Sony 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS E-mount

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I'm thinking about getting the Sony A6000. The reviews on the lens kit is hit and miss. Does anyone on here have one? If so how do you rate it?

I don't know whether to go for body only and get a different lens or go with one with the kit lens.
 
I should add it would be for those walks around National trust place, parks, woodland etc
 
I've got an A6000 with the 16-50 and other lenses. As a walkabout lens it's very good. It's small, light and sharp although like a lot of kit lenses it won't give you amazing bokeh due to the relatively slow aperture. I used mine when I was in Florida last year and it was great for general shots.
 
Very good Steve. Unless anyone tell me different I'll see what bargains are to be had with the A6000 with kit lens
 
Thanks. Although I spend more time shooting with the 50/1.8 or Samyang 12mm, I wouldn't go without the 16-50 for general use as well as being very good for video.
 
stevelmx5 said:
Thanks. Although I spend more time shooting with the 50/1.8 or Samyang 12mm, I wouldn't go without the 16-50 for general use as well as being very good for video.
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Looking at twin kit lens too at the moment. I was thinking body only and buy the 50mm lens, but as with kit lens it works out around £50 for the lens.
 
I have the A6000, with 16-50 and 55-210 kit lenses, and the 50 f/1.8 OSS - for a 'travel' kit it's fantastic, lots of options but also small and light (got the 55-210 and 50 f/1.8 last year, when Sony was offering rebates on them, making them even better value).
 
Faldrax said:
I have the A6000, with 16-50 and 55-210 kit lenses, and the 50 f/1.8 OSS - for a 'travel' kit it's fantastic, lots of options but also small and light (got the 55-210 and 50 f/1.8 last year, when Sony was offering rebates on them, making them even better value).
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What's the 55-210 kit lens like?
 
Dave

Get the body and 16-50 kit lens. It isn't something you'll regret
 
dcash29 said:
Dave

Get the body and 16-50 kit lens. It isn't something you'll regret
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I can get body only from John Lewis for 350 (customer return) I spend 480 on the body and kit lens or body only and buy the 50mm. Arrghhh, it does your head in all this research lol
 
its a kit lens, probably partly the quality variablity comes from sonys not great quality control on lenses, but it is small, light fast focusing, and the other kit lens replacements are bigger and heavier, my mum has the 16-70 and its alot fatter, but the colours are much nicer imo
 
Skyline said:
What's the 55-210 kit lens like?
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Much like the 16-50, it's a lens that works reasonably well - don't push it to extremes and it will produce nice results, it's small and light, the OSS does what it should.
Makes a nice compliment to the 16-50, to give extra reach, while small enough to fit in a (large) pocket.
 
Faldrax said:
Much like the 16-50, it's a lens that works reasonably well - don't push it to extremes and it will produce nice results, it's small and light, the OSS does what it should.
Makes a nice compliment to the 16-50, to give extra reach, while small enough to fit in a (large) pocket.
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Thanks Johnathan :)
 
I'd say it's more about convenience than quality... the size works nicely with the A6000 concept of portability, most other lens choices defeat the point of the A6000 for me, I bought mine as a small, light, unobtrusive travel camera so the last thing I want to do is stick a big lens on it. Quality wise it's pretty decent, loads of distortion which is mostly corrected by software/in-camera processing but it does mean ultimate sharpness does suffer but there's not many kit lenses around that are particularly sharp anyway so it stacks up well really. For what it costs to buy it as a kit its almost free so a no brainer.

Simon
 
simonkit said:
I'd say it's more about convenience than quality... the size works nicely with the A6000 concept of portability, most other lens choices defeat the point of the A6000 for me, I bought mine as a small, light, unobtrusive travel camera so the last thing I want to do is stick a big lens on it. Quality wise it's pretty decent, loads of distortion which is mostly corrected by software/in-camera processing but it does mean ultimate sharpness does suffer but there's not many kit lenses around that are particularly sharp anyway so it stacks up well really. For what it costs to buy it as a kit its almost free so a no brainer.

Simon
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Thanks for the help Simon :)
 
simonkit said:
I'd say it's more about convenience than quality... the size works nicely with the A6000 concept of portability, most other lens choices defeat the point of the A6000 for me, I bought mine as a small, light, unobtrusive travel camera so the last thing I want to do is stick a big lens on it. Quality wise it's pretty decent, loads of distortion which is mostly corrected by software/in-camera processing but it does mean ultimate sharpness does suffer but there's not many kit lenses around that are particularly sharp anyway so it stacks up well really. For what it costs to buy it as a kit its almost free so a no brainer.

Simon
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Totally agree with this - but just to add that while it's by no means perfect, the quality you get given the size, weight and price is very good.

A few years ago to get the quality and flexibility you get from an A6000 & twin kit lens combination you'd have had to pay a lot more, and carry a much bigger bag! :)
 
Can anyone here recommend as good adapter so I could use my Canon lenses if I wanted to?
 
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