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The guy who is good at what he does, but is often over-looked
The Good:
Image Quality: If you wanted a lens that fully utilizes the sharpness aspect of your a7 bodies, look no further. This lens, in my opinion, is the sharpest native lens for the e-mount if focused correctly (yes, that does include the notorious 55mm). Distortion? Virtually none and very little chromatic aberration.
Surprisingly good portraits: The lens, for which it was intended - a macro-purpose, is one of the best in its class (if not the best) can also be doubled as a portrait lens. Although, I find that for bokeh purposes, it does produce onion ring bokeh at its largest aperture (which can be fixed at smaller apertures).
Build Quality: The build is mostly plastic, but does not feel cheap. You'll be thankful for this feature if you're using it for a good amount of time. For it's size, it was a lot lighter than I was expecting. It has a push/pull zoom that switches from AF to MF which feel really nice to use - allowing you to focus with AF and instantly switching to MF for a more precise focus.
The Bad:
Size and Weight : Although it is well built, some have complained about it's size, especially with the lens hood on (I find it comfortable for my taste, but I won't disagree, it is larger than the other prime lenses). If you've used smaller e-mount lenses, you'll notice that this lens is on the heavier side at a little over a pound.
Autofocus: the AF is tricky to use with this lens, as it does come with an extra control slider. I find this useful as you can change the setting for different uses ( I'm a manual person). Does it AF quickly when used at the right setting? It can be. I do find that the AF does hunt sometimes - which leads many to review this aspect of the lens to be mixed.
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Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: littledanish0714
Simply amazing
This lens is by many considered to be the sharpest lens ever produced, regardless of manufacturer. I cannot vouch for that, but it is tack sharp and the photos are amazing.
As a Macro lens it is also amazing, and a tripod is highly recommended with this lens. It has amazing bokeh, but at f 2.8 the depth of field - meaning the part of the photo that is clear - is often too shallow. As an example, if the center of a flower is sharp, the petals often aren't. So I find myself shooting at f11 or higher to get the needed depth, which again causes higher exposure times.
I don't think this is something particular for this lens, just something you have to bear in mind with Macro lenses. So this isn't negative, just something to be aware of.
Amongst the "pro" lenses it's relatively light, although none of the pro lenses are exacty lightweight.
It is also an amazing portrait lens, and for that matter general purpose lens. 90 mm is an excellent choice.
I highly recommend this lens.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: digital-solomon
Sony 90mm Macro E-Mount / Tack Sharp!
Sony 90mm Macro, very sharp images, nice balance and handling on A7fRIII body. 90mm. focal ls just right for flowers, portraits, etc. Just wished all Sony lenses were this sharp! Good value for money as this lens seems to be somewhat of a sleeper due to being a prime and 90mm focal length. But boy does it ever take some tack sharp images! If you have a need for a Macro lens this one is excellent and does double duty as a great portrait lens.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: lemonde79
Such a versatile lens.
This has opened another avenue of photography for me. I'm used to doing landscape and wildlife. But getting close to what makes up the landscape has also been fun. Also, the versatility of this lens makes a great addition to your kit. I'm going for prime lenses with focal lengths I use often to keep my kit small. This lens fits in perfectly.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: ercur-4176
Macro
This lens while not cheap, is very sharp, excellent iq out of camera works well with a6300 but images are better on full frame like a7rm2
Great lens for macro and takes excellent Portraits bokeh is creamy
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Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: brobs002cougar
Macro magnificence
This is literally in the top 5 sharpest lens on the Sony e Mount platform. The macro function is spectacular. The manual focus clutch process is quite intuitive and works well. I can highly recommend it. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: bwarrland
Great macro lens
This Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 macro is very easy to focus accurately. The clutch to switch from AF to MF is very handy as I find I can get extremely sharp by first using AF, pulling the clutch, and then tweaking the focus in MF.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: in_a_fog
Great Lens!
Size and Weight: Lighter than what I expected, but feels well built. I also have the Sony/Zeiss 35mm f1.4 and 85mm f/1.4 GM. This feels very light compared to those. Not too different than the 24-105 in size and weight once mounted on the camera. Balances well on my A7R III
Focus Speed: Read a lot of reviews about slow focus speed and excessive hunting. This lens focuses fast. Sure if you’re trying to use auto focus extremely close it is going to hunt a bit, but is still impressively fast. This has been my experience with other macros in the past. I typically manual focus when doing my macro work. Great all around lens for non macro work as well.
Image Quality: I’ll say what every other reviewer has said...this lens is as sharp as they get. Color reproduction is good.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: lipsel0
Terrific Lens!
Fast, super sharp lens provides great depth of field and rich images. Auto focus can be a little tricky with insects (small subjects) but I like this lens very much.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: kokongo765
Awesome lens!
I've wanted a nice macro lens for a while, but couldn't justify buying such a niche lens. Got a smokin deal on eBay, so win win. This lens beat all my expectations. Very sharp and pretty quick.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: secondipity