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Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Review

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The Sony E 11mm f/1.8 is a lightweight and bright ultra wide angle lens, suitable for landscape, cityscape, and astrophotography. It has excellent build quality and strong image quality, making it ideal for both video and still photography. Despite some minor issues with distortion and vignetting, it is highly recommended for its price.

The Sony E 11mm f/1.8 is a lightweight and bright ultra wide angle lens, suitable for landscape, cityscape, and astrophotography. It has excellent build quality and strong image quality, making it ideal for both video and still photography. Despite some minor issues with distortion and vignetting, it is highly recommended for its price.

Pros
  • Lightweight and bright
  • Excellent build quality
  • Strong image quality
  • Good for video and still photography
Cons
  • Vignetting at wider apertures
  • Minor distortion
  • Plasticky feel

The lens is a strong performer in low light conditions, allowing for lower ISO levels indoors and providing great potential for astrophotography.

The Sony E 11mm f/1.8 is a lightweight and bright ultra wide angle lens, suitable for landscape, cityscape, and astrophotography. It offers excellent image quality with sharpness, good contrast, and minimal distortion. The lens is built with quality materials and features an auto/manual focus switch, a hold button, and a smooth manual focus ring. The autofocus is powered by two linear motors, allowing for quick and silent operation. It is also capable of taking 58mm filters and comes with a reversible hood. The lens is a strong performer in low light conditions, allowing for lower ISO levels indoors and providing great potential for astrophotography. However, there are some issues with vignetting at wider apertures and some distortion, although these can be corrected in-camera. Overall, the Sony E 11mm f/1.8 offers great value for its price and is highly recommended for photographers and videographers seeking a compact and versatile ultra wide angle lens.

Overall, the Sony E 11mm f/1.8 offers great value for its price and is highly recommended for photographers and videographers seeking a compact and versatile ultra wide angle lens.

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