Deciding on whether to buy a product like SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter or perhaps SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter vs SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens

SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter specs

SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter
 SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens specs

SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens
Lens type: Adapter

Lens type: Prime

Compatibility: Sony E-mount camera

Lens category: Standard

CONSTRUCTION

Compatibility: Sony A mount

Image stabilisation: No

Special features: Fit A-mount lenses on a Full Frame or APS-C E-mount camera

OPTICAL FEATURES
GENERAL

Focal length: 50 mm

Box contents: Sony LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter

35 mm equivalent: 75 mm

Dimensions: 36 x 70 mm (D x L)

Maximum aperture: f/1.8

Weight: 110 g

Minimum aperture: f/22

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 1 year

Focusing: Manual & autofocus

Minimum focusing distance: 0.34 m

CONSTRUCTION

Elements and grouping: 13 elements in 9 groups

Diaphragm blades: 7 rounded blades

Filter diameter: 49 mm

Silent focusing: Yes

Special features: Smooth Autofocus Motor (SAM)

GENERAL

Box contents: – Sony DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens (SAL50F18.AE)
– Front lens cap
– Rear lens cap

Dimensions: 70 x 45 mm (D x L)

Weight: 170 g

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 1 year

Price: £129

Price: £139

Number of Reviews:

Number of Reviews:

Review Score: 9.5 / 10

Review Score: 8.5 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter or SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 850 products in the same category as SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter, which is the Lenses category. Of these 850 products the average price was £196.11, the most expensive was £3049 and the cheapest was just £0.05. We then looked at the price of the 850 in the same as the SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens, which of course the average was £196.11, top price was £3049 and cheapest £0.05.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Sony and Sony, the average was £414.71 for Sony, £414.71 for Sony. The max for each was £13999/£13999 and minimum was £7.49/£7.49

Price analysis of SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter

Price analysis of SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens

  • SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter
  • Compatible with Sony A mount
  • The Sony LA-EA3 35 mm Full-frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter lets you expand the possibilities of what you can do with your Full Frame or APS-C E-mount camera.Compatible with a wide range of A-mounts lenses, the LA-EA3 features an aperture mechanism that supports auto exposure so that you can shoot even sharper images.
  • Product codes: 4905524951820
  • SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens
  • Ideal for portraiture
  • Compatible with Sony A mount
  • Aperture range: f/1.8 – f/22
  • Silent focus
  • Top features: – Fast aperture ideal for portraiture- Enhanced optical performance with 13 lens elements in 9 groups – Straightforward focusing with smooth and quiet performance Ideal for portraiture Compact and lightweight, the Sony DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM is a great option for portraiture, and will fit easily inside your camera bag.The maximum aperture of f/1.8 is ideal for lower-light settings and lets you capture handheld shots without compromising on quality.Enhanced optical performanceFor refined optical performance, the SAL50F18 has 13 high performance lens elements in 9 groups that are made from optical glass, so that distortion is minimised and every image is crisp and sharp.Straightforward focusing With a built-in Smooth Autofocus Motor, the SAL50F18 is built to be smoother and quieter than conventional camera-coupled focusing systems. Instead of a standard polygon shaped aperture, the DT 50 mm features a 7-blade circular aperture for more natural, smooth defocusing.
  • Product codes: 4905524535570

What’s better SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter or SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens?

There are obviously a number of differences between SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter and SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £129 cost of SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter is closer to the expectation you had than the £139 pricep point of SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter and SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter scores out of 10 from reviews. Whereas SONY DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM Standard Prime Lens scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your Lenses as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



SONY LA-EA3 35 mm Full Frame A-mount to E-mount Adapter



Rating:
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