Sony FE 28mm F2 E-mount lens reviews
reviews found: 14
 addy landzaat#46999 date: Apr-26-2024 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta AF 28/2.0 Sony E 20/2.8 (30mm eq.) |
| price paid: | Don't remember |
| positive: | This lens is a lot of bang for your buck. It is relatively cheap, relatively sharp and relatively well behaved re. distortion after correction. |
| negative: | It shines at nothing. It lacks absolute sharpness and contrast, but it also lacks character to compensate. |
| comment: | 28mm is my favourite focal length and this basically the only dedicated 28mm AF lens on the market. It is good enough for the price, but it lacks something. When I use it, I really like the focal length but the pictures lack a little. Some postprocessing helps, but it is seldom inspiring. But if you want a cheap widish lens, still think it is recommended (but I would love a 28/1.8G) The Minolta 28/2.0 has more character and I therefore do prefer it. |
| fute77#45718 date: Jun-13-2021 | |
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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: | Sony 55/1.8 zeiss Sony 85/1.8 Sony 24-70/4 |
| price paid: | 200€ used |
| positive: | size weight sharpness in center less expensive than a 35 |
| negative: | no oss only f/2 |
| comment: | versatile and nice tu use on FF it became very interesting a go to lense on my A6000 good quality price |
| Mel#45631 date: Jan-3-2021 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 4 overall: 4.1 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 18-70 a-mount Sony Zeiss 24-70 F4 fe Minolta 24-105 F4 a-mount |
| price paid: | 170 EUR secondhand |
| positive: | Sharpness Weight F2.0 |
| negative: | Distortion (is corrected nu camera software) |
| comment: | For the money a no-brainer. Fun tot use, especially in streetphotography. |
| QuietOC#44249 date: Mar-21-2019 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 4 overall: 3.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 24 F1.8 EX DG Sony 24 F2 SSM Distagon Tamron 24 F2.8 OSD Rokinon AF 24 F2.8 Minolta AF 24 F2.8 Sigma AF 24 F2.8 II Discover/Neewer 25 F1.8 Canon EF 28 F1.8 USM Sigma 28 F1.8 HS & EX DG Minolta MD & AF 28 F2 Minolta MC 28 F2.5 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 32 F1.8 Touit |
| price paid: | 355 USD (used) |
| positive: | Center sharpness Internal linear focus Dust and moisture-resistant Lens Compensation |
| negative: | Barrel distortion Chromatic Aberration Misalignment/variation Metal exterior Plastic filter threads Focus breathing 15 FPS burst tracking |
| comment: | This is the second least expensive Sony FE lens after the FE 1.8/50. It is nearly twice the price of that lens. The retail price has been $450 since introduction with frequent $25 discounts and a couple of $50 discounts. It has a similar allow veneer and control ring as the older primes. "Made in Thailand" I bid too much on an auction for a like-new copy with the original packaging. A $200 "refurbished" copy had worse alignment. A third used copy with original packaging was slightly better aligned. Every copy had some amount of misalignment. Image quality is better than the FE 28-60, 28-70, 24-70 ZA, and 24-105 G zooms. Outside of alignment, the main optical flaws are distortion and chromatic aberrations. It has more barrel distortion than the other 28mm primes. Distortion compensation is applied to the live-view and cannot be disabled on the A7 cameras. The distortion compensation can be disabled on the A6000. It has more lateral CA than the Canon EF 28mm F2.8 IS USM. It is as bright wide-open as the older Sigma and Canon 28 F1.8 primes despite those lenses being larger and heavier. The Sony also has less purple fringing. It is decent as an APS-C lens, but there are sharper, smaller APS-C primes. It also lacks optical stabilization which would be useful for this normal angle-of-view on APS-C. Canon's 28 F2.8 has image stabilization. It does look fancier than the plastic bodied FE 50 F1.8. It is not as pleasant to touch. It shares the ALC-SH112 plastic petal hood with the 18-55 OSS kit lens. The filter threads and front of the lens are plastic. The dedicated Ultra Wide Converter attaches via the hood bayonet. The optical flaws of the base lens remain issues using the converter. The Tamron 20mm F2.8 has much better image quality and is also lighter the converter by itself. Overall a nice basic wide prime if you find a well-aligned example. |
| boyzone#44129 date: Aug-31-2018 | |
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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: | 24-70z 16-35z |
| price paid: | USD250 (used) |
| positive: | Light Small F2 Fast focusing speed Good contrast |
| negative: | missing |
| comment: | Very good contrast, well balance in A7ii & A6000. Best to carry out for street photography and indoor low light shooting. |
| Iggy1965#42993 date: Jan-21-2018 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Zeiss CY 28/2.8+Novoflex adapter which is very sharp and manual |
| price paid: | EURO 400 |
| positive: | Sharp flare Control light |
| negative: | Plastic |
| comment: | The converter to 21mm (EURO 260) works great |
| SPcze#40965 date: Nov-13-2017 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 2 overall: 3.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | FE 50/1.8 Zeiss 24/2 + LA-EA4 Tamron 28-75/2.8 + LA-EA4 Tamron 70-200/2.8 Li + LA-EA4 |
| price paid: | 330 |
| positive: | fast AF sharp light |
| negative: | none |
| comment: | Fantastic lens on A7II with fast and accurate AF, nice colors and with profile in LR no barrel. I love this lens |
| Gert van den Bosch#39898 date: Jul-16-2017 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 3 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 3.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | sigma 30mm F1.4 |
