This has been by far the best camera I have used so far. The rotation is a game changer.

This has been by far the best camera I have used so far. The rotation is a game changer.

Rangefinder keeps what it promises. Top product.

Quality best inspection camera I ever own.

As described and looks very good quality

Well, I'm new to photography, my camera is a used Canon EOS 450D and I was recommended at various workshops as a beginner to use a lens with a fixed focal length. So I first ordered the 50mm lens and was so excited that I also ordered the 35mm lens right away. In my opinion, both take really great pictures, so I give a clear recommendation to buy both lenses.

This lens spends a lot of time with my camera. It's a great little full frame 35mm lens that comes at a fraction of the Sony own brand price. Image quality is decent, focus is fast and build quality doesn't seem to be an issue - the lens feels stable. Instructions that come with the lens suggest that the camera needs to be explicitly told that a 35mm lens is attached for image stabilization. That's a little disappointing, but I didn't have to do this (or at least didn't notice stabilization struggling without this setting being changed). If you're interested in your first prime lens I'd recommend this (unless you want to shoot portraits, in which case 50mm or 85mm will do).

If you take photos with Sony's APS-C cameras and like to create portraits, you will hardly be able to avoid this lens. Image quality is excellent, build quality is very solid, and it even has image stabilization. You rarely get a real alternative from other manufacturers, especially since the price of the Sony is really cheap. I use the 50mm f1.8 OSS on a NEX, an A3000 and the A7. Even if it was not made for the 35mm image section, the lens can be used well on a 35mm camera of the A7 series. The image section corresponds to that of an APS-C camera, you only get a lower resolution than is possible on the camera (on the A7, for example, 10 Mpx instead of the possible 24 megapixels). A real recommendation to use APS-C lenses on 35mm is of course not supposed to be, there are better alternatives with the Zeiss 55mm f1.8 or the Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8, but these are also in a completely different price range. But you don't need to be afraid either, because the advantages of a 35mm sensor (e.g. low noise) also work on the SEL50F18OSS. At APS-C, the lens is currently unbeatable and worth every cent!