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Sony 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens for Alpha NEX Cameras

  • mfr: SEL30M35
  • SKU: SEL30M35
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Product highlights

  • Focal length: 30mm
  • Aperture range: f/3.5-22
  • Sony E-mount lens
  • APS-C format
  • 1:1 magnification ratio
  • Aspherical and ED glass elements
  • Chromatic aberration minimized
  • Multi-coating for clear renditions
  • Autofocus and Direct Manual Focus
  • 7-blade circular aperture

Sony 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens for Alpha NEX Cameras

High performance and a compact design make the SEL-35F18 an ideal second lens that is easy to carry around when capturing the action. It's ideal for a wide variety of photos, including snapshots while strolling, night shots (thanks to the bright maximum aperture) and portraits with superb background/foreground blur. This lens can be used for wonderful macro photography shots as well. Macro photography has been described as extreme close-up photography. What that means is a macro lens is generally capable of reproduction ratios of at least 1:1, or life size, presenting you with a very specific detailed image in a very close-up photo.

Aspherical Lens Elements

Aspherical lens design dramatically reduces spherical aberration while also reducing lens size and weight. Spherical aberration is a slight misalignment of the light rays projected on the image plane. This is caused by differences in refraction at different points on conventional spherical lenses which degrade image quality in large-aperture lenses. Specially shaped aspherical elements near the diaphragm restore alignment of light rays at the image plane, maintaining high sharpness and contrast even at maximum aperture and can also be used at other points in the optical path to reduce distortion. Well-designed aspherical elements can reduce the total number of elements required in the lens, thus reducing overall size and weight. Advanced Aspherical (AA) elements are an evolved variant, featuring an extremely high thickness ratio between the center and periphery. AA elements are exceedingly difficult to produce, relying on the most advanced molding technology to consistently and precisely achieve the required shape and surface accuracy, resulting in significantly improved image accuracy and quality.

ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass

As focal lengths get longer, lenses built with conventional optical glass have difficulties with chromatic aberration, and as a result images suffer from lower contrast, lower color quality, and lower resolution. ED glass dramatically reduces chromatic aberration at telephoto ranges, and provides superior contrast across the entire image, even at large aperture settings. Super ED glass provides enhanced compensation for chromatic aberration.

Circular Aperture

When changing your aperture to defocus the background, the light sources appear blurred. This ‘bokeh' effect of the blurred background can be enhanced with circular aperture blades used in this lens. Conventional aperture blades have flat sides creating unappealing polygonal shaped defocussed points of light. ? lenses overcome this problem through a unique design that keeps the aperture almost perfectly circular from its wide-open setting to when it is closed by 2 stops. Smoother, more natural defocusing can be obtained as a result.

Lens-Based Optical Image Stabilization

Gyro sensors built into the lens detect even the slightest movement, and the stabilization lens is precisely shifted to counteract any image blur that might occur. The use of precision, quiet linear motors and technology inherited from high-end Sony professional camcorders results in exceptionally quiet, effective image stabilization that contributes to high-quality movies as well as stills.

Internal Focusing

Only the middle groups of the optical system move to achieve focus, so the overall length of the lens does not change. Other important benefits include fast autofocusing and a short minimum focusing distance. Also, the filter thread at the front of the lens does not rotate, which is convenient if you’re using a polarizing filter.

Specifications

Physical
Color Silver
Weight 4.87oz (138g)
Mount
Lens Mount Sony E-Mount
Focus
Maximum Aperture f/3.5
Minimum Aperture f/22
Focal Length 30mm
Maximum Magnification 1.0x
Angle of view 50 degree
Minimum Focus Distance 3.84 inch 9.5cm
Focus Type Auto
Diaphragm Blades 7 blades (Circular aperture)
Fixed Focal Length 30mm
Lens Format APS-C Sensors
Lens Type Standard
Special Designs Macro

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Ratings and reviews

Sony 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens for Alpha NEX Cameras

Sony 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens for Alpha NEX Cameras SKU: SEL30M35

Rated 5 out of 5 by from Fantastic Macro Lense This lense feels very sturdy and has great image quality. It's true that you need to be very very close to your subjects, I've even actually touched the lense to the infect I'm photographing... But it works great.
Date published: 2024-06-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great! Great lens for the price. Light, fast, quiet and macro ...
Date published: 2021-01-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Macro Magic! Depth of field, clarity and speedy. This lens won't fail in any situation.
Date published: 2020-06-19
Rated 5 out of 5 by from On the Sony a6300, a wonderful lens Bought this lens several months ago to use on my a6300. Great results--sharp subjects, wonderful bokeh. Not just a macro lens, but also a nice walk-about one too.
Date published: 2018-07-10
Rated 4 out of 5 by from Great lens fo jewelry photography Great size, easy to use. This lens produces very sharp images, and the focal length gives a decent depth of field for my primary use of gemstone, and jewelry photography.
Date published: 2018-06-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Love this macro Haven't had a true macro before, and some are saying this is to short to be considered a true macro but it focuses so close that even at this short 30 mm (35mm equivalent to 45mm with APS-C sensor in my a6000) I can see pollen grains, so whats the issue! Fabulous resolution! Haven't worried about edge to edge but getting great stuff with florals and insects
Date published: 2017-09-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great macro lens I've been using this lens for ca. 2 years already, mostly underwater. The pictures are extremely sharp and I actually adore it. I really like the focal distance - 30 mm, thus I'm not also able to make nice pictures of small critters, but also film some average size animals.
Date published: 2017-09-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by from This is a good lens This is original file Im just try to use this lens to hunting
Date published: 2017-07-19
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