![]() Remember that you don’t always need to match brands when buying lenses for your camera. Here’s a bit of a curveball from Sigma in this guide to the best lenses for the Sony a6000. In combination with the fast f/1.8 aperture, this makes the lens excellent for low light shooting, allowing you to keep the ISO of your Sony a6000 as low as possible to create noise-free images.Īll in all, the Sony 35mm f/1.8 lens is the best prime lens for Sony a6000 owners who a small and lightweight setup with excellent optical performance – it’s in many respects the perfect travel camera/lens combination. ![]() The ‘OSS’ refers to Optical SteadyShot (image stabilization), a feature that is rare on prime lenses. However, a camera is only as good as its lens, and by investing in the Sony 35mm f/1.8, you’re really making the most of your a6000’s abilities. ![]() On the topic of price, at around $400, you may hesitate, especially as several Sony Alpha a6000 lenses can be found cheaper… Sharpness is impressive at f/1.8, and continues to improve to around f/4 where the sharpness and overall contrast excels for a lens of this price. Sony 35mm f/1.8 | 1/640 f/4 ISO 200 | © Marc BergreenĪs for image quality, the Sony 35mm f/1.8 lens delivers images that simply aren’t possible with the kit lens that comes with your camera. Sure, your iPhone ‘portrait mode’ may be able to do something similar, but the process is much slower with the mobile phone and it’s fancy A.I. (The smaller the f-number, the larger the aperture).Īn aperture of f/1.8 also means that you’ll be able to get that coveted blurred background look that really separates lesser cameras. In other words, the f/1.8 of this Sony 35mm f/1.8 lens will allow you to take photos with the Sony a6000 in low light without a flash, much easier than with a ‘slower’ lens such as the kit lens that comes with it. 50mm is a popular focal length since it gives an undistorted view of the world, and can be flattering for portraits, without making the subject feel detached like a longer lens can.īy ‘fast’ prime lens, I mean that the lens aperture (as represented by the f-number) is wide enough to allow faster shutter speeds and lower ISOs in low light. On the cropped sensor (APS-C) Sony a6000, this lens will give roughly a 50mm field of view, which is ideal for a whole range of subjects. Paired with this dinky 35mm lens, the camera will be a pleasure to shoot, and still fit into a jacket pocket – something DSLR camera owners can only dream of (see my mirrorless vs DSLR buyer’s guide). If you own a mirrorless camera as small as the Sony a6000, it seems silly to put an enormous lens on it. However, I believe every photographer should have at least one small, fast prime lens… and for Sony a6000 owners, this Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS lens is it. They’re the quickest way to get better at composition, simplifying the picture taking process by removing the variable of multiple focal lengths (as offered by zooms).ĭon’t get me wrong, zooms have their place in photography. I’m a big fan of prime lenses and recommend them to all level of photographer. To add some variety to my recommendations, I also reviewed a selection from the competitively-priced non-Sony-branded lenses, which work well with the a6000. You can use it as a guide for recommended high-quality Sony lenses for any of the other APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras, but I’ve concentrated specifically on those that perform well with the a6000. So here’s my review of the 5 best lenses for the Sony a6000.
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