Bringing a bright, wide maximum aperture to an easy-to-carry form factor, the Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens is a versatile mid-range zoom lens built for everyday mobility. The lenss outstanding image quality benefits both stills and video shooters, yielding high resolution and smooth bokeh. Featuring 16 elements in 13 groups, this zooms optics have been optimized to provide greater resolution, clarity, and bokeh quality. Bright f/2.8 constant aperture allows users to capture images in dim lighting conditions and with a shallow depth of field. Combined with its 11-blade circular aperture, the lens yields a large and smooth bokeh. Four aspherical elements help minimize spherical aberrations, distortion, and also reduce onion ring bokeh, while two extra-low dispersion elements effectively suppress chromatic aberrations and color fringing for greater clarity and color fidelity.
The lens boasts strong close-up performance thanks to a minimum focusing distance of 7.1" and a maximum magnification of 0.33x. Just as camera design has grown to appeal to both photo and video shooters, this lens has also been updated with attributes that specifically appeal to the needs of video shooters. The lens supports Dynamic/Active Mode image stabilization in compatible cameras. Supports the Breathing Compensation function in select cine-line and Alpha cameras. Manual aperture ring can be de-clicked for silent operation, and the zoom smoothness can be adjusted depending on the desired torque.