Rated 5 out of
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Tony1634 from
Great Lense
I wanted more reach than my kit lense offered. This lense is great! Fantastic quality. It feels very sturdy.
Date published: 2024-06-16
Rated 5 out of
5
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Anonymous from
Easy to carry and pack
This was a great gift; I take it everywhere I travel too
Date published: 2020-05-02
Rated 5 out of
5
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pdhmatos73 from
Fast & easy
Fantástic lens, practical, easy frendly, fast, not expensive
Date published: 2019-03-28
Rated 5 out of
5
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I have not been given one from
Great lense
I have had the lense for two weeks and I am extremely happy with the lense.
Date published: 2019-02-05
Rated 5 out of
5
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Natandjaan from
Great Product and excellent quality
Or profession photographer neighbor recommended this camera for our adventures as a good all around camera as we step up from point and shoot into the future of manual controls and post processing. We're really happy with the camera
Date published: 2017-02-18
Rated 5 out of
5
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sttadas from
Best budget Zoom lens
Sharp enough for this kind of budget lens. Does not perform well in low light but on sunny day or well lit studio or set, it's perfect.
Date published: 2015-05-04
Rated 5 out of
5
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OldManInNC from
An Excellent Telephoto Lens
When I bought my alpha-6000 Sony Camera, I wanted a telephoto to extend my reach. After lugging around big DSLR telephotos for years, this one is a dream since it's light and small while delivering excellent pictures. I appreciate the vibration control since I'm older and not as steady as I used to be. Zooming is easy, and auto-focus is quick and accurate. It's wonderful that these mirrorless camera have accessories that allow so much of DSLR functionality.
Date published: 2015-05-03
Rated 5 out of
5
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Techperson4 from
Love it
Quality is good, bokeh is good, zoom is OP... don't forget that price tag!
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This is an excellent lens.
Date published: 2015-04-13
Rated 5 out of
5
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Kmandallas from
Easy to use. Great shots.
This lens is easy to use and takes great photos. Used it extensively in the Canadian Rockies for both telephoto and macro shots. Very impressive results. A great compliment to the 18-50 that came with the camera.
Date published: 2014-07-15
Rated 5 out of
5
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Ace2456 from
excellent optics
I enjoy the use of this lens very much. The optics are very sharp. I have used for long distance photography when I could not get close to the object photographed.
Date published: 2014-05-04
Rated 5 out of
5
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UserNex7 from
Great Value
I purchased this lens as a part of the A3000 bundle after reading the reviews here and in several sites. Over the holidays, I used the lens to take photos from Inspiration point on my NEX 7. Viewing them on my Mac, I was blown away. Images were extremely sharp, great color and the zoom was useful in capturing birds and the sunset. Considering the cost, this is a great purchase and I am very pleasantly surprised. It does need a lot of light and is not lightning fast to focus. But the photos were great throughout the zoom range. I would highly recommend this lens. It is a tremendous value for money.
Date published: 2013-12-26
Rated 5 out of
5
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JamesChen from
Excellent lens
I got this lens for a couple of month, it came together with the NEX-F3Y kit, its pretty amazing with it superb quality of images. Particularly at low-light condition. The only problem is a little bit long in length, it might poses some discomfort while you are shooting photographs in a crowded area. But I guess probably I might get used to this as time goes by.
Date published: 2013-03-20
Rated 5 out of
5
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CesarG from
Amazing Lens
This is the best lens I have ever had. Has an amazing zoom, beautiful desing. All of it is excellent
Date published: 2012-07-05
Rated 5 out of
5
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Imagetracker from
Best Lens in my bag
This is the best lens in my bag and I've found it to be consistently sharp with great contrast.
Date published: 2012-05-26
Rated 5 out of
5
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Captmatt from
Well balanced Tele Zoom
It is a nicely made and finished lens which works great on my Sony NEX 7. It is decent wide open, very sharp two stops down.
