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The Sony FE 35mm F1.8 is a compact full-frame E-mount prime with a bright F1.8 maximum aperture, a 9-blade circular diaphragm and an aspherical element for sharp corner-to-corner results. A linear-motor AF drive gives fast, quiet focusing with solid tracking, and it focuses down to 8.66 inches at 0.24x magnification. It suits street, travel, food and low-light shooters who want a small everyday lens, and it sits between Sony's cheaper 35mm F2.8 and the much larger, pricier 35mm F1.4 GM. Owners praise its size, sharpness wide open and quiet AF; the main complaints are some axial color fringing at F1.8 and a plastic-feeling barrel.
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Reviewers and owners rate the FE 35mm F1.8 as one of the best small full-frame primes, citing sharpness, light weight and quiet, accurate autofocus. Complaints center on color fringing at F1.8 and a build that feels less solid than expected.
The Sony FE 35mm F1.8 is a compact, lightweight prime lens for full-frame and APS-C E-mount cameras. On APS-C bodies it gives a 52.5mm equivalent focal length. The 35mm focal length suits everyday snapshots, food photography, landscapes and night scenes.
The F1.8 maximum aperture lets in a large amount of light for low-light shooting and produces defocused backgrounds. A 9-blade circular aperture renders the background bokeh smoothly and gives naturally rounded points of defocused light. An aspherical element reduces spherical aberration and also cuts lens size and weight. Field curvature is corrected, and contrast is kept across the image, even at large apertures.
A linear motor drives fast, precise and quiet autofocus, which works for both stills and movies. Focus is internal, so the lens keeps its dimensions while focusing. A customizable focus hold button locks focus when recomposing and can be set to other functions, including Eye AF, AF On, Aperture Preview and Shot Result Preview. An AF/MF switch selects auto or manual focus, and Linear Response MF allows fine manual focus control. The lens has a dust and moisture resistant design.
