Sony E 16mm f/2.8

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Sony for APS-C cameras, 16mm f/2.8. A pancake wide-angle from the NEX era.

Maker	Sony
Focal length	16mm (prime)
Maximum aperture	f/2.8
Made for	APS-C sensors
Mounts	Sony E
Stabilised	no
Autofocus	yes

What it frames like

Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.

How wide 16mm sees on each sensor it covers.

f/2.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.

On APS-C (Sony E): like 24mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/4.2 there.
On the larger-sensor bodies of Sony E: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.