Reddit mentions of Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens

I think the sigma 30 f1.4 would be a better choice. ( just my opinion)

Pros

• cheaper ( Sony 35 f1.8 $448.00 and Sigma 30 f1.4 bundle $339.00
  
• sharper images
  
• f1.4
  
  Cons
  
  
• larger lens on body then sony 35 f1.8
  
• no buit in oss

On a crop you're looking for a 35mm. https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W

The 50 is much cheaper, but may be too tight. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DLMD5O6/ref=psdc_173565_t1_B0096W1P5W

I've been lusting over the A7s, it is the low light king. Not at all in your budget though. The D3200 probably isn't the best as it has troubles focusing in low light. The kit lens is a definite no no as it doesn't do well in low light. If you go DSLR go at least d5200 for $500 paired with the 35mm f/1.8 lens for $200. A refurbished d5300 can be found for $600 and would also be a great choice paired with that 35mm.

The Sony a6000 ($450 for body $600 for kit) is making a lot of noise in the mirrorless format at that pricepoint and can be paired with the 35mm f/1.8 at $400 for a total of $850, just above your budget.

Sony A6000 + the 18-105 F4 for general photography, this should be a good start and will get her a quality lens that will get her plenty of reach. This should be right around $1100ish

down the road she can add these options:

add the 35 f1.8 for great portrait photos with better background separation. Alternatively you can start her with this lens first, being smaller and lighter means she will be more likely carry it around with her.

add the 16 2.8 for hiking thanks to the compact size and theme parks, or just anywhere she needs it in a more compact size.

more size comparisons

I can wait and if it seems like it's worth it I can probably stretch my budget out a little. I didn't actually realise the A6000 was almost 2 years old! (Feb 12 2014)

Is this the lens you mean?

Thanks for the advice!

Sony does have new smaller lenses such as the 35mm prime and the 20mm wide angle which are tiny. There are also the two Sigma equivalents that are just about equal or better in quality but they are a tad larger but still not nearly as large as traditional DSLR lenses.

Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NVsbzbX73A12F This? Just want to clarify.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1457230257&sr=1&keywords=35+f+1.8

I'm not sure about the specific feature set of those two cameras, but judging strictly by the low light performance, the Sony has an advantage of about 1 and 1/3 stops. This would be offset by the rather slow kit lens, as /u/iserane pointed out. A fast prime lens would cost you between 200 and 400$ (for example, this 35mm f1.8). It also gets a bit bulkier with those fast lenses.

If you have the money consider getting the sony 35/1.8:

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/

Maybe get it used if that's too much $$$.

With the crop factor it'll take the place of a "nifty-fifty" and is plenty fast enough to get good subject isolation. It's also stabilized so it'll help take pictures in lower light.

I'm also going to make an assumption that you're using the kit zoom and if that's so then a fixed lens will probably make you more comfortable coming from using your iphone and force you to process what you're doing more. The 35/1.8 is also significantly sharper than the kit.

Aside from that, setup your auto iso and you'll be able to just shoot in aperture priority pretty easily. If I remember correctly then you should be able to push up to iso 6400 with the a6000 and still be alright as far as noise goes.

> flat lays

Just to clarify, are you talking building interior shots here? If so, generally that kind of shooting wants a wider-angle lens, and the Rokinon 12mm f2 is a pretty solid choice without blowing your budget. It's manual focus, but it has a pretty aperture and due to its wider angle nature it's pretty easy to get stuff in focus when you stop down. I have the Rokinon 14mm f2.8 for my Canon 5D/5D2, and I can just set it to ~f4-5.6 and get almost the entire scene in focus no problem.

For portraits you'll want something like the Sony 50mm f1.8 OSS which will give you that nice blurry background to separate your subject from the environment. If you're looking for more environmental portraits, something a little wider might be a good idea such as the Sony 35mm f1.8 OSS or Sigma 30mm f1.4.

This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096W1P5W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi all! Preemptive thanks! And now...filter questions:

I've recently purchased a Sony alpha a6000 and I've got two lenses for it:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096W1P5W a 35mm f/1.8 prime, and
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BPZD0M4 a 19mm f2.8 sigma wide.

