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Sony E 16mm F2.8 Pancake

Announced May 11, 2010 •
Wideangle prime lens | Sony E | SEL16F28
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Announced May 11, 2010

The Sony E 16mm F2.8 Pancake is an inexpensive fixed wide-angle prime lens for Sony's APS-C format NEX interchangeable lens cameras. With an equivalent focal length of 24mm, it offers an attractive combination of decent optical quality and very small size and weight, and usefully complements the 18-55mm kit zoom. Optical quality is fine for the most part when stopped down, but distinctly iffy towards the corners at larger apertures.

Product timeline
Sony adds wide-angle and fisheye adapters for full-frame and APS-C lenses
Mar 4, 2015
Sony E 16mm F2.8 Pancake
Jun 8, 2010
Quick specs
Lens type Prime lens
Focal length 16 mm
Image stab. No
Lens mount Sony E
Max aperture F2.8
Min aperture F22
Min focus 0.24 m (9.45″)
Max magnification 0.073×
Weight 74 g (0.16 lb)
Length 23 mm (0.89″)

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