| price paid: | 400 euro |
| positive: | Light, fast, sharp, cheap |
| negative: | distortion, build quality. Espacially the front glass |
| comment: | An ideal lens for documentary photography. I also got the converter to 21mm. |
| onsplekkie#32708 date: Nov-17-2016 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 5 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | sony FE2.8/35 sony 2/24ZA (a-mount) zeiss Loxia 2/50 |
| price paid: | 325 secondhand |
| positive: | small size + auto focus sharp like a very good kit lens just not slow f/3,5 but with f/2 character |
| negative: | Made from losts plastic; will this lens work as good/at all like my (now)40+ year old vintage lenses in 2050? Software driven: manual focus by 'wire' not pleasent with MF focus Distortion on FF sensor; not a strong lens for Architecture shots. |
| comment: | This lens fits perfectly on the A7 series, all together a very compact 'just one lens set-up' to take anywhere. The lens is centre sharp , but not same level sharp cross-frame stopping down as as the sony FE2.8/35. Strong character in pictures with plenty of room for PP, if you dont't mind using adjustments in Lightroom, needed for lensprofile in RAW. (Jpeg is automaticly ajusted in camera, RAW not so) I like the bokeh of my CZ2/24ZA better at f/2, but the FE2/28 is not far behind and has much less distortion and much smaller size. Flare is well controlled, no T* coating like the Loxia or FE2.8/35 but close enough (rating should be 4,5). Plastic fantastic. My choice was between a secondhand CZ 2/28 distagon ZF with Nikon mount or Sony FE 2/28. Size and autofocus for video made me pick the Sony. Also the lens preforms excellent on my A6000 if you like 42mm prime Bargain lens. No brainer if your looking for a prime lens with this focal lenght and do not mind the distortion (on FF). update- on the A7iii body the Eye-AF works very good with this lens. With some crop this lens makes nice portraits! O, and I use this lens on my online confrence/training set-up for work when I use my A7ii as a webcam. I get plenty of remarks about the detail in my video |
| Collingsandheal#31706 date: Oct-31-2016 | |
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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 E 10-18mm. Voigtlander FE 15mm. Batis 18mm. Batis 25mm. Zeiss 16-35mm f4. 16-35mm GM. Sony FE 28mm. Zeiss FE 35mm. Batis 40mm. Samyang FE AF 45mm. Sony FE 50mm. Sony FE 50mm macro. Zeiss FE 55. Sony FE 85. Sigma A FE 135mm. Sony 70-200 GM. Sony 100-400mm GM. |
| price paid: | 340.00 |
| positive: | Light , bright and tight. Sharp, colourful and contrasty. Very very good value. Well made. |
| negative: | Flare and fringing and distortion issues if I am being mean, but at this price you really cannot complain. |
| comment: | Great lens at a great price and a great investment. Use it on all NEX and a6000 derivatives as well as A7 series. I recommended it whole heartedly as a general walk around, a wide angle and a street lens. 61Meg update. This lens is still resolving with aplomb at 60 megapixels. |
| Cekari#29672 date: Aug-26-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 5 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta AF 35 f1.4 16-35 f2.8 ZA (A-mount) 24-70 f2.8 ZA (A-mount) |
| price paid: | $523 new. |
| positive: | Very sharp from f2.8 across the frame, center sharp at f2. Nice colors. Fast AF. (This lens opens upp to f2 when focusing on my a7RII with FW 3.20) Cheap and great performance compared to other Sony lenses. Great flare control. Small and nice all over. |
| negative: | Pronounced barrel distortion uncorrected. |
| comment: | Bought it for landscape and movie-shooting. Live view on the a7RII shows the corrected image so very nice when aligning against buildings etc. |
| ToddHepworth#23467 date: Jan-5-2016 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 3 flare control: 5 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | - Minolta MD 28mm f2.5 with adapter - Sony E 35mm f1.8 (SEL35F18) |
| price paid: | 399 USD new |
| positive: | - Sharp across the frame, especially in the center. - Neutral color rendition. - Fast and accurate autofocus. |
| negative: | - Pronounced barrel distortion. Easily corrected with the lens profile in Lightroom. |
| comment: | This lens currently lives on my A6000. I bought it because I plan to get an A7 II this year. On the A6000, it performs flawlessly. I'm finding that the only time I change lenses now is to mount a longer lens for portraits. |
| 5thElefant#16283 date: Jun-29-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 2 flare control: 5 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta 28mm |
| price paid: | 280 GBP |
| positive: | Small Fast Sharp Cheap |
| negative: | None |
| comment: | Small, fast focusing, very sharp and cheap. While I've rated distortion as a 2 that's irrelevant as it's designed to be software corrected. |
| Grigorich1777#12189 date: Mar-18-2015 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 3 distortion: 3 flare control: 5 overall: 4.1 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | much more interesting than irezche Sony sel fe 28-70 |
| price paid: | 458 |
| positive: | Excellent sharpness in the center with an open, nice bokeh, small size and good workmanship housing. |
| negative: | Strong barrel uneven sharpness in the corners wide open (upper corners are good, the bottom corners disgusting) |
| comment: | Excellent all-purpose lens with the possibility of creative shooting, but with some problems of production. Here is my review of the lens with photos: http://in-windows.livejournal.com/101584.html |
reviews found: 14
rating summary
- total reviews: 14
- sharpness: 4.68
- color: 4.64
- build: 4.07
- distortion: 3.43
- flare control: 4.29
- overall: 4.22
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