Review on Sony SAL16105: Versatile Wide-Range Zoom Lens for Stunning Photography by Anuson Chaosuan ᠌

The lens is really, really good in almost everything. Sharp, with a beautiful picture, fast in focusing, quiet, not very heavy. With an excellent zoom range (x6.25) and excellent FR at the short end, which allows you to shoot even in tight spaces. But! But! I have had two such lenses on my cameras in five years. In turn. The first one after repair in a professional Sony workshop (I won’t say which one) had another similar failure a year later. And then a month ago, the second one broke. Both have the same breakdown - manual focus failure, zoom stuck somewhere in the middle of the range, some details dangle when slightly shaken. If the first one was repaired for me under warranty, then the second one ran out of warranty, they ask for about 70% of the cost of a new lens for repairs, since it is necessary to replace the tube, that is, the entire optical system. And I don't want any more. Not only did the unreliable node fail each time at the most inopportune moment, but also immediately, "without warning." Of course, I filmed a lot. Not one tens of thousands of shots, probably to failure. So I decided to "change the record". I chose the Sony18-135 / 3.5-5.6 lens. Let's see how it will withstand my "mode of operation". For those owners of Sony cameras who will shoot not every day and not so many frames, but 50, say, or 100 a week - 16-105 is an excellent choice for many years. I highly recommend it to CAREFUL photographers!