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product_id: 1708395
title: "Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 Smooth Autofocus Motor (SAM) Full Frame Lens for Sony A-mount Digital SLR Cameras"
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price: "€ 1280.39"
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# 16 elements in 14 groups Smooth Autofocus Motor (SAM) Bright f/2.8 aperture Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 Smooth Autofocus Motor (SAM) Full Frame Lens for Sony A-mount Digital SLR Cameras

**Brand:** sony
**Price:** € 1280.39
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Capture brilliance everywhere with Sony’s sharp, smooth, and sleek zoom lens!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 Smooth Autofocus Motor (SAM) Full Frame Lens for Sony A-mount Digital SLR Cameras by sony
- **How much does it cost?** € 1280.39 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- sony enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted sony brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Whisper-Quiet Precision:** Built-in SAM motor ensures smooth, silent autofocus for seamless shooting.
- • **Travel-Ready Versatility:** Lightweight 1.25 lb design with 28-75mm zoom covers landscapes to portraits with ease.
- • **Compact Powerhouse Optics:** 16 elements in 14 groups with ED and aspherical glass reduce aberrations and distortion.
- • **Effortless Creative Control:** Circular aperture blades create creamy bokeh that makes your subject pop.
- • **Consistent Low-Light Brilliance:** Bright f/2.8 aperture delivers stunning clarity even indoors or at dusk.

## Overview

The Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 SAM lens is a compact, full-frame zoom lens featuring a bright constant f/2.8 aperture, advanced optical design with 16 elements including ED and aspherical glass, and a built-in Smooth Autofocus Motor for fast, quiet focusing. Ideal for indoor, landscape, and portrait photography, it offers creamy bokeh via circular aperture blades and weighs just 1.25 pounds, making it a versatile choice for professionals and enthusiasts alike.

## Description

From the Manufacturer 28-75mm F2.8 SAM Zoom LensHere's a bright F2.8, 35 mm full-frame format standard zoom that is remarkably compact and lightweight. Aberration is effectively controlled by four aspheric elements and three ED glass elements, while internal SAM (Smooth Autofocus Motor) drive ensures responsive AF operation. A circular aperture contributes to attractively defocused rendering. This lens is an ideal choice for landscapes through snapshots to indoor scenes.TechnologyCircular ApertureWhen changing your aperture to defocus the background, the light sources appear blurred. This ‘bokeh’ effect of the blurred background can be enhanced with circular aperture blades used in this lens. Conventional aperture blades have flat sides creating unappealing polygonal shaped defocussed points of light. α lenses overcome this problem through a unique design that keeps the aperture almost perfectly circular from its wide-open setting to when it is closed by 2 stops. Smoother, more natural defocusing can be obtained as a result.ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glassAs focal lengths get longer, lenses built with conventional optical glass have difficulties with chromatic aberration, and as a result images suffer from lower contrast, lower color quality, and lower resolution. ED glass dramatically reduces chromatic aberration at telephoto ranges, and provides superior contrast across the entire image, even at large aperture settings. Super ED glass provides enhanced compensation for chromatic aberration.Aspherical lens elementsAspherical lens design dramatically reduces spherical aberration while also reducing lens size and weight. Spherical aberration is a slight misalignment of the light rays projected on the image plane. This is caused by differences in refraction at different points on conventional spherical lenses which degrade image quality in large-aperture lenses. Specially shaped “aspherical” elements near the diaphragm restore alignment of light rays at the image plane, maintaining high sharpness and contrast even at maximum aperture and can also be used at other points in the optical path to reduce distortion. Well-designed aspherical elements can reduce the total number of elements required in the lens, thus reducing overall size and weight. Advanced Aspherical (AA) elements are an evolved variant, featuring an extremely high thickness ratio between the center and periphery. AA elements are exceedingly difficult to produce, relying on the most advanced molding technology to consistently and precisely achieve the required shape and surface accuracy, resulting in significantly improved image accuracy and quality.Distance encoderThe distance encoder plays an integral part in ADI flash metering, which delivers high precision flash metering that is unaffected by the reflectance of subjects or backgrounds. The distance encoder is a lens component that directly detects the position of the focusing mechanism, and sends a signal to the CPU in order to measure distance to the subject. During flash photography, this data is very useful in calculating how much flash output is appropriate to the scene.SAM (Smooth Autofocus Motor)Rather than using the focus drive motor in the camera body, SAM lenses feature an autofocus motor built into to the lens itself that directly drives the focusing element group. Since the built-in motor directly rotates the focus mechanism, operation is significantly smoother and quieter than conventional coupled autofocus drive systems.Additional FeaturesInternal focusingOnly the middle groups of the optical system move to achieve focus, so the overall length of the lens does not change. Other important benefits include fast autofocusing and a short minimum focusing distance. Also, the filter thread at the front of the lens does not rotate, which is convenient if you’re using a polarizing filter.2009 Sony Electronics, Inc.All rights reserved. Sony, the Sony logo, Alpha, “α” and Super SteadyShot are trademarks of Sony. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

