Keith German
I’ve been into photography for a year now and I’ve tried a variety of low-end manual and high end AF lenses for the Sony E mount system. PROs: lens is affordable for an interesting focal length which gives good wide shots for outdoor and landscape photography. CONs: For a wide angle shot, i usually want to focus at infinity and this lens has the key flaw of having an innacurate focus ring. To focus at infinity you need to finesse the ring anywhere from 1-3mm on either side of the infinity marker. This is too inconsistent for me to rely on in the field when I’m trying to take night sky or landscape shots on vacation. I’d recommend this if you’re new to photography and trying to expand your lens collection with cheap lenses at various focal lengths. Don’t rely on opening this up to infinity though. For an affordable and amazing manual wide angle lens I’d recommend the Rokinon 12mm F-2.0
