Name: Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Lens for Sony E, Bundle with 49mm Filter Kit, Sling Camera Strap, Lens Case, Lens Cleaner, Cleaning Kit
Brand: Sony
SKU: ISO4025FA
Price: 598.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.8 (36 reviews)

Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Lens for Sony E, Bundle with 49mm Filter Kit, Sling Camera Strap, Lens Case, Lens Cleaner, Cleaning Kit

Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G

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Top Rated Gear: Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Lens for Sony E, Bundle with 49mm Filter Kit, Sling Camera Strap, Lens Case, Lens Cleaner, Cleaning Kit Color: Black

Compact, superbly built standard prime lensThis standard prime lens packs the high image quality and beautiful bokeh of the G Lens into a compact design with superb build quality and intuitive operability. Easily carried anywhere and anytime, it's ideal for snap-shooting both portraits and views around town. The fast, precise, and quiet AF is ideal for shooting both stills and movies, ensuring capture of those vital moments.A matching set of portable primesThis is one of our G Lens primes (sold separately), offering different focal lengths but the same external look, 49-mm filter diameter, compact design, and layout. They're compact enough to carry all three, so you're ready for great shots across a range of scenes and subjects, and the similar weight even makes gimbal rebalancing easy.Intuitive, metal design and clear opticsThe metal (aluminum) finish of the lens body and hood, plus the engraved focal length and aperture markings, emphasize a superb build quality. The ultra-compact lightweight design, the high image quality of the G Lens, the aperture ring, and Linear Response MF deliver intuitive operability that makes shooting a pleasure.Compact and lightweight for constant carrying and comfortable shootingThe mechanical design takes maximum advantage of state-of-the-art optics with an effective layout of three aspherical lens elements, and the short flange back unique to mirrorless cameras, to realize stunning compactness and a weight of only 6.2 oz (173 g). The lens is ideal for shooting snaps around town, or movie shooting with a gimbal. Mobility is delivered by the compact design that matches both full-frame and APS-C bodies.High corner-to-corner image quality from state-of-the-art opticsHigh image quality is realized by state-of-the-art optics using three aspherical elements, delivering high resolution in all parts of the image. The aspherical elements compensate for various aberrations, delivering high-resolution performance from corner to corner of the image, even from the widest aperture with shallow depth of field.Beautiful natural bokehA 7-blade circular aperture is provided, with precise control of the spherical aberration that affects bokeh, delivering the beautiful natural bokeh of the G Lens.Double linear motors for fast, precise, and quiet AFTwo linear motors deliver fast, precise AF with superb tracking performance that maximizes camera body performance to capture vital moments in street snaps and the like. The fast, precise, quiet AF with superb tracking performance is ideal for shooting movies as well as stills.Excellent close-up performanceA minimum focus distance of 0.92 ft (28 cm) (AF) / 0.82 ft (25 cm) (MF) provides excellent close-up performance. The lens is useful in many situations like shooting close-ups of flowers or small objects you find around town with a blurred background that makes the subject stand out.High operability and reliability in a compact designDespite its compact size, the lens provides a focus hold button, focus mode switch, aperture ring, aperture click switch, and Linear Response MF for intuitive operability and comfortable shooting. The metal (aluminum) exterior finish of the lens body and hood contributes to reliability through increased strength and durability. The design is also dust- and moisture-resistant2, providing reliability in harsh outdoor shooting environments.

light, compact and very sharp. works very well with both my bodies (A7R3 and A7CR), but especially with the A7CR for a light and discreet street shooting combo.

Small and light, great for street photography

If I could only have one prime lens on my Sony bodies, this would be it. Compact size, great ergonomics, sharp, beautiful rendering and a versatile focal length. Short of an RX1R, this the one-prime solution. Love it.

The 24mm G is excellent, too. Now all we need is an FE 85mm/2.5 G and I can duplicate my favorite travel kit of sharp, tiny DA limited primes from the Pentax years, but this time in gorgeous full frame. Get on it, Sony.

Best one prime solution

Fantastic travel lens

Am getting good results using this lens on my A7Cii. Plenty of features considering size, 40mm + f2.5 is a useful walk around and family lightweight option.

Makes a useful, lightweight combo with my A7Cii

Extremely sharp wide open, the center is already optimal from f/2.5 and the corners barely improve from stopping down. It is weightless when mounted on a camera, the ligthest lens i've known. The build quality it top notch, the focus ring is like using a real manual focus lens and the aperture ring is very satisfying and useful. AF is extremely fast and silent. Very happy overall!

Sharp, compact, lightweight, beautiful design

This lens is the quintessential travel/street companion, boasting razor-sharp images, featherweight construction, subtle aesthetics, and exceptional performance, making it a top choice for any journey.

