Sony SEL30M35 E Mount – APS-C 30mm F3.5 Macro Prime Lens
£185.00
Price: £185.00
(as of Jun 05, 2025 17:47:58 UTC – Details)
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Get up close to flowers, insects and other small subjects with a compact, stylish 30mm F3.5 macro lens for E-mount cameras.
Compact macro lens
APS-C, E-mount
1:1 magnification
Customers say
Customers find this macro lens produces excellent photos and is easy to use, with good build quality and lightweight design. They appreciate its functionality and consider it great value for money. The autofocus receives mixed feedback, with one customer noting its fast performance, while several mention it’s not stabilized.
Ratty –
Under rated by ‘Pros’ – loved by me!
This 1:1 Macro lens, on my ZV-E10 is tremendous fun! I’m not trying to win any prizes, just out to take photos I can enjoy, and this lens gives me plenty.Auto-focus is fast and accurate, and I tweak it to suit (I shoot in DMF, so can manually set focus point) quickly and easily.Continuous focus from 1:1 to infinity also gives the benefit of a ‘nifty 50’ equivalent and the photos produced outside of macro distances are sharp and have good contrast.As a hobby photographer, this lens is worth its price, although I’m certain that the perfectionist photographer would disagree with me.Great value and performance, in my opinion.
Gerald McMullon –
It is the lenses you didn’t know you would love so much
I also purchased a 50 mm f1.8 for street photography but with the 2020/2021 lockdowns I have not used it. The macro how ever is always on the camera. I have taken more close up and images with a greater depth of field than I was able to get with the small power zoom “kit” lens. It seems much sharper than the other lenses I have access to. It has been a real joy to use and work with.
Phil –
Nice macro lens for hobbyist
Takes some really nice macro images if you have the patience for it. You really need to use a tripod to get the best results and this can be difficult when trying to photograph insects or anything thatâs close to the ground.The lack of stabilisation means things have to be very still or the results will be blurry. Taking photos of flowers when they are moving in the wind leads to blurry pictures. So like I say you need patience to get good results.You can get the lens really close to your subject with this lens and it still focuses but the results do get quite soft at the edges of your subject. It can only seem to focus on the middle of the object at close range. This is perhaps just the way any lens works at this range, Iâm not an expert on lenses.It works quite well as a general purpose lens as well. Iâve taken some good pictures of the kids in the garden for example.Itâs really small and lightweight so a good addition to your kit. Itâs an excellent lens considering the price.
Albert Buga –
Great value for money
I donât know how to use a Macro Lens, I even started taking photos using the wrong settings on the camera and only realised at the end of the day. A catastrophe.., I was sure the photos would be completely ruined. They were brilliant. I managed to get so close and take photos of flowers and insects like never before, with the wrong settings. Amazing value for money.
Rashev –
For this size the lens is amazing
When compared with my old Canon 100 macro lens this one is dwarf. It is a little shorter than the kit lens. Decently sharp even wide open. The only real downside is the horrible manual focus. Like the kit lens it can pretty much only be used as an auto focus lens.If you want a macro lens that matches the size and weight of the nex cameras you can do no better. Buy with confidence.
andytorc –
Review of the Sony SEL30M35 Macro Lens
This lens is an excellent addition to your e-mount lens collection. Can take beautiful ultra close-up pictures and videos with precise auto and manual focusing. It provides a very shallow depth of field isolating a minute plane of focus whilst up as close as you can go to your subject, which almost touches your lens glass!!! Great buy for art enthusiasts and filmmakers alike. Just don’t accidentally squash the insects when you get in close!!! Andreas
Phil –
Great Value
Really effective lens for the cost, highly recommended if you are after a good macro lens on a budget.
Mr. D. R. Smith –
Sony 30mm e-mount macro lens
Optically this is an excellent Sony e-mount lens, and the build quality is good. The lens however does suffer greatly from two design flaws, it’s not a stabilised lens, and the focal length is too short. A macro lens by it’s very nature has a narrow depth of field this is illustrated by the ladybird photo when the lens set to an aperture of f/3.5, once the lens is stopped down to f/8 – f/16 the camera would require to be tripod mounted, and the subject light by off camera flash, or other lighting to give a sharp image. Ideally a macro lens would need to have a focal length of 75 – 120mm, with a focal length of only 30mm (45mm full frame equivalent) the lens can cast a shadow on the subject as can be seen on the uncropped grasshopper image. If you can overcome these shortcomings some excellent results can be obtained, see the cropped version of the grasshopper, (f/9) the flower, (f/8) and the Olympus lens (f/16).
Michael A. Hanson –
One of the best lenses I own. A true 1:1 lens. The image is the same size as the image sensor, APS-C. Very sharp image right out to the edges.
