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Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Lens, Bundle with ProOptic 49mm Filter Kit, Cleaning Kit, Lens Cap Tether, Mac Software Kit

SKU: ISO1625EAM MFR: SEL16F28S AM
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  • Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E
    Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E
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  • ProOptic 49mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit
    ProOptic 49mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit
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  • ProOptic Complete Optics Care and Cleaning Kit
    ProOptic Complete Optics Care and Cleaning Kit
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Key Features

  • Capture stunning wide-angle shots with the Sony 16mm lens, perfect for landscapes and group photos.
  • Experience fast, precise autofocus with this Sony E-mount lens, ensuring sharp, clear images every time.
  • Enjoy the compact, lightweight design of this 16mm f/2.8 lens, ideal for travel and everyday photography.
  • Create beautiful bokeh with the f/2.8 aperture, blurring backgrounds for professional-looking portraits.
  • The 16mm focal length excels in architectural photography, capturing expansive scenes with ease.
  • Get creative with the included ProOptic filter kit, enhancing colors and reducing reflections in your shots.
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Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?EDWARD D : I have am alpha 6000KATHY P : I own a Sony camera and like their products best.

Reviews about this item

Review Summary

2025-04-08T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Compact and light

Good price for a sharp lens. Small for carrying around. It can even be used on full-frame Sony body after taking off the back plate, though with a little bit of dark corners.

Ray2939

2023-07-28T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Exceptional at the centre

The Sony E 16mm f/2.8 is a good, tiny lens that makes an extremely good job once you have learned how to use it for its best qualities. The quality at the centre of the image is awesome and becomes (quite fastly) softer towards the edges. The lens has some pleasant vignetting which I personally appreciate - yet you can correct it on camera. The only point you have to be aware of is that the lens has quite a noticeable amount of Chromatic Aberrations in specific lighting and framing circumstances. Overall, the quality is excellent for casual photography. I would probably not use this lens on professional assignments unless I knew it well. The build quality is flawless and I do really appreciate the extremely thin form factor.

Rpalandri

2023-03-17T01:48:05

Rated 5 out of 5

Very sharp lens

Loved the lens. It gives us another option in our toolbox and provided a very sharp image.

ACCOUNTS P.

2021-08-09T08:12:44

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent lens that can be taken everywhere

I love this lens. The small form factor makes it super easy to pack on my bike and take everywhere. I haven?t swapped the lens in ages even though I have plenty to choose from. Only thing that is weird is it feels a lot tighter than my other lenses when attaching it to the body.

Bryan J.

2019-10-06T20:00:00

Rated 3 out of 5

budget lens

The lens has an ugly glow around any lights that hits directly the lens. It's anoying for a wide angle lens.

rafarolimr

2019-03-28T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

COMPACT LENS FOR THE A6400

Purchased the pancake lens for use on the Sony A6400.So I can use it for street photography. First time out not disappointed.excellent results on the camera.

johnsphoto

2019-02-26T21:56:53

Rated 5 out of 5

Landscape lens

Very nice small camera lens. Im not a professional, have bought this one based on descriptions i have found as one of the best options for landscape pictures. Cant wait ti try it out and compare.

de P.

2018-12-04T19:00:00

Rated 3 out of 5

Great lens for street photography

I ordered this lens to pair with my a6000 for street shooting, and it serves that purpose very well. It’s incredibly small and discrete which is a huge advantage on the streets if you don’t want to stand out. It’s also pretty amazing that the whole camera can fit in my pocket with this lens, which allows me to bring it with me pretty much everywhere. As other reviews have mentioned, this is a very soft lens almost all across the frame, with the very center being okay and the corners being horrible at any given f stop. BUT this lens does produce some very nice colors and contrast, which was the only reason I gave the image quality an “fair” score instead of “poor”. I really think Sony dropped the ball a little bit with this lens... for street photography I can live with the softness, but I would never use this lens for my landscape work. It’s really a shame, because 16mm is such a useful focal range on apsc and this tiny lens would be legendary if the sharpness even reached a mediocre level. The AF isn’t great either. But even with its many cons, I love this lens. It’s a blast to shoot with and its size allows you to bring it almost anywhere — which is why I bought it.

scg95

2018-05-07T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Not genius, but do it is job.

I bought used in good condition.All sony lenses have medium quality, not high end.I have a selp 18105G and i’m not satisfied with the sharpness...

foxxy

2018-05-07T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Not genius, but do it is job.

