Sony SEL55210 E Mount APS-C 55-210 mm F4.5-6.3 Telephoto Zoom Lens - Black

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For less money, the B＋W 49mm 010 is an excellent filter, as are the multicoated B＋W and the basic multicoated Hoya filters, but the Hoya HD is the toughest and the best. Electronic focus ring, like most mirrorless lenses, has no direct mechanical connection to the optics. It only works when you have the camera set just right. It's small, focuses silently, reasonably fast and very close, it's reasonably priced and has image stabilization. If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same insanely high magnification would be about 40 × 60" (1 × 1.5 meters). There are only sometimes the most minor lateral color fringes as shot on Sony's cameras which usually correct for them anyway. This is excellent performance.

This Sony 55-210mm OSS is all plastic on the inside, with a plastic filter ring. The extending front inner barrel is also plastic. Bokeh, the feel or quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to how far out of focus they are, is iffy at 55mm and reasonably good at 210mm. This is one of the weaknesses I've found -- get some white or highlights, and at f6.3, it can get blown out easily. A teleconverter just makes it worse. At f8, this pretty much is tamed. Same here but finally I am giving up., also thanks to all examples posted on this forum. They all , no exception "feature" exactly what I dislike about my own photos taken with 55210. Really good zoom means high price and I am not sports or birds photographer, to spend 2 or more thousand on a zoom, and I prefer primes anyway. Looking for 55210 replacement found 135 Zeiss which works better for my needs - like indoor music events. Same size, same price (including adapter for Contax), no OSS but 2.8 and Zeiss colour and contrast.This is an APS-C (cropped-sensor) lens that works on all Sony E-mount cameras. This includes all the variations of NEX, A9-, A7-, A6xxx and A5xxx series cameras.

The very best protective filter is the Multicoated Hoya HD 49mm which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints. Optical SteadyShot image stabilisation within lens for crisp, stable handheld shooting. Silent mechanism during movie recording Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that.This lens is is all plastic on the inside, with a metal mount and aluminum vanity cover on the outside, so it weighs next to nothing. You can take it everywhere and have it ready for anything. This Sony 55-210mm OSS is a stabilized, lightweight basic telephoto for Sony's E-mount APS-C cameras.