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• Get professional looking portraits

• January 02, 2013
• By: Melissa

The photos from this lense are sharp and professional looking. I am a complete novice and have a Sony A55 slr which I love. I have been eyeing this lense for sometime and I am so happy to have it now. It produces sharp portraits with nice bokeh (blurred out background). Just to give you an idea, I was able to capture some beautiful photos of my 5 yr old by our Christmas tree with the lights sparkling but subdued and blurred in the back. No fancy flashes or settings. I know this isn't a very technical review, but if you are new to photography like me you will not regret purchasing this lense. I am fairly sure it is the most affordable lense that Sony offers. Very good value.

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• You Need This!

• July 13, 2012
• By: Richard

Zoom lenses have their use since they allow you to cover more range without changing your lens. However if you want to go that next step and have a more sharp and clear image then you need to buy this lens today!

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• Get prime, get quality

• May 31, 2012
• By: Sajjad

There's always a question in the beginner's mind as to whether they should buy a prime lens or a zoom lens. The answer I've gotten from asking many people is both. And so I bought this lens. It is amazing. It produces extremely sharp images and produces a very fuzzy background inaccessible by zoom lens cameras. It has all the regular features found on Sony lenses (AF/MF switch, etc...). It might require manual zoom (ie: my legs!) BUT I think its a great camera to allow one to access their own capacities that they were unaware of. It teaches me (more everyday!) about lighting, direction, and expressing emotions in my photography. And I should know its a good teacher because I am one! =D

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• Best $120 ever.

• August 25, 2010
• By: Jesse

This lens is fantastic. it's fairly fast, and feels quite a bit more solid than the Canon equivalent of this. Isolates subjects well, with BEAUTIFUL Bokeh. the AF/MF switch is very convenient. Way more convenient than the on-body one, anyways.

I use this lens almost exclusively now, for how beautiful the results are. This lens has taught me new ways to avoid using my 18-70mm and 75-300mm lenses. sometimes I HAVE to use my old lenses, but if there's a way I can use this instead, I will.

Every sony user should invest in this as an introduction to gaping apertures. Next stop, f1.4!

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