FE 16-35mm f/4 Vario-T Zeiss Full-Frame Wide-Angle Zoom Lens – Ideal for Landscape, Architecture, and Travel Photography

I currently collection of FE lenses for my A7R MK2 inlcudes: SEL2870 FE 28-70mm My General Use Lens, lightish and great quality for the price SEL24240 F3.5-6.3 My travel use lens, very heavy great quality for the price Sony SEL55F18Z.AE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Not just the best portrait lens for Sony FE its also the best portrait lens I've used on any platform SEL1635Z 16-35mm F/4 Read below: Summary: Great lens in most regards, 8/10 only knock 2 for the high price, it would have been nice to have additional custom buttons on body and would like an F2.8. The details if your interested: My primary use for this lens is video work (broadcasting webinars and telepresence video from large rooms) but I also use it for landscape photography near the rivers and coastline where I live. In both cases I tend to you the 16-35 mm lens due to the amazing wide angle capability and brilliant sharp quality this lens has to offer. I had used the wide angle on my SEL24240 for this work in the past but I find this lens offers superior clarity at the widest angles. I expected this lens to suffer from some vignetting given its v wide however I'm glad to report that even at 16mm if performs very well.. The F/4 is great for video work in darker indoor locations when streaming video (lecture halls, conference rooms etc). This is a large heavy lens for my camera body ( advertised as 518g) but the build quality is excellent and I'm sure the lens will outlive this camera.Both of the dials for aperture and focus are smooth which makes fine changes easy to control. I would thoroughly recommend this lens especially for landscape photography and video work. I also purchased Lee and Hanna filters for this lens and all work great with this combo.

This lens is ground braking. It's incredible for videos with superb,quiet, quick autofocus. Photos are sharp and the lens at full frame, 16mm is so wide, like, its ridiculous. Obviously this lens comes with a price tag, but, its SO worth it. well built aswell.

Using this on a Sony A7R and the results are excellent. There is a little softness on edges, but nothing of note. Distortion and vignetting are well controlled, haven't noticed any chromatic aberation. Zoom and focus rings are very well damped, firm with no lens creep. The construction quality is excellent, it really does feel like a nice solid and well built piece of equipment. As this is currently the only choice for a Sony wide angle lens for the full frame A7 series, I was hoping the lens would be up to the task, and it is. I have attached a quick image of inside a local pre-Doomsday Book church, St Huberts at Idsworth, taken at 16mm for you to judge for yourself. Have to knock a star off the review as it is rather pricey. Amazon's delivery was terrific as usual, ordered late afternoon, arrived at 10am following day.

Was not happy but looked up the model on a YouTube tutorial and learned how to make my exposures so much better. A fantastic lens and not as expensive as g or gm lenses for Sony cameras full frame and very sharp pictures on an A7mk3 24mp camera whats not to like.

I researched many different wide angle lenses for landscape photography and ended up going for this one. I can say, I'm very very happy I did. What a great lens. Paired with the Sony a7iii it's a killer setup. Not too big or heavy and super sharp.

*** Note - see the 'Second copy update' at the bottom of this review for additional information *** Initial impressions of image quality were good. That classic image 'pop' that we've come to expect from Zeiss lenses is clearly evident. However, on further inspection I noticed that the left-hand side of all images were distinctly softer than the right hand side. If the effect had been limited to the corners I may have learned to live with it, but this wasn't the case. This lens seems to perform best between 20 and 28mm. However, at all focal lengths the left hand side of images - while improved - never caught up with the right hand side as I stopped down. Image stabilisation is welcome and definitely builds on Sony's IBIS (Steadyshot). While landscape photographers may not see the benefit, it will be appreciated by individuals shooting hand held - particularly video. Build quality is excellent overall. I personally love the focus-by-wire feature as it allows me to precisely set the focal distance; something which is impossible with a non-linear manual focus mechanism, as is found on DSLRs. Chromatic aberrations were higher than expected. I found them impossible to correct on the right (sharper) side of images even with in-body correction enabled, along with correction in Lightroom. At 16mm some vignetting was evident with a screw-on ND filter attached. Even with no filter fitted vignetting is rather high - though correctable. I will probably purchase another copy of this lens (although not from Amazon!). After doing some research it seems that some individuals have been through many copies of this lens before finding one that isn't off-axis. Clearly Zeiss has to tighten up its QC. It's also possible that the lens was knocked off axis during transit due to the way it was packaged. I've never received such a poorly-packaged item from Amazon. The lens' box was placed inside a much larger box with no internal padding whatsoever. It had no doubt been bouncing around en-route to my delivery address. I won't factor this into the star rating, but Amazon needs to do better. Sony doesn't do a great job of packaging its lenses either. So in short - this is no doubt a great lens if you can get a good copy. If you do buy then I advise you to take the time to make sure that the optics are correctly centred. *** Second copy update *** I purchased a second copy from another retailer after returning this one to Amazon. The second copy is very slightly weaker on the top left, but it's barely noticeable. Certainly nothing like the decentering that the first copy exhibited. You'll be hard pushed to find a wide angle zoom from any manufacturer that offers even corner-to-corner sharpness under close inspection. This copy is more than acceptably sharp across the frame and is very impressive between 16mm and 24mm. I would rate my new copy as being 4 stars - it still suffers from flare, some astigmatism, significant distortion and isn't particularly sharp at 35mm (although good enough) - these downsides prevent 5 stars. I've come to the conclusion that one reason why this lens polarises opinion is that there is significant copy-to-copy variation. Sony/Zeiss need to address QA issues that are unfortunately affecting many lenses in their lineup.

