Customer Ratings & Reviews

As a beginner in photography, I had the opportunity to use a friend's high-end lenses, which cost about four times as much as this one. Despite that, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of this lens and would recommend it to others starting out

Much better quality than the Kit lens. If you own a kit lens and looking for nice low light picture. This is the cheapest Sony auto focus prime lens you can find. AF Quite slow in low light but price/performance is great.

The quality and features you get from this lens for the cost are unbeatable, the SEL18-105PZ being a close second. I think this has the best performance to price ratio for any lens I've owned DSLR or Mirrorless. the auto-focus is quick and silent, the lens is sharp from f4 and higher, it still performs well wide open, but is a bit soft. With all these features you still get OSS which lets you get usable shots with slow shutter speeds.

Got the lens on a whim. Like picture quality, and as title notes, bokeh. Works with my NEX 3, 5N and 5R,

I love this lens, really good in low light. Its sharp, fast and great for portraits.

This is by far my favorite lens in my collection. I've been using it on my 6400, so it's more like a 75mm, but the glass is fire. Super sharp, took it out for night photos with the family (pumpkin patch, etc.) and the 1.8 helped like crazy. I know it's not the "magical 55" focal length, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Great lens for portraits. Low f stop and great focus with blurry background.

Affordable prime lens. Awesome for portraits and just street photography.

I have the kit's lense (16-50) and the zoom (55-210) but this is my favorite. With all the lights in the room on I can make Hollywood quality video of my kids playing (at ISO 800 f/2). Very sharp and fast focus too. More expensive than Nikon or Canon 50mm f/1.8 but this seems to be a problem for all Sony E lenses. Not too much to take a star off.

Sharp, great bokeh, lightweight. A good addition to my telephoto and wide zoom.

The images are awesome, the lens is durable and easy to use.

Amazing price for such an amazing lens! Easy to use and pictures come out great

Got this lens to use with my old Sony fs100 and so far it’s been working pretty well. Autofocus and oss work just fine. Lens is sharp not heavy at all. Not a single issue so far.

This lens is sharp and has fast auto focus (AF). It is intended for close up shots but can be used in many ways. I use this as a portrait lens and occasionally on street photography. I do not recommend it if you do not have much space to back up (like a room or event hall) because it is a prime lens that is 50mm and pretty much it is zoomed in quite a bit. Ideal for portraits.

Great portrait lens, especially in low light. Good bokeh and sharp.

Great lens for portrait and bokeh. It's super sharp and works great in low light.

Super crisp, great in low light, versatile. It’s my favorite lens.

Great for taking portrait. Fast to focus in low lighting

Very good lens for the Sony A6000 series of cameras. Images come out quite nice. Focus is quick and very little breathing. The price is good for what you get. Check it out!

Great lens for a beginner like I am. It is very easy to create the background blurriness when large apertures are used. Great portrait lens for the price. But I do need to step pretty further back due to the long focal length. I once found myself in the middle of the road when shooting street mural.