Sony 35mm F1.8 OSS E-mount lens reviews
reviews found: 14
 addy landzaat#45590 date: Sep-21-2020 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony/Minolta 50/1.4 Sigma DN 30mm |
| price paid: | €359,- (new in 2013) |
| positive: | Size, weight, OSS |
| negative: | Good but not that good Price |
| comment: | I do not know why QuietOC states it is similar to 54mm on full frame, as it is similar to 52.5mm according to Sony.nl My use case for this lens is: take it with me when I want a lens in between a wide angle and a tele lens in my bag. So, it is not used that much , but it delivers when I do use it. There is nothing really outstanding about the lens, both good nor bad. It is sharp enough, but I know better. Colour is nice, but I have seen better. The strengths of this lens are size, weight and OSS. All in all it is a nice package. If 50mm is your street focal length, an A6x00 camera with the 35/1.8 OSS is a wonderful package. It is also a better offering then the full frame 35/1.8 as that is much more expensive without OSS while heavier and also better then the 28/2 as that lens is no better, bigger and lacks OSS. The 35/1.8 OSS is a nice lens to have in your bag when you need something in this focal range. I am sure the best zooms like the 16-55/2.8 are better, but at a cost. |
| QuietOC#44171 date: Nov-14-2018 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | Canon EF 28 F1.8 USM Sigma 28 F1.8 HS & EX DG Sony FE 28 F2 Minolta MD & AF 28 F2 Canon EF 28 F2.8 IS USM Minolta/Sony AF 28 F2.8 Neewer 28 F2.8 Konica Hexar 28 F3.5 Sigma 30 F1.4 DC DN C & EX DC Sigma 30 F2.8 DN Art Sony DT 30 F2.8 Macro SAM Neewer 32 F1.6 Zeiss Touit 32 F1.8 Neewer 35 F1.2 Sony FE 35 F1.4 Distagon Fotasy 35 F1.6 APS-C Kaxinda 35 F1.7 Tamron SP 35 F1.8 USD Minolta MD 35 F1.8 Sony DT 35 F1.8 SAM 7Artisans 35 F2 Minolta AF 35 F2 Tamron 35 F2.8 OSD Rokinon AF FE 35 F2.8 Sony FE 35 F2.8 Sonnar Minolta 40 F1.7 Konica AR 40 F1.8 Canon EF 40 F2.8 STM Pentax-M 40 F2.8 Pentax-DA 40 F2.8 XS Pentax-FA 43 F1.9 Limited |
| price paid: | 296 USD (used) |
| positive: | Size and weight Optical stabilization Quiet, fast focusing |
| negative: | Axial CA Misalignment Wavy distortion Wavy focus plane Tiny hood Not available in silver |
| comment: | A clean but well-worn copy with original hood, caps, and packaging (white box). Wear is quite visible against the black anodized coating. Like the 20 F2.8 this lens is also not available in the silver finish. The regular retail price is $450 with occasional $400 sales. "Made in China" On the A6000 it is equivalent to about 54 mm F2.8 on full-frame. There are no full-frame 5x mm lenses with optical image stabilization, but there are several stabilized full-frame 35 mm lenses. This copy shows a directional glow on sharp edges that probably indicates an alignment issue much like many of the Sigma lenses I've returned. A better aligned copy would likely be sharper. I am going to generously rate this a 4. My copy of the Zeiss Touit 1.8/32 is much sharper. The stabilization system seems to be quite effective, so even with the optical problems this copy seems to be a good choice for general use. The stabilization system makes faint ringing noises. Focusing is quite fast. AF-C works fairly well across the frame though the A6000 still seems to choose focus targets in wide-area semi-randomly. The much deeper circular ALC-SH116 hood from the E 50 F1.8 OSS fits and reverses on this lens and doesn't vignette. I am not sure why it comes with the little ALC-SH112 petal hood from the 18-55 OSS kit zoom instead. |
| Aavo#29656 date: Aug-12-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | SEL 24/1.8 CZ SEL 18-105/4 G OSS FD 50/1.8 Canon |
| price paid: | 430 € |
| positive: | Sharpness from f2.8 and color, OSS Small and light Familiarly tight MF ring |
| negative: | Soft wide open |
| comment: | My biggest problem was no OSS on 24/1,8 CZ. I decided after few years patient waiting to buy 35/1,8 OSS, as my feeling was, that there will be no 24/1,8 lens with OSS for aps-c or aps-c body with IBIS. Lovely small lens for low light shooting and for jacketable combo. OSS can bring shutter speed easily up to 1/10s. If to take more shots, 1/5s can give enough sharp shot too. MF ring feels familiarly tight compared to 24/1,8 CZ. When right position selected, it stays better on position. Can be, that 24/1,8 MF ring was more tight when I bought it in 2012, but so it is for now. Lens is sold. My copy has been not good enough compared to 24/1,8CZ and I have used 35/1,8 OSS too little compared to 24/1,8CZ, despite to idea to use it's OSS. |
