Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens

Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens (SEL2450G) Summary

Bringing a unique focal range to the Sony mirrorless lens lineup, the Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens is a compact zoom with professional capabilities, which is ideal for daily photography and video content creation.

Despite weighing just 440g the full-frame zoom doesn't compromise on optical quality. It boasts four aspherical elements, two ED elements, and 11 aperture blades, ensuring the 24-50mm Sony lens is capable of capturing incredibly sharp images with minimal aberrations, and silky smooth bokeh.

With two fast and quiet linear focus motors you can capture sharp images and videos at high frame rates such as 4K120p and 30fps continuous shooting, ensuring you never miss the action. This standard zoom is also perfect for video creators thanks to compatibility with Sony’s breathing compensation and activate stabilisation. These features are found in numerous Sony mirrorless cameras and pro video cameras, including the Sony A7 IV, FX3 and many other models.

Sample 01 @50mm. Camera settings: Exposure 1/1600 sec. f/2.8. ISO 160

Sony has designed the FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G to offer excellent handling through a focus, zoom, and aperture ring, while customisable buttons and Linear Response MF ensure instant, intuitive manual focus. It also features a dust and moisture-resistant design, providing high reliability in any conditions. Additionally, this lens achieves high 0.3x magnficiation and offers a close 0.19m minimum focus distance, opening up further creative opportunities to capture dynamic close-ups and nature shots.

Key Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens Features

• Versatile standard zoom for everyday shooting
• Two quiet and responsive linear AF motors
• Linear response MF
• 0.19m minimum focus distance
• 0.3x maximum magnification
• Compatible with breathing compensation and activate stabilisation
• 11-blade circular aperture
• Customisable buttons and three control rings
• 67mm filter thread
• Dust and moisture-resistant design
• Weighs just 440g

Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens in More Detail

Outstanding G Series resolution

The FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens features an optical design with 16 lens elements arranged in 13 groups, with four aspherical elements, and two ED elements. These help to reduce aberrations and render extremely sharp details throughout the focal range, even when shooting with 60MP high resolution cameras like the A7R V and A7CR.

11 Circular aperture blades

Achieve sharp focus with creamy background blur and rounded bokeh, courtesy of spherical aberration control, a bright maximum aperture, and an 11-bladed circular aperture unit. These cutting-edge technologies, integrated into this efficient G lens, deliver breathtaking results with precision and finesse.

Sample 02 @41mm. Camera settings: Exposure 1/640 sec. f/4.0. ISO 100

Fast and precise autofocus for stills and video

Benefit from fast, accurate and quiet autofocus for both photography and filmmaking, ensured by two Linear Motors. The autofocus system is capable of keeping up with high frame rates such as 4K120p and 30fps continuous shooting. Typically featured in Sony's proficient G lenses, these offer higher thrust and silent focus capabilities, ensuring you never miss a moment, whether capturing stills or video.

Versatile close-up performance with high magnification

Following the trend in newer Sony lenses such as second generation FE 70-200mm F/4 G OSS II, the 24-50mm f/2.8 G offers a high 0.3x magnification with close 0.19m minimum focus distance. These characteristics enable creators to extend the versatility of the lens with large frame-filling subjects and dynamic close-up compositions, which is ideal for product or nature shots, with greater versatility for your everyday content.

Sample 03 @50mm. Camera settings: Exposure 1/1600 sec. f/2.8. ISO 100

Ideal for filmmakers

With its bright maximum f/2.8 aperture, silent autofocus and minimal focus breathing, the SEL2450G is an ideal lens for filmmakers. Compatible with Sony's breathing compensation and active stabilisation, it enables the creation of cinematic shots with a lightweight setup, ensuring smooth, professional results, regardless of whether shooting handheld or with a gimbal stabiliser.

Reliable and intuitive to use

The 24-50mm zoom lens is designed for durability and intuitive creative control thanks to the inclusion of  focus, zoom, and aperture rings. Customisable buttons and Linear Response MF also ensure immediate, intuitive manual focus, while the dust and moisture-resistant design increase reliability, regardless of environmental conditions.

Additionally, a Fluorine coating is applied to the front element, which reduces dirt and smears, while making it easier to clean the front lens. Sony has also retained a compact 67mm front thread, enabling the attachment of cost-effective camera lens filters, whether you need a circular polariser, variable ND or UV filter.

Sample 04 @50mm. Camera settings: Exposure 1/1600 sec. f/2.8. ISO 160

What’s in the box

• Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens
• Petal shape, bayonet type Hood ALC-SH178
• Lens front cap ALC-F67S
• Lens rear cap ALC-R1EM

Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G Lens Specifications