Best Buy:Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras
Product Description
Stylishly designed to match a NEX cameras, the SEL16F28 is an exceptionally portable and versatile lens that's perfect for both photos and video. This bright lens (16mm focal length, f/2.8 maximum aperture) offers a big, 24mm (35mm equivalent) wide angle and 83° field of view for outstanding low-light performance, and smooth, quiet AF (Auto Focus) operation.
- Exceptionally portable and versatile
- Perfect for both photos and video
- Outstanding low-light performance
Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras Reviews
Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras Reviews
| 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful  Very small, 24mm equivalent lens, By This review is from: Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras (Electronics) I have been using this lens with a preproduction loaner NEX-C3. Review on that camera to come soon...This lens is in a lot of ways a tour de force, showing that a good quality lens and sensor package can be made small. Most casual shooter will probably head for the 18-55mm zoom, but this 16mm lens (crop factor is 1.5, so it's a 24mm equivalent in 35mm land) would make a good carry lens for a sort of retro-rangefinder camera. This could get you all sorts of street shots with a very pocketable camera, and enough resolution to crop to the image you really wanted. With the NEX-C3, low light levels weren't a problem, and that would go nicely with this low profile lens and not using the flash. Details: 49mm filter thread 28 of 34 people found the following review helpful great picture quality in a little package, By Tom "wanderlust" (St. Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras (Electronics) I got this lens as part of Sony's special saving on bundle pricing with Nex-5. At first I was hesitant because of some reviews that i had read online about its poor IQ overall. Well, after using it and pixel peeping with the RAW image files i can say that this lens produced outstanding result. Sharpness is on par with Canon's 17-55mm 2.8 lens, which is saying a lot. There is definitely a jump in quality when you go from Sony's own 18-55mm kit lens with this one. This lens gives you a good idea what the Nex's APS-C sensor is capable of- a DLSR-like image quality without the bulk. I can't wait for the other E-mount lenses to come out.So not only does this lens reduce the overall bulk of the Nex-5 camera system (can put in pockets more easily), it also gives you result that you will be proud of. ps. low-light is impressive but i think it's combination of sony's low-light capable sensor and this lens' measly 2.8 aperture. 13 of 15 people found the following review helpful Sony 16mm f2.8 Lens for NEX, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras (Electronics) Just received this lens for Christmas and it appears to be a good quality product. I have not run any significant tests on it or compared results with my 18-55mm zoom or my 18-200mm zoom. It is a nice compact size and weight, a good all around lens if you like wide angle shooting. This lens would be the equivalent of a 24mm on a 35mm camera.While an f2.8 is not particularly fast, it is fine on the NEX since the camera can handle slow speed shots in other ways. For real wide angle shooters, Sony's Fish-Eye adapter will attach to this lens as well as the 18-55mm. |
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