Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Lens

The Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Lens is a sleek, lightweight ultra-wide-angle prime designed for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras, offering a 16.5mm full-frame-equivalent focal length, among the widest APS-C lenses in Sony’s lineup. Its bright f/1.8 maximum aperture and genuinely portable design make it well suited to selfie-style vlogging, architectural subjects, and landscape photography, along with travel and walkaround recording.

Optically, the lens is built from 12 elements in 11 groups, including three aspherical elements and three ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements, delivering high resolution right out to the edges of the frame while suppressing chromatic aberration and color fringing. Precisely controlled spherical aberration combines with a rounded 7-blade diaphragm to produce deep, naturally rendered bokeh despite the lens’s ultra-wide field of view, and the lens offers a 104-degree angle of view.

Autofocus is handled by two linear motors, delivering fast, precise, and quiet AF and tracking performance well suited to both stills and movies, along with support for breathing compensation on compatible Sony camera bodies to minimize unwanted angle-of-view shifts during focus pulls. A refined internal focus mechanism keeps the lens’s length constant while focusing, aiding consistent balance and handling, and an AF/MF switch along with a customizable focus-hold button are included on the barrel. The lens offers a close minimum focusing distance of 4.7 in. (12cm) in autofocus mode, shrinking to 0.4 ft. (0.12m) in manual focus, yielding a maximum magnification of 0.13x (AF) or 0.2x (MF).

Build quality includes a dust- and moisture-resistant design, and the lens is remarkably compact for an ultra-wide prime, measuring approximately 2-5/8 x 2-3/8 in. (66 x 57.5mm) and weighing just 6.4 oz. (181g). It accepts a 55mm filter thread and ships with an ALC-SH169 petal-shaped, bayonet-mount lens hood. The lens does not include image stabilization.

As an APS-C-specific lens, the Sony E 11mm f/1.8 is designed exclusively for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras and does not cover a full-frame image circle.

Key Features
– 11mm f/1.8 ultra-wide-angle prime lens for Sony APS-C E-mount
– Approximately 16.5mm full-frame-equivalent focal length; 104° angle of view
– 12 elements in 11 groups, including 3 aspherical elements and 3 ED elements
– Dual linear motor autofocus with breathing compensation support
– Internal focus design (constant length)
– AF/MF switch and customizable focus-hold button
– Rounded 7-blade diaphragm
– Dust- and moisture-resistant construction
– Minimum focus distance of 4.7 in. (AF) / 0.4 ft. (MF); up to 0.2x maximum magnification
– 55mm filter thread
– Includes ALC-SH169 petal-shaped lens hood
– No image stabilization
– Extremely compact, lightweight design (approximately 181g)
– Designed exclusively for Sony APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras