Review on Sony 16 35Mm Vario Tessar Mount Lens by Stanley Molden

I bought this lens with a Sony a7s2 about a month ago to use it for my business to use real estate photos. I was very happy with them. If you read my review of the camera body for yourself, you'll understand that the camera was the driving force behind the decision. I needed THIS camera to get the best dynamic range out of this slog3 image profile for home video recording. I wanted it because of the smaller 12MP camera in the photo compared to my a6000. Back then, this 16-35mm lens was the obvious choice. Here's why: For photos: you need a good indoor wide-angle lens. On my crop sensor lens I used a Rokinon 12mm main lens. Basically 18mm for a full frame camera. Upon receiving this recognition, I found that I actually preferred shooting in 20mm, and in larger homes the ability to zoom to 24mm was useful when I needed to avoid shooting off-camera flash tripods used for the lighting were set up. scene and would otherwise enter the field of view from a larger angle. This lens is also good for videos. I really like my prime lenses because you can set them hyperfocal so you don't have to worry about focusing. In hyperfocal mode, EVERYTHING is focused on the subject. This is one less worry. But when recording video in slog3, the camera will not record with ISO below 1600. That is a lot. On my very first try, the windows swelled up really badly because I didn't realize you had to put the s2 in "shutter priority" mode when taking pictures. Shutter priority allows the camera to stop down on-the-fly to limit the amount of light entering the camera when approaching well-lit areas such as outside windows. But that only works if you have a remote controlled lens like this 16-35mm from Sony. Something like the 21mm Loxia won't work because it's a manual iris lens. The ability to shoot up to 16mm wide is also a plus. While 20mm is my usual focal length of choice for photography with this lens, I shoot all my videos at 16mm. The camera-controlled continuous focus keeps everything in focus as I walk around the house and film videos. Here are the cons: 1) Barrel distortion - there are a lot of these and they are not fully corrected with Lightroom profiles. 2) Wider needs a bit of work - I have a constant problem of needing a lens to zoom to 14mm in small bathrooms, but it doesn't have one. That annoys me. It's still my main lens at the moment. My a7s2 is hardwired to my video system and now I also have an a7iii that I use for photography. The lens jumps from one to the other when I change gears. I plan to buy a 12-24mm lens for my camera soon, after that this lens will remain permanently attached to a gimbal on the a7s2. This lens is going homeless and I plan to sell it. Although it will gradually disappear from my camera bag, I still give it a 5 star rating, even though I consider it a compromise lens. It's not as great an idea for photos as I'd like, and it's not as perfect for videos as I'd like. But the price is right, and for someone on a budget it will do the job just fine until you can save a coin to get more specialized lenses for specific applications.