| Dunadan#29636 date: Jul-20-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 30/1.4 (e-mount) |
| price paid: | 1100PLN/270USD (used |
| positive: | - overall IQ - size - OSS - built quality |
| negative: | - CA - sharpness could be better - "onion" pattern in OOF bright spots |
| comment: | A wonderful example how to make decent, small and reasonably priced lens (especially second-hand - Sony, we need more such lenses!). Prone to heavy CA in certain situations but overall IQ is great. Also suffers from "onion" bokeh (probably due to use of aspherical element). |
| ghmcs#21441 date: Dec-2-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 at 35mm |
| price paid: | 349 USD (used) |
| positive: | small, light and very sharp |
| negative: | none |
| comment: | Depending on how much post-capture sharpening you're willing to do, this lens is usable at f/1.8 and not bad at f/2.2. At f/2.8 and smaller, this is one sharp lens. |
| ToddHepworth#20421 date: Nov-9-2015 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 3 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.1 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | SMC Takumar 35mm F/3.5 with adapter Minolta MD 35mm F/2.8 with adapter Rokinon 85mm F1.4 to compare skin tones |
| price paid: | $399 USD new |
| positive: | This lens stayed on my camera (a6000) more than any other lens. I'm a teacher, and I mostly take photos of active children, both indoors and outdoors. - F/1.8 aperture - OSS - Fast and accurate autofocus |
| negative: | I didn't really like the way it rendered skin tones. It didn't matter if I left it in AWB or set white balance myself--grey card, kelvin, preset. Anglo skin came out with too much yellow and Latino skin with too much red. I got tired of having to tweak almost every photo it in Lightroom. I compared it to the Rokinon 85mm F/1.4 I use for portrait work to make sure it wasn't the camera. With AWB, the Rokinon renders perfect skin tones almost every time. Slight distortion and vignetting which are a one-click fix with the camera profile in Lightroom. |
| comment: | I loved this lens for everything except for the way it rendered skin tones. I sold it and bought the Sony FE 28mm F/2 lens for nearly the same price. Better skin tones but more barrel distortion (easy fix). |
| Reinhold_1#12218 date: Mar-31-2015 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta AF 50/F1,7, Minolta AF 50/F1,4, Sony-Zeiss 50/F1,4 ZA SSM. |
| price paid: | 419,00 € |
| positive: | Small, light, sharp, very sharp from F5.6, F1,8, built in OSS, pleasant feel, well built. |
| negative: | A little soft at F1,8. |
| comment: | The focal length is 52.5 mm on APS-C cameras, hence the comparison to the "fifties". Better than the Minoltas and getting close to the Sony-Zeiss. This 35mm lens is the third and indispensable of my travel gear (two cameras/ three lenses). Perfect walkaround lens. Overall: If you are in E-mount/APS-C - a must have! |
| artuk#12169 date: Mar-9-2015 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 50mm f1.4 Minolta 35mm f2 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Small and light OSS Fast AF Very good optical performance |
| negative: | "only" f1.8 price |
| comment: | On APS-C E mount cameras this lens gives the "normal" field of view of a 50mm lens. It's small and light, has a reasonably fast aperture, and OSS. The OSS can work very well - I have achieved photo with shutter speeds of around 1/8-1/15s with good technique. Optically, it is very good overall, and probably better than the Sony 50mm for A mount. There is a little veiling which creates slight softness at full aperture, but it sharpens up nicely from around f2.2. As I use it as an available light lens, it's difficult to comment on the resolution across the frame, but I can't say I've seen any big problems with edges of the pictures. Again, as a result of how I use it, I haven't noticed any big problems with colour fringing, though there seems to be a little. Flare control seems surprisingly good, and perhaps is of the general veiling type (rather than bright point spots of flare). The focusing is generally quick on PDAF enabled cameras. Overall, a very good lens. Just don't expect incredible sharpness at full aperture, but it's entirely useable. |