I bought used in good condition.All sony lenses have medium quality, not high end.I have a selp 18105G and i’m not satisfied with the sharpness...

borscsabaimre

2017-12-01T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Great perspective

Truly quality lens, bought this to complement my full frame camera which gives 180 degree perspective for stunning photographs.

Sam786

2017-06-03T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Quite compact and great price

Got this lens to use on a gimbal. It's smaller than the kit lens with a wider aperture.

Philcam

2017-06-03T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Quite compact and great price

Got this lens to use on a gimbal. It's smaller than the kit lens with a wider aperture.

Philcam777

2017-03-14T09:03:23

Rated 3 out of 5

Meh. It's not terrible.

I bought this primarily as a slow-motion lens for the A7Sii. At high frame rates, that body crops in to 2.2, so you need to start with a very wide lens in order to maintain a reasonable field of view for whatever action you're trying to capture. This lens does this, becoming effectively a 35mm lens in HFR mode. So, y'know, it checks that box. But it doesn't give an especially good looking image. You need to stop it down to get anything like sharp focus, which negates the point of it having a fast aperture in the first place. Also, in APS-C mode, there's some pretty significant distortion around the edges and the problem only get worse if you back out further than that (you can go to about 1.3 crop before vignetting becomes a serious concern, even without modding the lens. On the flip side: it's cheap. So. Not a fantastic lens, but a reasonable value.

Andrew S.

2016-11-29T09:21:53

Rated 5 out of 5

Newbie

I don't know much about camera equipment and purchased this lens (along with a 50mm lens) per the recommendation of a Youtuber that I admire. She said that this lens would be a great starter lens, considering what I wanted to do. Even though I haven't had a chance to use the lens just yet, I will say that Adorama has some amazing customer service. I've received ALL of my products very quickly and wrapped nicely so that it doesn't get damaged. A friend suggested I use them as opposed to Amazon, as you can oftentimes find the exact same product but with added extras and she was right. Thank you, Adorama!

Brandy M.

2015-06-01T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Fun and Amazing Sony 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye

Creative views and great depth of field on full frame camera. Lens is light weight and will always be with me in my travels. Great colors.

William C.

2015-05-27T20:00:00

Rated 1 out of 5

Sony SEL 16F28 and SELP1650

Sony SEL 16F28 and SELP1650 The design of the lens is such that if you put the Camera with lens down the focus ring on the end of the lens actually touches the surface. put it down a little hard and the focus ring bends and flattens, and the lens is not usable any more. so far I have had 3 of the SELP1650 lens all with the same focus ring squash problem, this is not a camera and lens you can put on your shoulder and use every day. excellent photo quality , not a very usable package, could not recommend it. probably best to buy a different Sony product

sonyfan_sometimes

2013-08-13T21:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Nice fast and wide!

I bought the Sony 10-18mm e-mount lens to replace this lens with it's companion wide & fisheye adapters. Though the 10-18mm is great it's not as fast as this one, so if you upgrade to the 10-18mm be sure to keep this one on hand for low light situations.

Dan

2013-08-06T20:00:00

Rated 2 out of 5

Dissapointing

This lens is only good for shooting in bright light, or on a tripod, or for landscape photography. In all other conditions, images are never sharp enough, or outright ruined. Images taken with SEL1855 are ALWAYS sharper. So I rarely use this lens now, and consider money spent on it wasted.

aggregate

2013-07-13T20:00:00

Rated 1 out of 5

Very Poor Quality

This 16mm was the first lens I purchased together with my NEX-5 about 14 months ago and was always a disappointment, a great focal length that fails to deliver on sharpness. The optimum aperture for sharpness turns out to be 6.3 or 7.1 and is still not great, which is a shame because Sony has created a great camera and an outstanding sensor in the NEX series. Otherwise settle for sharpness in the center but blurry or soft detail at the edge of the frame. And even at those apertures it's barely acceptable. Lots of chromatic aberration and color fringing that, yes, can be cleaned up in Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw. I wound up getting the 18-55mm which I’ve used for about 9 months and turns in a much better performance at f8, both at center and edge of the frame. If you are into wide-angle lenses you may want to look into the Sony E 10-18mm.

Roc889

2013-06-17T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Underrated.

This lens come in handy whenever I dont feel like dragging along a huge backpack full of heavy equipment. There's a lot of bad reviews about this lens, but I think those reviewers are forgeting that this is a $250 lens that is small, compact and elegant looking. Theres a lot of sharper lens out there, even the kit lens sel1855 is sharper but again its cheap, small, compact and elegant looking. If you want a scary sharp lens, sell your car and spend more. Check out Flickr, see how good this lens is when used by someone who knows what he is doing.

ae l.

