Sony 18-105mm F4.0 G OSS E-Mount Lens - With Adorama $50.00 Gift Certificate

Zoom in with this Sony 18-105mm f/4.0 lens. It covers the gamut from wide-angle shooting at 18mm for impressive landscape photos or crowd shots to telephoto lengths for wildlife images, and it works in harmony with your E-mount camera. Apair of ED glass elements and three aspherical elements ensure your camera lens works flawlessly to provide consistent aperture across the full range so that you can manage light gathering with ease.

Where this Sony 18-105mm f/4.0 lens really shines is when you're taking videos. It has a near-silent zoom so that noise won't interrupt your movie, thanks to a floating axis construction that's also found on Sony's Handycam models. In addition, because the length of the lens doesn't change when you're zooming, it lets you easily handle filming for extra stability. On the side as a zoom lever so that you can zoom in at a fixed speed. This makes it easier to use camera effects to focus in on your subject. Similarly, this reduces camera shake when you are filming so that your subjects are clear. Optical stabilization is also built into this Sony 18-105mm f/4.0 lens so that you can take shots even with lower shutter speeds without blur. True to its high-end G Lens heritage, the SELP18105G lens features two ED glass elements and three aspherical elements for high resolution and contrast throughout the entire zoom range. Distortion at the wide end of the zoom range, and spherical/color aberration at the telephoto end, are effectively controlled so that beautiful rendering with excellent contrast is achieved at any focal length. A circular aperture design ensures that defocused areas are attractive too, providing an extensive palette of expressive imaging options.

Zoom operation noise has been reduced to the same level as Handycam camcorders. This is the world's first mid-range zoom for APS-C cameras to feature this type of floating axis construction used in Handycam camcorders, achieving exceptionally smooth, quiet focus and zoom operation. Another benefit of this type of constructions is that the length of the lens does not change while focusing or zooming, contributing to consistently easy handling.

Similar to Handycam camcorders, a zoom lever on the side of the lens allows both variable and fixed-speed power zooming. Variable speed control is step less, for enhanced speed control freedom. The zoom level can be operated while maintaining a stable grip on the camera, minimizing the likelihood that blur will occur due to camera shake. And since an independent focus ring is provided, the zoom ring can be used for power zoom control even while focusing manually.

A constant maximum aperture of F4 throughout the zoom range provides plenty of "brightness" for fast shutter speeds even in relatively low-light situations. The same shutter speed and ISO settings can be maintained at all focal lengths when shooting stills, and consistently low noise can be maintained throughout the zoom range when shooting movies.

Built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization can significantly reduce image blur. In addition to its advantages for normal shooting, Optical SteadyShot works with the Anti Motion Blur and Handheld Twilight modes to create clear, blur-free, low-noise images at night, indoors, or in any conditions that would otherwise be a challenge due to low light conditions, without making it necessary to boost sensitivity.