Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS (Silver) Lens
Get an amazingly high quality E-mount zoom lens with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization perfect for taking along to your next sports game or on an adventure in the great outdoors. Get a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shots. Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise that's perfect for video capture. Enjoy Optical SteadyShot image stabilization while achieving crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements help suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Wide Zoom Range The SEL55210 provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting. ED glass elements Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements helps suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Optical SteadyShot Image stabilization Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization makes it easier to achieve crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Quiet Internal Focusing Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise. Perfect for video capture.
Get an amazingly high quality E-mount zoom lens with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization perfect for taking along to your next sports game or on an adventure in the great outdoors. Get a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shots. Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise that's perfect for video capture. Enjoy Optical SteadyShot image stabilization while achieving crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements help suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Wide Zoom Range The SEL55210 provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting. ED glass elements Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements helps suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Optical SteadyShot Image stabilization Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization makes it easier to achieve crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Quiet Internal Focusing Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise. Perfect for video capture.
Get an amazingly high quality E-mount zoom lens with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization perfect for taking along to your next sports game or on an adventure in the great outdoors. Get a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shots. Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise that's perfect for video capture. Enjoy Optical SteadyShot image stabilization while achieving crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements help suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Wide Zoom Range The SEL55210 provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting. ED glass elements Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements helps suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Optical SteadyShot Image stabilization Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization makes it easier to achieve crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Quiet Internal Focusing Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise. Perfect for video capture.
Get an amazingly high quality E-mount zoom lens with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization perfect for taking along to your next sports game or on an adventure in the great outdoors. Get a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shots. Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise that's perfect for video capture. Enjoy Optical SteadyShot image stabilization while achieving crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements help suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Wide Zoom Range The SEL55210 provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting. ED glass elements Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements helps suppress chromatic aberration and color bleeding at all focal lengths providing excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Optical SteadyShot Image stabilization Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization makes it easier to achieve crisp, stable images and video in low-light or when zooming in on distant subjects. Quiet Internal Focusing Internal focusing makes smooth, responsive AF possible with minimum noise. Perfect for video capture.
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Used Practical Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Oss Lens Mirrorless Silver
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Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS E-Mount Lens Silver APS-C
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originally posted on sony.com.au
Just purchased a Sony alpha a6000 camera body on it’s own so studied up on what might be a good couple of lenses to meet my general photography needs. I enjoy taking shots of our livestock out in the paddock, in particular young lambs. This lens has ample zoom to gain a quality shot. I’m an amateur photographer, just starting out but find this lens super easy to use. Great quality without breaking the bank.
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I previously owned this lens but I sold it and replaced with a much longer lens. Whilst the longer lens is a much better lens all round, it was much bigger and heavier to carry around for a walk around lens.This is when I realised the Sony SEL55210 E 55-210mm was a very useful lens and much easier to use as a walk around lens so I decided to replace it with a new one.Is it the best lens around no, however for the value for money, the size and weight of the lens and what you are getting for your money, I would definitely say yes. If you want that extra reach and want to add another lens to your kit lens, you won't go far wrong with this one. I cannot give it 5/5 but 4/5 I would say is an reasonable score.
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I used this lens for a long time. If you need a telephoto zoom lens foryour Sony A6000-series, its a viable option. And I did manage to createa lot of really nice photos with it. But every step of the way it feltlike I was fighting the lens to get decent quality images.If you look carefully on the barrel of the lens, you will see tick marksnoting the focal length; 55, 70, 100, 135, 210mm. Notice the massivejump from 135mm to 210mm. This is not by accident. Its been myexperience with this lens that once you zoom past the given 135mm, you are In The Danger Zone with this lens. The image quality falls offMASSIVELY. Images are so soft that you might have well as taken themwith your cell phone. You still get the photographic effects from thelong focal length, ... MoreI used this lens for a long time. If you need a telephoto zoom lens foryour Sony A6000-series, its a viable option. And I did manage to createa lot of really nice photos with it. But every step of the way it feltlike I was fighting the lens to get decent quality images.If you look carefully on the barrel of the lens, you will see tick marksnoting the focal length; 55, 70, 100, 135, 210mm. Notice the massivejump from 135mm to 210mm. This is not by accident. Its been myexperience with this lens that once you zoom past the given 135mm, you are In The Danger Zone with this lens. The image quality falls offMASSIVELY. Images are so soft that you might have well as taken themwith your cell phone. You still get the photographic effects from thelong focal length, but the softness and lack of detail at all focallengths 135mm renders this lens nearly useless. The only way I everfound to recover a fraction of detail is to stop down the aperture tof/8-16, which of course destroys your ability to use it in any sort ofsetting without bright blasting sunlight. Are you in the woodssurrounded by shady trees? Well this lens is gonna be useless for you.The build quality is also abysmal, it feels kinda like a plastic potatochip tube in your hands. Also, I have owned and used tons and tons ofdifferent cameras and lenses over the years, this has been the ONLY one to get lens fungus. No clue why. Maybe it just pulls in too muchenvironmental dust and debris when you zoom in and out.Eventually I just threw this lens in the trash, and have not regretted it. Ienjoyed the good photos I did manage to get out of it. I hated everyminute of using it. This lens is really not worth your time.
