Sony 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T DT Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera
$998.00 when purchased online
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About this item
Highlights
- 5x zoom designed specifically for DSLR APS-size CCD
- Superb performance from wide angle to telephoto
- 2 glass-molded aspherical lenses for extra precision
- Circular aperture for pleasing defocused effects.Equivalent 35mm when mounted on an APS format DSLR - 24 - 120mm
- Auto clutch to stop manual focus ring rotation, wide focus ring for a solid feel in manual focusing
Description
The Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 ZA Zoom Lens is an exceptional addition to the Carl Zeiss lineup, offering an extensive zoom range while maintaining a lightweight and compact design. This lens combines the renowned Carl Zeiss optical performance and handling, rivaling prime lenses at various focal lengths. The circular aperture blades enhance the 'bokeh' effect, creating a smoother and more natural defocusing of the background. Aspherical lens elements reduce spherical aberration, resulting in a smaller and lighter lens, maintaining high sharpness and contrast even at maximum aperture. The Advanced Aspherical (AA) elements provide significantly improved image accuracy and quality. The Carl Zeiss T* (T-Star) coating eliminates lens flare, internal reflections, and light scattering, ensuring outstanding image quality with high contrast and resolution. The distance encoder is crucial for ADI flash metering, offering high-precision flash metering unaffected by subject or background reflectance. Internal focusing allows for fast autofocus, a short minimum focusing distance, and a non-rotating front filter thread, making it convenient for polarizing filter use. In summary, this Sony Carl Zeiss zoom lens provides an extensive zoom range, exceptional image quality, and user-friendly features, making it an ideal single-lens solution for photographers seeking versatility and superior optical performance.
Overall Length: 10.0 millimeter
Weight: 1.86 pounds
Electronics Condition: New
Compatible With: Sony A-Mount
Focal Length: 16-80mm
Product Diameter: 10.0 millimeter
Battery: No Battery Used
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TCIN: 1005706729
UPC: 027242694286
Origin: made in the USA or imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 10 inches length x 12 inches width x 10 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.86 pounds
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4.4 out of 5 stars with 22 reviews
The (almost) perfect walk-around lens
4 out of 5 stars
SonyA900 - 6 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I purchased this lens new 7 years ago along with the Sony A580. Had to send the first one back due to severe pincushion effect. The second one is good except, as others have mentioned, the vignetting at 16mm is really bad. It takes a lot of work in Post to correct it. The build quality is questionable. Only lens I own that the barrel noticeably wobbles around the central axis and it has bad "Lens Creep" (fixed with a silicone band). Aside from these 2 problems, this is a very sharp lens with a great zoom range on APS-C bodies.
Fantastic lens performance, but no barrel lock
4 out of 5 stars
Pete63941 and a half - 9 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This is the bestperforming lens I have ever owned. Chromatic aberration is minimal over the useful zoom range. Would have given it 5 stars (and more) if it had a barrel lock to stop the zoom extending whilst not using the lens. A serious omission Sony - why, oh why!!!
Great lens.
5 out of 5 stars
Jud69 - 9 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
Bought this lens a few weeks ago and weather has been pretty bad so only used a couple of times. Seems a lovely sharp and true colour lens so look forward to getting out and finding a bluebell wood to practice on.
Great range of 24-120mm on my Sony A77
5 out of 5 stars
daverover - 11 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
The lens is far superior in sharpness throughout the range than the kit lens that came with my camera.
Excellent resolution, poor vignetting
3 out of 5 stars
Arran43 - 11 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
Excellent resolution, but unacceptable vignetting at 16mm f3.5. Images at all apertures display noticeable reduction in corner exposure. Although this can be reduced in image processing software, it should not be present in a lens of this quality.
High Quality General Purpose Zoom
5 out of 5 stars
- 11 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I purchased this lens as an upgrade to my Sony 18-70 mm kit lens that came with my Alpha. I am very pleased with quality of pictures I am getting with it. The pictures are sharp at both ends of the zoom range and corner to corner at wide apertures. The colors are rendered a little cool, but nothing which cannot be corrected by post processing. There is a bit of barrel distortion at the 16 mm end, but unless one is taking pictures of brick walls at close range, it is not normally noticeable.
Good "walk around" lens
4 out of 5 stars
RedJack - 12 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This is a very good zoom lens for general use in an APS-C camera. I've had mine for 5 years and haven't had any problems at all. It's almost always been on my camera and never disappointed. I've used it at weddings, sporting events, indoors, outdoors, you name it. It's not quite a professional lens, but it costs less that half as much as a Zeiss 24-70, which I use on my A99. It also weighs half as much and is considerably smaller. It's a perfect match size wise for my A65 or A700.
1 reply from Sony Electronics team - 12 years ago
It's awesome to hear you're still enjoying the lens!
Carl Zeiss quailty
4 out of 5 stars
birdbird - 12 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
It's a good zoom lens. 16mm is certainly wider than 24mm. As a result, you get more in your shot. It's enough for establishing shots. If the aperture was 2.8, it would be a perfect lens. But the price would not be the same.
Use as Primary Lens
5 out of 5 stars
1yearowner - 13 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I have had this lens for about a year, and find it is the lens on the camera almost all the time.