Review: An unsung gem - I bought this lens because I needed an f2.8 lens for indoor shots but had reservations: the old noisy SAM motor, less than top notch build quality. I put it through its paces this weekend at an event, and I'm really, really happy I got this lens. The image quality that it produces is worth the money and all the other quibbles. Super sharp pictures, & not just in the center, either. AF is fast enough for me: no problems with "hunting." It's not the lightest of lenses at 1.25 pounds, but it's half the weight of the legendary Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8 (and less than half the cost too.) 28mm is plenty wide for landscape or indoor shots. I've yet to feel that I missed shots because of 28mm focal length, & if I need a wider focal length, I have other lenses for that. Minimum focus distance is about 15 inches, which is great for when grandkids suddenly move close by with cute expressions. I was tempted to get the Tamron version of this lens (half the price), but if there is a problem with back or front focus, there isn't the option to Micro Focus Adjust that lens with my camera (Sony a99ii). Plus the Sony version accesses all 399 AF points. Manual focus only works by using the switch on the lens, & the focus ring isn't the smoothest, nor does it have a nice wide throw like my Rokinons. But it works well enough that you won't have any trouble with manual focusing. On the whole, this is an excellent lens. Not perfect, and someone who shoots demanding photography will be happier paying up for the smoother, quieter, zippier Zeiss. But for indoor family shots & general travel photography, it's a gem. I'm not sure why isn't more popular in the Sony discussion forums, because the image quality is worth raving about.
Review: So far so good - I am a very amateur photographer. Very avid reader and shooter. Have a small personal studio. Been hooked on Sony, will probably continue to purchase every new Sony product. Love the user interface, very consistent on upgrades. I have an HX1 that I used on a trip to Egypt - awesome panoramas, great quality in high light situations. Also have an A350 with wide angle, 50mm 2.8, mid and long 2.8 teles. Always trying to improve composition and quality. Having used the stock lens on a Sony A350 and being very frustrated in low light, this lens has been a joy to use. 800/1600 ISO crops really well. AF is fast. Still wondering if this lens is worth $300 more than the Tamron 28-75 2.8. But it is a Sony.

## Features

- This Certified Refurbished product is manufacturer refurbished, shows limited or no wear, and includes all original accessories plus a 90-day limited hardware warranty.
- Magnification: 0.22x
- Lens Groups-Elements: 16 Elements, 14 Group
- Filter Diameter: 67mm

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B002NU5UOQ |
| Best Sellers Rank | #999 in Mirrorless Camera Lenses |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (18) |
| Date First Available | August 27, 2009 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.25 pounds |
| Item model number | SAL2875 |
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Product Dimensions | 2.64 x 2.64 x 2.64 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Sony
- **Compatible Mountings:** Sony/Minolta Alpha
- **Focal Length Description:** 28-75 millimeters
- **Lens Type:** Standard

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unsung gem
*by S***R on October 10, 2017*

I bought this lens because I needed an f2.8 lens for indoor shots but had reservations: the old noisy SAM motor, less than top notch build quality. I put it through its paces this weekend at an event, and I'm really, really happy I got this lens. The image quality that it produces is worth the money and all the other quibbles. Super sharp pictures, & not just in the center, either. AF is fast enough for me: no problems with "hunting." It's not the lightest of lenses at 1.25 pounds, but it's half the weight of the legendary Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8 (and less than half the cost too.) 28mm is plenty wide for landscape or indoor shots. I've yet to feel that I missed shots because of 28mm focal length, & if I need a wider focal length, I have other lenses for that. Minimum focus distance is about 15 inches, which is great for when grandkids suddenly move close by with cute expressions. I was tempted to get the Tamron version of this lens (half the price), but if there is a problem with back or front focus, there isn't the option to Micro Focus Adjust that lens with my camera (Sony a99ii). Plus the Sony version accesses all 399 AF points. Manual focus only works by using the switch on the lens, & the focus ring isn't the smoothest, nor does it have a nice wide throw like my Rokinons. But it works well enough that you won't have any trouble with manual focusing. On the whole, this is an excellent lens. Not perfect, and someone who shoots demanding photography will be happier paying up for the smoother, quieter, zippier Zeiss. But for indoor family shots & general travel photography, it's a gem. I'm not sure why isn't more popular in the Sony discussion forums, because the image quality is worth raving about.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ So far so good
*by D***G on January 13, 2010*

I am a very amateur photographer. Very avid reader and shooter. Have a small personal studio. Been hooked on Sony, will probably continue to purchase every new Sony product. Love the user interface, very consistent on upgrades. I have an HX1 that I used on a trip to Egypt - awesome panoramas, great quality in high light situations. Also have an A350 with wide angle, 50mm 2.8, mid and long 2.8 teles. Always trying to improve composition and quality. Having used the stock lens on a Sony A350 and being very frustrated in low light, this lens has been a joy to use. 800/1600 ISO crops really well. AF is fast. Still wondering if this lens is worth $300 more than the Tamron 28-75 2.8. But it is a Sony.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent general service lens. Easy to like.
*by N***N on May 23, 2015*

Well made. Good materials. Professional appearance. Decent price. Easy to use. Gives superb results, especially when used with a Sony A99. YES I WOULD recommend this lens to a friend.

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