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Sony - 16mm f/2.8 E-Mount Wide-Angle Lens - Silver
Average customer rating
3.8
(15 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 15 reviews
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64%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - 16mm f/2.8 E-Mount Wide-Angle Lens - Silver
Customer Rating
3
Can it be sharper?
on October 7, 2011
Posted by: Photospeaker
from Bay Area
I excitedly moved to the NEX from micro four thirds and ordered the 5N with this pancake lens. I thought this lens would be like the Lumix pancake lens but it does not compare well in sharpness and color definition. Sony, please make this a better lens!
What's great about it: Lightweight / nice construction
What's not so great: Not as sharp; could improve in contrast and color
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Good lens for the price
on January 4, 2011
Posted by: YaHoO87
from Philadelphia, PA
This is a good lens for scenery and landscape, and for the price, its a good bargain, but as for macro, its a no go obviously because its a wide angle.
What's great about it: price, wide angle shots, small, looks good
What's not so great: can not take macro, some unwanted distortion, some shots come out not so sharp
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Great multi-use lens
on December 3, 2010
Posted by: jadgl968
from Philadelphia, PA
Good day to day lens because its small so it fits in your pocket, but if you are taking a group shot, someone on the edge might get distorted.
What's great about it: size, detail, good looking
What's not so great: Sometimes makes ugly distortion
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Awesome lens
on July 22, 2010
Posted by: holsteincowboy
Very happy with the images i captured with this lens attached to my Nex 5 .Tack sharp images Beautiful colours Highly recommended
What's great about it: light build quality Vibrant colours
What's not so great: None
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Great pancake lens.
on July 21, 2010
Posted by: S10V8
from Florida
Great wide fast lens. I attach this to my NEX-5 and slide it in my pants pocket and go. I can always have it with me. The focus ring is by far the smoothest I have ever felt, I wish all my lenses had it. Sony has done a fantastic job with the A mount lenses. It's a very wide lens and ALL lenses have some distortion and fringing, the wider the more apparent it is, it is not a problem on this lens unless you are some nerdy pixel peeper. 99.999% of photographers will have no problem with this lens, the 0.001% who have a problem with this lens just have problems in general.
What's great about it: small, smoothest focus ring ever! Lightweight
What's not so great: no image stabilization
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Great compliment to NEX camera
on July 20, 2010
Posted by: pulseHEAD
from Pittsburgh, PA
The best things about this lens are that it's small and light. The NEX cameras basically feel the same whether this lens is on the camera or there's no lens on the camera - which is great, because it's no secret that size and weight are pretty important with a system like this. That being said, this lens has some (noticeable) distortion that is unlike other wide angle lenses. It seems that this is in the RAW format as well, so it might be that some software correction is being applied in the camera, or the lens construction is a bit different than other wide-angle lenses. However, given the size and price, you really can't expect top shelf quality. The center is acceptably sharp - corners are not terribly sharp. Once I figured out the limitations of the lens, I found that I could get great results when working within its constraints. Overall, I'd recommend this lens, but I'm hoping that a comparably sized fast (f/2 or better) lens in the 24mm to 32mm range (36 to 48mm eq) comes out soon.
What's great about it: Unbelievably small, lightweight, wide angle, cheap
What's not so great: Not very sharp in the corners, distortion
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
2
Can't Recommend the 16mm
on July 15, 2010
Posted by: Tomel
from Philadelphia, PA
I can't recommend this lens. I couldn't achieve proper focus with either auto or manual focus modes. Also some of the worst purple fringing I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I had to return it. Will wait to see what others say before trying it again.
What's great about it: small size and weight
What's not so great: poor focus, purple fringing
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com