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Sony - DT 35mm f/1.8 A-Mount Standard Lens - Black
Average customer rating
4.7
(7 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 7 reviews
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75%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - DT 35mm f/1.8 A-Mount Standard Lens - Black
Customer Rating
5
Fantastic images at low cost (comparatively)
on September 1, 2012
Posted by: cptab
I purchased this lens for my a35 camera after it was recommended that I add a fixed focus prime lens in my bag. I read a number of reviews and I'm extremely happy with my choice. The level of performance is fantastic. Hand held pictures remained clear in low light and the bokeh is awesome (the pics I posted don't do it justice). I highly recommend this lens.
Note, I'm not sure whether a 35mm combined w/ a camera with an aps sensor is the equivalent of a traditional 50mm film lens, but I chose this lens over the 50mm despite many people saying that 50mm are almost mandatory. In any event, I love this lens.
What's great about it: Low light performance
What's not so great: None.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Plastic Fantastic
on September 18, 2012
Posted by: Kaito
This is a very good lens for the price. Sony's higher end version sells for $1500, and doesn't offer 7 times the performance.
Physically, this is a small lens that's made of plastic. The mount is plastic and that may be a turn-off to enthusiasts. This makes it super light weight.
As for image quality, it's not so great at f/1.8 because of the soft corners and minor light fall off around the edges. But once you stop down to f/2.8, it's heaven. Great overall sharpness there and no light fall off at all.. That's still plenty good for low-light situations. My Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 needs to stop down to f/4 to match this lens. Distortion is minimal.
The AF motor makes a fair amount of noise. It's not bothersome at all, but it's obviously not good for video. Focus speed is good.
It doesn't work on Full Frame, but that's a good thing because this would probably be horrible on a FF camera.
If you're using a Full Frame camera, you probably wouldn't be looking at a $200 lens.
What's great about it: Sharp centers, light weight, cheap
What's not so great: Loud AF, soft corners at 1.8
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Excellent buy
on April 27, 2012
Posted by: tastrong61
Purchased this lens for some low light live performance work and it is excellent! Also had the chance to go shoot some landscape and nature and produced some fo the sharpest images I have yet to capture. Great lens for the money. Like someone else mentioned, if you don't have the bucks for the 35mm f1.4 G lens, this is definitely worth the asking price. One star deducted for not fitting full frame sensor.
What's great about it: very sharp
What's not so great: doesn't fit full frame dslr/ dslt
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
First Prime
on June 11, 2011
Posted by: Babon
This is a good lens from sony and its price also reasonable that's why every one can try this prime for great portrait picture
What's great about it: All
What's not so great: Nothing So far
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Worth every penny
on February 21, 2014
Posted by: queennola
I decided to purchase the lense after I read good reviews and I was amazed especially in low loght . I used it in dark and it was like a daytime.The price is in mid range not expensive nor cheap.If you like to take pictures @ night that is the right lense. I use it with sony slt a57.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Wide angle?
on May 4, 2014
Posted by: Augwolf
Let me start out by saying that I returned this item. I am absolutely a Sony man all the way. I was looking for a lens that was wide angle and fixed. While I could get low light shots, that was great. But I wanted a wide angle lens and this is not, in my opinion, a wide-angle lens. So this is not a bad review by any means. I love Sony and would never give them a bad review unless they deserved it… But they never have
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Great DT Lens
on September 9, 2014
Posted by: OutdoorPhotog
This is great lens for $200. It's tack sharp and great in low light. The build is decent for this price level but the upside of that is, it's ultra light. This is a great normal prime for the DT camera.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com