

SEL 2870 OBJEKTIV MANUAL
So manual focus works okay but it isn’t very enjoyable (says a hardcore manual lens user). Manual lenses where the focusing ring is coupled directly to the focusing helicoid are nicer and faster to use but with a little patience you can focus the FE 2/28 very precisely.
SEL 2870 OBJEKTIV FULL
If I turn it slowly it takes more than 360 degrees (one full turn) to change focus from the close focusing distance to infinity. It also feels like there is a small lag between the moment when you turn the focusing ring and when the lens reacts.

The problem here is that it matters how fast you turn the focusing ring, so if I turn it by 20 degrees very fast the focus changes from 29 cm to infinity. on my Alpha 7Īs mentioned before the focusing ring feels nice, what I don’t like too much is the focus by wire implementation. Handling is quite good overall, the focusing ring is very wide and feels nice, the lens hood is just the right size: it protects the front lens effectively without adding too much bulk. The FE 2.8/35 is even shorter and lighter but also a stop slower. The lens is very small for a fast 28mm lens, above you see it besides a much bigger and heavier Minolta MC 2/28 and a still bigger Minolta 2.8/28. At 200g the lens is also the lightest 2/28mm lens I know of. plastic at the front, metal at the back Size,Weight and Handling Minolta MC 2/28 | Minolta MD 2.8/28 | Sony FE 2/28 | Canon nFD 1.4/50 Sony’s ZA lenses have much nicer hoods.Īll in all I think the build quality is okay but nothing to get excited about. The lens hood is a bit flimsy, rather thin and cheap plastic, it is the same as the one for the old E 3.5-5.6/18-55 Kit lens. The focusing ring feels very smooth but it offers enough resistance and it has zero play. This design looks quite nice but the softer aluminium easily attracts scratches of which my copy now has quite a few. The Fe 2/28 has a metal mount. The focusing ring and the lower part of the lens hull are made from aluminium.The upper part of the lens (a bit more shiny in the picture), the filter thread and the intestines are made from plastics.


It is often sold as part of a camera kit with the Sony A7 (II) but you can also buy it separately for around 450 US$/EUR. However, in sheer sales volume, it is quite likely that the low-profile Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is first in line. When it comes to publicity and excitement, we are usually talking about lenses such as the Zeiss 24-70mm f/4 OSS or Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM. Review by Klaus Schroiff, published February 2017 Introduction
