Sony FE 16mm f/1.8 G – Premium Wide-Angle Lens with Stunning Image Quality
Perfect for Landscapes and Creative Photography
The Sony FE 16mm f/1.8 G is a high-quality wide-angle lens, perfect for capturing landscapes, architecture, and creative compositions. Its f/1.8 aperture offers exceptional brightness, allowing for beautiful background blur (bokeh) and excellent performance in low-light conditions.
The premium optical elements of the Sony G series minimize distortions while delivering sharp, high-contrast images. The fast and precise autofocus ensures you can capture dynamic subjects effortlessly, while the lightweight and compact design makes it an excellent choice for travel and videography.
If you're looking for a professional wide-angle lens for your Sony E-mount camera, the Sony FE 16mm f/1.8 G is the perfect choice.
An ultrawide prime lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras, the FE 16mm f/1.8 G Lens from Sony establishes itself as a premium choice for vlogging as well as landscape, architecture, and street photography. Dual XD linear motors and internal AF allow speedy and efficient autofocusing performance that's expected with a G Series lens. Not only does this lens support AF at 120 fps, but its low focus breathing and compact design are a great benefit for video capturing. The front lens element doesn't protrude like most wide-angle optics, which allows users to equip 67mm screw-in filters. For increased dependability against the elements, a dust- and moisture-resistant design is provided as well as a fluorine coating to the front lens element, making it easier to clean and resistant to water and oil contaminants.
Dynamic perspectives and smooth bokeh at 16 mm
Thanks to its 16 mm angle of view and F1.8 aperture, the FE 16 mm F1.8 G lens can produce wide-angle images with superb background bokeh. This top-ranked G Lens™ with excellent expressive power is great for capturing landscapes, architectural structures, starry skies and more. It also produces outstanding close-ups and has accurate, quiet AF. Compact and lightweight, the FE 16mm F1.8 G can be used with standard 67mm filters and is easy to balance on a gimbal.
Outstanding resolution at ultra wide 16 mm angle of view
The two AA (Advanced Aspherical) lenses minimise field curvature and astigmatism, so resolution is stunningly good at all apertures, across the entire image area. Super ED (extra-low dispersion) glass and three ED glasses reduce chromatic aberration right up to the very edge of the image, while optimised coating minimises flare and ghosting. This lens is ideal for dynamic, spectacular, high-resolution, wide-angle images.
G Lens lenses offer superb bokeh and stunning close-ups
This G Lens lens delivers dazzling bokeh thanks to a large maximum aperture of F1.8, an 11-blade circular aperture and carefully controlled spherical aberration. It offers excellent close-up performance at a minimum focal length of 0.15 metres and a maximum magnification of 0.25x and AF (0.13 metres for MF and 0.30x for AF). All this allows you to capture unique, wide-angle images with deep, sophisticated bokeh.
High aperture, ultra wide angles of view in a compact lens
The use of aspherical lens components, including Sony's high-precision AA (Advanced Aspherical) glass, has resulted in a Full Frame ultra wide-angle lens that is compact (73.8 x 75 mm) and weighs just 304 grams. This small, lightweight and mobile lens delivers impressive imaging performance across a wide range of subjects, from landscapes to architectural detail and night scenes.
Fast, accurate autofocus supports high-quality imaging
Two XD (Extreme Dynamic) linear motors provide fast, accurate autofocus and subject tracking. A control algorithm developed specifically for XD linear motors enables fast response, eliminating the delay and vibration that can occur when moving large groups of focus elements, resulting in exceptionally quiet, low-vibration operation. These features help you capture the important moments when shooting active, fast-moving subjects.
Sophisticated, stable performance for movies
Advanced lens technology reduces angle of view variation, so changes in angle of view are minimised for smooth video recording. The angle-of-view compensation feature provided in compatible α-mount frames is also supported, and the Active Mode image stabilisation built into the frame makes it easy to shoot stable wide-angle video while walking. Standard 67mm-e filters can be fitted to the lens and it's easy to balance when mounted on a gimbal.
Comprehensive control and robust reliability
A focus ring, focus lock button, focus mode switch, aperture ring and aperture lock switch are available. The focus lock button can be assigned to other functions from the body menu. The aperture ring provides handy control, while the clickable BE/KI switch offers versatility. The focus mode switch lets you switch instantly between autofocus and manual focus. The dust and moisture resistant design and the fluorine coating on the front element ensure perfect reliability.
Specifications
- Maximum Aperture: f/1.8
- Minimum Aperture: f/22
- Lens Mount: Sony E
- Lens Format Coverage: Full-Frame
- Angle of View: 107°
- Minimum Focus Distance: 15 cm
- Maximum Magnification: 0.25x
- Optical Design: 15 Elements in 12 Groups
- Diaphragm Blades: 11
- Focus Type: Autofocus
- Image Stabilization: No
- Filter Size: 67 mm (Front)
- Dimensions (ø x L): 7.38 x 7.5 cm
- Weight: 304 g