| HabsFan27#12062 date: Dec-17-2014 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | DT 35mm 1.8 18-55 35.-5.6 OSS Sigma 30mm 2.8 (1st version) Tamron 17-50 f2.8 |
| price paid: | 350 CDN used |
| positive: | Small, sharp, OSS for video, excellent build quality. |
| negative: | Nothing really, maybe a nicer/more suitable hood as this is the same hood as 18-55 kit. |
| comment: | Great lens, very useful everyday focal length although it can still be a bit tight at times indoors. When compared to Sigma 30, sharpness at same apertures was about the same. 35mm OSS had better flare control and was quiet when focusing. If your camera nails the focus, it is sharp in the central area even wide open. Stopping down to f/2.2 give a nice bump in sharpness and contrast. Currently my most used lens, stays on the camera most of the time. |
| Photopia#12056 date: Dec-9-2014 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 18-250 DC HSM Minolta 28-85 f3.5-f5.6 Minolta 70-210 f4 Beercan Minolta 50 f1.7 Sony SAM 18-55 kit Sony SEL 70-210 f4 G OSS |
| price paid: | $325 new |
| positive: | Exellent lens. Light, well built, super sharp. |
| negative: | It likes to stay on camera |
| comment: | A must have lens. |
| robertsmx#11705 date: Feb-26-2014 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | DT 16-50/2.8 SSM DT 35mm/1.8 SAM |
| price paid: | 400 USD New |
| positive: | Small, Light, Well Built, Sharp and Stabilized |
| negative: | None |
| comment: | Wonderful lens for E-mount APS-C format. I like this focal length for its versatility, and previously covered it with DT 35/1.8 SAM on a55 and also on NEX-3. I discovered eventually that I was using the lens on NEX more than on a55 which usually had the fantastic 16-50/2.8. So, with upgrade to NEX-6, I replaced DT 35/1.8 with the more expensive E 35/1.8 OSS. Excellent lens, and perhaps a must have... although the price has held well for 1.5 years or more. I got mine during a brief discount by Sony. |
| PhinioxGlade#11676 date: Feb-4-2014 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | SEL35F28Z SEL1655PZ SEL1855 SEL55210 SEL16F28 Sigma 60mm Tokina MD Auto-Wide 35mm f2.8 Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 35mm f2.8 A bunch of other adapted 35mm lens |
| price paid: | ~500 AUD |
| positive: | Speed OSS Build Weight Compact Super sharp at f4 Included Hood |
| negative: | Soft at 1.8 AF is useless in less than direct sun light Pricy for a 35mm |
| comment: | I dont like this lens. Too soft at 1.8, helps a ton stepping down to 2.8, even 2.2 is a huge improvement. Super sharp at f4, light drop by 8. The a3000 is less kind as your will see a drop in sharpness over the NEX standard 16mp. Auto focus might be helped by the new sensors with phase detect. Examples (Graded) https://plus.google.com/115067742716599094489/posts/adssqHkUZL9 UPDATE I have tested this lens on the A7. Works very well in APS-C mode, less good in full frame. IN FF you will be cropping a lot but you get get a 18-20mp file out of it |
| sagiluck#11555 date: Dec-23-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.1 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | sel1855 sal35f18 |
| price paid: | SGD555 |
| positive: | + sharp + oss + small & light + useful FL |
| negative: | + busy bokeh + expensive (compared with SAL35F18) |
| comment: | a must have if you are with NEX system. |
| Serdar A#11408 date: Oct-29-2013 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 on A99 |
| price paid: | 405 USD (new) |
| positive: | Small, sharp wide open, has nice bokeh. |
| negative: | Expensive. |
| comment: | Perfect walkaround lens for APS-C E-mount cameras. |
reviews found: 14
rating summary
- total reviews: 14
- sharpness: 4.61
- color: 4.64
- build: 4.71
- distortion: 4.57
- flare control: 4.50
- overall: 4.61
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