Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is an amazing lens that is completely portable, has great color rendition and is extremely sharp in the center. Optical Stabilization gives you the ability to hand hold in low light for razor sharp images. This 16-50 lens condenses down to pancake size when not in use and can be extended up to 100mm with digital clear zoom, while maintaining excellent image quality. This kit lens will give you outstanding results and an extremely useful effective range of 24-75, the perfect mid range zoom. Don't listen to the negative reviews, this is a quality lens, Sony hit a home run and the upgraded lenses are much more expensive for very little gain in IQ. Use this lens, work on your photography, develop your skill set and THEN go look for new lenses. This could very well be the only lens you ever need on the Sony crop system. Happy shooting

The SELP1650 is a great compact lens for Sony's small E-mount cameras. It's telescoping design is perfect for small bags and purses. It is certainly not the sharpest or brightest lens in the E-mount line, but it is adequate for vacation photos, snapshots, and other low-demand settings and it works well with the phase-detect autofocus on many of Sony's newer mirror-less cameras. The lens also has optical stabilization. The SELP1650 has a single ring that functions both as a zoom (when in automatic focus mode) and a focus ring (when in manual focus mode). A slide on the side of the lens can be used to zoom in either focus mode.

I read Ken Rockwell's review where he compared this lens to the Sony/ Zeiss 24-70mm f4. He stated that two were on par in image quality but, this one at a fraction of the cost. He was right! Granted, this is not a pro lens but it excels in portability and features; OSS, power zoom and pancake design.

I call this 16-50mm Sony lens a quality lens: sharpness, compactness, and cost all align for the end result. It's not the sharpest lens in the Sony E-mount, to be sure, but for the price and size it's a pretty much must-have in the camera bag for any Sony a6XXX camera owner.

Great little lens. Huge zoom range in a very compact package. Most of my use is for video where a faster lens is needed to control the range of focus. But this is great for a walking around lens and still photos on the Sony A6600.

Lens is compact and transcends the most often used focal lengths for travel and knock around photography. Easy on. Easy off. Crisp pictures.

Good choice for close up shots, macro shots. Got this on a open box deal, was in excellent condition!

This lens has great clarity and I love the zoom. I’m new to the world of photography/videography, I got the Sony a6400 and this lens. I’ve been able to vlog and make beauty YouTube videos. I’ve also been able to take awesome photos of my pets and family. This lens is great for getting a wide variety of shots and videos! Definitely worth the investment!

This is a great lens for everyday shots from portraits, to some car shots with a great landscape backdrop. I got the open box because it was the only one left, so it has a few minor blemishes around the outer edges, but overall a good lens

Camera is easy to use and takes quality pictures. Only criticism is that lens is easily damaged. You must refrain from even the smallest bumps or risk lens malfunction. This purchase was to replace original lens that came with camera.

This is a great addition to the Sony A6000, 6300, and 6500 if your camera didn't come with one. It's the only lens that fits and allows you to use the built in flash. This lens allows this camera fit in a big pocket.

This does hold a great punch for its size. In comparison to all the other lenses this is ity bity and does a great job. Can fit easily into your carrying bag and can be quickly pulled out for pictures. Love it!

We bought this lens for its more compact size. It is much smaller than the 18-135mm kit lens that came with the camera when I purchased it. This seems like it will be very good for the intended purpose. Very happy with pictures so far.

Bought this for my girlfriend and she loves the conveniency of the size when we travel. Also the zoom isn't the strongest it is more than enough for good clear pictures

Excellent wide angle lens for the Sony a6000 camera series. I would strongly recommend this lens.

Works perfectly and good quality for a kit lens. Makes my skin look so nice.

This is my second time buying... i love it! Makes everything look perfect

Be aware that this lens is sensitive and can easily be damaged... warrantee is strongly recommended. Otherwise awesome lens for the price.

I bought this replacment lens for my camera from best buy, it takes 7-10 days to order it, now I am happy that I got this out zoom lens

Last lens froze up. Had to replace it. Great camera and now with a new lens great pictures again.