

Works great with A7. For the price, you can't beat it.

Before you whine about the performance, put the current firmware on both your camera and lens (as of this writing, that would be 3.20 and .2 respectively), and then go into the settings and enable Phase Detect.

AF is fast up to F4, after that the camera needs more time to hunt. For someone like me coming from a Canon 40 2.8 STM w/Commlite adapter, this is not a big deal, and is still way faster than any adapted lens.

Corners are soft and hazy wide-open. In any case, 99.9% of the time your audience is going to marvel at how blurred the background is, while the other .1% is measuring the bokeh balls with a caliper for uniformity. Who cares? It's a portrait lens, for crying out loud. Stop-down if it bothers you. Beyond F5.6, this lens is sharp as nails and produces landscape scenes with stunning detail.

This lens is light-weight. I can see myself traveling with just this lens.

It's a 50mm lens, it produces beautiful images on the A7, and most importantly, it doesn't cost half the price of the A7. Believe me, nobody is going to look at your image shot with this lens and say , "Aha! You didn't shoot this with the $900 Zeiss!".

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Amazon Customer

Auto-focus on this lens is probably the worst of any native FE lens, but it's still a buy

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018

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For the price you really don't have another native lens option. As others have stated the auto-focus on this lens is probably the worst of any native FE mount lens. First it uses a DC motor, so lots of pulsing to focus. Also the motor is fairly audible so not the best choice in video. For the price the image quality is excellent. Bokeh is smooth and non distracting. The lens design is some what of a 'classic' so it is more susceptible to flare than many modern lenses.

I have actually found using this in continuous autofocus increases the usability of the focus greatly. For some reason single focus loves to hunt and give up in low contrast situations when the continuous does a much better job.

Video auto focus is a lot better than you would expect, but I would say it's critical that you have an external mic or you might pick up clicks from the DC motor.

I recently received my A7III with Sony's newest focusing technology and the same issues remain, and the lens is at the latest firmware (3).

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David C.

because the AF is actually as bad as everyone says it is

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

I returned this lens, because the AF is actually as bad as everyone says it is.

I compared it directly to my 30+ year old minolta 50mm 1.7 mounted on an LA-EA4 adapter on my A7ii camera. The Minolta focused faster indoors. That is ridiculous. This lens is an embarrassment for Sony. I wish they made something under $500 before stepping up to the Ziess. The 85mm 1.8 is a masterpiece and sells for $600, so Sony just needs to put that focusing tech into a 50.

Meanwhile, if you are looking for a cheap prime, I would recommend the samyang 35mm 2.8. It is super small and only 85 grams, it focuses faster than this lens and is often on sale for about the same price. If you keep the subject centered and can crop, you won't get the same DOF, but with more responsive AF you will have more keepers when trying to keep up with moving subjects or lower light.

Until Sony makes a better version of this lens under $500, I will stick with a pair of 35mm and 85mm FE lenses that can be acquired new, on sale, for about $820. If you need this focal length, the 55mm 1.8 is the only AF option. Otherwise, pick up an older fast manual focus nifty 50 and a cheap adapter, and you will probably have better results than this clunker of a 50mm.

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BrotherKehn

Great Priced Point for a Sony Native Lens for Portrait Photography

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2017

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

Great performance for a native lens for Sony's full frame E-mounts. I use this mostly for my portrait photography sessions with my models, friends and also promoting products if I don't need a macro lens for it.

Pros:
- Great price point for beginners portrait photography
- Wide aperture for a good shallow depth at F/1.8
- Sharp quality and sustains details
- Fast and native lens
- AF helps a lot on this and its quick

Cons:
- Feels like high quality plastic and some metal

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David Smith

Same as original

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019

Style: SEL50F18F/2Verified Purchase

Not sure how this is different from the original version as I’ve tried both and they are indistinguishable at least from my perspective. Good lens overall. Overpriced compared to the Canon offering with similar performance. Bokeh is not as smooth as I hoped but it gets the job done.

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Michael Jardeen

Lens should get better with firmware and Camera Raw updates.

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

I may exchange it or wait for a firmware update. Sharp throughout from f4 up, there is a lot of fringing in the corners from 1.8 to f4. I suspect that will get better as we get updates. I will update this once I know more. I am sure that the issues with the AF will get fixed but right now it is not working real well. I own or have owned 6 other Sony FE lenses, but got none on opening day.

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William StevensTop Contributor: Photography

Underwhelmed

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019

Style: SEL50F18F/2Verified Purchase

20191230 2333: For over $200, and for only a 50mm prime, well, it just isn't amazing. The picture quality is OK, but I get sharper pictures from my old manual primes. Even compared to my Minolta 50mm AF, it just isn't as sharp.

Physically, it looks and feels much like the kit lens that comes with the a7x cameras. Very light, very plastic. The autofocus is fast, and the eye autofocus works reasonably well on my a7ii.

The f-stop is 1.8, but wide open it doesn't seem to be very sharp. I will, eventually, get around to doing a proper test of the lens, and I will add that to this review. Unlike the old Minolta lens, which does give fantastic shots wide open, this lens is better around f/4 and higher.

It seems, like with most Sony lenses, if you want a good prime, you'll need to drop a grand or more. If clarity really matters, look at the 85mm G Master (but sit down before you look at the price).