The next things I want to buy are a couple of neutral density filters, and I really want a Lee big stopper.

My questions are the following:
Will any of the cokin series holders (maybe the p series?) work with these lenses AND hold the Lee seven5 big stopper (and other seven5 format filters)?
Is a polarizing filter (the $240 from Lee) worth it (that is, does shooting for longer exposures in the sun increase the strength/likelihood of glare)?

some say the sony a7sii "makes light", rather it is just great at low light capture and has amazingly clean images/video at a high iso. That combined with a lens with a wide aperture and you get great performance. I would recommend you get a sony a7s mk1 or mk2 or a sony a6300 or a6500, depending on your budgets as all have fairly good low-light performance with the a7sii being the best of them. As for a lens, you could go for an adapter to use your canon lenses but if you do not have a canon lens with a nice wide aperture like f/1.8 or better, it would be good to pick up a lens like that. If you choose to move entirely to sony as so many people have recently, you will want a good all around lens too. Let me know if you need more help!

I'm looking for a lens that will give me shots most similar to my favorite photographer: Cameron Hammond. I have a Sony a7 iii and I'm torn between the Sony 35mm f1.8 and the Sigma 30mm f1.4. Any tips?

I find 35mm to be a very useful focal length to use with video.

There's a Sony 35mm f1.8 ^referral ^link that will give you a useful focal length with a large aperture that's worth considering. The lens weighs 5.4 ounces, compared to 28.6 ounces for the Sigma lens you're current using, so it's about 1/5 of the weight. You won't have zoom obviously, but you can get a collection of a few lightweight prime lenses from Sony and that will work quite well.

To complement DatAperture's answer the other option in the mirrorless market is Sony. The tradeoff is probably a bit better quality (the same sensors as in APS-C DSLRs) versus larger size and less lens selection.

For your budget you could get a very nice body:

• A6000 648$ (24MP, latest model, supposedly very fast next-generation autofocus)
  
  Or a cheaper kit:
  
  
• NEX 3 with 16-50 lens $398 (16MP older model)
  
  and then complement it with some lenses:
  
  
• 16/2.8 $248
  
• 20/2.8 $348
  
• 35/1.8 $448
  
• 50/1.8 $298
  
  The Sigma ones are also available in Nex mount:
  
  
• 19/2.8 $199
  
• 30/2.8 $199
  
• 60/2.8 $239
  
  For my kind of shooting, on a backpacking trip of Europe I'd go for A6000+19/2.8+50/1.8. Fits in your budget. Is light and small. Gets you a wide angle for scenery and a 50 for everything else, including low light. If you prefer zooms you can get the A6000 with the 16-50 kit lens plus a 55-210.
  
  

I own the Sigma 30mm 1.4 http://amzn.to/2hSCySn , it is a sharpness beast at a great price. That is what I use for street photography. The Roki 24mm 1.4 http://amzn.to/2hSGe6x is a manual lens, if that matters to you. The Sony 35mm 1.8 http://amzn.to/2iCMNxU isn't quite as awesome as the Sigma 30mm IMHO, but the OSS makes a difference, especially in low light. If you had an a6500, I would not recommend the Sony over the sigma... due to the IBIS. In your case, however, I only have a slight preference for the Sigma. It's a close call.

Unfortunately... going wider than that generally comes with higher prices or smaller apertures, so you'll find you don't use them as often as you may think. The Sigma 19mm 2.8 http://amzn.to/2hSHUNn is a great, inexpensive lens. Rokinon makes a lot of good wide lenses, but again, manual focus. For Astrophotography, the Roki 12mm 2.0 http://amzn.to/2iRLIjz is hard to beat.