Mike Porritt –
No problems as usual with this purchase from Amazon
Zitronenfalter –
Bei der erste Bestellung habe ich ie Optik retouniert, für den angestrebten Zweck erschien sie mir ungeeignet.Ich fotografiere gerne mal Schmetterlinge, Hummeln, Bienen etc, aber auch kleine Blüten.Die Optik kann bis 1:1 AbbildungsmaÃstab, doch dafür muss man mit der Frontlinse fast das Motiv berühren. Bei statischen Motiven gelingt das, bei Insekten oder im Luftig wankenden Blüten eher nicht.An meiner vorherigen Nikon D5100 benutzte ich das 60mm Makro und erschien mir dennoch etwas zu kurz.Ich sparte noch etwas und kaufte mir dann die 90mm Makro Optik, die ich in ein er anderen Rezension noch bewerten werde.Nach einiger Zeit entschied ich, mir dennoch ergänzend das 30mm Makro zu leisten, trotz aller Einschränkungen. Der Preis ist sehr gut, mit der Sony CashBack Aktion war er noch viel besser. Die 30mm Optik ist ungemein leicht und kompakt, man kann sie quasi überall dabei haben, was mit dem 90mm Makro durch GröÃe und Gewicht nicht möglich ist.Besser ein nicht optimales Makro, als gar kein Makro, so mein Motto.Für den Einstieg in die Makro Welt genügt diese Optik, oder eben auch als Zweitmakro. GroÃe Schmetterlingen kann ich damit noch halbwegs einfangen, wenn ich mich vorsichtig anpirsche, denn ich muss recht nah ran. Von Vorteil ist bei der 30mm Makro Optik die relativ geringe Brennweite, denn sie verschafft eine bessere Tiefenschärfe, dazu kommt der angenehm schnelle Autofokus. Bewegt sich ein Insekt nicht zu schnell, kann ihm diese 30mm Optik gut folgen.Je nach Sonnenstand, verursacht diese Optik leicht einen Schatten auf dem Motiv, denn man muss sehr nah ran, die Frontlinse schattet also ab.Die Abbildungsleistung dieser 30mm Makro Optik ist unerwartet gut, durch das geringe Gewicht und den recht geringen Preis lässt sie es nicht vermuten. Auch das Bokeh gefällt mir, ich bevorzuge dabei eine leichte Abblendung auf 5,6 – 8, meine Lieblingsblenden, wenn es das Licht zulässt.Für den Preis eine sehr gute Makro Optik, hervorragendes Preis-/Leistzngsverhältnis, wenn man mit den kleine Einschränkungen leben kann.Wer 900-1000⬠anlegen kann und möchte, ist mit der Sony 90mm Optik sehr gut bedient, dagegen wirken rund 200⬠für die 30mm Optik unschlagbar günstig, also eine absolute Kaufempfehlung, dem Einsatzzweck angepasst.
gabo o. –
Tiene una gran calidad para el precio que tiene, tiene una resolucion que te deja sumamente alegre
Domenico –
PanoramicaIl Sony SEL-30M35 è un obiettivo macro a focale fissa prodotto da Sony, è uno dei più economici in commercio, ma nonostante ciò è in grado di fornire ottime prestazioni soprattutto per gli amatori e i neofiti.Compatto e leggero, il modello SEL30M35 è un autentico obiettivo macro 1:1 con distanza operativa dichiarata di 2,4 cm (in realtà ci si riesce ad avvicinare anche di più). Consente di riprendere dettagli in primo piano con risoluzione e contrasto eccellenti.à unâottima opzione da prendere in considerazione se desideri una obiettivo con delle ottime prestazioni, rimanendo però su un prezzo abbastanza contenuto (circa 300$). à adatto a chiunque non ha necessità professionali specifiche, adatto a chiunque voglia divertirsi ed approcciarsi alla fotografia macro.Caratteristiche TecnicheObiettivo macro leggero e compatto che offre una grande qualità dellâimmagineIdeali per primi piani di fiori, insetti e altroIngrandimento 1:1 per primi piani che riempiono il fotogrammaDistanza minima di Messa a Fuoco 0,095mRapporto di ingrandimento massimo (X) 1,0xDiametro Filtro (MM) 49 mmPeso 138 gMessa a FuocoUn meccanismo di messa a fuoco interno impedisce al cilindro dellâobiettivo di muoversi per design più compatto, risposta di messa a fuoco automatica più rapida e distanze minime di messa a fuoco ridotte.Vantaggi e SvantaggiDivertenteEconomicoScattando con la giusta attenzione le foto sono dettagliatissimeScattando in messa a fuoco manuale ci si può avvicinare tantissimo al soggetto, più vicino dei 9,5 cm dichiarati da SonyObiettivo leggero e poco ingombranteVignettatura in RAW (correggibile facilmente tramite programmi esterni)Aberrazione cromatica abbastanza accentuata in determinate condizioniNon è stabilizzatoNon è luminosissimoBisogna andare veramente vicino al soggetto, quasi attaccato in alcuni casi. (può diventare un problema quando si fotografano animali o insetti)ConclusioniInsomma il Sony SEL-30M35 è sicuramente un ottimo obiettivo, soprattutto considerando il prezzo a cui è possibile comprarlo (tra 220/180 euro). Non è sicuramente adatto per un utilizzo professionale e specialistico, ma sicuramente più indicato per uso hobbistico e amatoriale. Eâ un buon modo per approcciarsi alla fotografia macro, sicuramente uno degli aspetti più affascinanti della fotografia moderna, oltre che un buon modo per ampliare il proprio corredo di obiettivi con poca spesa.