Impressively compact, the Rokinon AF 24mm f/2.8 FE Lens for Sony Efrom Rokinon AF 24mm f/2.8 FE Lens for Sony Eis a slim wide-angle prime designed for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras. Its wide field of view is ideal for landscape and street photography, among other general applications, and the lightweight design is well-suited to its use as a travel or everyday lens. The optical design incorporates a trio of aspherical elements and a pair of high refractive index elements to suppress spherical aberrations in order to achieve a high degree of sharpness and clarity throughout the aperture range. An Ultra Multi-Coating has also been applied to control flare and ghosting for increased contrast when working in strong lighting conditions. The lens's autofocus motor works in conjunction with Sony cameras' AF systems for quick and precise focusing performance, and manual focus override is also available for more refined control.

E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format    Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22    Two HR and Three Aspherical Elements    Ultra Multi-Coating    Autofocus with Manual Focus Override    Seven-Blade Diaphragm

Compact wide-angle prime is designed for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras, however can also be used with APS-C models where it provides a 36mm equivalent focal length.

Maximum f/2.8 aperture helps to achieve the slim, portable form factor while also remaining versatile for use in a variety of lighting conditions.

Three aspherical elements and two high refractive index elements help control spherical aberrations and distortions for improved sharpness, resolution, and clarity.

An Ultra Multi-Coating has been applied to individual elements in order to reduce flare and ghosting for increased contrast and a neutral color balance.

The integrated autofocus motor works in conjunction with Sony cameras' focusing systems for quick, accurate, and precise AF control. Manual focus override is also available for refining your focus position.

Internal focusing design maintains the overall lens length and prevents the front of the lens from rotating during use.

Seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a smooth and pleasing bokeh quality.

Included lens hood helps to block stray light from causing flare and ghosting.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this lens compatible with the facial recognition auto focus feature on the Sony A73 ? Or do I need sony glass for this

A: Yes it is. I can't speak to the facial registration, but it has no problems with face detection AF. I'm assuming that registering a face for a shoot would work just fine seeing the how well the face AF works. Also this lens is very sharp with a surprisingly fast and quite AF motor.

Q: 2. Does anyone have any sample shots? How does this compare to your typical .3X deathlens used to film skateboarding?

A: Rokinon, the high end line of affordable lenses made by Samyang as always been considered a maker of good lenses at a remarkable price. We have no doubt the image will be very good and the lens a great value. The FOV or Field of View should be a tad less than the Schneider .3X Ultra Fisheye Adapter if looked at on the same camera.

Q: 3. Will this lens be good for astrophotography?

A: 24mm provides a wide angle of view that is great for astrophotography on a full frame sensor. If your camera has an APS-C sized sensor the lens will have a an angle of view equivalent to 36mm, which is still usable but personally I prefer something wider for landscapes or astrophotography.

Q: 4. Will this work on Sony A6500 and if so what would it be? Like not 24mm but ??

A: on apsc it would work like 35mm or more.

Q: 5. What is the outer diameter of this lens? I want to purchase a push-on lens cap (such as MFR #91-030379).

A: Other answer is correct, the hood has flanges to allow for a hood, a push on cap would not work, you would need to get the cap for the hood. The hood is about 2.5", you would need to try a push on cap from 62mm-67mm.

Q: 6. Can anyone provide any feedback using this lens for astrophotography? How is the coma? Is there any distortion?

A: The coma is quite minimal and very little distortion, great lens for the money.

Q: 7. How is the AF with video on this lens? Is the issue resolved? I want a native AF wide angle to use it on a gimbal.

A: I found that the autofocus works. But with the Sony A7Sii (which has a bad autofocus) it really is not worth the jump for video, but for photos it is spectacular. If you have a Sony A7iii or A7Riii this lens is spot on, peachy good!

Q: 8. will lack sharpness on a aps-c sensor is the main question

A: Christopher Frost on youtube did a great review of this lens on both sony FE camera and an apsc camera. The lens performed great on the apsc and even better on the FE camera

Q: 9. I've seen specs other places that show this as aluminum alloy weather sealed? There is an answer here that says not weather sealed?

A: This version is weather sealed.

Q: 10. Is this lens already with the new firmware? Is auto focus improvement already present or will I have to upgrade?

A: Hi--all cameras and lenses delivered to us have the latest available firmware installed, but manufacturers don't tell us the version for each shipment--it's the latest that was available when the product shipped. A firmware update released in the last month is probably not installed. You will need to check the lens for the firmware version.