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SELP18105G-PZ-18-105mm-OSS/dp/B00ENZRQH8

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=pd_sim_421_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0096W1P5W&pd_rd_r=M6Y227QVTB5Q0BMV9FGS&pd_rd_w=ogf56&pd_rd_wg=Qx7dq&psc=1&refRID=M6Y227QVTB5Q0BMV9FGS

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL50F18-Mount-Cameras-Black/dp/B00EPWC30O/ref=pd_sim_421_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00EPWC30O&pd_rd_r=M6Y227QVTB5Q0BMV9FGS&pd_rd_w=ogf56&pd_rd_wg=Qx7dq&psc=1&refRID=M6Y227QVTB5Q0BMV9FGS

Should I get this lens?
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422330575&sr=8-1&keywords=sony+35mm+f1.8

I own the Sony Nex 6 and I've been wanting a 35mm lens for indoor shooting. I've been mainly using the kit lens and this is my first time buying a lens. Are there lenses with similar specs as the one I posted above? Wouldn't it be cost effective to spend $500 on a DSLR lens and just put an adapter on it?

Is this lens the same as this lens? I wasn't too sure D:

Quick question. Looking to upgrade my nex 5T to an alpha. I'm like the OP, not a professional just use for city and travel photography mostly and not a ton of video. Was thinking about the 6500 when it came out but do you think it's too much camera? I have these lenses

Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Lens for Sony E-Mount Cameras (Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HNJWSDS/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_d6kfybS0DYE0Q

Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_M6kfyb1SW4TC9

Sony SELP1650 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1PG6/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_G9kfybT37WK5M

Would you still go with the 6000 body?

Picked up this bad Larry the other day for my a6500.

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W

It's purty good. I'm partial to my Rolinon 85mm 1.8, though it's a bit zoomed in for landscape

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505092600&sr=8-1&keywords=sel35f18

I recently did a Euro-trip and brought nothing but the Sony a6000 and the kit zoom lens. It was honestly perfect for traveling. I was so glad to not be hauling around a full sized SLR. The distortion is really only bad when you are shooting at 16mm. I also just got the 35mm 1.8 prime lens and it is fantastic. I'm just a hobbyist though, so you may be a lot more picky than me.

Here are some sample shots with the kit lens while on my trip.

Sony. get the A6500 and a sony lens. Maybe the 18-105 F4 if you really want that focal length coverage. That lens isint going to be great for low light but the 6500 is a low light beast. If you really need that fast glass you could go with the sony 35mm f1.8. In my opinion Sony is where its at right now, super portable and blowing anything in its price range out of the water!

35mm Sony

If your doing a lot of low light/handheld then you should get some sort of light.

The crop fact is going to bring that 35mm to a 52.5mm which is a great focal length unless you want to get a wider angle. In tight spaces it might be too long of a length.

One of the all-around lenses would be a good, versatile prime to start with. For example, something like this 35mm lens. To get bokeh you want to use large apertures - you can see sample photos from different lenses here. Here's one taken with the lens I linked above at f/1.8.

If you do get an a6000, note that the sensor's crop factor means that the a 35mm lens will be equivalent to a 50mm lens on a full frame camera (well, 52.5mm). Usually people talk about the full frame equivalent just so everyone has the same reference point.

Without saying anything about lens quality here are some price comparisons.

[Nikon D3300 w/ kit] (http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Digital-Focus-S-18-55mm-3-5-5-6G/dp/B00HQ4W1QE) $447, [35mm 1.8] (http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-AF-S-NIKKOR-Focus-Cameras/dp/B001S2PPT0) $177, [50mm 1.8] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y1AYAC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cpc02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004Y1AYAC) $197

vs

Sony A6000 w/ kit $650, 35mm 1.8 $450, 50mm 1.8 $250

I'm not trying to say one is better than the other, just making a comparison. On the Sony you get OSS with the lenses which drives the price up. If you are trying to save money though, OSS might not be that important.

I am not sure that the Sony 35mm that you linked is the proper one for the a6300. It think you need the SEL35F18:

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498126305&sr=8-1&keywords=SEL35F18

It is the one I use in my a6000, and it is a great lens, but it is more expensive that they one you showed (yours is an A mount lens, whereas mine is a E mount lens). You can get it much cheaper, though (I paid less for it on Ebay).

>Noted! Obviously I need to do much more studying considering when I search for 30mm and 35mm lenses I get lenses that range from $75 to $3000 with obviously a variety of different technical details. Is there one of each you would reccomend on a tighter budget (sub $250 new - if that's even doable) so I can do a little reverse digging while I watch some videos/read guides? I think for the moment there is way too much information floating around in my head like others have said can easily happen. I definitely just need to get out and take some pictures.

