The Sony FE 24mm f2.8 G is an attractive mid-priced prime lens for anyone who enjoys wide-angle photography. The quality is sharp across the frame even at large apertures, the focusing quick and quiet and the lens well-featured with weather-sealing, a focus hold button and de-clickable aperture...

At last! The Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G is a handy wide prime with compactness to match Sony’s full frame A7-series c...

The Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G ($599.99) is one of a new batch of compact primes for the company's full-frame mirrorless camera system. Its captures a wide angle of view, but not too broad for day-to-day photography, and comes in an attractive aluminum barrel. It's not the only lens of its type, though, and we like the Sigma 24mm F3.5 DG DN Contemporary just a little bit more—it's priced $50 lower and is our Editors' Choice award winner in this price range.The Wide Standard The FE 24mm F2.8 G is made for full-frame cameras. It captures an angle of view that's considered wide angle in the photo world, but has become a standard lens for many. The rise of smartphone cameras, many of which see the world with a similar angle of view, has no doubt played a role there. It's Sony's second 24mm prime for the system, debuting a few years after the FE 24mm F1.4 GM. The F1.4 edition is part of the premium G Master line, and while it's absolutely compact given its angle and aperture (3.6 b 3.0 inche...

The diminutive Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G lens captures a wide angle view and doesn't cut any corners when it comes to construction.

Slim, light build; Aluminum construction; Dust and splash protection; Aperture ring with silent option; On-lens function button; Quick, quiet autofocus

Shows some focus breathing; Skips anti-smudge protection; Controls are a little cramped

We found several flaws as well; if you add them to the price, amounting to 700 Euro, you'll understand why the lens might be not as popular on the market as the Sony company would wish it to be. I think that, for example, few owners of 24-70 mm or 24-105 mm lenses will ever consider such a purchase.

solid, weather-sealed mechanical construction,, very good image quality in the frame centre,, sensible image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,, very good correction of longitudinal chromatic aberration,, slight astigmatism,, moderate vignetting on the APS-C sensor,, excellent performance...

some problems with lateral chromatic aberration,, high vignetting on full frame,, huge distortion on RAW files,, exorbitant price.

Excellent purchase. Cant wait nisi 6 filters for landscape photos. Great wide shot videography as well

Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Wideangle Prime lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with E Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G lens good for?

Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Aperture Ring, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Minimum focus distance of, 0.18m / 7.1 inch, Light weight at only, 162g / 5.7 oz

Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Aperture Ring, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Minimum focus distance of, 0.18m / 7.1 inch, Light weight at only, 162g / 5.7 oz

As I said at the beginning of this review, the Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G lens is a highly attractive, ultra-compact prime lens that features an extremely light weight and a rugged metal exterior construction.

I bought this and other primes to add to my collection of primes and zooms!

I bought this and other primes to add to my collection of primes and zooms!

At last, there are some more compact lenses to complement Sony’s petite cameras. And despite its small size, the Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G delivers impressive image quality with excellent sharpness across the frame.

Compact and lightweight, Aperture ring, Weather-sealed

No stabilisation, Maximum aperture 'just' f/2.8, Obvious barrel distortion without the in-camera or raw file correction profiles