Sony - 35mm f/1.8 Prime Lens for Most NEX E-Mount Cameras - Black

The pros of this lens are simple: it's small and compact, light weight, and it has OSS. Attached to my a6400, it's easy to carry around, which makes it great for travel or street photography. The OSS is also great if you plan to video because it stabilizes the video image. The cons of this camera is that it's an old design. It's not as sharp as I'd like it to be and paired with an APS-C sensor, it's actually about 50mm, which is a little tight at times if you're used to shooting with an actual 35mm focal length. But let's compare this lens with its rival, the Sigma 30mm 1.4. The Sigma is a sharper lens, and it's better in low light. However, it's twice the size, it's heavy, and when you travel with the Sigma or even do street photography, you can tell you've got a heavy lens attached to your camera. The Sigma also doesn't have OSS, so your videos will be shaky. Hope this review is helpful. As part of this review, I included a photo I took with this lens on the Sony a6400 in B&W.

This is a great prime lens for portraits and mid-range distance shots. I purchased a Sony a6600 recently and I am relatively new to photography. I originally purchased a Sony 50mm without realizing that the a6000 series cameras are built with cropped sensors. So the crop factor is 1.5x, therefore it was a 75mm lens instead of a true 50mm. Well this 35mm lens puts it at 52.5mm which is close enough. It works really well at close range for portraits and when taking pictures of scenery or larger objects. Photographs taken at shorter distance look way better then at a longer distance so I would use this lens for portraits and close ups. This is an ASP-C lens so I would not purchase this if you have a full frame camera. The lens small and lightweight making it great for traveling or if you want a lighter setup. It also works really well in low light but hot here are a few trade offs. You’re going to have to raise the ISO (which adds more grain to the photo) or lower the shutter speed (which tends to make the photos blurry if you don’t have steady hands) I posted some photographs to show what this lens is capable of paired with the a6600 (I edited them in Lightroom after).

I’m just starting to learn how to shoot with different lenses and this is perfect for portraits and creates a nice bokeh! Also great for getting a clear shot of scenery. Very clear and small lens so easy to carry and doesn’t make the camera heavy.