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I bought this before my trip to Xinjiang, and I am glad that I did. I did not have a 72mm UV filter for protector, but I found a CPL and used it instead. I also brought along my Zeiss 4/24-70 and discovered that the Zeiss f/16-35 stayed on the camera for most of the trip. The weight is of most concern to me now as carrying camera, lenses and drone is taking a toll on my knees.

This is my go to lens for vacation. It captures the location so beautifully anytime of the day. A Solid build lens I’m positive will stand the test of time.

This is my favourite lens for travel and street photography. The f-stop at 4 is good for letting in decent light onto the sensor. And this is helpful for architecture, street, real-estate photography I do. Even for outdoor events, this wider focal length gives a whole new perspective. The bokeh is minimal to none, but picture quality is top notch and sharp from corner to corner. Much affordable compared to G-Master, and Zeiss coating on the lens controls the dispersion giving almost similar results to a 16-35 G master. The human eye in daylight works at a f/8 and I use that as a benchmark for every lens I use in daylight. The results at f6.3-f8 have always been the sharpest, and I just love this lens. I also like the fact this isn't having any buttons. just a zoom ring, and a focus ring. I would probably like an aperture ring that is clickable, in it's next iteration.

I’ve had this lense for about 2 years. Great Zoom. I highly recommend.

I have owned this lens for a few weeks now and it’s an absolute workhorse. Great optics in a robust body.

I do primarily photo, and as I start to get into video, I am finding myself turning to this lens as my go to. I do landscape photography here and there, but where this lense has been great is to start recording myself. I am finding that the length, the size and how compact it is, has been a great go to lens for me.

16.35mm follow focus is so good & light weight & colour is ultimate video shoot is very easy to sony lenses

Very usable focus range. Especially shooting fast paced events in tight spaces.

對此產品很滿意，容易操作手持輕巧方便，對我是初學者來說使用上無難度，此產品價錢合理性價比高不失失為較佳之選！

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Great lens to have although it does not support focus breathing in video mode. With f4, it's still quite fast with vood bokeh

Love it, super sharp! super high quality, and high value for money compared with competitors

This lens has always produced excellent image quality, very sharp even on the A7RIV (I've only used it stopped down), with only very slight softness in the corners. It's nice and light so not a chore to carry on long treks. Weather sealing appears to be very good.

I shoot surf photography and sharks and this is actually a great lens because I’m shooting higher apertures I don’t need it to be super low, but the focal length it perfect for me as I love 35mm but the 16mm gives me a view that really opens up making it great for up close sharks or up close surfers.

Excellent lens for the function. Nothing bad about it.

Working wonderfully! I love it very much!! !! !!!!

Wanted to explore it more… my lady took it and does not want to return it. Still too early to write more, so far is is great, and believe will amaze more during the continuous use

I bought this over a month ago it’s a great lens and I’m very happy with it.

This is an excellent lens. I found it to be most suitable lens for landscape and long exposure photography. The picture quality is fantastic.

Good: - Good build quality. - Image stabilization. - Small and light. - Constant minimum of F4. - Sharp accurate 99% image. - Versatile focal range. Considering: - Lacking proper weather sealing. - No manual focus switch. - Sharp accurate 70% video. - Metal focus ring. - Experience.

用過一段時間，鏡頭的對焦速度快，變型小畫質唔错，金屬鏡身質感好鐘意， 蔡司鏡片的質素有保証。希望定價低啲更好。

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Excellent wide angle for street photography. A steal now with the GSS promotion.

我在一個月前買了這鏡頭，經過多次測試，發覺此鏡頭在顏色還原和減低邊緣的變形都做得很出色，所以十分滿意它的表現。

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優點: 安裝在A7R上平衡很好,長時間拍攝舒服,對焦及解像度都滿意.適合在街拍及旅行用途. 缺點: 可惜在光線不足時對焦有點慢或難對焦.

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The F4 FE1635Z makes for an excellent balance between price, performance and features. Unusual for this type of lens (16-35mm) is its built in optical stabilization. This feature increases its versatility and compliments its superb lens performance.

Great lens. Excellent on wide angle as well as 35mm

The barrel is made by metal and feel solid. Is a must have focal length in FE line up for a cheaper price than f2.8 GM.

Very happy with my purchase, have used a couple times and very happy with the results. Is it pretty wide and sharp too,

Had to return for repair 3 months after purchase. Still not happy. It was faulty from manufacture but was away from home working so missed out on a refund.

I got this lens about a week now. Have not really use them still as they are still sitting in my camera bag. However I can’t afford GM lens and they do not have OSS build in. I have done extensive research before putting my money down. This lens has OSS which is a big plus for video. I also needed 16mm focal length for landscape while travel. F4 is sufficient as landscape usually shoot out door and good lighting. price is half the GM price but without the f2.8. I can leave with that as I have 24mm f1.4 GM to tag along. Over all, solid performance although I only manage to test it out taking a few photos and videos while at the shop before buying it. Focus was quick, focus pull as well. It’s on my FF body 24/7. Worth it!

the product is good in quality. I have got nice travel pictures in my recent holiday.

Sharp from 16-24mm. Expect better sharpness at 35mm.

鏡頭色彩還原力強,解象清淅,一貫蔡司的成效,但鏡頭設計太保守,細紋對焦環亦容易蔵污積,整體表現良好.