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PEA

Objetivo de 50mm Muy decente, aunque más caro que la competencia.

Reviewed in Spain on July 3, 2017

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Un buen objetivo con un acabado decente, acorde a su precio.
No es un 50mm f1.8 económico, pero Sony tiene unos precios más altos que la competencia.

Su enfoque a pesar de no ser rapidísimo, si resulta efectivo no errando en apenas ocasiones, si lo comparamos con el sony zeiss 55mm 1.8, resulta más lento, es evidente, pero también es un objetivo que vale menos de la mitad.

En cuanto a nitidez, es casi sobresaliente, francamente bueno, aquí no hay pega alguna, control de las aberraciones bueno, y distorsiones controladas.
En prestaciones (sin contar la velocidad de enfoque) mantiene muy bien el tipo, y un punto por delante de la competencia más económica, es aquí donde justifica su precio.

Conclusiones, si no tienes para ir a por el sony zeiss 55mm 1.8, este es un digno sucesor, siempre que no pretendas hacer fotos muy movidas. Como por ejemplo a niños pequeños o animales (Ojo, se pueden hacer, pero no será tan efectivo). Para retratos es muy bueno, funcionando perfectamente con el detector de caras y con el seguimiento en el ojo. (eye focus tracking).

Esto es una valoración real, no de un producto regalado. Si te ha sido útil por favor indícalo. Si quieres hacerme alguna pregunta, contestaré lo antes posible.

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Sascha E.

Sehr gutes Objektiv für kleines Geld.

Reviewed in Germany on September 7, 2018

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

Nachdem ich viel und lang darüber nachgedacht habe, ob Zeiss, GM, G habe ich mich aufgrund des wirklich sehr geringen Preises dazu verlocken lassen, dieses Objektiv zu kaufen, ich muss sagen, Hut ab Sony!

Dieses Objektiv hat zwar einen lauten Autofokus, ja, jedoch hat das weder meine Models gestört noch mich, da man in der Zeit des Shootings definitiv mit etwas anderem Beschäftigt ist, als sein Ohr an das Objektiv zu halten. (Es stört auch nicht in der Kirche!)

Zum Fokus muss ich noch sagen, ich weiß nicht, was die Leute mit Ihrem Objektiv machen, dass es nicht automatisch fokussiert, ich habe es ausgiebig getestet und bin zu dem Ergebniss gekommen, dass der Fokus jedesmal gesessen hat auch bei sehr schlechten Lichtverhältnissen, sei es in der Kirche oder im dunklen Draußen.

Dieses Objektiv hat ein wirklich sehr schönes Bokeh, es ist in höherer Blendenregion auch am Rand sehr scharf. Da gibt es von meiner Seite aus nichts zu beanstanden.

Nutze dieses Objektiv sehr gerne als Immerdrauf.

Klare Kaufempfehlung von meiner Seite!

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Foto Lover

Black Sheep of the Family!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2019

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

I've been a Pro Photographer for 40 years and recently transitioned to Sony from Nikon. I usually buy a cheap 50mm as standard but hesitated with this model after seeing the initial reviews. I purchased a Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art (too bulky/heavy), CZ 55mm 1.8 (Nervous Bokeh) and Samyang 50mm 1.4 (Terrible AF Performance) but wasn't happy with any of them so returned them. This wee lens was on a deal of the day offer recently so I thought I'd take a punt and buy one and try it. It was one of the best decisions I've made as this lens is brilliant value for money for £145.00. The lens came supplied with firmware version 3.0.

VERDICT
Exceptionally Sharp, and particularly so at centre
Clean Bokeh, with exceptionally smooth focus transition and smooth overall rendering
Low Chromatic Aberration
Light weight and compact size
The AF is a tad slow to acquire focus on AFS but is pretty good on AFC
The focusing although somewhat noisy, does not hunt or misfocus at all on any of my bodies.

24 people found this helpful

Stuart W.

I have found its most responsive in AFC but still good in AFS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2018

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

Ignore any reviews pre firmware v3 (or v2), this lens has been transformed.

Its not as fast to focus as the Zeiss 55mm but its perfectly suited to day to day shooting and the optics are punching well above its weight price wise.

I have found its most responsive in AFC but still good in AFS, ergonomics are excellent (better than the 55), weight is perfect and the focus motor is not as loud as reviews suggest, not noticeable at all really once you get going (unless you have some random OCD!!)
The lens has character no doubt about that, images have a great quality especially paired with Sony's fine sensors.

If money were no object I would pick the Zeiss 55mm but money is absolutely a factor for me so this is a great surprise to find the lens is nowhere near as bad as I expected.

So in summary its got its limitations so don't expect to be blown away but for shooting this lens day to day you can't go wrong IMO, its a little beaut!

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yogesh

50mm prime lens

Reviewed in India on April 1, 2019

Style: Lens onlyVerified Purchase

Best budget prime lens......stunning details!! Impressive, AF IS noisy
Best in lowlight photography....worth of buying it ...all this images are captured on SONY 50MM F1.8 LENS ON SONY A7R3 CAMERA

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FE 50mm F1.8 Lens

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Smooth defocusing

7-blade circular aperture

Refined optical performance

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Fast, agile focusing

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