Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro £500/$500

A standard prime that fully lives up to its macro billing

Matthew Richards

MACRO PRIME L ENS www.sony.co.uk THERE have been 50mm ‘macro’ lenses from the likes of Canon and Zeiss that, while giving a natural perspective with a full-frame SLR, don’t deliver the full macro benefit. Instead they only offer a maximum magnification ratio of 0.5x at their closest focus distances. Like Sony’s older A-mount 50mm macro, this new E-mount optic boasts 1.0x magnification, reproducing small objects at full life-size on the image sensor. Build & handling Although the lens is compact and light, it feels well-built and fairly robust. It lacks a weather-sealed mount but is dust- and moistureresistant. The inner barrel doesn’t rotate during focusing but does extend at shorter focusing distances, revealing calibrated markings for focus distance and magnification. No lens hood is supplied, but the front element is…

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