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Quality


Could be little bit more light but quality overall and sharpness very good


Immediately after my first photo i noticed the amazing quality


The stabilization is amazing and the picture quality is awesome


I compared this with the samyang 14mm which is manual focus fine for ultra wide generally but did not like that at all

Price


Cost is certainly an issue buy used if you can but this lens gives excellent results across the whole image frame


But that costs sooo much more and it weighs so much more

Packaging/appearance


Here are some images i made with this lens on the a7r


Images appear to be sharper and have more detail upon magnification of course that is also the product of using a much better c...  Read More

Competitiveness


This is a great ultrawide angle zoom lens


This lens is used in a system with sonys 55mm 1


The price of this lens is noticeably higher than the competition while performing a bit worse


If you own the apsc series of sony cameras this is still a worthy walk about lens that goes from normal to fairly wide with the...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, sharp, wide, good and quality.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.0% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 215 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 19 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So it doesnt have the automanual switch on the side


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    See photos for example of quality


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bought it specifically for a tour of arizona and utah and over the 2 weeks the lens never came off the camera


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Also no soft edges even when shooting at f4 at 16mm end


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Although you see sony and zeis written on this lens its has some issues with sharpness


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After all that’s why we buy this mirror less cameras


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I ended up returning it because i found the 20mm f1


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can find it on ebay new for less

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