Ultimate Wanderlust Companion

Great value for money and quality like the GM lenses

great compact lens with sharp images

I wanted a small but good quality lens for my new Sony A7C II, as a travel and daily use lens. I have recently started to use prime lenses because of the sharp photos they produce and because they tend to be much more compact than zooms. This focal length is perfect in my opinion, not too wide and not too tight. A very good lens indeed.

Great Lens

I bought this for when I needed slightly wider than 50mm, for when I shoot portraits, as I already have the 50mm f1.8, and the 40mm is compact and really sharp.

An excellent little lens, and so sharp.

First Sony lens Ben a canon shorter since 2004 Nikon before that. It seems to be first of all sharp second good contrast and flare is minimal. I would definitely recommend it if you like small lenses.

Sharp

Small

I bought this with travel in mind an I am really pleased I did. The lens is really light, 40mm is a great focal length, and extremely sharp corner to corner.

Fantastic all round travel lens

Choose 35mm or 50mm but 40mm is difficult to justify

Interesting focal length

I'm using an Alpha 7c for its full frame and raw format. I generally paint images within a 100 feet and I'm tried of taking photos that average the color I see. With the programing in the Alpha 7c and this lens, I can capture those variations and highlights that make my paintings without a lot of notes. Lens with a lot of glass and optics don't.

Best color for a plein aire painter

Great bundle

I purchased this lens from Wex and I had a great experience with this firm. The lady who
served me in Cambridge was patient, polite, and extremely helpful. The lens is
lightweight and very sharp and versatile having close distance focusing.

Sharp lens

Perfectly sharp! Dead quiet autofocus! Great value! If youre looking for something a little wider than 50mm and you want to travel light, this is the lens for you. The build quality is fantastic and typical of Sony. I have no complaints.

Very impressive little lens!

I really like my FE 40mm f2.5 G lens, it's my main walkabout lens. I prefer 40mm to both 35mm and 50mm. This Sony lens is lovely, it feels great in the hand, it is small, light weight and very is sharp. Its also really nice to have a proper aperture ring. Thoroughly recommended.

Lovely little lens

Excellent build quality. I love the focus hold button, aperture ring, smooth action and the (slightly wide angle) view. Great optics and f2.5 is a great compromise between cost and a wide aperture. Recommended.

GREAT GENERAL PURPOSE LENS

40mm is the right spot for street photography. 
It's not too wide and not too narrow? just right. 
This is a nice, solid and compact lens with a really nice lens hood that doesn't shout 'Lens hood!'? I like how small it all is.

Sweet

Excellent lens, the size make my Sony A7C very compact camera, perfect for street photography.

Beautiful little lens

I have had this lens for a year now and it's hardly ever off my camera (an A7IV). Build quality is superb, I love the 40mm focal length as it matches what I see and the image quality delivered is top notch. Tack-sharp corner to corner, smooth backgrounds.

Super sharp, ideal field of view

One of the important reasons for migrating to Sony was availability of this lens. My favorite focal length is 40mm, and whilst it would have been even better if the largest aperture was F2.0, I am very happy with the lens as it is.
I would have liked even more if the lens was smaller in size, but I understand the reasons for being this size.
Quality wise, this lens is excellent. I particularly like its super fast AF with A7 IV.
I would highly recommend this lens to anyone looking for an all day carry on lens.
The lens seems to have imperceptible distortion, which is really good too.

Perfect standard lens

Really compact. It's short. Light. Fits in your pocket. So easy to toss this in a bag and go. It's great to shoot with!

perfect for travel

This lens is amazing. Crazy sharp, even wide open. Resolves amazing detail on my A7Riii. Great colors as well.  Super small and focuses fast. If you like small lenses, you will love this one. I switched to Sony for their lenses and this was one that convinced me. It?s not cheap but you definitely get a quality lens with this one. Love that it is weather sealed as well. The lens hood looks funky in my opinion but the tapered shape does protect the lens well and is very functional.

If you like small lenses?..this is a phenomenal one.

I purchased this lens in hope that it would be smaller and still have great quality for travel. My current lenses are really big and good but carrying them around is a burden at times. This lens does everything I need and is compact and fast and works very well. The bokeh is extremely good for a lens of this size. I am still learning to use it --- but it is incredible. I and my wife love to cruise and love to take pictures in the lower light - this lens will do so without having the huge lens I have had to carry in the past. This is a great lens and so worth the price... will take it on the cruise ship in January and am sure that will be great. Disclaimer: I received this product at a discount in exchange for my honest opinion.

Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Lens for Sony E, Bundle with 49mm Filter Kit, Sling Camera Strap, Lens Case, Lens Cleaner, Cleaning Kit

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