2013-04-22T21:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Clear wide

Great wide for the cost

Michael M.

2013-02-04T19:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

great product

It is great. I find that it cannot be rolled/adjusted

Mandy

2013-01-28T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

awesome lens, super clear shots

Super clear shots, you will need to buy other lenses for zooming though.

gc

2013-01-28T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

awesome lens!!!!!

love how functional the lens is. so easy to set up

GIANCARLO C.

2012-12-17T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

One I Just Had to Have

In my old Minolta MC/MD days, I had the Minolta incarnation of this lens and loved it. Granted in many ways it's a creative toy sort of lens, but I still find myself using it even at inappropriate times ("Hang on. Just let me grab a quick shot of this with the 16."). Every exposure has the potential to be a visual adventure waiting to happen and bring a smile to someones face.

SLUF1354

2012-11-26T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Great travel lens

Overall a bargain and my default lens while traveling. Fine for exterior architecture, and good for interiors when paired with the Ultra Wide Converter (VCL-ECU1). This is the lens I used the most during a three week tour in England this summer.

LEK2

2012-10-20T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent Purchase SEL16f28

I use this lens on my FS100 Super 35mm. It is very sharp, with no CA and no noticeable distortion. The auto-focus is super quick, and low-light performance is excellent. I have also used this lens with macro diopter converter lenses with excellent results using manual focus. Works absolutely brillinantly with the VCL-ECU1 wide angle conversion lens as well.

CTPro

2012-03-15T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Love This Lens

I love my new NEX7 camera - it is the best I have ever had. I like the zoom lens that comes with the camera but it is big and often I just don't need the zoom. So I got this smaller lens and really like it. I think it takes great pictures. I also love the fact that the camera has a viewfinder and that it automatically switches around to macro, regular, backlit, etc., etc. - my other latest Sony camera has such features but you have to manually switch them around. So far I have not had any distortion that others have mentioned with this smaller lens.

AnnabellaS

2012-01-23T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Worth the money.

I use this lens with my A900 and it works perfectly. Fantastic shots possilbe. Rapid focus. Decent corner quality. Very hard not to get your fingers and feet into the picture. Hilareous close ups. Once you've run the image through curvature correction you'll see how great it is to have. Makes interiors look huge, would be great for real estate sales. Perfect lens for when you can't get far enough away, like in a car or small room. Also very lightweight, easy to carry in your bag. I recommend it if you can afford it.

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Sony 16mm f/2.8 Specifications

General

General

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  • Brand

    Sony

  • Lens Series

    None

  • Color

    Black

  • Lens Type

    Wide Angle

  • Lens Mount

    Sony E (APS-C)

  • Format Compatibility

    APS-C

  • Focus Type

    Auto Focus

  • Closest Focus Distance

    9.45" / 24 cm

  • Focal Length

    16mm

  • Angle Of View

    83

  • 35mm Equivalent Focal Length

    24mm

  • Maximum Aperture

    f/2.8

  • Minimum Aperture

    f/22

  • Maximum Magnification

    0.078x

  • Filter Size

    49mm

Construction

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  • Lens Elements / Groups

    5 Elements / 5 Groups

  • Diaphragm Blades

    7, Rounded

  • Dimensions Diameter x Length

    2.44 x 0.89" (62 x 22.5 mm)

  • Weight

    2.36 oz / 67 g

Features

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  • Image Stabilization

    None

  • UPC Codes

    192223038349, 735163165098, 027242785540, 811709010548, 840014139958, 021331504401

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26 Accessories for Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Lens, Bundle with ProOptic 49mm Filter Kit, Cleaning Kit, Lens Cap Tether, Mac Software Kit

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  • Filters (6)
  • Cap Leash (1)
  • Cleaning Accessories (2)
  • Bags & Cases (6)
  • Extended Warranty (4)
  • Tripods & Monopods (2)
  • Rain Covers (1)
  • Lens Adapters & Converters (2)
  • Lens Caps (2)

Designed For Use With:

  • Sony A6000
  • Sony a6100
  • Sony a6400
  • Sony a6600
  • Sony a6700
  • Sony ZV-E10
  • Sony ZV-E10 II
  • Sony A3000
  • Sony a5000
  • Sony a5100
  • Sony a6300
  • Sony a6500
  • Sony NEX C3
  • Sony NEX-3
  • Sony NEX-5
  • Sony NEX-5R
  • Sony NEX-5T
  • Sony NEX-6
  • Sony NEX-7
  • Sony NEX-F3

Compatible With Restrictions:*

* If using a APS-C Lens on a Full Frame Camera OR Full-Frame Lens on a APS-C Camera then Image sensor will be narrowed down to APS-C size.