| Focal Length | 55 to 210mm (35mm Equivalent- 82.5 to 315mm) |
| Maximum Aperture | f/4.5 to 6.3 |
| Lens Mount | Sony E |
| Lens Format Coverage | APS-C |
| Focus Type | Autofocus |
Used Practical Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Oss Lens Mirrorless Silver
Delivery $38.98
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Used Sony E 55-210mm F/4.5-6.3 (Silver) - Excellent
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Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS E-Mount Lens Silver APS-C
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Capture Stunning Details with the Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS Lens - Silver
Delivery $77.07
Just purchased a Sony alpha a6000 camera body on it’s own so studied up on what might be a good couple of lenses to meet my general photography needs. I enjoy taking shots of our livestock out in the paddock, in particular young lambs. This lens has ample zoom to gain a quality shot. I’m an amateur photographer, just starting out but find this lens super easy to use. Great quality without breaking the bank.
I previously owned this lens but I sold it and replaced with a much longer lens. Whilst the longer lens is a much better lens all round, it was much bigger and heavier to carry around for a walk around lens.This is when I realised the Sony SEL55210 E 55-210mm was a very useful lens and much easier to use as a walk around lens so I decided to replace it with a new one.Is it the best lens around no, however for the value for money, the size and weight of the lens and what you are getting for your money, I would definitely say yes. If you want that extra reach and want to add another lens to your kit lens, you won't go far wrong with this one. I cannot give it 5/5 but 4/5 I would say is an reasonable score.
I used this lens for a long time. If you need a telephoto zoom lens foryour Sony A6000-series, its a viable option. And I did manage to createa lot of really nice photos with it. But every step of the way it feltlike I was fighting the lens to get decent quality images.If you look carefully on the barrel of the lens, you will see tick marksnoting the focal length; 55, 70, 100, 135, 210mm. Notice the massivejump from 135mm to 210mm. This is not by accident. Its been myexperience with this lens that once you zoom past the given 135mm, you are In The Danger Zone with this lens. The image quality falls offMASSIVELY. Images are so soft that you might have well as taken themwith your cell phone. You still get the photographic effects from thelong focal length, ... MoreI used this lens for a long time. If you need a telephoto zoom lens foryour Sony A6000-series, its a viable option. And I did manage to createa lot of really nice photos with it. But every step of the way it feltlike I was fighting the lens to get decent quality images.If you look carefully on the barrel of the lens, you will see tick marksnoting the focal length; 55, 70, 100, 135, 210mm. Notice the massivejump from 135mm to 210mm. This is not by accident. Its been myexperience with this lens that once you zoom past the given 135mm, you are In The Danger Zone with this lens. The image quality falls offMASSIVELY. Images are so soft that you might have well as taken themwith your cell phone. You still get the photographic effects from thelong focal length, but the softness and lack of detail at all focallengths 135mm renders this lens nearly useless. The only way I everfound to recover a fraction of detail is to stop down the aperture tof/8-16, which of course destroys your ability to use it in any sort ofsetting without bright blasting sunlight. Are you in the woodssurrounded by shady trees? Well this lens is gonna be useless for you.The build quality is also abysmal, it feels kinda like a plastic potatochip tube in your hands. Also, I have owned and used tons and tons ofdifferent cameras and lenses over the years, this has been the ONLY one to get lens fungus. No clue why. Maybe it just pulls in too muchenvironmental dust and debris when you zoom in and out.Eventually I just threw this lens in the trash, and have not regretted it. Ienjoyed the good photos I did manage to get out of it. I hated everyminute of using it. This lens is really not worth your time.
