great for the buck
Gerald from Upper Marlboro, MD on 1/15/2022
It works well for the price. Not too bad when using manual focus.
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Sony SEL55210 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3
Crutchfield customer from Nampa, ID on 9/18/2021
Quick to adjust and easy to focus. Great mid range lens.
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Better than Expected.
Crutchfield customer from Decatur, GA on 9/9/2021
I purchased this lens for a wedding I attended Labor Day weekend. It took great shots. Honestly, I didn't expect it based on the "upswell" from a local electronic store. Everyone loves the pictures.
Pros: Ease of use.
Cons: Not enough zoom.
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Sony SEL55210 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3
Crutchfield customer from Port Charlotte, FL on 8/23/2019
My wife loves the ease of use and quality of her pictures
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Sony SEL55210 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3
Crutchfield customer from Honolulu, HI on 6/21/2018
Purchased an open-box version of the lens. Trusted Crutchfield and they delivered. The lens looks brand new and works great!
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Sony SEL55210 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3
NICHOLAS ST. from Blue Springs, MO on 11/25/2017
Great lens for a great price. Takes excellent photos and the zoom capability is amazing. Very high quality lens.
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Great lens. Great price.
Aaron from Aliso Viejo, CA on 9/10/2017
Excellent for the price. Got it on sale. Better build than the most comparable Canon lens I have. And this came with a nice lens hood! Take note Canon. I recommend buying from Crutchfield.
Pros: Cost (sale price). Build quality. Built in OSS.
Cons: Not as sharp as my comparable Canon lens but that might be the camera itself too. Other than that, none
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Smooth zoom
Christopher from Los Angeles, CA on 3/31/2017
For the price, this lens is an amazing deal. It's a solid telephoto with great build quality. I haven't gotten to use it much so far, but from what I have tested it works amazingly well, especially since it has the in lens stabilization system.
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Solid lens
Sandy from Cape Coral, FL on 12/27/2016
Light, good optical quality, smooth operation both zooming and focussing. Nice light-weight hood provided and metal rear mounting ring. High quality consumer lens tha delivers nice images with excellent OSS. Highly recommended for travel pics and even sports in good light.
Pros: Light,very good color and image quality
Cons: None
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Lens review
Crutchfield customer from Tempe, AZ on 5/1/2016
Great telephoto lens. Takes great pictures.
Pros: Great lens for telephoto pictures
Cons: Really needed a multifunction lens not just a telephoto but it is not the fault of the lens.
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Great lens for a great price
Thomas from annapolis, MD on 3/24/2016
Sony is really getting into the game in a big way with this lens matched to the 6300 or even 6000! Leigh's weight and lots of range, easy to use and not as large as many lenses with this zoom length will allow you to get more or the key shots more of the time!
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Sharp and Clear
25MoJo from Pearl River, NY on 2/29/2016
The lens is excellent - photos are sharp out of the camera and no need to continue sharpening in post production. I saw many reviews that were more negative than positive. I had a positive experience. I am very happy with the lens and the interaction with the folks at Crutchfield.
Pros: Sharp Images throughout the entire length of the Zoom, light weight for hiking, comes with the hood - no extra purchase, total price of the package was great.
Cons: Wish it were an f2.8, but for landscapes I will be just fine.
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Nice Telephoto Lens
Marty S. from State Island, NY on 5/31/2014
Nice companion to Sony cameras that brings the action much closer. Relatively light weight and I use it with my A6000.
Pros: Compact and light weight for a telephoto lens. Produces very clear and sharp photos.
Cons: None.
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New lens for nex 5n
Rick from Reno Nv. on 6/17/2013
Just got this new sony lens . It is easy to use and the right size it will be a nice addition to the 18-55 that I already have. Only used it a couple times and it has been very sharp . Looking forward to using it while birding . I like the small size of the lens and it relative light weight for it's focal length & zoom ratio.
Pros: Size , weight & relative low cost for a quality item.
Cons: I wish it was small & lighter but nothing is ever perfect.
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Wonderful lens
Jack from Penna on 7/25/2012
Wonderful lens and a very good value.
Pros: .Light and small
Cons: None for the price, size and weight.
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Amazing Value!
Seth from Silver Spring, MD on 2/5/2012
It is the middle of year 2 for Sony's NEX line of mirrorless cameras, and more lenses are finally covering the ranges. Currently, if you want telephoto capability beyond the 55mm of the kit zoom, you have 3 options. Sony and Tamron both have lenses that cover 18-200mm but are huge and have street prices in the $700-800 range. This lens is designed to cover the distance beyond the 55mm of the kit zoom for a fraction of the full-range lense prices. The rings on the lens are plastic instead of metal, and reports on the web claim that it isn't as sharp at full zoom as the full-range lenses. However, I used it in January 2012 on a trip to Vietnam and Japan, and was ecstatic with the results. I used the zoom to catch details at the top of the Cham Temple in Nha Trang, and get nice clear full shots of Mt. Fuji and the Japanese countryside at maximum shutter speed on my NEX-3 through the window of a speeding bullet train. I'm not a professional photographer, and I've had my NEX-3, which is my first SLR, since November 2010. I'm sure those with super expensive lenses will find some image quality and focal speed quibbles with a cheaper lens such as this. But I can tell you that equipped with a NEX-3, the 16mm pancake, the kit 18-55mm zoom, this 55-210mm telephoto, and the cheap wide-angle converter that snaps on the 16mm pancake, I'm able to take impressive photos in almost any scenario, and it all fits into a very small messenger bag with room for other things. Amazing!
Pros: Covers the range from full zoom of the kit lens out to 210mm Not as chunky as the 16-200mm lenses Amazing value compared to alternatives
Cons: Plastic rings Requires you to bring other lenses (at least the kit zoom) in most situations Definitely not pocketable Some complain about slow focus time (but doesn't bother me) so probably not ideal for sports
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