  • Sony A7
  • Sony a7 II
  • Sony a7 III
  • Sony a7 IV
  • Sony A7C
  • Sony a7C II
  • Sony a7CR
  • Sony A7R
  • Sony a7R II
  • Sony a7R III
  • Sony a7R IV
  • Sony a7R V
  • Sony a7S
  • Sony A7S II
  • Sony a7S III
  • Sony a9
  • Sony a9 II
  • Sony a9 III
  • Sony Alpha 1
  • Sony ZV-E1

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About Sony 16mm f/2.8

FEATURED REVIEWS

Sony's Fisheye

By lvoldschoolnewbie2

This is a super high quality lens. But unless you have one of Sony's high end DSLR camera"s you won't get the true fisheye look that you want. It will only be a 110 degree picture. Not the full 180 that a fisheye should be. I looked on line at the Sony style page and it said that this lens would work properly for my A2oo. I even called Sony and talked to a couple of different reps before I spent almost 900.00 bucks for this lens. They all said that this lens would work for my camera. But when...

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Love This Lens

By AnnabellaS

I love my new NEX7 camera - it is the best I have ever had. I like the zoom lens that comes with the camera but it is big and often I just don't need the zoom. So I got this smaller lens and really like it. I think it takes great pictures. I also love the fact that the camera has a viewfinder and that it automatically switches around to macro, regular, backlit, etc., etc. - my other latest Sony camera has such features but you have to manually switch them around. So far I have not had any dis...

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Take your photography to the next level with the high-quality E 16mm f/2.8 Lens, a compact and lightweight solution for everyday photography needs. This advanced lens combines a slimline design with a broad 16mm coverage and a large F2.8 maximum aperture, making it an ideal choice for capturing everything from cramped interiors to majestic landscapes.

Designed with innovative technology, this lens is ultra-slim at just 0.89", making it easy to carry in a coat, pants pocket, or purse without adding unnecessary bulk. Its reliable performance is enhanced by high-performance optics with aspherical lens elements, ensuring sharp, clear images in every shot.

Whether you're shooting stills or movies, this lens offers a 35mm equivalent focal length of 0.94", providing a versatile range for various photography styles. For those seeking to expand their creative possibilities, the lens is compatible with the VCL-ECU1 Ultra Wide Converter for a wider 12mm view, and the VCL-ECF1 Fisheye Converter for impressive curvi-linear distortion.

The durable lens features a high-quality aluminum finish, adding to its overall appeal. The bundle also includes a ProOptic 49mm filter kit, cleaning kit, lens cap tether, and Mac software kit, providing everything you need to maintain and enhance your photography experience.

Compatible with a wide range of Sony Alpha cameras, including the Sony A7 series, the E 16mm f/2.8 Lens is a versatile and valuable addition to any photographer's gear.

Sony 16mm f/2.8 Features

  • APS-C E-Mount: Coupled with alpha E-mount cameras from Sony, APS-C E-mount lenses deliver big camera performance.
  • Smooth defocusing: Instead of a standard polygon-shaped lens aperture, this lens features a 7-bladecircular aperture for more natural, rounded defocusing, or bokeh.
  • Refined optical performance: To optimize performance, aspherical lens elements maintain high contrast (even with the aperture wide open) and minimize distortion and flatness of the image plane.
  • Fast, agile focusing: The internal focusing mechanism means the lens barrel doesn't move, enabling a more compact design, faster autofocus response, and reduced minimum focusing distances.

Warranty Information

This product has a limited warranty of 12 months for parts and 3 months for labor.

Key Features

  • Capture stunning wide-angle shots with the Sony 16mm lens, perfect for landscapes and group photos.
  • Experience fast, precise autofocus with this Sony E-mount lens, ensuring sharp, clear images every time.
  • Enjoy the compact, lightweight design of this 16mm f/2.8 lens, ideal for travel and everyday photography.
  • Create beautiful bokeh with the f/2.8 aperture, blurring backgrounds for professional-looking portraits.
  • The 16mm focal length excels in architectural photography, capturing expansive scenes with ease.
  • Get creative with the included ProOptic filter kit, enhancing colors and reducing reflections in your shots.

What's in the box:

  • Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Lens
  • Front & Rear Lens Caps
  • Sony 1 Year Limited Warranty
  • Bundle Includes:
  • ProOptic 49mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit
  • Cleaning Kit
  • Universal Lens Cap Tether
  • Corel Mac Essentials Suite Software Kit