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Sony SAL-1680Z
9.3 out of 10

Sony SAL-1680Z

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Lens Test: Sony Zeiss 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Vario-Sonnar T* AF

Pop Photo
13 July 2011
  • Excerpt: When the Sony Alpha 100, our 2006 Camera of the Year, debuted last year, the only optics available for it were cosmetically updated Konica Minolta lenses.
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Overall 9
9.0
Design 9
8.5
Value for money 9
9.0
Features 9
8.5
Performance 10
9.5
Picture quality 10
9.5

Sony Carl Zeiss DT 16-80mm f3.5-4.5 ZA

What Digital Camera
17 January 2010
  • Excerpt: Review of the Sony Carl Zeiss DT 16-80mm f3.5-4.5 ZA lens
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Overall 9
9.0
Design 9
8.5
Value for money 9
9.0
Features 9
8.5
Performance 10
9.5
Picture quality 10
9.5

Sony Zeiss Vario Sonnar 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA

What Digital Camera
17 January 2010
Overall 8
7.9

Sony Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm f3.5-4.5 ZA

Camera Labs
1 August 2007
  • Summary: The Sony DT 16-80mm promises to be the perfect general-purpose zoom for discerning Alpha DSLR owners. With an equivalent range of 24-120mm it zooms both wider and longer...
  • Pros: Flexible general purpose range., High contrast and very sharp results., Relatively small and light., Squeezes best from the Alpha system.
  • Cons: Build quality not a big upgrade over kit lenses., AF noise and speed similar to kit lenses., Manual focus ring not very smooth., Macro no better than kit lens.
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Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80 mm f/3.5-4.5

LensTip.com
25 August 2009
  • Excerpt: Originally posted 2007-12-05 on Optyczne.pl When the Sony Alfa 100 reflex camera was put on the market, an announcement was made that a new lens, the Carl Zeiss Vario
  • Cons: high vignetting at all focal lengths,, noisy autofocus.
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Overall 8
7.7

Sony 16-80 mm

camerastuffreview.com
6 February 2012
  • Summary: For those who love to take sharp pictures with a zoom lens with a large zoom range, the Sony 16-80 mm is the right one. Too bad for the distortion at 16 mm.
  • Pros: Very high resolution/sharpness, Extremely little problems with flare
  • Cons: At 80 mm, the resolution at full aperture is less and the corners remain behind on the edges more., Visible distortion, in particular at 16 mm.
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Overall 10
10

Expert Review

cokupic.pl
4 October 2009

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80 mm f/3.5-4.5 -

fotopolis.pl
28 August 2009
  • Summary: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80 mm f/3.5-4 to bardzo uniwersalny obiektyw o solidnym wyglądzie zewnętrznym i dobrych parametrach optycznych.
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