Handling and features This wide angle lens provides an angle of view equivalent to a 36mm lens used on a 35mm camera and costs around ￡760. It has a fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, silent internal focusing and is one of Sony's premium lenses that carries Carl Zeiss branding and T* anti-reflective...

Sony branded Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 24mm f/1.8 ZA is the first of the Zeiss designed and Sony manufactured lenses that was released for the new NEX mount. Sony markets Sonnar as a premium, professional grade lens, with a matching $999.99 price tag.

Handling and features Performance Verdict Specification This wide angle lens provides an angle of view equivalent to a 36mm lens used on a 35mm camera and costs around ￡760. It has a fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, silent internal focusing and is one of Sony's premium lenses that carries Carl Zeiss...

Superb build quality; Lightweight; Fast; accurate focusing; Excellent sharpness

CA levels a touch high towards the edges of the frame

The is a reason most photojournalist make a fast 35mm their go-to optic: It will cover most situations and most lighting conditions encountered. The 24mm Carl Zeiss works out to the same acceptance angle on the APC sensor of the Sony NEX cameras as a 35mm lens on a full-frame digital or film camera.

Incredible resolution; even wide-open! Have yet to find any flare or ghost images in my pix - many shot into sun

Expensive; as it costs more than the body

This is a great lens - very sharp, I like the field of view as 24mm looks very natural on APS-C for a good general purpose lens, and f1.8 is great for low light. My bottom line is that I bought this while on vacation in NYC and I ended up with some great low light / night time shots that I probably...

I have to return it because it down grade the jpeg size from L42M to L18M only ! I finally found out that this lens was not Compatible with the a7r iii !!

The other reviewers are spot on. Their technical description of this lenses attributes are spot on. What I will add is that this is my go to street photography lens. I was a little leary as I really wanted a 35mm walking around prime lens. I am not disappointed at all.

As a matter of personal standards, I never reduce a product's rating for anything you can clearly see in pictures or read in descriptions. I knew I was buying a thousand dollar lens, so I won't dock an egg for that. I could see that the box looked just like the paperboard box that my camera was in.

This lens has amazing optical quality; The pictures it takes are amazing; Even the low-light shots are leagues better than the kit lens; Autofocus is smooth, quick, and quiet

I'll list it as a con, but it doesn't affect my rating; The lens is expensive; I paired it with a NEX-5N, so the lens by itself is more expensive than my camera was (I purchased the camera when it was released--paid around $700 I believe).

This lens is exactly what I've wanted. It's a 36mm equivalent, opens at 1.8. It's the perfect walk-around lens. Sharpness Beautiful center at f1.8, beautiful everywhere at f2.8, perfect at f4.

Rich images; detailed and with character

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I bought this lens a few weeks ago to use with the a6000. I have owned the a6000 for a while but haven't used it much because I also have the A7R Mk2 which as a full frame camera has many advantages.