This classic lens features a high quality metal build and high optical performance to help take your photography to the next level!
The fast F/2.8 maximum aperture allows you to isolate subjects from their surroundings with a shallow focus that turns backgrounds into smooth blur (commonly known as bokeh)
This lens exhibits high levels of sharpness and vivid colour saturation at all apertures, to produce punchy and vibrant images combined with appealing rendering of out of focus image portions (bokeh)
The fast aperture also allows for higher shutter speeds meaning the lens continues to be usable in light levels that would cause slower lenses to succumb to shake induced blurring.
This legacy lens really delivers the goods and at an affordable price. If you want to progress from the limited creative possibilities of your kit lens then this is an excellent choice. The ability to use shallow focus to isolate subjects will open new creative doors to you!
Built from high quality metals, this lens was made to last and features typically robust Japanese build quality.
This is a full frame lens so will give full image coverage to models with full frame sensors!
To get the kind of quality this lens offers, from a modern automatic lens, you'd have to spend hundreds!
It's a manual lens so focusing and aperture are adjusted manually, but the camera will provide automatic exposure control. Instructions are provided, and with a few minutes of practice you will soon get the hang of it!
This lens comes with a removable Sony E mount adapter allowing it to be fitted to all Sony mirrorless cameras that have an E aka NEX mount (not the older A mount)
The adapter is non destructive and when removed, the lens has a "M42" mount and it can be very easily and cheaply adapted to pretty much any camera available today. I have personally used this lens on my Canon 60d, a Sony NEX-5 and a Panasonic G1 and GH2! There are M42 adapters available inexpensively for the following systems and more:
Canon EOS
Canon M
Canon R
Canon FD
Canon M
Contax/Yashica
Leica R
Leica M39
Minolta AF/Sony Alpha
Minolta MD
M42 screw
Nikon
Pentax K
Olympus OM
4/3
Micro 4/3 system
C-Mount
Samsung NX
Pentax Q
Nikon 1
Sony NEX
Fuji X
Adapters are in plentiful supply on ebay, just ask if you require any advice!
The lens is in good working condition overall with just normal signs of use and not abuse! A few internal dust specs as with all used lenses, but zero impact on image quality.
Fully tested on Canon and Sony cameras and delivering gorgeous looking images. The sample images speak for themselves!
Both the focus and aperture mechanisms function smoothly and positively.
The lens comes supplied with an M42 to Sony E adapter and front + rear caps.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask.