SonyFE 20mm F1.8 G Full-Frame Large-Aperture Ultra-Wide Prime Angle G Lens, Model: SEL20F18G,Black

I’ve had my eye on this lens for a couple of years now. I’ve watched dozens of YouTube reviewers, hardly any having any negative things to say about it, which I can now see why. The image quality is of course great. But I love the size of this lens. It makes me want to actually take my camera and just find things to shoot, which not all my lenses do, even though their quality is excellent also. Their size doesn’t always inspire me to carry them with me.

With my iPhone, I can take many good pictures already without carrying a camera and lenses. And I'm an amateur photographer. This is why my first criterion is pricing. I do not want to spend more than $700 for the lens. The pricing for the lens is on the borderline for me. The picture quality and the ultra-wide angle view convinced me to pay more. The lens weighs 13.2 ounces (<1 pound), which is acceptable. This is important, especially when it comes to international travel. And I do not want to carry a heavy lens on my neck.This is a great lens. Compared to the pictures taken with my iPhone versus with this ultra-wide angle lens, I'm happy with it. The pictures attached are raw pictures without edits. It does not work well at night, but I'm OK with it—money well spent.

I was hesitant on the price of this lens.For much less I could get a slightly slower lens from other manufacturers but I chose to bite the bullet and go for the best quality.I am very happy with this decision. The fast lens f 1.8 lens is a great fit for me because I shoot so many pictures in the dark and low light environments. The picture quality is superb wide open and definitely sharp enough for the pictures that I take.FOCUSING: This new method of focus driving is far superior to anything else that I have tried.Nothing that I have beats it in speed, accuracy and volume.That's right, volume. This lens is nearly silent which is a huge plus for hybrid photo/video shooters.With that there are negatives:This lens is physically larger than my other wide angle lenses (28mm f 2.,8) but that is due to the amount of high quality fast glass in this lens. It is totally worth the weight to me, but if you are hiking around with it and don't need the maximum aperture of f 1.8 I'd go with a lightweight compact lens.I've had my concerns with the lens being damaged while it is powered off. You can feel the assemblies moving around under their own weight inside the lens. I am slightly worried about a large impact causing damage to the lens. I have not heard any other people reporting this as an issue, so I assume I am just worrying for no reason.Conclusion: I'd buy this lens again if I had to. This is by far my favorite wide angle lens that I have tried yet.I'd go for it over the 24mm GM if you're deciding between the two, the differences are almost meaningless when not compared back to back.

I have experimented with a lot of 18-20mm lenses on my Sony a7riii. I've had the Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8, Samyang 18mm f/2.8, Sigma 20mm, and Tamron 20mm. Up to that point the sharpest lens was one of the cheapest, the Tamron 20mm lens, but it had a lot of distortion. Once I discovered The Sony 20mm, my search was over. One of the sharpest lenses I've used with very little distortion. Plus, it was great for video work. It's only drawback was some focus breathing, but I'm more of a stills photographer than a video guy. Plus, it is f/1.8 and not a huge lens. This compliments my Sony 50mm G lens quite well. On short trips when I'm packing extremely light, I will take this 20mm lens, along with the 50 g lens, and the Sigma 90mm lens (great traveling kit). I prefer primes. But I do use the Tamron 28-75 G2 and 70-180 lenses for event work. And my Samyang 135mm and Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for portraits and more indoor work. But you can't go wrong with The Sony 20mm f/1.8. Well worth it!

If you're looking for a fast wide angle prime for Sony FE and are on a budget, look no more.I'm very happy with this lens.It's small and lightweight. It feels solidly built.Optics are as perfect as they can be in this year of 2020.Zero chromatic aberration on my a7iii using Capture One Pro 12.Shooting stars I can see a TINY bit of CA, but not enough to bother me one iota.Auto focus is fast and accurate, basically perfect for both still and video on my a7iii.Focus transitions are smooth and little focus breathing.I used to use, and still do somewhat, modified Nikkor primes on canon cameras and got used to having an aperture dial. It's really nice to have. I've accidentally bumped it from 1.8 to 2 or 2.5 in my lens pouch, and that's messed up a shot or two, but it's a quick fix if you're paying attention and you can always put it on A and control via camera. When it's on A it's locked in place and isn't going anywhere. For me I like it.The hype for this lens is real. Sony knocked it out of the park imo.I was looking to get a wide angle prime but didn't want to dish out the money for the 24 1.4 GM.I'm very pleased with my 20mm. 10/10 Thanks Sony.

I unfortunately had to return the lense kit, but oh man did I have an extremely tough time dealing with Amazon and my returns.Long story short, two returned items were sent to the wrong addresses. K&M Camera received the wrong item, held onto for me, then sent it back to me all while giving me a full refund and having to deal with Amazon support which was a nightmare!Having to deal with Amazon support is beyond frustrating, but I’d buy from K&M Cameras again in a heartbeat just because of how amazing their customer service was.Thank you so much!