I bought this lens to try as a light-weight backpacking telephoto option for my A7CR. I currently use the Tamron 28-200 for my lightweight telephoto while-backpacking. I compared both lenses in APS-C mode, and the 55-210 was extremely soft in the corners on the telephoto end. The Tamron 28-200 was very sharp. I'm keeping the Tamron and selling the Sony 55-210. The quality of the Tamron is so much better; It's worth the extra weight.
I was very doubtful about the usefulness of this lens due to poor optics. I've been into photography for years and have recollections from the early 2000's of very mediocre telephoto zooms from Canon, Sigma, Oly, etc, and of course they were inexpensive. I expected an experience like that with this lens but it is not so. If you shoot a few stops above the minimum aperture, particularly on the long end of the tele, you will get very good sharpness across the whole frame, excellent for landscape I've found. It is not as sharp as my old Minolta MD 200 f/4 @ f/6.3 but at f/9, they are tied and better rendering with the newer coatings and auto corrections. Also, the minimum focus distance at 210mm is very, very useful and a solid performer, stopped up but decent wide ... MoreI was very doubtful about the usefulness of this lens due to poor optics. I've been into photography for years and have recollections from the early 2000's of very mediocre telephoto zooms from Canon, Sigma, Oly, etc, and of course they were inexpensive. I expected an experience like that with this lens but it is not so. If you shoot a few stops above the minimum aperture, particularly on the long end of the tele, you will get very good sharpness across the whole frame, excellent for landscape I've found. It is not as sharp as my old Minolta MD 200 f/4 @ f/6.3 but at f/9, they are tied and better rendering with the newer coatings and auto corrections. Also, the minimum focus distance at 210mm is very, very useful and a solid performer, stopped up but decent wide open. The E 55-210 is my most used lens as it is much sharper at 135mm versus the 18-135, though not as sharp as the Minolta MD 135 f/2.8 at any aperture, but close. It is not a great burst shooting birder type lens but you will get plenty of very nice birding images with any current Sony apsc, it tracks well enough. I've got a kingfisher just breaking water taken at Makinaw City last summer with the 55-210, so it can be done. Also, check the Christopher Frost review of this lens, it sold it for me. At f/6.3 on the telephoto side it is average at best but f/9 is very stout indeed. It is a very useful lens. I found it here on b&h at an exceptional price new ($150) and at that price, this lens is amazing!! Cheers.
I bought the Sony E 55-210mm f / 4.5-6.3 OSS lens for my Sony a6000 camera, which came with the Sony E 16-50 f / 3.5-5.6 PZ OSS kit lens. The first thing I did was to shot to a distant tree including the edge of my window, and then I shot to the edge of my window including the distant tree (img 01). The first thing that struck me was that at 100% magnification of the image, the leaves of the tree appear acceptably sharp, and at the edge of the window I did not find a significant color fringing in the area of highest contrast. Increasing that area of contrast to 300% (image 02) continued to appear free of chromatic distortion.Ok, I decided to photograph the same graph paper, with numbers written on it, with the two lenses from the starter kit.Light ... MoreI bought the Sony E 55-210mm f / 4.5-6.3 OSS lens for my Sony a6000 camera, which came with the Sony E 16-50 f / 3.5-5.6 PZ OSS kit lens. The first thing I did was to shot to a distant tree including the edge of my window, and then I shot to the edge of my window including the distant tree (img 01). The first thing that struck me was that at 100% magnification of the image, the leaves of the tree appear acceptably sharp, and at the edge of the window I did not find a significant color fringing in the area of highest contrast. Increasing that area of contrast to 300% (image 02) continued to appear free of chromatic distortion.Ok, I decided to photograph the same graph paper, with numbers written on it, with the two lenses from the starter kit.Light conditions:Tungsten light.Shutter speed, 1/4 secondF / 8 apertureISO100With the Sony E 55-210mm f / 4.5-6.3 OSS I shot at 190mm focal length.With the Sony E 16-50 f / 3.5-5.6 PZ OSS I shot at 50mm focal length (getting closer to the paper). Both lenses have a protective Tiffen UV filter.In the center of the image the difference in sharpness is only apparent by looking closely at the texture of the paper and a bit at the numbers written. But at the edges of the image the difference in sharpness is more obvious. The Sony E 55-210mm is noticeably sharper than the Sony E 16-50.For nearly $ 600 between the two lenses, its performance meets the needs of most wearers. For a professional entry level, they are borderline acceptable at a great price.