They are talking about the sigma 30 1.4 DC DN for sony e mount (Amazon link) and the sony 35mm 1.8 for sony e mount (Amazon link). The sigma is about $330 new and the sony is $450, although you can usually find them slightly cheaper used.

The sub $200 30mm/35mm lenses are usually older manual focus lenses. These are cheap, but have no autofocus and usualy require an adapter to be used with sony (The sony you have uses e mount so make sure any lenses you buy are for e mount). There are converters from various mounts to the E mount that can allow you to use these other lenses. Some are very cheap so thats an option if you ever want to play around with different lenses. These are harder to use though since you need to manually focus every shot and may not give you the same photo quality as the newer modern lenses do.

The more expensive lenses are usually for for full frame cameras (bigger sensor than the camera you have). The Sony full frame mount is FE instead of E and while the actual mount is the same so you can use FE lenses on your camera, it's not really worth it since those are more expensive and usually bigger and heavier and designed for a larger sensor.

Yeah, it is sure looking like that. It now says delivery date pending which seems like Amazon's way of saying I should have just gone to a camera store.

The Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8, and Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 were delivered yesterday. Tomorrow I get the Sony VCLECF1 Fisheye Conversion Lens and Sony SEL90M28G FE 90mm f/2.8-22 Macro. Now they just get to taunt me as I do not have another E-Mount camera.

I hear that's a popular lens but I like something a bit more open. I tend to lean towards the extra detail primes deliver. This would be probably more my speed: Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_Bx45wb33HE77B

By the way, have you ever used the BMCC? How much less flexibility does SLOG give over CinemaDNG?

No, it's this one.

I heard https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1491531110&sr=1-1&keywords=sony+e+35 is a good choice also. Find out which focal length you like more.

Edit: there's also the https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1234027-REG/sigma_302965_30mm_f_1_4_dc_dn.html

That's understandable, how about something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W

Also I have a few Helios lenses, Voigtlander, and some Nikon ones. Not terribly concerned about them considering how cheap converters are

These 35mm 1.8 lenses seem like they're the same, but one is $200, and the other is $450. Can someone explain the difference? That is, if there is one.

Ah I see, I totally missed that it's a different mount.

Here are the lenses I was looking at:

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Alpha-SAL35F18-mount-Angle/dp/B0042GHI8U/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=e+mount+35mm&qid=1562778638&s=gateway&sr=8-18

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=psdc_173565_t1_B0042GHI8U

I have the a5000 with the kit lens and looking for an upgrade on lens. I am thinking of getting the 35mm 1.8: https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W
However, I heard the 50mm would be just as good? Or is there another lens I should look into?

Hello everyone!
Just got the a6000 recently with some christmas money and I freaking love it already. I've been doing some research and I want to try out an upgraded lens. The kit is fine, but I'm definitely seeing the benefits of a lower aperture prime (more bokeh effect, better in low light, etc.)

I've narrowed down my search to the Sony SEL35F18, SEL50F18, and the Sigma 30mm F2.8

The SEL35F18 definitely seems best to me overall, and I'm thinking it probably makes sense to just suck it up and go straight for that. However the Sigma is also attractive because it seems like a great budget alternative. The SEL50F18 is probably last on my list because at ~$300 currently, its just not a significant enough difference in price from the 35... Any advice is appreciated!

/u/lastateofmind5 - congratulations on the new camera! The 35mm/f1.8 is for crop sensor cameras like your A6500 - while the 35mm/f2.8 will work with your camera, but it is a full frame "FE" lens designed for the Sony A7 series.

If you plan to upgrade to full frame at some point in the future, you should spend the extra money for the FE. Otherwise, I would get the faster 35mm f1.8.

You can save a little money by [ordering it from Amazon] (https://www.amazon.com/Sony-SEL35F18-35mm-Prime-Fixed/dp/B0096W1P5W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) [Referral Link].

Hope this is helpful and Happy New Year to you and yours!