Recommend Wide Angle for a6000

[Coast]

Pls recommend a wide angle lens for my Sony a6000. I'm outdoor landscapes, will be for occasional use at best, in conjunctions my 16-70 mm. No adapters, prime or zoom, $500 new or used, would rent but going on couple of trips for weeks might as well buy. Thanks  Coast 

[kx32]

Can't beat the 

E 10-18mm F4 OSS SEL-1018

[bryangoff]

What kx32 said ^^^

[bbphoto]

I personally recommend the Rokinon 12mm 2.0. It's manual, but very sharp and reasonably priced at around $319. I actually wrote a short little review of it in the thread beneath this one (: 

 

or here to save time if you're interested! 

[Moody]

I really like that E 10-18mm F4 OSS.

 

It takes some time to get used to those ultra-wide angles and I mostly use it in cities to complement that 16-70 and for rather special compositions.

For landscapes, the short end of the 16-70 is usually fine, and if I need wider I'll very often stitch panoramas (or if very lazy, use the A6000's pano function).

 

Have a look at the 10-18mm thread under this section of the forum for some nice sample photos.

[Reinhold_1]

You should the 4.0/10-18 mm necessarily consider.

12 mm are good, 10 mm focal length better in this area!

There are not many "good" zooms in this area (valid for all

Formats and all manufacturers). This is a!

Check out my review on Dyxum to:

 

http://www.dyxum.com/reviews/lenses/Sony-10-18mm-F4-OSS_review708.html

[Austerror]

+1 for the 10-18/4 lens.  It produces excellent results and is somewhat full frame compatible, if you go FF in the future.

 

I have the 10-18 lens for my Nex-7. Works great, I've never had any complaints.  It is small, constant F4, OSS and silent AF.  It is a very capable lens.

 

You could get the 16mm pancake lens.  They work ok...I personally, don't like them. But they work and can be found cheap.  They also fit the fisheye and ultrawide adapters (the old, original adapters).  The 16mm is super small. The fisheye adapter can also be found cheap and can be fun to use.

 

If you wanted to get complicated, you could get the LA-EA2 adapter and a Sigma ultrawide zoom, like the 8-16mm zoom (A-mount)

review: http://kurtmunger.com/sigma_8_16mmid308.html

 

That is the widest APS-C lens I've seen, with AF and not a fisheye.  Yes it is much larger than the 10-18 and adds a bit of complexity with the LA-EA2, but it is very very wide.  So that might be worth checking out.

 

The 10mm end of the 10-18 is equivalent to 15mm on FF and sometimes, for me, that is too wide.

[Coast]

I want to first thank all the very knowledgable and useful reply's from this forum, I'm glad to be here. The winner is:  Rokinon 12mm 2.0. One of my criteria; occasional use at best, another under $500. I also like the speed, f 2 in conjunction w the f 4 of my 16-70. Thanks again   Coast 

[bbphoto]

Very cool (: Good bang for your buck!

[newenglandrocks]

I'll second the recommendations for the Rokinon 12mm. If you are going to do any astrophotography, don't bother with the 10-18, BTW. Although it isn't that wide, consider the Sigma 19mm as well. You could get both that and the Rokinon for right around $500. Stay away from the 16mm pancake. It isn't sharp and the colors are very blah.

 

 

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[Changman201]

Can't beat the 

 

E 10-18mm F4 OSS

 

SEL-1018[/size]

This will require an adapter no? If so which one?

[Austerror]

This will require an adapter no? If so which one?

The 10-18mm E mount lens, is a native E mount lens, that is made by Sony for E mount camera bodies.

 

It even works on FE bodies mostly.

[Atrocity79]

I'm looking to get the Rokinon 12mm and Sigma 19mm. Thanks for your review bbphoto.

[Coast]

I Liked the Rok 12mm enough that I now have the Rok 21mm f:1.4. Going to see if I can use it for a walk around

Will be selling the Zeiss 16-70mm f.4. I'll be letting you know how it is. Right now we are being beaten around by a serious El Nino so it might be a while

 

by Coast, on Flickr

[snpr9696]

What's the best option for a 35mm range auto focus fast glass? At least F/2 if possible.

 

 

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[billickc]

My default lens I keep my a6000 which I carry daily is the Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA which is equivalent to 36mm full frame.

 

If you were looking for 35mm APC (52.5mm FF) then the Sony 35mm f/1.8 OSS is hard to beat. 

[ethierbach]

My default lens I keep my a6000 which I carry daily is the Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA which is equivalent to 36mm full frame.

 

If you were looking for 35mm APC (52.5mm FF) then the Sony 35mm f/1.8 OSS is hard to beat. 

Sigma's new 30mm f/1.4 looks like a contender as well.  If I stay with Sony APS-C, I'll probably get that one to replace the Sigma 30/2.8 I have now. The extra 2 stops can come in mighty handy for me.