No Manual Focus after 3 Years
2 out of 5 stars
MIGUELLEUGIM - 13 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
After 3 years of very light use the manual focus stopped working, seems to be a common problem. Check dpreview forums to see what other people have to say. Make sure to buy extended warranty if you choose this lens.
Nice Lens
5 out of 5 stars
cptab - 13 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I'm a complete novice and new to the DSLR world, but decided to splurge before going on vacation. I was hoping it would improve the likelihood that I'd take some better pictures. The lens did not disappoint. The images were crisp, I didn't notice distortion, or aberrations (terms that seem to be tossed around camera and lens review websites, but in all honesty, I don't know much about those things), and the images appeared bright and well defined.
Nice price for a Zeiss!
4 out of 5 stars
ScottytheHab - 13 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I use this on a NEX-7 (using the LA-EA2 adapter) All I can say is this blows away a standard 18-55 kit lens for stills. I paid $900 only 4 weeks ago, now it`s $1050! Still a decent price for the name. The image quality is Zeiss all the way. The AF is faster than the native E mount lenses (probably due to adapter providing a mirror for phase-detection AF) Now the downsides: the AF motor is noisy and easily picked up by the built-in mic making this almost useless for video. Also, when in manual focus the lens will `creep`if it`s pointed downwards. This is my `walking around`outdoor lens and I have not been disappointed.
Great walk-around lens
5 out of 5 stars
bbecker010 - 14 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
Have owned this lens with an A700 and A580 and used it as my main walk around lens. I do mostly landscape photography and found the 16-80 mm range to be perfect. Image quality with the Zeiss glass is sharp across the entire image. I sold mine only because I upgraded to the A850 and this lens doesn't work on Full Frame.
Perfect walk-around lens
4 out of 5 stars
ElGueroMasLoco - 14 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This should be a mandatory upgrade from the kit lens that comes with the alpha cameras. Image quality is far superior, and the versatility takes you from wide-angle interiors and landscapes up to 80mm portraits and closeups. I do get some vignetting (darkening of the corners), when using the lens wide open, but stopping it down to around f8 eliminates the problem, which is only occasional.
Excellent but could be slightly cheaper
5 out of 5 stars
GaryJohnson - 14 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I have owned this lens for an year and I am not planning to buy another one to replace it. After I have bought this lens, I was so shocked but the color and the realistic feeling of photos that it gives me. I think it is pretty hard to find some alternatives that fits sony camera for the price. But compare to those that fits Canon, Nikon, it is slight over priced because the dis-shape image in 2 extreme distance. Could be better on that. Everything else is very fine. Quite Light weight, quite durable. One more thing is that, the design could look more professional. If there is no Blue Zeiss label on it, I think no one will notice it is an expensive lens.
The perfect walk around lens IF
5 out of 5 stars
dcisive - 15 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
There has been much said about this lens being copy dependent, and I too ran into this. The 1st copy I received was defective regarding the optics being decentered which rendered out of focus areas on the left portion of the frame. The 2nd copy was superb across the frame and does EVERYTHING right, so be aware and test your lens to be sure. It is near instant to focus and is accurate as well. color and contrast are what command the price, and man it delivers like NO other. 3rd party lenses are going to be a compromise I assure you. This lens is the REAL deal (when you get a good one). It think it was worth going through the hassle having to send the 1st one back as it is just such a stunning lens now.
Best zoom lens I've ever owned
5 out of 5 stars
williamporterphotography - 15 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This is a terrific general-purpose zoom lens — all around, the best zoom lens I have ever owned. Focal range is just about ideal, weight is good, build is solid, and the image quality rivals that of my best primes. I've read some complaints about the lens's build quality but I think it's quite solid for a "modern" lens and given its price. Wish I'd picked this lens up sooner!
Nice optics, poor construction (zoom creep!)
3 out of 5 stars
BillyBilly123 - 16 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This is a nice lens that covers an attractive zoom range. It is nice and sharp all around with good colour and contrast. A good walk-around lens. But at this price the build is a little embarrassing. The zoom creeps down when only slightly turned downward. Sony should fix this problem.
1 reply from DI PRO team - 5 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We will submit it to our engineering and marketing departments. - AG
Very Impressed
5 out of 5 stars
tcabrales - 16 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
I really tried to do my research before I made the leap for this lens. I read some good reviews, but also read some bad reviews on it. After finally buying it and using for my last 5 photo shoots (weddings and engagement), I am sold. I use this with my a700 and get crystal clear shots everytime. The colors it produces are vibrant and rich. It is a bit heavier than any other lens I've worked with, but it's also a lot mor sturdy and well built compared to other lenses. Very glad I purchased this lens.
Great lens for the price
5 out of 5 stars
pulseHEAD - 16 years ago
originally posted on sony.com
This is a great general purpose lens. Since I picked it up it's rarely been off of my camera. The pictures are almost always sharp, and look pretty good even at wide-open apertures. It's a much better build quality than the kit lens, and is a good upgrade to the < $300 lenses offered by Sony. The optical quality is excellent. My only complaint is that the f/3.5 aperture is only available at the absolute widest zoom, and it gets up to f/4.5 pretty fast, but for a 5x zoom lens at this level of quality for $700, you can't beat it.