Product Reviews

Love this lens. I can’t expect more in this price range. With my Sony A7v , this is a perfect cost effective addition for my portrait photography. It might be bit noisy when searches for the focus which can be a downside when it comes to videos.

The process to set up and register all of my products was simple and easy. I love.

Because of its 1.8 aperture, this low end prime lens renders the best quality colours when shooting in daylight conditions.

Purchased this for a wedding and had a great time, in my opinion did better than Sigma 28-70mm for most photos.

After a month of using, so far, autofocus is responsive enough great for stills. When recording videos, picture quality is really good but whenever it autofocuses, it makes a noise that can be heard when you record videos.

Lovely light weight lens, works well, clear images, sharp focus, f/1.8 is fast. Focus motor is slow but for the price its very good.

The images are decent in the sun. Even with a F1.8 aperture this lens does so poorly in low light. Images are soft and not sharp indoors. Using this with an a6700. My canon rf 50mm attached to a Canon R7 was exceptional. It locked on instantly and took super sharp pictures. Skip this 50 and get something better. No OSS either.

I just started learning photography, and I am loving this. Plus the advantage of using am APS-C camera, it was good for portraits and even street captures.

Fantastic back up lens. Very affordable and does the job. Even better with the discounted price...great vfm

The Sony FE 50mm F1.8 is arguably the best budget lens at this price point for Sony full-frame cameras. It delivers great portrait photos with beautiful background blur (bokeh) thanks to its wide f/1.8 aperture, which allows for excellent subject isolation and low-light performance. However, it does come with a trade-off — the lens produces noticeable focus noise while autofocusing. While this might not be a deal-breaker for photography, it’s less ideal for video work, where silent operation is crucial. So, while it can create great videos, I wouldn’t recommend it for video recording due to the noise. That said, for the price, it’s a fantastic lens for anyone looking to shoot sharp, vibrant portraits without breaking the bank. Overall, it’s a great value for the price and an excellent addition to any beginner or budget-conscious photographer’s kit.

I bought this two weeks ago, and I am happy with the performance of this little lens!

It’s such a great lens for a beginner. The value of this lens is unmatched

I used Canon for 25 years, one day I tried a Sony camera (a7RIV) and never looked back, sold all my Canon gear and am now 100% dyed in the wool Sony. The Sony 50mm f1.8 is a little gem of a lens, light, sharp and inexpensive. What’s not to like …. 5 ⭐️ …. 10/10

I bought the lens for landscape and portrait. Very happy with the outcome.

Lovely for portraits and learning to set up compositions with one view point.

This lens easily captures a group of +20 with limited space. When the aperture is open it makes for an easy edit to brighten up the scene. Very affordable and light weight!

Months ago I bought this lens & camera So happy that I did

I bought the lense and was supposed to receive it on a Wednesday; either SONY or the shipping company sent me the wrong item, but I never received the lense. I contacted customer support as soon as I got the incorrect package and was told that it would take approx. 2-3 days for customer support to review my case and send me a replacement. It has been ONE week, and I have only gotten a call stating that the review is in process, nothing more! I am out the $200; a replacement hasn't been sent. Customer support has taken their sweet time. Other companies would usually refund you instantly or send you a replacement asap. SONY doesn't.

I use this lens on my Sony a7R Mark II and I love it, it's a Full Frame Lens with a nice clarity that produces great pictures. At F1.8, this lens is capable of taking good images in low light conditions and also produces a lovely background blur when taking pictures at full aperture, especially on portraits. This lens is also great for video, it has a "low breath" when focusing, it's not fast, at least on my a7RII, but it will do the work, with almost zero out-of-focus images when doing a high fps shooting.

Easy to use super sharp no problem at all amazing for car Photography

I use this lens mainly for interior shots, churches, cathedrals etc. the wide aperature is great and the definition is very good. Very pleased with my purchase.