Great lens at a reasonable price and fast delivery. Been meaning to get one for sometime, glad I did.

I absolutely love this lens. This is such a versatile lens that you can use for so many things. I am a content creator on YouTube and Instagram and it is great for vlogging and also taking pictures. No issues with low light. This is a must for any Sony camera bag.

J'ai switché d'un 5d mark III pour un Sony A7RII. Je pouvais utiliser mon canon 16 35 f4 L IS mais la bague d'adaptation metabones IV rallongeait la taille du combo et je perdais la fonction eye- focus qui marche tellement bien. Et oui, le prix de l'objectif Sony est quand même plus élevé que le Canon et mes comparaisons des 2 objectifs m'ont permis de constater qu'ils étaient vraiment de qualité équivalente (confirmé par de nombreux forum). J'ai finalement vendu mon canon pour garder un combo compact et compatible avec la fonction eye-focus. A chacun de voir les avantages et inconvénients.

Que me gustó? Su rango de 16mm hasta 35mm permite mucho tipo de tomas, a 16mm tienes mucho angulo de visión. Tiene muy buena calidad el lente, la nitidez de las fotos es muy buena, las fotografias con aperturas pequeñas salen estupendas. Su AF es muy silencioso, no hace ruido y es muy rápido. Que no me gustó? Me hubiera gustado una mayor apertura, pero hablamos que el f2.8 vale casi el doble por lo que en escenas nocturnas hay que elevar un poco el ISO para compensar la luz. Es un poco pesado pero se entiende por como esta construido y la calidad que conlleva, sin embargo en la A7 colgada al cuello no tenia mucho problema. Para que usos lo recomiendo. Lo use en viaje y obtuve increibles tomas en general, tanto personales como de los alrededores. Lo recomiendo para paisajes, escenas nocturnas con tripie, edificios, arquitectura, interiores, tomas en el exterior, fiestas, selfies y muchas cosas mas. No lo recomiendo para retratos, deportes ni animales.

Cumple plenamente con mis necesidades de fotografía de viaje y de calle, pues permite un rango focal desde gran angular a principio de teleobjetivo. Muy buena calidad de imagen, perdiendo ligeramente en los extremos de focal y de apertura y cierre de diafragma. Lo único es que la apertura mínima que es un poco alta, pero esto ya se sabe previamente.

In questa recensione voglio tralasciare specifiche e dati tecnici da pixelpeeper, potete trovare molti confronti e recensioni un rete e su youtube. Vorrei parlarvi della mia esperienza con questa lente dopo quasi due anni di utilizzo. La trovo un ottica quasi obbligatoria da avere, specialmente su full frame. La costruzione è impeccabile, è un ottica massiccia e davvero resistente. Allo stesso tempo è un ottica relativamente piccola, molto ben bilanciata se montata in una full frame come la mia a7iii. Proprio le dimensioni sono il suo punto forte, perchè questa lente è perfetta in molte situazioni. Può essere usata come unica lente da viaggio, oppure come lente per fare foto paesaggistiche. Con il diaframma chiuso da F8 in su la nitidezza è ottima in tutto il fotogramma, con un piccolo calo ai bordi. Ma è per avere di meglio bisognerebbe spendere un oltre 1000 euro in più perdendo tutti i benefici della portabilità. Comunque è un ottica zeiss e si vede già dalle prime foto che scatteremo: i colori saranno splendidi, cosi come il contrasto e la nitidezza. MI sono innamorato subito di questa lente. F4 sono più che sufficienti praticamente per tutto. Specialmente su FF oggi basta alzare un pò di più gli iso senza il rischio di rovinare le foto. Per quanto riguarda lo sfocato basterebbe fare un passo avanti verso il soggetto per staccarlo un pò di più dallo sfondo, in modo di avere ancora più sfocato. A CHI LA CONSIGLIO: - a chi cerca una lente unica da portarsi in viaggio - a chi cerca una lente leggera e di qualità da tenere sempre montata - a chi cerca una lente per fare foto di paesaggio - a chi cerca una lente per fare foto di strada -a chi è alla ricerca della prima lente e non ha bisogno di un tele, o lo ha già. POSSIBILI ALTERNATIVE: -Avete il Tamron 17-28 che è f2,8 ma arriva solo a 28mm e secondo me non è una lente che possa essere utilizzata come unica lente. Inoltre ho dubbi sulla tropicalizzazione (il mio 28-75 aveva lasciato molto a desiderare) -poteste valutare il 16-35 f2,8 ma costerà uno sproposito e peserà altrettanto. -ottiche fisse, samyang 18mm f2,8 + 24mm f2,8 e 35mm f1,8. Ma poi saranno tanti fissi mediocri invece di uno zoom di grande qualità. Buona luce!

