Looking for a compact, everyday lens to add to your gear? Meet the FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens, Sony’s newest addition for full-frame E-mount mirrorless cameras. Whether you’re a novice or pro, this high-performance lens is a game-changer. Let’s dive into the reasons why this lightweight lens is turning heads and would make a great addition to your camera bag.
Compact Powerhouse
Weighing a remarkable 440g, the design of the Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens caters to those who are constantly on the move and don’t want to be weighed down. It’s significantly lighter than competing lenses, such as the Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (695g) and the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 Lens (540 g). It’s the perfect standard zoom lens for long shooting sessions. Due to its compact nature and versatile range, you’ll find yourself reaching for this staple lens time and time again.
Versatility at Its Best
With a zoom range spanning from 24mm wide-angle to 50mm standard focal length, this lens is optimal for most scenarios; from landscapes and cityscapes to portraits and detailed close-ups. The large f/2.8 constant aperture is a thoughtful addition to the G series lineup, that many will appreciate. It allows for excellent performance in low-light situations and depth of field control. It features a dedicated aperture ring, a customizable focus hold button and AF/MF switch.
Top-Notch Optical Performance
The FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens promises exceptional image quality, with sharpness and clarity maintained across the entire zoom range from corner to corner. This is a lens that refuses to compromise on performance, ensuring that your photos and videos are captured with the utmost precision and detail. Flare, ghosting, and color bleeding are efficiently minimized, ensuring crisp, detailed images as seen in the following image.
Peak Autofocus Performance
With top-notch tracking capabilities, this lens seamlessly synchronizes with Sony’s α9 III camera at speeds of up to 120 fps1. Whether capturing 4K 120p or FHD 240p videos, it ensures precise and silent focusing, maintaining smooth and uninterrupted capture even at high frame rates2.
Stellar Close-up Capabilities
Thanks to some serious optical fine-tuning, this lens shines when it comes to close-up shots across all its focal lengths. You can get up to 0.3x magnification with autofocus (AF) and even a tad more, 0.33x, when you switch to manual focus (MF). Plus, with the ability to focus as close as 0.19 m (about 0.63 ft) in AF and just a smidge closer at 0.18 m (roughly 0.59 ft) in MF at the wide end, you’ll find that capturing all those intricate details is made easy.
Conclusion
The Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens is the brand’s most compact and lightest standard zoom, with an aperture of F2.8, to date. It offers portability and versatility at an affordable price point. Its silent and quick auto-focus is a highlight feature that can be appreciated at events, for street photography and other situations where you’d want to fly under the radar. The operability of this lens aims to please its users with well-loved features like the auto-focus ring and two customizable focus hold buttons. This lens comfortably allows you to get excellent images over a wide range of subjects, every time – especially when you’re traveling.
Ready to take your photography to the next level with the Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens? Pre-order this groundbreaking lens today and start capturing your world in unparalleled clarity and detail.
1 Sony test conditions. Maximum continuous frame rate may be lower in some shooting conditions. Continuous shooting speed may vary depending on the lens used in AF-C focus modes.
2 Depending on the camera and settings used.
