Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II Lens (Sony E)

Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Ultra-Wideangle Zoom lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with E Mount cameras. Sony replaced the older Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM with this model.

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Zoom Smoothness Switch on Lens, AF/MF Switch on Lens, Focus Hold Button, Iris Lock, Breathing Correction with Supported Cameras, De-click Switch, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture...

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  Weather-sealed, Autofocus, Zoom Smoothness Switch on Lens, AF/MF Switch on Lens, Focus Hold Button, Iris Lock, Breathing Correction with Supported Cameras, De-click Switch, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture at Wide end, Fast Aperture at Tele end, Constant f2.8 aperture...

One of the best wide-angle zoom lenses just got even better. Landscape and travel photographers will love the size, weight, edge-to-edge detail, and minimal aberrations of the new Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II lens.

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  Excellent edge-to-edge image quality, New aperture ring, with clickless function, Smaller and lighter than its predecessor

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  Premium price, Improvements may not justify an upgrade for existing users

At the same time the new model is offered in a smaller, lighter barrel and not at the expense of its build quality, quite the opposite in fact. You deal here with a weather-sealed instrument that is, overall, very well-put-together.

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  solid, shapely, lightweight, sealed casing,, excellent image quality in the frame centre,, very good image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,, good image quality on the edge of full frame,, low longitudinal chromatic aberration,, negligible lateral chromatic aberration,, slight vignetting on...

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  performance against bright light should have been better,, high vignetting on full frame, especially at the shortest focal length,, a bit too high distortion with a tendency for moustache deformations,, not especially nice appearance of out-of-focus images,, too high price compared to the...

Ultra-wide views and a bright aperture

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  Wide angle of view with F2.8 aperture, Plenty of on-barrel controls, Fast, quiet autofocus, 1:3.1 macro reproduction, Nominal focus breathing, Dust, splash, and fluorine protection

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  Pricey, Unimpressive sunstar renditions

I bought this lens after reading a number of reviews and agreed that this Sony 16-35mm f2.8 MarkII is a super lens in every ways.

I bought this lens after reading a number of reviews and agreed that this Sony 16-35mm f2.8 MarkII is a super lens in every ways.

I am so impressed with the quality that Sony delivers. Love this lens.

I am so impressed with the quality that Sony delivers. Love this lens.