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體積細小，質素極高，拍片影像穩定，方便上穩定器。鏡身容易刮花，手感不太好，在35mm F4成像不太好。

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Never be afraid of shooting at high ISO with this wonderful lens. This was shot at 16mm, 1/30, f4 and ISO 2000.

the lens produce a very sharp and detailed picture. great for video too, but the lens is still too expensive given that not too many option is provided by sony. at least reduce the price so that more hobbyist photographer can invest into full frame lenses.

Contemplating to get this lens for quite sometime already and eventually bought it last month. No regret, it's a very good lens, colors and sharpness of a Carl Zeiss is always great!

Disappointed with Sony Marketing. After 1 day I brought the lens,the price was drop. I pay more RM700++ for this lens. DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!

Bought two as the first one I sold and greatly regretted the decision. The best wide angle lens there is when mounted on a Sony body

On an A7iii this is amazing - small & light enough to carry all day, super sharp up to about 32mm, plenty of reach if needed by selecting APS-C in an emergency. A perfect Landscape lens, but also my number 1 travel lens. So smooth to zoom or focus. 72mm. The close focus is so good it also makes an excellent environmental portrait lens for many macro-subjects. Hold it really high & look downish for people, or use it low to the ground for landscapes. I just wish it had a focus-hold button, an OS switch or a MF switch.

Great focal length with a constant aperture. Nice built and solid.

I bought this lens two months ago and I'm happy I did it

準備去歐洲之前想買一支鏡頭走天涯，一邊要兼顧影風景丶人象，一邊又要兼顧用gimbal去拍video，所以需要夠輕巧，fe16-35mm f4是最隹的選擇，雖然用起嚟仍重了一點，但仍然可以兼顧各方面的應用，好開心冇選擇錯誤。

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I changed from Nikon to Sony because I wanted to go mirrorless and the Sony fitted the bill. I'm using the Sony a7111 with the Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F4 ZA. It would be an understatement to say that I love this lens! It's sharp, and I mean SHARP! Once focussed it stays there, the focussing ring is smooth but firm, no creep whatsoever. I mostly use manual focus but this cameras auto focus is very fast and accurate. Shooting mostly at f11, edge to edge and corner to corner images are sharp enough to cut through doors at Fort Knox. Of course it's down to me to make sure I focus accurately but when I get it right I couldn't be happier with the results. It's not Sony's top 16-35 zoom but from the build quality and performance you'd think it was! Highly recommended...

I have used this lens for 7 month now several times a week. I use it for real estate photography and it is excellent. Works really well and I can't say anything bad about it. It is a solid professional lens.

不錯 廣角很好 容易用 多變化，光圈設定選擇有點不足 但補光後圖像不錯的。沒選擇錯！謝謝 謝謝 謝謝

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比想像中好, 特別係35 MM 16 MM 都好好 對於拍片黎講, 非常夠用 不過如果有防水滴功能會更加好!

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At 16mm the contrast and sharpness on the centre zone is excellent. But the far corners only become very good at F8. I will be using this mainly for 16-20mm wide. I tried it indoor, around 7pm, and I would said the lens will need lots of artificial lighting with its max F4. It will not be possible to shoot at 16-18mm wide with flash. The weight is around 500gm and it is heavier than light prime, but most UWA prime with good contrast and sharpness has heavy vignetting or distortion. This is more flexible and covers a good UWA and Wide range.

I bought 2 months ago, it’s a good lens on its value. Good image quality and design, it’s perfectly balance on my a7r3.

overall a great lens. I have a question for the readers and support team. When I take the zoom below 20mm I see dark circles on the edges. i have a sony A7R3. please advise if this is expected.

I bought this lens to be my walk around lens on a trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel. I couldn’t have been happier. The size and weight was a perfect balance with the stellar performance. Crisp focus, great color rendition and easy to compose shots at various distances. It worked great for both landscapes and portraits. I highly recommend this lens.

I recently purchased this lens and so far I an delighted with the results it lives up to expectations

好sharp! 唯一不好的是太貴

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i bought this lens and fall in love how smooth the image out from that lens

Light weight with high contrast. Good Sharpness and fast focus. F4 is perfect for me in Landscape Photography. Build quality also nice. Look very strong body. If you are looking for low light or portrait shot with wide angle zoom lens. Go to F2.8 GM

Even though it is f4 but still manage to get blur back ground when doing interview at night..

Super sharp, top build, smooth action..... just love it!

Good lens with sharp images and fast focus. Much cheaper than a 2.8 g master with enough change to buy a couple of other lenses.

剛去歐洲， 在宮殿內1635 just fit for all scenes. 如果有F2.8 就perfect

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I love landscape and architecture photography, and this lens is perfect for that. It's a bit bulky and heavy to carry around all day.

使用了此產品一個月，好滿意，金屬鏡身但唔重，F4光圈開盡成像出色，重有蔡斯加持，鏡身防手震，真係無投訴。GM果支係好，不過又貴又重，cp值遠不及尼支sel1635z

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I was looking for a high quality wide zoom for my Sony A7Riii, mainly for landscape work. The obvious candidates were the Sony f/4 or the GM f/2.8 lenses. Having checked various websites and compared test shots I bought the F4 ZA and have not been disappointed in any way. IQ is excellent - I don't often print 3-metre wide images, though they appear perfectly OK on-screen. The size and weight are modest, especially in view of the IQ delivered, and build quality cannot be faulted. A truly excellent lens.

相片質素好又色彩豐富，重量輕便。 但金屬鏡身好易花，用了一星期和衣服磨擦已有輕微花痕丶好肉痛 ！最好提供保護貼士。

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I am so happy with this even if it’s f4 pair it with a7 m 3 produce nice image