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Sony FE 50mm f1.8 Lens

Name: Sony FE 50mm f1.8 Lens
Brand: Sony
SKU: 4548736033092
Price: 159.0 GBP
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Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 Prime Lens: Your Perfect Everyday Companion

Overview

Introducing the Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 Prime Lens—a compact and versatile lens that sets the standard for high image quality and stunning bokeh. Designed for full-frame E-mount cameras, this lens excels in various shooting conditions, from bright daylight to low-light environments. Its large aperture and lightweight design make it an ideal choice for both everyday photography and creative projects.

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Key Features

Small, Light, Bright

Compact and Portable: Weighing just 186 grams and featuring a compact design, this lens is easy to carry and handle. Its lightweight nature makes it an excellent match for compact α7 series bodies, enhancing portability without sacrificing performance.

Versatile Focal Length: On full-frame cameras, it provides a standard 50mm focal length. On APS-C format E-mount bodies, it offers a focal length equivalent to approximately 75mm, making it suitable for a range of photographic applications, from portraits to street photography.

Lifelike Detail and Quality

Advanced Optical Design: The lens features an updated double-gauss optical configuration with an aspherical element to reduce spherical aberration and coma, ensuring sharp and high-quality images. The design also minimizes field curvature and distortion, delivering consistent image quality across the frame.

Dreamy Bokeh

Large Aperture: The f/1.8 maximum aperture allows for stunning background bokeh, enhancing the separation between the subject and the background. The 7-blade circular aperture contributes to a smooth and visually pleasing defocus effect, adding depth and dimension to your images.

Low-Light Performance

Shooting in Dim Conditions: The large f/1.8 aperture is beneficial for shooting in low-light environments, including night scenes and dimly lit interiors. When paired with α series cameras that feature in-body image stabilization, this lens allows for clear, handheld shots without the need for excessively high ISO settings.

Reliable Autofocus

DC Motor Focus: The lens is equipped with a new DC motor drive system, providing precise, fast, and quiet autofocus performance. This system ensures smooth operation for both autofocus and manual focus adjustments. Note that the motor sound may be recorded when shooting videos, but the lens remains a top choice for still photography and silent shooting environments.

Durable Construction

Solid Build: A metal mount adds durability and a touch of sophistication to the lens, ensuring long-lasting performance and reliability.

Specifications

Model Name: FE 50mm f/1.8
Mount Type: E-Mount/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/22
Lens Elements: Updated double-gauss design with aspherical element
Aperture Blades: 7 (Circular)
Minimum Focusing Distance: 45 cm
Dimensions: 66.6 mm x 59.5 mm
Weight: 186 grams
Construction: Metal mount

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Understanding: Aperture

Aperture is the opening in a camera lens that controls how much light enters the camera. It's measured in f-stops like f/2.8 or f/8. Lower f-stop numbers mean wider openings, letting in more light and creating a shallow depth of field (blurry background). Higher f-stop numbers mean smaller openings, letting in less light and creating a larger depth of field (more of the scene in focus). Aperture also affects the quality of out-of-focus areas in the image (bokeh).

Understanding: Lens Types

Different lenses have different purposes to achieve different styles of images, some popular ones include:
Prime Lens: Fixed focal length, sharp images, great for portraits and dark settings.
Zoom Lens: Variable focal length, versatile for different shots and everyday use..
Wide-Angle Lens: Captures wide scenes like landscapes.
Telephoto Lens: Magnifies distant subjects, ideal for sports & wildlife.
Macro Lens: Perfect for close-up photography of small subjects.
Fisheye Lens: Ultra-wide perspective, creates unique images.

Understanding: Lens Mounts

Different camera brands use different lens mounts, which are like connectors that attach lenses to camera bodies. Each mount is specific to a particular brand and camera series. For example, Canon uses the EF and RF mounts, Nikon uses the F mount, Sony uses the E mount for its mirrorless cameras. These mounts dictate which lenses are compatible with which cameras. Some brands offer adapters to use lenses from other systems, but it's essential to ensure compatibility for proper functionality and autofocus performance.

Understanding: Manual and Autofocus

Manual focus and autofocus are two ways to adjust the sharpness of a camera lens. With manual focus, you turn a ring on the lens to bring the subject into focus yourself, giving you full control over what appears sharp in the image. Autofocus, on the other hand, relies on the camera's built-in technology to automatically adjust the focus for you, usually by detecting contrast or phase differences in the scene. Autofocus can be convenient, especially for fast-moving subjects or when you need to capture a quick shot, whereas manual focus allows for precise adjustments and creative control over the final image.