Product Description
Compact, superbly-built wide-angle prime lens
This wide-angle prime lens packs the high image quality and beautiful bokeh
of the G Lens into a compact design with superb build quality and intuitive
operability. Easily carried anywhere, it's ideal for wide-angle shots of views
that catch the eye. The fast, precise and quiet AF is ideal for shooting both
stills and movies, ensuring capture of those vital moments.
A matching set of portable primes
This is one of our G Lens primes (sold separately), offering different focal
lengths but the same external look, 49mm filter diameter, compact design, and
layout. They're compact enough to carry all three so you're ready for great
shots across a range of scenes and subjects, and the similar weight even makes
gimbal rebalancing easy.
Intuitive, metal design and clear optics
The metal (aluminum) finish of the lens body and hood, plus the engraved
focal length and aperture markings emphasize a superb build quality. The
ultra-compact lightweight design, the high image quality of the G Lens, the
aperture ring and Linear Response MF deliver intuitive operability that makes
shooting a pleasure.
Compact and lightweight for constant carrying and comfortable shooting
The mechanical design takes maximum advantage of state-of-the-art optics
with an effective layout of three aspherical lens elements, and the short flange
back unique to mirrorless cameras, to realize stunning compactness and a weight
of only 162 g (5.8 oz). The lens is ideal for shooting scenery or snaps, or
movie shooting with a gimbal, or selfie shooting using the wide angle of view.
Mobility is delivered by the compact design that matches both full-frame and
APS-C bodies.
High corner-to-corner image quality from state-of-the-art optics
High image quality is realized by state-of-the-art optics using three
aspherical elements and one ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass element, delivering
high resolution and suppressing color fringing in all parts of the image. The
aspherical elements compensate for various aberrations, delivering high
resolution performance from corner to corner of the image, even from the widest
aperture with shallow depth of field. The ED glass element suppresses chromatic
aberration and effectively reduces color fringing that is more likely to occur
in the image periphery.
Beautiful natural bokeh
A 7-blade circular aperture is provided, with precise control of the
spherical aberration that affects bokeh delivering the beautiful natural bokeh
of the G Lens.
Double linear motors for fast, precise and quiet AF
Two linear motors deliver fast, precise AF with superb tracking performance
that maximizes camera body performance to capture vital moments in street snaps
and the like. The fast, precise and quiet AF with superb tracking performance is
ideal for shooting movies as well as stills.
Excellent close-up performance
A minimum focus distance of 24 cm (0.79 ft) (AF) / 18 cm (0.59 ft) (MF)
provides excellent close-up performance. Close-up shooting lets the subject
stand out against a blurred background. With a wide 24mm angle of view, the lens
is also ideal for selfie shooting with a gimbal or grip attached.
High operability and reliability in a compact design
Despite its compact size, the lens provides a focus hold button, focus mode
switch, aperture ring, aperture click switch and Linear Response MF for
intuitive operability and comfortable shooting. The metal (aluminum) exterior
finish of the lens body and hood contributes to reliability through increased
strength and durability. The design is also dust and moisture resistant,
providing reliability in harsh outdoor shooting environments.
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