Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II Vario-Sonnar T*

Great Lens for the Young and Strong. I have wanted a Zeiss 16-35mm A mount lens for quite sometime, but the price was just too high. So having found one for below $600.00 I bought it. Image quality is very good, focus is fast and build quality is great. Down side the weight!! I currently have a Konika - Minolta 17-35mm which I have had for years. I does a great job with a far amount of barreling, which you can correct in post. The Zeiss does not have the excessive barreling but the weight of this lens is Crazy Heavy. You would not want to carry this lens through Europe photographing churches, castles and/or museums. it is just too heavy. I have it mounted to a Sony A99 with extended battery grip and the lens and camera weight 7 plus lbs.

Sony 16-35mm F2.8 must have lens! I am using the 16-35 with my Sony A-99 and the images it takes are incredible. One advantage of using a very wide angle lens is almost everything is in focus. You can stay really close to your subject and it has very quick focusing. It is built like a tank and very heavy - weight is not a problem with the quality it provides. Super sharp, amazing colors and internal zoom are all great attributes. Love how you can get close to a foreground subject and still keep background in focus. Definitely my favorite lens!

Most economic solution with covering this 16-35mm focal length on Sony Mirrorless Most economic solution with covering this 16-35mm focal length. Probably the darkest best kept secret with using the Sony A7/A9 series One does not need to spend the money on the GM version as that becomes 3x the cost It is slightly more bulky because you have to use a Sony LA-EA4 adapter to make it work but the quality and the speed of focus is near the same