I purchased this lens for an airshow in my area. It exceeded my expectations for such an inexpensive lens. The day of the airshow started off cloudy which took a little extra time to figure out the focus capabilities of the lens. By the afternoon the clouds broke and we had partly sunny skies but by that time I had dialed in the focus enough to get some good pictures. This lens is a great option for someone looking for a good quality telephoto lens that isn't going to break the bank. In all, the value for the quality and results is perfect for what I am going to use the lens for (Sports and action shots).
For an amateur photographer who likes the thrill of catching a bird in flight or a relatively crisp faraway shot of Mickey Mouse at Disney World, this is a fine lens. Instagram crowd: great lens. Professionals? Less likely to be looking at this. Most of the telephoto zooms considered “decent” to “really good” have much faster apertures at similar focal lengths, so they can pull off some great compression shots at long ranges that this will not be able to make, as well as take less noisy nighttime photos (this thing basically shuts down when the sun does). They also have noticeably cleaner bokeh - photos from this one even at f4.5 have background blurs that are only creamy if you squint. If these things were measured on performance alone this lens probably doesn’t ... MoreFor an amateur photographer who likes the thrill of catching a bird in flight or a relatively crisp faraway shot of Mickey Mouse at Disney World, this is a fine lens. Instagram crowd: great lens. Professionals? Less likely to be looking at this. Most of the telephoto zooms considered “decent” to “really good” have much faster apertures at similar focal lengths, so they can pull off some great compression shots at long ranges that this will not be able to make, as well as take less noisy nighttime photos (this thing basically shuts down when the sun does). They also have noticeably cleaner bokeh - photos from this one even at f4.5 have background blurs that are only creamy if you squint. If these things were measured on performance alone this lens probably doesn’t belong in the competition.However, the very real tradeoff is that those lenses often cost 3x-4x as much as this one, and around 4-5 times as much if purchased used. Additionally, third party lenses that cover this range are not only more expensive, but they also lack in-lens optical image stabilization, meaning that unless you own the a6600, the highest end APSC offering from Sony, there’s a good chance your photos might end up pretty shaky/blurry. So considering that, it’s really important to ask yourself who you’re taking these photos for and what you want your telephotos to look like. If all your photos are going to end up on Instagram (like mine do), where they’ll be hilariously compressed and the details don’t matter much to someone viewing it on a 6” display, this is a great purchase. Composing shots well will take good advantage of the additional range and good composition in any circumstance will take you far. But if you’re going to print these out in large format, or if you still want a pretty creamy background blur in your telephoto shots, maybe consider renting it for a day from a camera store, as you may find that your photos may suffer from noise even in daylight due to the slow aperture. Otherwise, if you know what you’re getting into (and what you’re saving in the process), then go for it.
I own 3 of these lenses and use them on a Sony a6000 to record close-up shots of panelists at programs we host. This lens is surprisingly good. Prior to buying the last 2 lenses I had my team review video shot with this lens versus another Sony lens that was more then 3x the cost. They were told one lens was under $300 and the other was close to $1,000. Everyone picked this lens as providing the best, sharpest image. I thought this lens was better myself, but really couldn't believe it. I just finished editing some video and the more expensive Sony lens is good-- even very good-- but not as good as the Sony E 55-210mm. I'm likely to try and sell that other lens and add another of these.
I use this lens with my A7ii (full-frame) all the time. Many people say you can’t use an APS-C lens with a full frame sensor camera due to vignetting (or other reasons), but personally i havent had or seen an issue with it. If you do see a difference its a small fix on lightroom. Perfect budget-friendly beginner lens whether you have a crop or full frame sensor. I’ve added some RAW (unedited) pics for reference.
| Focal Length | 55 to 210mm (35mm Equivalent- 82.5 to 315mm) |
| Maximum Aperture | f/4.5 to 6.3 |
| Lens Mount | Sony E |
| Lens Format Coverage | APS-C |
| Focus Type | Autofocus |
