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Customer Rating	(276)	(574)	(18)	(190)	(834)
Price	$998.00	$598.00	$769.00	$899.00	$473.00
Sold By	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	Global Camera USA	Amazon.com	Amazon.com
Color	tba	—	tba	Black	Black
Compatible Camera Mount	Sony E	—	Sony E	Sony E, Sony E	Sony E
Focus Type	Stepper motor	—	Stepper motor	Autofocus	Stepper motor
Item Dimensions	2.80 x 2.52 x 2.52 inches	4.49 x 3.82 x 4.49 inches	2.79 x 2.51 x 2.51 inches	3.90 x 2.87 x 2.87 inches	1.77 x 2.48 x 2.48 inches
Item Weight	0.62 lbs	0.65 lbs	1.20 lbs	0.93 lbs	5.47 ounces
Lens Type	Standard	Telephoto	Standard	zoom	Wide Angle
Maximum Aperture	f/2.8	1.8 millimeters	f/1.8	2.8 millimeters	1.8
Maximum Focal Length	55 millimeters	85 millimeters	55.0 millimeters	28 millimeters	35 millimeters
Minimum Aperture	22	22	—	22	22
Minimum Focal Length	55 millimeters	35	55 millimeters	17 millimeters	35 millimeters
Photo Filter Thread Size	49 millimeters	—	—	67 millimeters	49 millimeters

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Sony Camera Lenses SEL55F18Z An all-day battery that intelligently powers every scroll, click, call, tap, playlist and season finale you can throw at it.

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Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Full-frame E-mount Prime Lens

Renowned Carl Zeiss contrast and resolution brings out the best in α7 series full frame E-mount bodies. The T* coating works with an innovative optical design to suppress internal reflections, for sublime contrast from highlights to deep blacks. In keeping with the Sonnar concept, a large F1.8 maximum aperture can produce beautiful full-frame background bokeh, but you also have the option of stopping down for extended depth-of-field. A bright lens like this is also an advantage when shooting indoors or outdoors in low light. Linear motor driven internal focusing is smooth and quiet, and a dust and moisture resistant design ensures consistently reliable performance.

Technology

Circular Aperture

When changing your aperture to defocus the background, the light sources appear blurred. This ‘bokeh’ effect of the blurred background can be enhanced with circular aperture blades used in this lens. Conventional aperture blades have flat sides creating unappealing polygonal shaped defocussed points of light. α lenses overcome this problem through a unique design that keeps the aperture almost perfectly circular from its wide-open setting to when it is closed by 2 stops. Smoother, more natural defocusing can be obtained as a result.

Aspherical lens elements

Aspherical lens design dramatically reduces spherical aberration while also reducing lens size and weight. Spherical aberration is a slight misalignment of the light rays projected on the image plane. This is caused by differences in refraction at different points on conventional spherical lenses which degrade image quality in large-aperture lenses. 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. Well-designed aspherical elements can reduce the total number of elements required in the lens, thus reducing overall size and weight. Advanced Aspherical (AA) elements are an evolved variant, featuring an extremely high thickness ratio between the center and periphery. AA elements are exceedingly difficult to produce, relying on the most advanced molding technology to consistently and precisely achieve the required shape and surface accuracy, resulting in significantly improved image accuracy and quality.

Carl Zeiss T* (T-star) coating

Coated optics were pioneered by Carl Zeiss - and this superb lens features the Carl Zeiss T* (T-Star) coating that virtually eliminates lens flare, internal reflection and light scattering that can otherwise occur at glass-to-air surfaces. The T* coating contributes to outstanding image quality, with high contrast and uniformly excellent resolution right out to the image edges. Not simply applied to any lens - the T* symbol only appears on multi-element lenses in which the required performance has been achieved throughout the entire optical path, therefore guaranteeing the highest quality.

Additional Features

Internal focusing

Only the middle groups of the optical system move to achieve focus, so the overall length of the lens does not change. Other important benefits include fast autofocusing and a short minimum focusing distance. Also, the filter thread at the front of the lens does not rotate, which is convenient if you’re using a polarizing filter.

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All rights reserved. Sony, the Sony logo, (alpha) logo, and SteadyShot are trademarks of Sony. Carl ZEISS and ZEISS is a trademark of Carl Zeiss and Sony Corporation. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

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2.8 x 2.52 x 2.52 inches

Item Weight

9.9 ounces

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B00FSB799Q

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SEL55F18Z

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#99 in SLR Camera Lenses

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Date First Available

October 15, 2013

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The Sony 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar T FE ZA Full Frame Prime Fixed Lens comes included with a Front Lens Cap, the rear cap was lost so for safety during transport we will include a Canon rear cap to keep the glass safe. The lens is used, it's not brand new, it has only very light signs of use - please check all our photos. Everything in our photos is what is included. We ship on the same Business Day if the order comes in before 3 PM West Coast Time. All orders are shipped safely with USPS Priority. Estimated delivery time is 4-8 working days. (( Serial # 0272337 - For Insurance & Security Purposes )). We take actual photos of every item we sell. Please ask us about our detailed Return-Refund-Claim Policy if you have questions. Returns are accepted up to 2 days after delivery with a 10% restocking fee and non-refundable shipping costs, or 3-14 days after delivery with a 15% restocking fee, no refunds after 14 days. If the item arrives damaged, we accept a return within 48 hours after confirmed delivery. We ship from our WA or BC stores.

