Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I use this lens a lot, mostly for real estate/home interior shots. I purchased it specifically to get some great shots of a home theater that we submitted for an award, and have used it in nearly every home installation that we have done since. It has great color, and you never run out space to fit an entire room into a shot. I have dabbled a bit with portraits with this lens as well, and landscapes are great, but you have to be careful of the distortion that can occur with the wide angle.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

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Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I bought this lens to use with my Sony NEX-FS100, and it delivered great DOF and color. This lens has a great angle of view with no noticeable distortion. I highly recommend this lens to anyone who needs to get close to their subjects.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

It's necessary to shoot at my music studio, which is has a limited area. When attached to Sony Nex VG 10, it has limitations in low ligth compared to original lens (18mm-200mm). Anyway, it still works to my necessities.

Remember: there is no autofocus with this lens attached to sony nex vg 10, so it'll take some time to be sure that focus is ok, considering the small lcd preview.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I bought this to go with my Sony A55 camera as the lens it came with,though sharp, had a fairly narrow field of view. Mainly I stitch my photos into long panoramics, and so hoped to have more surface area to stitch with the 11-18mm lens, which has proven to be the case. Occasionally I wanted to photo something wide for just one shot, as I sell large prints and canvas (24x40")and so far this has been good, though I've yet to test its ultimate clarity. Perspective distortion at the edge of the field of view has been easily corrected with Photoshop "skew". Nice lens!

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

Using this lens with the alpha55 I was able to capture high quality images under both interior and exterior lighting conditions, Unlike the earlier reviewer, I did not experience any edge-related chromatic abberations. Most recommended.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I like this lens for being compact and giving good results, but i managed to break the internals just putting it in and out of my bag, I have since totally stripped it down, and found the whole assembly relies on three tiny flanges, around 1mm deep by 4mm long, that has all sheared off.Some of the internals are metal, some plastic, but these, that should have been metal, failed because they are plastic. the lettering is also wearing off the outside of the lens. So - sorry Sony, but for [$] i want better build quality.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

The only thing I regret not having bought it before my trip to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and other Canyons :-)
The wide angle is fantastic, a lot of fun to create great pictures with.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

Have used the lens for several weeks now and have not found any flaws yet.

Sharp images, little bit of distortion on 11mm which is common.

Mainly use it in daylight, outdoors.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

This is perfect for group photos when you don't want to purposely exclude anyone. Also for the interior of buildings and for those horizon shots. A must for your collection. Clear as a bell.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I USE THIS LENS MAINLY FOR NTURE,BECAUSE I LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS.THE RANGE OF IT IS TERRIFIC,I ONLY CARRY THREE LENS TO COVER A LARGE RANGE OF FOCAL LENGHTS.I LIKE THE SMOOTH ZOOM,AT THIS POINT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY FAULTS.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I used this lens on my Konica-Minolta 5D during a photo workshop with Arizona Highways magazine to the Antelope Slot Canyons near Page Arizona. Since shooting inside dark slot canyons sometimes only as wide as your shoulders made it difficult for photography. But the SAL-1118 performed amazingly giving me wide extremely sharp fully defined depth of field photographs. I can't say enough good words about this lens.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

IT HAS A LITTLE ABERRATION ON THE CORNERS, ITS LIGHT WHITH GOOD COLOR IN GENERAL SITUATIONS.
MAY BE IN THE FUTURE SONY MADE AN OTHER ZEISS LENS.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

Use- amateur photographer, in Philly and country

This lens is extraordinary good in all uses. The picture quality is excellent and focus extremely close ( closer than the 10 inches reported) Recommend this for anybody who dose landscapes or lives in a city and want to take architectural pictures. Distortion is minimal when a distance from the subject. The manual focus fills like you are breaking it when you use it (like all Sony lenses I guess). Can’t what until I get the Sony or Tamron 18-250 . (that would be all the ultimate two lens pack!)

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I bought this lens as part of my "travel kit." along with two other zoom lens, it allows me to cover the range of 11 - 300 mm, the equivalent of 16 - 450 mm for a 35 mm SLR. The lens itself is light, has good image contrast and sharpness and little visible distortion. It's excellent for landscapes, interiors, large groups of people and for close up candids. The only drawback is the relatively slow 4.5 - 5.6 maximum aperture, though with the A700 DSLR body, this isn't much of a handicap, since the camera ISO range is up to 6400. All-in-all, a lot of lens for the money.

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I bought this lens at B&H a couple months back for aphoto shoot, and it's a really sharp wide angle for theprice. Distortion is well controlled and it's an excellentlens for shooting landscapes and architecture, and also isgreat for wide angle portraits. The detail is surprisinglygreat for the price.

Expertise: Professional

Problems Encountered: None at all.

Previous Equivalent Item Owned: Minolta 20mm

Items I Recommend: Hoya 77mm Ultraviolet UV(0) Super Multi-Coated (S-HMC) Glass Haze Filter

Comments about Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Wide Angle Zoom Lens:

I bought this lens a month ago. I thought it was a little expensive and that 4.5-5.6 was not so good, but together with super steady shot in the a100 it gives great pictures! Indoors and even without flash and in poor light! Sharp and with little distorsion. The construction could have been a little less plastic, but with it's excellent performance, it really doesn't matter. With a more solid outer, I'd giving it 5 stars overall.

Previous Equivalent Items Owned: 20mm, 24mm

Items I Recommend: UV-filter + Sony a100 camera