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8 best lenses for Sony cameras
Excellent optics for Sony products
Author: Vladislav Samoshkin
Sony SLR and system cameras are less popular than the products of two more famous Japanese companies. However, this does not mean that such cameras do not have a wide fleet of optics. Believe me, there is something to choose from. And there is always the opportunity to make a mistake by buying not the most worthy lens. That is why you need to familiarize yourself with our top 8, telling about the best models, the purchase of any of which will not disappoint you.
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| Sony's Best Standard Zoom Lens | 1 | Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f / 2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Minolta A | 9.7 / 10 | 17 900 |
| 2 | Sony 16-50mm f / 2.8 (SAL-1650) | 9.7 / 10 | 39 190 | |
| 3 | Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T * E 16-70mm f / 4 ZA OSS (SEL-1670Z) | 9.6 / 10 | 52 900 | |
| Best Portrait Lens for Sony SLR Camera | 1 | Sony 50mm f / 1.4 (SAL-50F14) | 9.9 / 10 | 24 900 |
| 2 | Sony 50mm f / 1.8 (SAL-50F18) | 9.8 / 10 | 9 490 | |
| Best portrait lens for Sony system camera | 1 | Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T * 55mm f / 1.8 ZA (SEL-55F18Z) | 9.8 / 10 | 59 990 |
| 2 | Sony 50mm f / 1.8 OSS (SEL-50F18) | 9.7 / 10 | 22 990 | |
| The best telephoto lens for Sony SLR camera | 1 | Sony 70-300mm f / 4.5-5.6G SSM (SAL-70300G) | 9.5 / 10 | 98 900 |
Sony's Best Standard Zoom Lens
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As part of this lens for a SLR camera, there are aspherical lenses. This indicates a high luminosity and the almost complete absence of all artifacts. It seems that such a "glass" must be expensive. But the manufacturer decided to surprise amateur photographers, putting not the highest price tag. This is probably the cheapest zoom lens with a constant aperture. Whatever focal length you set, the aperture will open up to f / 2.8. It remains only to regret the absence of an optical stabilizer and a wide angle of view. In this regard, this model is not recommended for shooting landscapes and views of the city. First of all, it was created to create beautiful portraits.
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If you want to do professional photography with your “SLR”, then you should think about buying a universal lens with a constant aperture. Sony 16-50mm f / 2.8 can be an excellent choice. A wide enough aperture helps to get a portrait with a beautifully blurred background. In this case, the picture will be as detailed as possible. The optics keeps the backlight cool, which allows you to make a wonderful shot at dusk or dawn. Pleases buyers and excellent build quality. It is felt that this thing is expensive and reliable. Even moisture and dust will not damage the optics. Some inconvenience is caused only by a tight zoom ring. But you begin to complain about it only during active video shooting. And the owner of the SLR camera does this quite rarely.
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Most often, such optics has a variety of coatings that eliminate geometric distortions and other artifacts. So Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T * E 16-70mm f / 4 ZA OSS for system cameras has such lenses as a part. In fact, this lens is universal. A fairly wide range of focal lengths allows you to engage in shooting portraits, landscapes and photos in other genres. However, it should be remembered that the aperture here is revealed only to the value of f / 4, so you should not hope for a very blurred background. But this model is able to boast a fast and low noise autofocus. This should please fans of video, who during their work are not engaged in manual focusing.
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 9.6 / 10
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Best Portrait Lens for Sony SLR Camera
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This lens was created for those people who do not want to save on photographic equipment. It allows you to squeeze out of Sony's cropped reflex camera (as well as the full-frame Sony Alpha A99) almost everything possible. It would be possible to call it an ideal portrait lens, if not a plastic case. This material is not allowed to make the design as tight as possible. Because of this, dust can gradually get inside the lens, most often, however, it doesn’t affect the quality of shooting. The main advantage of Sony 50mm f / 1.4 - high luminosity. Also, optics can boast excellent sharpness. The lens is steadily focused on sharpness in both short and long distances.
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 9.9 / 10
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Any self-respecting SLR camera owner simply has to have a portrait lens such as the Sony 50mm f / 1.8. For very modest money, this optics allows you to create very sharp photos. Highly open aperture contributes to increased luminosity. You will become much more likely to shoot at shutter speeds of 1/4000 s, making it less speedy only in extreme conditions. Among the shortcomings of this optics listed only plastic case. But for such a cost it can be forgiven.
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Best portrait lens for Sony system camera
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As a portrait optics, most photographers most often use lenses with a 50-mm focal length. But there are exceptions. In particular, Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T * 55mm f / 1.8 ZA. Agree, it is difficult to remember another optics with such non-standard focal length. This model provides a sharp and bright picture. This is due to the wide-opening aperture and not the largest number of lenses. All this also contributes to beautifully blurred bokeh. In the final image, you will not find distortion, distortion, or extra glare. Good "glass" works with backlight. Some people consider the lack of an optical stabilizer a disadvantage. But he simply does not need such optics. It is much easier to make the shutter speed faster - you will not get a blurry frame for sure. High luminosity allows you to do this.
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Sony mirrorless cameras can and should shoot portraits. The most suitable lens for this purpose is now the Sony 50mm f / 1.8 OSS. For relatively little money, he offers a real fount of technology. Here is a well-assembled design, and an optical stabilizer, and branded enlightened lenses ... With this lens, your system camera will be able to surpass many of the SLRs in picture quality. Optics provide extremely sharp frames. The diaphragm is allowed to open up to f / 1.8. With this model, shooting is possible even in low light conditions, when using other lenses requires an increase in ISO. You can only regret the absence of the scale. However, amateurs often use autofocus, so they will not notice this drawback.
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The best telephoto lens for Sony SLR camera
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This model has almost an ideal range of focal lengths.Practice shows that lovers of shooting distant objects rarely need a wide angle of view. Therefore, the minimum here is the 70-mm focal length, which already has a decent magnifying effect. The rejection of a wide angle allowed to reduce the size of the lens. The creators have tried to give the optics moisture and dust protection. This is important, because shooting with it in 99% of cases occurs in nature. And we all know that somewhere in the forest, rain can go without warning. Sony 70-300mm f / 4.5-5.6G SSM could become a serious television for professionals if it were not for the simplicity of the design and the f / 5.6 aperture over most of the focal length range. However, we understand that for more serious television cameras they ask for completely different money ...
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Updated: 07.01.2016
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