18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary for Sony E Black

Name: 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary for Sony E Black
SKU: 9047
Availability: InStock

4.7 | 1,097 ratings

Price: 484

Last update: 01-10-2025

About this item

SMALL AND LIGHT
Versatile Focal range and ecellent optical Performace
Superb Optical Quality
in camera aberration correction
featuring the very latest technology and combining optical performance with compactness

Product information

Product Dimensions

0.01 x 0.01 x 0.01 inches

Item Weight

10.2 ounces

ASIN

B09JVBB36L

Item model number

585965

Customer Reviews

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 874 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#5 in SLR Camera Lenses

Date First Available

October 19, 2021

Manufacturer

Sigma

Top reviews from the United States

Lindsay Siegfried

Best value lens in my kit

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2022

I'm a photographer that shoot most of my stuff while hiking and travelling. Size, Performance and versatility are my three biggest factors. Usually, I have to compromise pretty heavily between them. Last year I hiked in Zion for a week with the Sony 16F2.8, Which was amazing for keeping the weight down on long high-mileage days, and virtually disappeared on the camera. This was in exchange for meh results and a lot of lens flare and aberration. This year I decided to suck up the size, and took a Sigma 16F1.4. The weight was reasonable, and the pictures were amazing, but the lens itself was a chonk and it was frequently in the way. Both of these lenses also lacked versatility, resulting in a lot of shots where I shot wide and sucked it up for a heavy crop in post.

Enter the Sigma 18-50f2.8. Pictures are sharp as a tack, check. Common 55mm Filter size, check. Small package, check. Reasonable weight, functional zoom range, decently wide aperture etc. It frankly does it all, and does it without being fat, heavy, obtrusive or expensive. Is it my favorite lens? No. It's frankly, just a little boring. It doesn't have a niche. It is however ASTOUNDINGLY capable. It's great to watch a player who shoots from half court, has handles like a Globetrotter or will dunk over 3 defenders, but this lens is the guy on the team who is a solid 9/10 in every fundamental and plays everything textbook. It's not a "fun" lens, but it will absolutely get the job done capably in every situation, in a smaller package and half the price of it's competitors.

The minor gripes: The focus/zoom rings are annoying. They're flush with the barrel and I frequently have trouble finding the right one by instinct. They're smooth, but not intuitive to find. The lens hood when stowed also gets in the way of the rings. There is also no image stabilization. As a photographer, this doesn't bother me a bit. If you're a videographer, this will probably be a big problem if you don't have in-body image stabilization or a gimbal.

MA_Code1

Fantastic lens!

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2024

Purchased to be used as a travel/landscape kit with my A6700. Absolutely love this lens! IQ is great, good aperture, excellent focus , lightweight and compact.

Rakesh

Spectacularly sharp lens

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024

Got this for my A6600 and can say I am thoroughly impressed. This is a very fast and sharp lens capable of great photos and videos. The small size and low weight makes it a perfect mainstay on my camera.

amit

Best Everyday Lens for APS-C Cameras

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024

Great all around, everyday midrange zoom. Can go wide enough for most occasions, can zoom in for good close ups. As fast as a zoom lenses get, and can achieve rather good depth of field.
Only downside is that when the hood is in the 'stored' position, it makes operating the manual zoom cumbersome. Only strike against it in my opinion. Build is good, with the body made of a durable plastic.
Some kind of stabilization would be great, but if you need that, I guess the Tamron 17-70mm is available, though about 40% more costly and heavier, larger.
A must-have for users of any Sony cropped-sensor cameras.

Bam3vO

Best price to performance ratio w/ a versatile focal length.

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024

Can't go wrong with Sigmas 18-50mm F2.8 Lens, its fast, sharp w/ great auto focus performance. Light weight build in a small for factor, plastic build but it feels robust and doesn't feel cheap. Great for all Sony APS-C cameras!

Tim S

Great walk around lens

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024

Bought this as a good zoom walk around lens for street photography and portrait photography. Love the size of this thing and the f/2.8 aperture. Seems to give me pretty clean results even wide open. There is no image stabilization, so I have to watch my shutter speed on my non-IBIS camera bodies. I have used this on both my A6400 and A7Cii with great results. The main reason I went those two camera bodies is the size of them and how easy it is to pack them for travel and this lens compliments them well. I have the 24-70mm, 18-50mm and 30mm as well as these two bodies and it takes up less space than my old DSLR setup with two lenses. For photographers, this is a great, light weight, affordable lens to have in your kit. The pic shows the size compared to an A7Cii with Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8

Pavel D.

This is a fantastic little lense.

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2024

I really love this lense for how light and yet sharp, it is. This is the best f2.8 APS-C lense I've seen, and it makes my a6700 a great daily carry camera, for most situations.

Daniel Ortega

My new favorite lens!

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024

As an owner of both the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.4, I got this zoom lens with the intention of using it for travel photography, mostly due to the small size and great quality; but I can now say that it will pretty much be my default lens for most situations.

It’s a great upgrade for anyone using the default sony kit lens, with the only caveat being the lack of stabilization. And while not necessarily an upgrade compared to my other sigma lenses in terms of image quality, it definitely is when it comes to practicality. At a constant f/2.8 aperture, the amount of light this little lens can capture is amazing.

This will be the lens I keep attached to my camera by default. I still love my f/1.4’s, but unless I am on a low light situation or aiming for the most bokeh I can get, I rather use this amazing lens to gain the flexibility of the 18-50mm focal lengths without having to swap primes all the time.

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