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Lightweight reasonably fast lens that is unobtrusive. I'd been using Leicas for street, documentary work since my first purchase in Turkey in 1959 while in the USAF. Lens used the most was 35mm but wanted wider. Went through 3 bodies with 3 focal lengths. This year, 2019, decided to go to the SONY 7R3 with this f/2 28mm lens. Fantastic for street work! I have to say that this beats the Leica film cameras hands down. And for the money, now at a fixed income, cannot possibly go to Leica digitals. I've adapted some Canon digital lenses for longer focal lengths and zooming but this little lens is my favorite to carry anyplace I go. The large sensor allows huge blowups so a long lens is not really necessary for street work.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This lens takes very sharp photos for the price. Any distortion is easily fixed afterwards. It's small and light and is perfect for walking around doing street-type photography. This is a much better lens than Sony the kit lens it will replace. Focus seems accurate when it locks. The focus ring is nice and wide and operates smoothly, and I like using it. If there is a con, I would say using manual focus could be easier (or more smoothly to be more specific). If you are already close and turn the focus ring too fast, it's easy to overshoot. This seems to be a common problem with all focus-by-wire lenses.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I was a little hesitant when I decided to buy this lens. I read some reviews that said the distortion was terrible. I ordered it anyway and I am very glad I did. This is an excellent lens and great as a landscape, street, or walk-around lens. On my Sony A7II, it produces beautiful color and sharpness. Distortion? Almost non-existant. Photoshop has a lens correction for the lens and it's hardly necessary. I highly recommend the FE28/2 lens.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This wide aperture, wide angle lens is the perfect complement to the Sony E-mount system. It's compact size and stellar image quality really help to define what's possible with mirrorless cameras. Contrast is great, distortion is minimal, and it is very sharp!. All this in a durable metal construction. This is a must-have lens in your bag for street and landscape photography!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I’m used to using telephoto style lenses and this small compact lens won me over to Sony’s native line of wide-angle lenses. 28mm feels like the perfect travel lens. Great for self-portraits, video, and adding context, environment, and storytelling to an image or video. The f2 aperture is excellent for semi-lowlight areas. It’s sharp wide open and adds a subtle smooth and pleasing bokeh to the background of a subject near the lens. The price is great too for the features offered. It does not have a side button traditionally found on some Sony lenses. Its simple design includes a focus ring and that’s it. The lens hood is helpful in some instances, but not necessary in most. The auto-focus speed, depending on your camera's custom settings and speed may vary, on mine it’s incredibly fast. Almost instant in many use cases as I’m using (AF-C) continuous focus, on a Sony ILCE-7RM2 (A7RII) with focus speed set to “normal” or “fast” for photos and “slow” for video. Love this little lens! Here are a few photos to see bokeh and minimum focusing distance. Hopefully this is helpful to anyone looking at this lens. ✌🏻Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
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