The zoom mechanism is well placed and easy to move, the focus ring well placed as well. It also continues the use of 49mm filters which is great if you use a polarizer. I am pleased with the color, sharpness, contrast and bokeh of this lens. It fulfills it's intended purpose beautifully.
Date published: 2012-05-01
Rated 5 out of
5
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KiuXKate from
It's a great lens.
It's a great lens.
Date published: 2011-12-28
Rated 5 out of
5
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Trophy from
18-200 vs 55-210
The 55-210 is 6.4 ozs lighter and a more fitting lens for the nex where the 18-200 is heavy and 67 mm in size. the 67 size does let more light in and 18 is better for shooting indoors where subjects are close to the camera but remember you will need a flash extender for this lens or the bigger HVL-F20s. If you don't want to spend a lot of money the 55-210 is the lens for you, As for me I have two nex cameras the nex 3 and the nex 5N so I plan on owning them both. I will probably only use the 18-200 on the nex 3 and get this lens for the nex5n.the reasons are the 18-200 is huge and looks out of place on the 5n camera and so does the flash.that being said I love the 18-200 and the F20s for hiking there's not much time to change out lens and or flash plus the dust and rain would be a problem.
Date published: 2011-10-22
Rated 5 out of
5
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sportspix from
Great addition!
I got the NEX5N last month, and couldn't wait for this 55-210mm lens to come out. I just received it last week! I find to be a great addition to the 18-55mm that comes with the camera. It provides telescoping capability, and works so seamlessly with the camera's shooting and editing functions. The camera recognizes the shutter and aperture ranges for this lens, so functions like manual focus, priority continuous shooting, and panoramic shots still comes out well. Optical quality is what you'd expect from Sony. Although it expectedly adds head weight to the camera, it's amazingly compact for the comparable zoom. For the cost, I feel that this telephoto addition was a better buy than getting the 18-200mm combination option.
Date published: 2011-10-22
Rated 5 out of
5
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howelbre from
Response to two lower comments...
To answer the first comment: You say you have the NEX-5 which should have come with the 18-55mm lens correct? If so then you should just go for this lens. 1) It is over $400 cheaper than the 18-200mm zoom lens and zooms further than that one by a bit. 2) Another reason why you should just go for this lens is because if your camera came with the 18-55 zoom lens, then this one, the 55-210mm lens, would basically pick up where the 18-55mm lens left off and go the extra distance you were looking for. I'd only recommend the 18-200mm lens if you didn't already have the 18-55mm lens....Does that make sense?
Also, the f-stop that you see on the lens is the min and max aperture....That number is important especially when you're wanting to take pictures of sporting events and action shot. However, its only really important if you plan on manually adjusting the shutter speed. The higher you adjust the shutter speed the less light is let in. So when you adjust to shutter speed to the higher points, your pictures come out really dark so having a lens with a really high aperture, say 1.0 or 2.8, will allow you to open the aperture blades back up even though you have adjusted the shutter speed already, thus giving you the perfect shot. This camera already have a really high frames per second so getting that perfect actions shot be no problem even without adjusting the shutter speed to its fastest speed.
I hope this helped! ;-)
Date published: 2011-10-02
Rated 5 out of
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e2jedi from
Answer to question above
I am by no means an expert on photography but the f indicates how much light is let in. The lower the value, the more focused the subject is and the blurrier the background is. So, a 1.0 is great for flowers or still objects but tougher for people. As for comparing the 18-200, I am going for this since I don't want that large of a lens. I feel like the 18-200 is for people who don't want to change lenses and don't mind using such a large lens ALL the time. For me, it was a non-starter. Sony also only says this supports the new cameras. I'm assuming this is a misprint since it should support any NEX mount camera. Anyone know anything different?
Date published: 2011-09-29
Rated 5 out of
5
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JimboAnex from
Difference?
Can anyone tell me what the key difference between this lens and the (18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Zoom Lens). I have the sony aNex 5, and I am debating to wait for this lens or buy the more expensive 18-200mm lens. Help would be appreciated. Can you also explain to me what the f/3.5-6.3 means?
