Customers love the Contemporary 16mm lens, especially the lens quality that allows for sharp images. The wide angle and amazing low light performance are also well-received features. Finally, customers appreciate the unbeatable price of this lens.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Top Tier Lens
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Excellent lens, love the f1.4. Its pretty straight forward. If you are unsure - I recommend you look up pictures and video online taken with this. You wont be disappointed.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I’m relatively new to understanding all that goes into photography, as in, I didn’t know that to get that wonderful blurred out background, you needed a lens with an f-stop of 1.4 or 1.8 and such. Nor did I “get” the millimeter numbers, but plenty of YouTubers were raging about this particular lens.
And OK, now I get it. I can film myself with the lens about a foot in front of me, and it picks up practically the whole room. So great for talking-head videos! And the color and bokeh are amazing! It’s perfect for this use and I’m so glad I got it! The price was pretty reasonable too!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Low light performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
GREAT LENS IN LOW LIGHT
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
best wide angle lens I ever used in a low light video shoot. I promise you will not be disappointed!!!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Low light performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great wide angle lens
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Wow. This lens provides great quality pictures in low light. The quality of pictures produced with this lens surprisingly challenges those produced from Sony and Zeiss.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My favorite crop lens
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It just doesn’t get much sharper, and better for a wide angle lens. This thing is killer for Astro photography and landscape shots. Sigma just creates a high end product for a reasonable cost. Must have for the crop sensor systems.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Sigma 16mm lens
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Excellent lens, perfect for wide shots for YouTube videos
I would recommend this to a friend
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Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing lens for the price.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this lens at the end of July 2021 and so far, it's been amazing. Not only have I been able to use it for taking photos and videos, but I've been able to use it as a webcam lens with my a6400 and capture card. If you're looking for something just to take photos, I would probably recommend the 30mm, but 16mm is more versatile in my opinion. The 16mm adds wide angle capabilities and webcam use in my scenario.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Low light performance, Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great lens for the $$
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great lens for the price, it’s my first wide angle lens and is nice to get that low light wide angle capability
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best wide angle lens for you APS-C system.
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is the best wide angle lens for sony e mount system. Picture quality is great and build quality is awesome. It is a heavy but that is a sign of craftsmanship I think. I loved this lens.
Sadly I had to sell as I switched over to fuji but still kept my A73.
Sigma just released the same lens for fuji system so I am going to re-buy this.
Build quality, picture quality, easy of use.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome lens
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Best lens for content ! Would recommend it to my friends !
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Sigma Lenses Rock!
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This lens is amazing. Beautifully blurred background. Outstandingly crisp subject. I can’t say enough good things. Would recommend!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Really wide angles and very great for manual user
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Really wide angles and very great for manual user, sharp
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The best wide angle prime, hands down
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is the absolute best wide angle prime (24mm equivalent on a full frame). Fast aperture, super sharp, can't ask for more. I stopped using it because I bought the Sony 16-55mm zoom however if you're not a zoom person than this is the absolute best wide angle prime for Sony's APS-C lineup, period. Don't even second guess it.
It's about 20x better than that Sony 10-18mm wide angle zoom, and blows every other prime out of the water.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast Prime!
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a fast lens. Perfect wide shots. Decent price entry for value!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Create beautiful photos/video instantly.
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I've had this lens for 8 months. Beautiful quality, nice bokeh. I use it with my ZV-E10. If you are looking at it for a Sony camera, save your money and just buy the body. This is a must buy IMO.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good lens
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love this lens absolute beast for the fx30 gives good quality in low light with the right settings
I would recommend this to a friend
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Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The real estate videographer must have
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
As a Real Estate Videographer, this lens is a must have. It allows you to film in dark spaces and colors are beautiful. Great for interviewing and showing off wide spaces
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome lens
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This lens is awesome for portraits. I watched and read many reviews before I decided to get the 16mm Sigma for my A6500. It is one of the most highly recommended lenses for the E Mount cameras and is part of the so called Trifecta of best lenses Sigma put out. Super image quality across the board. Highly recommend it, you will not be disappointed with this wide lens.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Lens quality, Wide angle
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great lens for the price!
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very fast and sharp. Great wide angle lens at a real good value!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic lens for its intended purpose!
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this prime lens for my Sony A6400. I plan on using it for both livestreaming and YouTube videos shot in my home. If you plan on using this on the fly and out in the world, make sure your camera has IBIS though because this lens does not have OSS.