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Mar 14, 2017
The guy who is good at what he does, but is often over-looked
6 of 6 found this helpful The Good:
Image Quality: If you wanted a lens that fully utilizes the sharpness aspect of your a7 bodies, look no further. This lens, in my opinion, is the sharpest native lens for the e-mount if focused correctly (yes, that does include the notorious 55mm). Distortion? Virtually none and very little chromatic aberration.
Surprisingly good portraits: The lens, for which it was intended - a macro-purpose, is one of the best in its class (if not the best) can also be doubled as a portrait lens. Although, I find that for bokeh purposes, it does produce onion ring bokeh at its largest aperture (which can be fixed at smaller apertures).
Build Quality: The build is mostly plastic, but does not feel cheap. You'll be thankful for this feature if you're using it for a good amount of time. For it's size, it was a lot lighter than I was expecting. It has a push/pull zoom that switches from AF to MF which feel really nice to use - allowing you to focus with AF and instantly switching to MF for a more precise focus.
The Bad:
Size and Weight : Although it is well built, some have complained about it's size, especially with the lens hood on (I find it comfortable for my taste, but I won't disagree, it is larger than the other prime lenses). If you've used smaller e-mount lenses, you'll notice that this lens is on the heavier side at a little over a pound.
Autofocus: the AF is tricky to use with this lens, as it does come with an extra control slider. I find this useful as you can change the setting for different uses ( I'm a manual person). Does it AF quickly when used at the right setting? It can be. I do find that the AF does hunt sometimes - which leads many to review this aspect of the lens to be mixed.