People go on and on about “if you don’t need to shoot sports this is a hidden gem”. Don’t believe them. This is the actual worst first party lens I’ve ever used. Not only is the autofocus non functional (as in it hints on a static object, like a building, in full daylight) but when it does “lock” it’s wrong. I took 35 autofocus photos. Not one was in focus. You may say.. wait a building, trust me I tried everything including half a building with a blue sky behind it. For those long time experienced Sony users. My original rx-1 focuses at least three times faster than this lens on an a7iv. So fortunately I also decided to test sharpness. So I set it to f11 and focused about a a third if the way into a scene inside the DOF - awful. I focused directly on a few objects, awful. It’s less sharp than a 2010 nex kit lens. It hunts in broad daylight, it locks out of focus on a building even, it’s cheaply built, it’s not sharp, no weather sealing, bad manual focus feel, there is nothing redeeming. Again, and I really can’t stress this enough, it’s the actual worst first party lens I’ve ever owned across 5 major camera brands. Don’t buy it. Mom shocked they’re still putting this out there, it’s an absolute stain on their reputation. Everyone has a nifty fifty. None of them are this bad. Let’s see if Sony accepts this review.

I bought this over 8 months ago and had not become serious about shooting. I've since learned my camera and I'm an apsc shooter. So it shoots like a 75 mm. I love the clean beautiful look. I am big fan of sigma, but I love this lens.

You’ve sent me a lens for £159 that’s broken, does not zoom in or out. Also I’ve already sent over a email with this issue and still no reply.

Overall a good low cost prime, your classic nifty fifty. Everything put together while for the price but would have liked a pouch to keep it in that you get with other manufactures like Viltrox 20mm. Biggest issue is motor noise, its loud and audible on video

using this lens already 2 years. I like it! It came with the version 1 firmware and the focus motor was extremly loud. but after updated to the ver. 3 the motor went bit quiter. Still loud but for photography its okey. otherwise only few time its fail to find the focus.

Bought the 50mm as it as cheap and wanted to use it for portrait photography. Outstanding results given the price! Would highly recommend this lens, especially for beginners, it’s great for learning with.

Nice material finish and compact. Sizing is great for travellers

Very nice lense, luminous and sharp, also pretty lightweight

I needed a simple 50mm for street photography, had to be lightweight, and compact but have a reasonably fast aperture. Didn't want to break the bank so this little nifty fifty was a great buy. It has drawbacks 100%, it's not the fastest AF in the world, it's not the sharpest tool in the box, and it's a little noisy but it's a workhorse! It's very light, the 1.8 aperture gives a beautifully soft background, and its sharpness is not that bad, especially for social media. If you want a reliable, fast, cheap Sony branded Prime lens, you simply can't get better.

I am very happy that I owned this lense. It is very affordable and great lense for portrait photography. I really enjoy capturing photos with this.

I brought this lens a couple of weeks ago to mainly use for automotive photography (shows) works great, great image quality. Only negative would be it has struggled sometimes with focusing where I want it to focus but not all the time, not a deal breaker for th money.

Absolute love this lens. You can never go wrong with a 50mm. So if you’re thinking about it just do it!!

Having recently bought a 35mm lense for things like street photography and landscape shots I felt that having a 50mm lense was needed.

All my Sony alpha gear amazes - pro sport photoggraher

Compact, sharp and produces good looking images, bokeh is fine. The price tells everything. Good allrounder and great for starters. Unfortunately the autofocus reliability is questionable. I tried few portraits and those were great. After I tried some portraits of flowers in garden and there it struggled with autofocus especially when the flowers shaked due to light breeze. The size of the lens is great.

Can’t go wrong with this tiny little lens. I love it, for taking pictures inside is very good. The quality is a lot better than expected in this price range.

Great lense at a great price. Super sharp images and an all round good lens for use with my Sony a6400. Love it!

That’s love from the first sight: bright, fast and clear

Great budget portrait lens with a fast aperture for nice bokehs.

good build quality at a reasonable price.Fast focus lens

I bought this lens after reading some very informative reviews. I like the small size, light weight n sharpness at a great price.

Cheap and rock solid 50mm, does everything a 50 should, results are decent , this lens is a workhorse and lightweight enough to just chuck in the bag just incase

This length is very light bright and sharp. I use it coupled with my Sony A7C, obtaining an extremely versatile and portable kit. The only defect is related to the presence of the stepper motor, that makes the autofocus quite noisy and a bit slow. Despite this, the lens has a great quality over price ratio.

I bought this with the A7iii body as a basic lens, but honestly hardly used it as I tend to use my 24-105mm lens mostly. However the quality etc is excellent.