I use the lens for close up shots or just shooting for fun.
I like the fact that this lens is good for natural setting photos and great for doing people candids.
It takes a quick minute for the auto-focus to acquire the target, but a very good lens.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight; Rugged; Strong Construction

Slow Focus

Great lens works great and the prices is amazing.. Its about 20 bucks cheaper on this site then on sonys site and with the cheap shipping you seriously cant beat this price

This is the sharpest lens I own! Light as a feather~ Great price.

Light; quiet; works perfectly; super sharp

None! I wish all my lenses were this sharp

Great lens wished I had bought it ages ago. Takes brilliant portrait and landscape pictures.

the price reflects the quality of the lens. Its good for close portrait shots as the image you get is sharp.. havent used it outdoors yet, but studio performance is worth the price.. posted a sample taken with sony a58 at HSS. A must have lens.

Probably one of the best bang-for-your-buck lenses out there. Its an incredibly versatile prime lens that takes very sharp images with the nice bokeh that everyone is looking for these days. This lens should be the first lens you buy after advancing from the kit lens that came with your camera.

I bought this lens because I really wanted a portrait lens with a wide aperture, and I was very excited to get it. But upon buying it, I've noticed that pictures I've taken where my subject is in direct sunlight or is backlit, are subjected to EXTREME color fringing.

Does this 50mm prime lens deliver on its low price? Find out with the Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM lens review

Compact and very affordable

Non-internal focusing

At the risk of making the rest of this review redundant, it is worth saying at the outset that Sony's DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM is a fantastically affordable lens that produces some very impressive results indeed.

Compact and very affordable

Non-internal focusing

The DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM lens was introduced as one of four lenses announced with the A230, A330 and A380 DSLR cameras in early May 2009. The DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM lens is the first DT prime lens Sony has introduced and it's being promoted as a ‘portrait' lens.