Erst habe ich tagelang herumüberlegt, ob ich mit dem Sony APS-C 10-18 mm auf 12 mm ohne Gegenlichblende auf Vollformat fotografiere (was erstaunlicherweise geht), das Sigma 12-24 mm mit A-Mount Adapter (noch gewaltigerer Kolben für 700 EUR) oder mit dem Walimex 14 mm (riesig, manuell) weitermache. Schließlich habe ich doch die derzeit 1.350 EUR in die Hand genommen für das neue E-Mount Superweitwinkel Vollformat von Sony Zeiss. Gewisse Bedenken hatte ich dennoch, weil es "nur" 16 mm am unteren Ende hat. Nachdem ein paar kleinen Foto-Touren möchte ich meine Erfahrung mitteilen. Für E-Mount verwöhnte Fotografen ist es erst einmal ein riesiger Kolben an der Kamera. Vorne wird es breit, vor allem wenn die Sonnenblende montiert ist. Aber lohnt es sich, das Teil mitzuschleppen? Meiner Meinung nach ja. Gerade bei schwierigen Lichtverhältnissen hat es schon gezeigt, was es kann. Bei Gegenlicht gibt kaum Reflektionen im Objektiv, das Bild ist noch immer konstrastreich. Gerade bei Ultraweitwinkel hat man oft Lichtquellen im Bild. Auch sonst ist der Kontrast hoch und die Auflösung gut. Wie man von Zeiss kennt, sind schwarze Flächen schwarz, werden kaum von Streulicht überstrahlt. Beste Voraussetzung für klare Farben. Minimal schwammig wird es in den Ecken bei 16 mm, auch bei kleineren Blenden. Das ist aber Kritik auf sehr hohen Niveau, bei anderen Ultraweitwinkelobjektiven habe ich deutlich mehr Schwäche in den Ecken erlebt. Vom Bildausschnitt ist das Bild bei 16 mm in etwa vergleichbar mit den 10 mm des SEL1018 auf APS-C (10 mm * 1,5 = 15 mm). Allerdings möchte ich mal anmerken, dass die häufig strapazierte Brennweitenumrechnung nur für den Bildausschnitt zutrifft, nicht aber für die perspektivische Verzerrung. 16 mm sind 16 mm, egal ob an APS-C oder Vollformat, lediglich der Bildausschnitt ist größer. Der Vorteil der 16 mm bei Vollformat gegenüber den 10 mm bei APS-C ist also die geringere perspektivische Verzerrung bei gleichen Bildausschnitt. Alles in allem wird dieses Objektiv den hohen Anforderungen der Vollformat-Sensoren gerecht. Es ist die unbedingt erforderliche Ergänzung zum Sony Zeiss 24-70 mm in Richtung Ultraweitwinkel. Falls man nicht mit Fremdherstellern arbeitet, wo überhaupt nichts dagegen spricht, ist dieses Objektiv die hochwertige Lösung. Abgesehen von einer Festbrennweite (welche?) wird man kaum kleiner und mit weniger Gewicht wegkommen. Vom Sony 10-18 mm, meiner Meinung nach eines der besten Objektive für APS-C, war ich vom Stabilisator verwöhnt. Vorher war ich der Meinung, man bräuchte bei Weitwinkel oder gar Ultraweitwinkel keinen Stabilisator. Nun weiß ich ihn auch da zu schätzen und wollte nicht mehr darauf verzichten. Das war letzten Endes mit ausschlaggebend, mir das etwas gewichtigere und hochpreisigere Objektiv zuzulegen. Fazit: Wer die fast optimale Lösung für E-Mount Vollformat möchte und sich nicht am Preis stört, bekommt hier viel geboten. Ansonsten gibt es auch viele hochwertige Alternativen.