SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black Reviews

Review score: 8 / 10 – Updated December, 2024

Latest Price: £249

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Overall Customer Rating

Overall rating

8 average based on 1 reviews.

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Brand – Sony
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SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black features

	SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black
Lens type	Prime
Lens category	Standard
Compatibility	Sony E mount
Image stabilisation	Optical SteadyShot
Focal length	50 mm
35 mm equivalent	75 mm
Maximum aperture	f/1.8
Minimum aperture	f/22
Focusing	Manual & autofocus
Minimum focusing distance	39 cm
Magnification	0.16 x
Elements and grouping	9 elements in 8 groups
Diaphragm blades	7 rounded blades
Filter diameter	49 mm
Box contents	– Sony SEL50F18B E 50 mm f/1.8 OSS Standard Prime Lens
Dimensions	62 x 62 mm (D x L)
Weight	202 g
Manufacturer’s guarantee	1 year
Price	£249
Number of Reviews	1
Review Score	8 / 10 Average score in category: 9.2 / 10
Buy	Find Best Price

Quality

As with any electrical items, it’s particularly important to study the quality of a product before you buy it. This is especially important for Lenses. But when we’re buying online, what can be done to get an idea of a product’s quality?

Our first area to study is normally the features. We’ve given a full list of features for SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black above. This should give you a good idea of how good the product is in terms of features and functionality.

You’re also going to want to know how durable the product is, so here we’d advise taking a look at the materials that the Lenses are made from.

There is also a lot of benefit in checking out the brand of the Lenses. Some brands are known for manufacturing much better quality products. As I’m sure you’re aware, brands like Sony are really well respected for making great Lenses.

It’s also important to have a good idea of your expectations in terms of quality too. You may not actually be looking for the best quality product if your main goal is to get cheap Lenses. So spend some time considering what’s important to you and think about the areas that you’d be happy to compromise or not.

Comparing Prices

That leads us nicely into price, where we’re going to spend some time looking at the price of SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black and seeing how that compares to other Lenses and also looking at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products from Sony.

It’s really good at this stage to spend some time just getting an idea of the sort of price you can expect to pay for your Lenses. When you’re spent a bit of time looking at the prices, consider setting yourself a budget.

Setting yourself a budget will really help you to narrow down your search. It can also help you to avoid the slippery slope of buying a really expensive product that perhaps had advanced specifications that you didn’t need or couldn’t actually afford.

The price that we found SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black cheapest in our most recent search was at Currys and cost just £249.

Customers are obviously impressed with the value of SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black as they’ve rated it in terms of value for money at: 8 out of 10.

How much do Lenses cost on average?

We searched for all of the Lenses that we could find at Currys. In total we found 55 different products available.

The average price of Lenses was £522.03, which makes SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black below average in terms of price.

We also thought it would be useful for you to know how much the price of Lenses can vary. Of the 55 products we found, the lowest cost that we found was £99.00 and the highest price we saw was £2329.99.

In the Lenses category, 44 products cost more than SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black and 10 cost less.

How much are Sony Lenses?

Next up we thought it would be useful to narrow down our search a bit more and only look at Lenses made by Sony. We managed to find 10 options at Currys.

The average price of these 10 products was £298.60. With the cheapest coming in at £139.00 and most expensive currently showing as £699.00. Based on this price analysis it shows that SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black is below average against other Sony Lenses.

SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black Reviews

Reviews are without question your best piece of information when researching a product to buy online. We love customer reviews especially, as they’re not incentivised and just written by genuine customers.

We also love customer reviews because many of them will be from customers who have been using the product for some time. We found 1 reviews for . So we’d strongly recommend you head over there and take the time to read plenty of the reviews to get a real feel for whether SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black is just what you’re after.

SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black has a customer review score of 8 and our review score is 9.3 out of 10. The average review score in the Lenses category is 9.2 with an average of 39 reviews for each product. The average customer review score for products from Sony is 8.8 based on an average of 105 reviews per product. So you’re definitely going to be in safe hands if you do choose to buy SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black

The other useful source of reviews is expert reviews. Whilst these won’t give you as much user feedback as the customer reviews, it does mean that you’re getting some expert opinions on the Lenses. Companies like TechRadar are really well known for providing great reviews.

It’s also worth exploring other product options and reading their reviews. Just some of the products that we liked are SONY SEL55210 AE 55-210 mm Telephoto Zoom Lens reviews, SONY LA-EA4 35 mm Full-frame Adapter reviews or SONY FE 50 mm f/1.8 Standard Prime Lens reviews. Or something a little different could be a product like SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens reviews or even ADVENT AMWL3B15 Wireless Blue Trace Mouse reviews.

Buying Sony branded products

Brand, as mentioned earlier, is another really important factor to consider for buying Lenses.

It looks like you’ve already got some idea of the sort of product you’re inserted in, as you’ve landed on this SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black review. However, if you do want to consider other brands just make sure you spend some time reading lots of reviews. If you decide to stick to Sony then you’ll not be disappointed, judging by the customer reviews.

YouTube Video of SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black

Another fantastic source of information and great for reviews is video content. Below we’ve run a search for SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black on YouTube if you wanted to check out some of the video reviews that may have been created by customers or expert reviewers.

Summary

Based on the amazing reviews shown at the top of this review, we’re really impressed with SONY 50MM ASP- C BLK, Black and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as one of the top options if you’re looking to buy Lenses. This is only highlighted by the great customer reviews and our review score of 9.3/10 overall.

All that’s left now is for you to head over to Currys to check out the 1 customer reviews. Simply hit the green button at the bottom of your screen to start.

Further product details

- Product ID 1: 25435219655

- Product ID 2: 10147559

- Brand: Sony

- Model number: f/1.8

- EAN: 4905524952414

- Description: Take captivating portraits, close-ups and creative shots with the Sony SEL50F18B E 50 mm f/1.8 OSS Standard Prime Lens. Its focal length is similar to the way your eye sees, so composing scenes feels natural.The large f/1.8 aperture allows more light in for greater image fidelity and clean-looking low light shots. Achieve gorgeous defocused backgrounds that really emphasize your focused main subject – a 7-bladed circular aperture keeps this bokeh effect soft and natural for compelling results.When capturing moving subjects, you need your focus to be on point. Optical SteadyShot stabilises your images and videos so that they’re smooth and free from motion blur – even if you’re shooting handheld. It helps you achieve sharper, more accurate photos every time.Advanced optics help to eradicate distortion and chromatic aberration for clean-looking pictures you’ll love showing off.