Product Reviews

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.

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

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.

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

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,

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Bought it as I was looking for a wide angle. Had less distortion than the 12-24m and cheaper than the f2.8 which I won't use much anyways.

Good range, built quality, and usability, but not as sharp as you would expect.

Using this lens for landscape and architecture and so far i’m Very pleased.

Never left home without it ever since buying it. Incredibly sharp even at f4. Nice colours.

Totally satisfied with the image quality it produce... as a landscape hobbyist

I took this len on my recent trip to Japan. To my pleasant surprise, the len focused well at all weather conditions. photos taken at bright sun light turned out well balanced colour

I am very happy with this lens , careful on focus when shooting wide open

I bought this when I broke my 5d Mark iii along with the A7Riii and the image quality is loads better than with my 11-24mm. Focus is quick and overall image qulaity is fantastic.

Best lens for landscap but not best for portrait as you can see from the picture i took. but over all is best. build quality is awesome. if wish f/4 can become f/1.4. Maybe this is what everyone looking for. thankyou.

This Sony 16-35 f4 lenses are Good on street photography, is light & easy to carry.....Very suit for Mirroless. But one thing is the Zooming Ring if can produce as Rubber type shall be Better.....becoz the Steel Zooming Ring may dented when daily use. Hope this will help improved in future.

An affordable ultra-wide zoom lens, the optical quality is stellar, and fast focusing. The price is affordable and the build quality feels premium. Been able to attach filters to the lens makes it more versatile to your shooting style. Highly recommended.

Picked up this lens a week ago and have tried it out at home and at a wedding. I recently traded in my canon 5divs for two a7iii's and the 16-35 was a lens I used for a limited number of shots during the day, yet essential ones. it joined my new 85 1.4 G master and 35 f1.4 distagon (please make a Gmaster 35 f1.4 as soon as possible!). I am pleased to report that the 16-35 f/4 vario- Tessar is not only comparable to the canon version, but it seems to be sharper, while being slightly smaller lighter. Probably because of the absence if is, but still. A great lens that I'm very glad to have in my kit. My only gripe is that it is a little expensive for what you get, and I am not sure why. I gave design four stars because the focus is not internal and I would like a manual focus switch.

I bought about a month ago just before my trip to Bhutan as i knew i am going to need it. I am very pleased with the versatility and performance of the len as well as its compact size. Stongly recommended for landscape and protrait.