Date published: 2011-09-25
Rated 4 out of
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Korat from
Very fast zoom lens
My favorite kit zoom lens so far. Very fast Auto Focus, great zoom, compact size. The only reason I gave 4 stars is because when zoomed the corners get too a blurry vignette when taking photos as well as hard to keep the focus dial in place when taking shot in manual focus.
Date published: 2019-09-14
Rated 4 out of
5
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Jae15 from
Great Entry Level that is Respectable
I got this lens because I had only prime lens and wanted to have a simple zoom lens when the occasion needed it. I know it’s not the fastest lens there is, but if it were the price of this lens would almost double. It is a great lens in well lit photos, and you might be able to get away with some poorly lit photos. It is phenomenal with long exposures, which I long doing. It can be a bit soft sometimes, but nothing too disappointing for what your paying for. It’s obviously not a G lens, but it gets the job done. Can be good for sports and nature for the casual photographer. When you zoom to it’s max the lens does extend out a bit, but nothing too crazy. Also, the part that extends is made out of plastic. It has OSS making it good for pictures and video, really helps when zoom out to 210mm and trying to take a picture. It’s aperture isn’t that fast to create good bokehlike a 1.8 prime lens, but a tip is to by pass that is zooming into your subject to compress distance and it will in turn give you a low aperture bokeh effect.
Date published: 2018-03-05
Rated 4 out of
5
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AyanD from
Good lens... lacks sharpness at high end
This is a very good, compact lightweight lens for my Nex 5N. Also cozy feel and good looking. Great for outdoor/portrait. Nice stabilization too. At the dark side - this lens is not sharp wide open at the tele end. If you zoom more that 150mm or so then you have to step down the aperture and the image quality is so so. This is 210mm in APS-C so you can expect it to work as good as a 350mm full frame. But in reality it doesn't. If you plan to take nice bird or animal picture it is not the lens for you (probably nex series is not for you) but if you plan to take picture for normal outdoor or some long range portrait - its perfect.
Date published: 2013-01-30
Rated 3 out of
5
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flickedbyel from
Good range!
The 210mm range is great for outdoor shoots and particular lighting!
Date published: 2026-01-09
Rated 3 out of
5
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NOYB42 from
Decent for a kit lens
Not sure why I'm getting asked for a review a full decade later & after I just traded it in, but here it is. Decent lens. But it was a pain swapping lenses so much since this is an APS-C lens and starts at the full frame equivalent of 82.5, that is telephot territory. The aperture is small, so it's not great in low light. It's small, light, and has good range. But it's a consumer lens, not a professional one.
Date published: 2024-03-27
Rated 3 out of
5
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Nn77 from
Soft At The End
It's soft on the telephoto end. If you don't pixel peep it's fine but it is soft when you do.
Date published: 2020-07-13
Rated 2 out of
5
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Hike with Sony from
Lens is bad, was tough even wasting time on review
Lense is so bad, and out of focus (auto or manual) that it just takes up space in camera case now. Pics cant even be photoshopped.
Date published: 2025-07-17
Rated 2 out of
5
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Anonymous from
Downgrade
This kit lens made me feel like I downgraded when switching from A mount to E mount. I think my old DT55-200SAM I had paired to an a300 took higher quality pictures with better bokeh. It makes sense, considering the wider f-stop and 9 blade vs 7blade aperture. With OSS built into the old A-mount cameras, the only thing this lens has on the 55-200SAM is 10mm of focal length. That doesn't compensate for all the areas it falls short. Since the 55-210 is almost double the price and about a decade newer, you would think Sony would make it technologically superior.
Date published: 2020-10-29
Rated 2 out of
5
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DHANASEKAR from
Query on Serial Number
I bought this by Sunday as package ILCE 6000 Y (A6000 with 16-50 mm and 55-210 mm)but I am wondering the serial no specified in the unit and box are different how to make sure I have purchased the right one.
Thank you
Dhan
Date published: 2018-08-21