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PERFECT PORTRAIT LENS

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018

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Awesome lens, UNBELIEVABLY SHARP, SUPER FAST AF, GREAT COLOR RENDITION, and whats most impressive is how small, light and compact this lens is. In my opinion it is a perfect lens. There is no need to get the 50 1.4.

This lens is worth every dollar. Sure its not a 1.2/1.4 but do you ever really shoot at those apertures?. I tend to shoot around 2.2 so I have enough texture in the skin for retouching. Highly recommend this lens.

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Considered the 7th best lens of all time.

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018

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The Sony 55mm f/1.8 Zeiss lens is an excellent choice for any full-frame e-mount Sony interchangeable-lens camera system. You’ll be hard-pressed to find an expert who will complain about the image quality. In fact, DxOMark ranks this lens as the ninth sharpest lenses they have ever tested, of approximately ten thousand tested lenses, with an overall score ranking it as the 7th best lens ever reviewed. What is even more impressive is this is acheived at a price of less than $1,000, when some inferior lenses cost as much as 13 times that.

The build-quality is sublime, as expected from a Zeiss-branded lens. Focusing movements are precise and smooth. The f/1.8 is bright, and provides bokeh often described as “creamy.” Given the small-ish size, the lens sits well on the A7R iii camera body. It also feels well-balanced on the smaller and lighter a6500; however using this lens on a crop-senor camera like the a6xxx series you will have a 35mm equivalent focal length of about 78mm, which is more appropriate for portraitures than using it as a standard 55mm lens (which is pretty close to what our eye sees). The quality is great either way, just be mindfull this is an FE mount and therefore optimized for Sony’s Full-frame line of cameras.

One noticible omission is a lack of optical image stabilization (OSS) built into the lens. Not an issue per-say as Sony’s A7 and A9 series have built-in 5-axis stabilization, which is what this lens was built for, thus negating the need for additional in-lens OSS. Even the a6500 has built-in stabilization, but if one intends to use this on an a6000 or a6300 for portraits you may be disappointed by the omitted OSS.

Attached image: A7R iii 1/80 second, f/8.0, 12,800 ISO. Original JPEG straight from the camera with the other being a 100% crop. Please note, the high HSO of the image will soften the image to a degree. Most people will not shoot at 12,800 ISO.

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Laura L. George

Absolutely spectacular bang-for-the-buck

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2016

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This is a fantastic lens with sharpness rivaling the 50 mm Sigma Art and the Sony 50 1.4. While it is not a 1.4 lens (and therefore you won't get the utmost in shallow dept-of-field), I have been nothing but impressed with it's sharpness and edge-to-edge resolution (when stopped down a bit, although sharpness wide-open at center is no joke either). Mated to a 42mp sensor I don't feel it is ham-stringing the sensor in anyway. Sharpness is however not everything, and I do love it's Zeiss-esque color rendition (a little more cold clinical than a true Zeiss, though) and it's bokeh is more than adequate for that 3-dimensional pop that is so desired. Being a short and small-statured lens does mean that some minor caveats do exist, those being Color Aberrations and Vignetting. Both are controlled very well but do show their presence especially at large aperture.--This is where I feel these lenses lose a bit to the larger more perfect ART/OTUS/G-Master brethren.

Most importantly to me, I am an avid hiker and when I do take pictures of models/subjects I do so at remote locations. Before I moved to a mirrorless full-frame, I was lugging my heavy 50/1.4 and my mirrored full-frame camera for 12(+) miles per hike up and down mountains. That got old and painful quickly and not to mention that the general bulk of what I was carrying was inconvenient for my packs and inconvenient for climbing. I believe this lens is the perfect size for a small mirrorless professional system and has 99% of the image quality needed for all but the very 0.1% of studio shoots or where the extra subject isolation of a F/1.4 (or less) lense is absolutely needed.

This lens is a must for any FE-mount Sony Owners out there.

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J.L. GarciaTop Contributor: Photography

The sharpest lens I've ever owned.

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018

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One of my biggest regrets was selling this lens to buy the Sony 90 mm macro. The Sony/Zeiss 55 mm F1.8 is literally the sharpest lens I've ever owned (with the Sony/Zeiss 35 mm F2.8 coming in at a close 2nd). It produces some of the most outstanding image quality I've ever seen. That and its quality construction justifies the price. If you're on the fence between this one and the Sony 50 mm F1.8 and you have money to burn, the 55 mm is a no-brainer. Remember, you get what you pay for.

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it's allowed me to take wonderful photos of my children

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018

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This lens is incredibly sharp. Combined with the Sony a7III, it's allowed me to take wonderful photos of my children. The fast focusing and sharpness have resulted in a large number of "keepers". Daytime outdoor photos are extremely sharp. Indoors, I can shoot without flash for more pleasing photos that capture the ambience. I previously used Canon with the 35mm Art lens which was also very sharp. But the slow autofocusing resulted in fewer keeper shots. This lens is expensive, but I think it's worth it to capture the precious moments that I want to cherish and remember forever for my young children.

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Anshuman Purkayastha

The best Sony 1.8 prime that you can buy.

Reviewed in India on March 28, 2019

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This lens is very close to my heart. The perfection and the sharpness that this lens has is truly remarkable. According to DXO mark list this is one of the top 10 sharpest lens in the market currently. One of the best parts about the lens is its lack of weight. Combined with my Sony A7III on a gimbal this produces amazing videos. And it's even better for portraits.

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DrewJimenez

Very sharp lens

Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2018

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Love this lens. Really sharp. First lens to have for full frame sony body

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Lens Description	55 millimetres
Max Focal Length	55 Millimeters

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