Sony E 16mm F2.8

Very Poor Quality

This 16mm was the first lens I purchased together with my NEX-5 about 14 months ago and was always a disappointment, a great focal length that fails to deliver on sharpness. The optimum aperture for sharpness turns out to be 6.3 or 7.1 and is still not great, which is a shame because Sony has...

Great must have wide-angle lens

This lens, in tandem with a Sony NEX camera, has produced excellent portrait and close-up photographs of people and products. With the optional fish-eye attachment, it takes cool group photos, and image quality is superior.

Tiny but sucky

Well, there's a reason lenses are expensive and you get what you pay for. The main draw for this lens is the size and weight. Build quality's good, too. Thin aluminium and smooth focus ring. It's incredibly convenient and if you're a casual photographer who's put off by heavy equipment, a good buy.

Thank you

Thank you, It's a good lens. But this is a crop. For full-frame, Sony ar7ii you can use, but on 16 mm you see a crop when you change mode 35mm, you don't see a crop, but you see about ~20-35mm.